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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION |
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Illinois Action for |
| 4 | | Children on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of its |
| 5 | | founding; and |
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Action for Children was founded by |
| 7 | | Sylvia Cotton in 1969 as the Day Care Crisis Council of |
| 8 | | Metropolitan Chicago in response to concerns about a lack of |
| 9 | | quality child care available to working parents; and |
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Cotton was spurred into action by working on |
| 11 | | a child care study for the City of Chicago, recognizing that |
| 12 | | there was inadequate access to child care funding for working |
| 13 | | families and that child care providers face conflicting and |
| 14 | | confusing regulations, leading to poor standards in child care |
| 15 | | facilities; and |
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Action for Children initially focused |
| 17 | | its mission on advocacy, helping spur the creation of an |
| 18 | | Office of Child Care Services in Chicago through frequent |
| 19 | | rallies and letters to the editor to local newspapers; and |
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Action for Children grew its work to |
| 21 | | help proactively address issues faced by families in need of |