Full Text of HR1496 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Cathy Ficker | 4 | | Terrill on the occasion of her retirement as President and CEO | 5 | | of the Ray Graham Association for People with Disabilities | 6 | | after 16 years of dedicated service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Cathy Ficker Terrill earned her master's degree in | 8 | | disability policy; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Cathy Ficker Terrill is well known among her peers | 10 | | as a pioneer in the human services field; she was instrumental | 11 | | in guiding Ray Graham and the industry in replacing the | 12 | | "workshop" model of employment to a more person-centered | 13 | | approach; as a result of her work, Ray Graham has grown to | 14 | | become one of the largest agencies, providing service and | 15 | | support to nearly 2,000 individuals with disabilities at 35 | 16 | | locations throughout DuPage County; during her tenure, Ray | 17 | | Graham also became the first organization in the world to | 18 | | receive a 4-year Accreditation with the Council on Quality and | 19 | | Leadership; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Cathy Ficker Terrill is a past President of the | 21 | | American Association on Mental Retardation and has been the | 22 | | President of the Illinois Association for Persons with Severe |
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| 1 | | Handicaps; she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve | 2 | | on the President's Committee on Mental Retardation for 2 terms; | 3 | | she served as the Director of the Illinois Planning Council on | 4 | | Developmental Disabilities, where she founded one of the first | 5 | | projects on dual diagnosis; she helped to write and ensure | 6 | | passage of the Illinois Early Intervention Act, The Family | 7 | | Support Act, and the Transition Act, which helped expand access | 8 | | to Early Intervention, provided cash subsidies to children and | 9 | | adults with mental health needs and developmental | 10 | | disabilities, and mandated transition services for young | 11 | | adults; in January 2009, she was named to the Special Education | 12 | | Funding Task Force by Illinois Senate Republican Leader | 13 | | Christine Radogno; in 2010, she was appointed to serve on the | 14 | | Governor's Task Force on Employment and Economic Opportunity | 15 | | for Persons with Disabilities by Governor Pat Quinn; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Cathy Ficker Terrill has served as a volunteer for | 17 | | numerous charitable and civic organizations, including the | 18 | | Elmhurst Hospital Board of Directors, the Council on Quality | 19 | | and Leadership Board of Directors, the Elmhurst College ELSA | 20 | | Advisory Board, the Life's Plan Special Needs Trust Board of | 21 | | Directors, the Mental Disability Rights International Board of | 22 | | Directors, the League of Women's Voters, the RTA Community | 23 | | Advisory Committee, the University of Illinois Center for | 24 | | Excellence on Disabilities, the President Elmhurst Morning | 25 | | Rotary, the Institute on Public Policy for People with |
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| 1 | | Disabilities, the DuPage Family Disability Network, and the | 2 | | Board of Directors of the Human Services Research Institute; | 3 | | she was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the | 4 | | Downers Grove Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the | 5 | | Illinois Department of Developmental Disabilities' Quality | 6 | | Committee, the University of Illinois
Department of | 7 | | Disabilities' Quality Committee, and the University of | 8 | | Illinois Center on Excellence for Disability's Advisory | 9 | | Committee; she is also the past Director of the Illinois | 10 | | Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Internationally, Cathy Ficker Terrill has | 12 | | volunteered her time to help families of children with | 13 | | disabilities in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe with the | 14 | | International Christian Children's Bureau; she has helped set | 15 | | up early intervention family support and parent support groups | 16 | | in Poland with UNICEF and has worked to unite children in | 17 | | Russian orphanages with families; she has facilitated | 18 | | strategic planning in Saudi Arabia and Lithuania and has | 19 | | recently volunteered her time to expand self-advocacy in China, | 20 | | Japan, and Cyprus; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Following her retirement, Cathy Ficker Terrill | 22 | | plans to pursue a reduced workload, while continuing her | 23 | | allegiance and ongoing relationship with Ray Graham; | 24 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate Cathy Ficker Terrill on the occasion of her | 4 | | retirement and wish her many happy and healthy retirement | 5 | | years; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Cathy Ficker Terrill as a symbol of our esteem and | 8 | | respect.
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