PRINTER'S NO. 1607
No. 247 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, BOSCOLA, FERLO, KASUNIC, MADIGAN, WENGER,
EARLL, PICCOLA, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, COSTA, ERICKSON,
ARMSTRONG, C. WILLIAMS, TARTAGLIONE, PIPPY, KITCHEN, BROWNE,
LOGAN, CONTI, RHOADES, FUMO, GREENLEAF, O'PAKE, ROBBINS,
MUSTO, D. WHITE, BRIGHTBILL, LEMMOND, STOUT AND ORIE,
MARCH 17, 2006
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 17, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of April 16 through 22, 2006, as "Weed and
2 Seed Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, "Weed and Seed" is a United States Department of
4 Justice initiative, created in 1992, that is aimed at
5 revitalizing neighborhoods suffering from high rates of crime
6 through a community-based strategy which combines an innovative,
7 comprehensive, multiagency approach to law enforcement, crime
8 prevention and community revitalization; and
9 WHEREAS, "Weed and Seed" is more than a grant program, it is
10 a strategy that aims to prevent, control and reduce violent
11 crime, drug abuse and gang activity in targeted high-crime
12 neighborhoods across the country; and
13 WHEREAS, "Weed and Seed" stands for a two-pronged strategy,
14 wherein:
15 (1) law enforcement agencies and prosecutors cooperate
16 in "weeding out" violent criminals and drug abusers; and
1 (2) public agencies and community-based private
2 organizations collaborate to "seed" much-needed human
3 services, including prevention, intervention, treatment and
4 neighborhood restoration programs;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, Under the leadership of the Pennsylvania Commission
7 on Crime and Delinquency, Pennsylvania's Weed and Seed program
8 builds upon the strengths of the Federal initiative, while also
9 adding new and promising strategies developed to target smaller
10 Pennsylvania communities that have crime problems, but do not
11 have the Federal program; and
12 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's "weeding" effort is based on a
13 collaborative partnership between local law enforcement and the
14 Pennsylvania State Police to reduce crime and the fear of crime
15 to set the stage for community revitalization; and
16 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's "seeding" effort involves
17 collaboration at multiple levels, including nonprofit
18 organizations which provide employment, training, education and
19 health services and diverse public agencies, including State,
20 county and local departments, as well as, the private sector;
21 and
22 WHEREAS, The objectives of the program involve education,
23 home ownership, employment, medical treatment and
24 entrepreneurship, in addition to law enforcement, to improve
25 quality of life and give hope to residents of distressed
26 neighborhoods; therefore be it
27 RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of April 16
28 through 22, 2006, as "Weed and Seed Week" in Pennsylvania and
29 express congratulations and appreciation for Weed and Seed
30 strategies across this Commonwealth on the occasion of "Weed and
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