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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie F. Davis has been a respected and faithful 
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employee of the Illinois Department of Children and Family 
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Services, performing her duties faithfully in a variety of 
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positions for the past 34 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie Davis has served effectively as an 
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Associate Deputy Director of the Department of Children and 
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Family Services for the past 4 years while administering the 
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statewide adoption program, including the Matching for 
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Adoptive Placement Unit; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie Davis has also administered the Local Area 
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Network System, which provided interventive services to 
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children at risk of school truancy, suspension, and expulsion; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie Davis has served as an Associate Deputy 
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Director in the Quality Assurance Bureau in the Administrative 
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Case Review Unit, where she also performed as an Administrative 
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Case Reviewer and as a Supervisor; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie Davis performed well for over 8 years as 
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an Assistant Guardianship Administrator under Richard S. 
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Laymon, designated by the General Assembly to act "in loco 
 


 






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parentis" for ward of the State of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie Davis was a founder of the IDCFS' African 
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American Advisory Council, serving for many years as its chair 
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while maintaining membership until her retirement; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie Davis was a charter member of the Illinois 
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African American Family Commission and continues to serve on 
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its Research Foundation Board; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie Davis has been a member, volunteer, and 
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Chair of the Board of the Illinois Association of Minorities in 
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Government, an organization that serves to ensure affirmative 
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action in hiring, retention, and training of all minorities for 
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positions in State agencies; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie Davis is a graduate of the University of 
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Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where she received her 
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bachelor's degree; she continued her education at the 
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University of Illinois at Chicago's Jane Addams Graduate 
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College of Social Work, receiving her M.S.W. in 1973; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Valerie Davis continues to serve as an activist in 
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civic affairs in her church, the St. Mark United Methodist 
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Church, where she serves on the Senior Housing Board; 
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therefore, be it

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Valerie F. Davis on the occasion of her retirement 
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and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Valerie F. Davis as a symbol of our esteem and 
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respect.