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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the administration
4 and staff of Prairie Center Health Center, Inc. on the occasion
5 of the 40th anniversary of the Center; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Prairie Center Health Systems, Inc. (Prairie
7 Center), has grassroots ties to 3 organizations starting In
8 1968: The Mustard Seed Club, the Champaign County Council on
9 Alcoholism, and Gemini House, in Champaign-Urbana; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Prairie Center has expanded substance abuse
11 services to Ford and Vermilion County; Prairie Center provides
12 a continuum of substance abuse services from school-based
13 prevention education, community education, early intervention
14 counseling, outpatient, DUI services, intensive outpatient,
15 day treatment, and adult inpatient residential and
16 detoxification; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Prairie Center is an innovator in serving youth
18 and adults involved with the criminal justice system, providing
19 community re-integration housing and support, in-detention
20 substance abuse services, and treatment alternatives to
21 incarceration through its Vermilion and Champaign County Drug
22 Courts; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Prairie Center has been responsive to the needs of
2 the communities it serves, providing affordable, effective
3 drug and alcohol education and treatment to over 6,000
4 residents annually, restoring lives, families, and
5 communities; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8 proclaim February 21, 2008 as Prairie Center Day in the State
9 of Illinois; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the administration and staff of Prairie Center as
12 a symbol of our respect.