Full Text of HR0795 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic will be | 3 | | celebrating its fifth anniversary at the Clinic's annual Spring | 4 | | Event on May 7, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Clinic was founded after the City of Highland | 6 | | Park Human Services Task Force performed a needs assessment and | 7 | | identified a lack of access to legal services in the city; its | 8 | | purpose is to provide accessible,
quality pro-bono legal | 9 | | services in the areas of immigration, domestic violence, and | 10 | | housing to give those in need of access to justice the | 11 | | opportunity to live productive and secure lives; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Clinic has experienced immense growth since | 13 | | its inception; it served served 875 clients in 2019, compared | 14 | | to the 84 it served in 2015; by the end of August in 2019, it | 15 | | had already served more clients than it had in all of 2018; it | 16 | | has expanded from serving two communities in 2015 to serving | 17 | | ten communities throughout northern Cook County and southern | 18 | | Lake County in 2019; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, By the end of September in 2019, the Clinic's | 20 | | immigration practice had handled over 315 immigration matters, | 21 | | compared to 290 in all of 2018; it continues to expand its | 22 | | immigration partnerships by offering monthly off-site clinics |
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| 1 | | and hosting Know Your Rights presentations; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Clinic recognizes domestic violence as a | 3 | | critical health issue and, by the end of September in 2019, had | 4 | | helped over 160 survivors; in October of 2019, it led a | 5 | | Domestic Violence Awareness Month campaign that included | 6 | | partnering with municipalities and townships; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Clinic continues to protect housing rights by | 8 | | helping tenants stay in their homes, acquire the return of | 9 | | wrongfully withheld security deposits, and avoid wrongful | 10 | | evictions; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Through its geographic expansion, fundraising | 12 | | efforts, educational initiatives, and outreach and advocacy, | 13 | | the Clinic continues to be a trusted legal resource for the | 14 | | low-income communities in northern Cook County and southern | 15 | | Lake County; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate the North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic on its | 19 | | fifth anniversary and commend its continued efforts to provide | 20 | | legal aid to those most in need; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic as an | 2 | | expression of our esteem and
respect.
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