WHEREAS, In fiscal year 2021-2022, the Gun Violence Task
Force received $7,115,000 in funding from the General Fund; and
WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia has suffered from an
escalating surge of violent crime and firearm violence since
2018; and
WHEREAS, In 2018, there were 353 homicides and 1,442 shooting
victims in the City of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, In 2019, there were 356 homicides and 1,463 shooting
victims in the City of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, In 2020, there were 499 homicides and 2,245 shooting
victims in the City of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, In 2021, there were 562 homicides and 2,332 shooting
victims in the City of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Between 2018 and 2021, there were 1,770 homicides in
the City of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Of the 7,482 shooting incidents between 2018 and
2021 in the City of Philadelphia, 1,466 were fatal; and
WHEREAS, The Victim Services Unit within the Office of the
Philadelphia District Attorney asserts on its publicly
accessible Internet website that the unit advocates on behalf of
all crime victims and witnesses in the City of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, The CARES Peer Crisis Responders for Homicide
Survivors within the Office of the Philadelphia District
Attorney asserts on its publicly accessible Internet website
that it provides services to families of homicide victims;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a
comprehensive study of the Federal, State and city funds and any
grants allocated to or under the direction or control of the
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