HR0944 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate the administration and staff of Prairie Center Health Center, Inc. on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Center; and

WHEREAS, Prairie Center Health Systems, Inc. (Prairie Center), has grassroots ties to 3 organizations starting In 1968: The Mustard Seed Club, the Champaign County Council on Alcoholism, and Gemini House, in Champaign-Urbana; and

WHEREAS, Prairie Center has expanded substance abuse services to Ford and Vermilion County; Prairie Center provides a continuum of substance abuse services from school-based prevention education, community education, early intervention counseling, outpatient, DUI services, intensive outpatient, day treatment, and adult inpatient residential and detoxification; and

WHEREAS, Prairie Center is an innovator in serving youth and adults involved with the criminal justice system, providing community re-integration housing and support, in-detention substance abuse services, and treatment alternatives to incarceration through its Vermilion and Champaign County Drug Courts; and

WHEREAS, Prairie Center has been responsive to the needs of the communities it serves, providing affordable, effective drug and alcohol education and treatment to over 6,000 residents annually, restoring lives, families, and communities; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we proclaim February 21, 2008 as Prairie Center Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the administration and staff of Prairie Center as a symbol of our respect.