Bill Text: IL SR0993 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Immigrant Family Resource Program (IFRP) for its 25 years of service to our State's immigrant and refugee families in assisting them on their path to self-sufficiency and integration into our State's economy and community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0993 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0993-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate the Immigrant Family Resource Program (IFRP) for | ||||||
| 4 | its 25 years of service to our State's immigrant and refugee | ||||||
| 5 | families; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, IFRP is comprised of a partnership consisting of | ||||||
| 7 | the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and 65 partnering | ||||||
| 9 | community organizations throughout our State; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, IFRP connects immigrant and refugee families to | ||||||
| 11 | valuable services as they move toward economic | ||||||
| 12 | self-sufficiency, including case management, public benefits, | ||||||
| 13 | translation, interpretation, and financial assistance; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, IFRP serves the full diversity of our State's | ||||||
| 15 | immigrant and refugee population, providing assistance in 59 | ||||||
| 16 | languages, including Spanish, Polish, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, | ||||||
| 17 | Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Pashto, Ukrainian, Burmese, and | ||||||
| 18 | French; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, IFRP assists over 20,000 immigrants and refugees | ||||||
| 20 | each year; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, IFRP began in 1999 as a State initiative | ||||||
| 2 | responding to confusion and a lack of information in the midst | ||||||
| 3 | of federal cuts to public benefit eligibility for thousands of | ||||||
| 4 | immigrants lawfully present in the United States who had not | ||||||
| 5 | yet become U.S. citizens; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, IFRP has provided crucial outreach, education, | ||||||
| 7 | and application assistance for immigrants and refugees amid | ||||||
| 8 | changing and often confusing policy changes regarding health | ||||||
| 9 | care access, nutritional assistance, income support, and other | ||||||
| 10 | needs; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, IFRP has used a successful model of working with | ||||||
| 12 | trusted community-based partners that immigrant and refugee | ||||||
| 13 | families often otherwise rely upon and trust for information, | ||||||
| 14 | education, and support services; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, IFRP's network has proven nimble and resilient in | ||||||
| 16 | responding to emerging needs, such as the need for culturally | ||||||
| 17 | and linguistically accessible programming during the COVID-19 | ||||||
| 18 | pandemic and the arrival of Syrian refugees in the 2010s, | ||||||
| 19 | Afghan and Ukrainian refugees in the 2020s, and, most | ||||||
| 20 | recently, asylum seekers transported from the southern border | ||||||
| 21 | since August 2022; therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
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