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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Cretora H. Barnett is retiring from her position |
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| as the Cook County Administrator for Administrative Case Review |
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| with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) |
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| after 29 years of service with the department and over 30 years |
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| in the child welfare profession; she worked in the private |
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| sector for several years before beginning her tenure at DCFS; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, She began her career at DCFS on October 16, 1976, |
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| as a Social Service Career Trainee; she served in various |
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| capacities through the years, including child protection |
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| worker and supervisor, child welfare supervisor, Cook County |
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| Administrator of Foster Care Recruitment, Training, and |
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| Support, and Clinical Coordinator; she also served as the |
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| Associate Deputy Director of Administrative Case Review at |
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| DCFS; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Barnett is a certified National Association |
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| of Foster Care Reviewers trainer, a Certified Practicing |
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| Trainer with DCFS, a Certified Trainer for the Illinois Council |
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| on Training for Disabilities, and a long-time member of the |
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| DCFS African American Advisory Council, where she has been the |
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| annual conference co-chairperson for the last four years; she |
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| also holds memberships with the DuSable Museum of African |
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| American History, PUSH, the Illinois Association of Minorities |
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| in Government, and she serves as Director and Membership |
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| Chairperson for the Chicago Chapter of the National Association |
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| of Black Social Workers; and
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| WHEREAS, She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola |
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| University and a Master of Science in Human Service |
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| Administration from Spertus University; her official |
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| retirement from DCFS was on June 30, 2005; therefore, be it
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