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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, For over a decade, GEO Reentry Services has |
| 3 | | hosted a community resource fair at its West Fulton Reentry |
| 4 | | Service Center in Chicago to help justice-involved individuals |
| 5 | | returning to society; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, GEO Reentry Services has partnered with the |
| 7 | | Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and the Illinois |
| 8 | | Department of Public Health (IDPH)to host this community |
| 9 | | resource fair under IDOC and IDPH's Summit of Hope community |
| 10 | | expo program; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Summit of Hope program brings together local |
| 12 | | social service providers to create a one-stop environment for |
| 13 | | parolees and probationers to obtain necessary assistance to |
| 14 | | move past barriers that can prevent an individual from leading |
| 15 | | a successful life; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Summit of Hope, hosted by GEO Reentry |
| 17 | | Services' West Fulton Reentry Service Center, has grown to |
| 18 | | over 65 partnering organizations and vendors providing a |
| 19 | | variety of services to returning citizens; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, GEO Reentry Services' West Fulton Reentry Service |
| 21 | | Center's Summit of Hope focuses on assisting returning |
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| 1 | | citizens by providing services for substance abuse prevention, |
| 2 | | anger management treatment, employment readiness, housing |
| 3 | | access, HIV testing, domestic violence prevention, cognitive |
| 4 | | behavioral therapy, and acquiring state identification; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Reentry services provide individuals returning |
| 6 | | from incarceration critical services to transition |
| 7 | | productively back into society, helping reduce barriers to |
| 8 | | employment, preventing homelessness, improving health |
| 9 | | concerns, and improving public safety by reducing behaviors |
| 10 | | that can lead to recidivism and reincarceration; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, GEO Reentry Services' West Fulton Reentry Service |
| 12 | | Center's 2024 Summit of Hope is scheduled for May 8, 2024 and |
| 13 | | is expected to serve nearly 500 returning citizens to help |
| 14 | | them obtain the assistance to move past involvement in the |
| 15 | | justice system; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 17 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 18 | | we commend GEO Reentry Services' West Fulton Reentry Service |
| 19 | | Center for its dedicated work to ensure successful transitions |
| 20 | | back into society for people involved in the justice system in |
| 21 | | order to live productive and safe lives; and be it further
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |