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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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are pleased to recognize the milestones of important 
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institutions in the State; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In the late 1950s and early 1960s, child welfare 
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professionals in Illinois were becoming increasingly concerned 
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about children who needed care and services but were left out 
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of the child welfare system; to consolidate efforts to study 
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and assess further the needs of such children, "The Committee 
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on the Left Out Child" was created and functioned under the 
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charge of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago; the 
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committee determined the needs of children were so great and 
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the services to them were so fragmented that the creation of a 
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separate Department to serve all of Illinois' children and 
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their families was needed; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The "Committee on the Left Out Child" became the 
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"Comprehensive Family and Child Welfare Committee; following 
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the creation of the Department of Mental Health in 1961, 
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rigorous efforts to create a separate Department for Children 
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and Families continued even more strongly until the Department 
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of Children and Family Services was created through legislation 
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in 1963; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The legislation creating the Department of 
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Children and Family Services was enacted by the 73rd General 
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Assembly; it was approved and signed by the Governor on June 4, 
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1963, and became effective on January 1, 1964; the stated 
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purpose of the act was "to create a Department of Children and 
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Family Services to provide social services to children and 
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their families, to operate children's institutions, and to 
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provide certain other rehabilitative and residential 
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services"; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Upon its inception, the Department of Children and 
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Family Services took over responsibility for most of the 
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non-psychiatric programs and services for children from the 
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Department of Mental Health; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Department of Children and Family Services has 
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undergone a number of changes since 1964; the Child Care Act of 
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1969 and  amendments in 1973 and 1975 included information about 
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licensing and inspections functions that are the 
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responsibility of the Department of Children and Family 
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Services; therefore, be it

 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the 
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Department of Children and Family Services on the occasion of 
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its 40th anniversary, and we commend the Department for its 
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work on behalf of the children of the State of Illinois; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Department of Children and Family Services as an 
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expression of our esteem.