Full Text of HR1383 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Theresa Coye Nihill on | 4 | | becoming the Chief Operating Officer of Metropolitan Family | 5 | | Services; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Theresa Nihill has served in her current position | 7 | | as Executive Director of the Metropolitan DuPage Center since | 8 | | 2007; she joined Metropolitan as a
social worker in 1986, and | 9 | | throughout her 30-year career, has helped provide low-income | 10 | | families
with job, education, health, and other services; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Theresa Nihill has led and worked with community | 12 | | partners to identify gaps in
services and has worked tirelessly | 13 | | to fill those gaps; she has worked to expand,
improve, and | 14 | | build new systems in human services to help meet the basic | 15 | | needs
of DuPage County residents, especially the most | 16 | | vulnerable; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Theresa Nihill is a true collaborator and helped | 18 | | found and develop numerous programs, including Family | 19 | | Self-Sufficiency, which provides lower-income families access | 20 | | to child
care, educational and job opportunities, and intensive | 21 | | emotional support; Supportive Housing Initiative for Families | 22 | | in Transition designed to
stabilize housing for homeless |
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| 1 | | families so they may address issues
associated with poverty; We | 2 | | Go Together for Kids, a collaborative that addresses the | 3 | | health, safety,
and the well-being of West Chicago students and | 4 | | their families; and several integrated behavioral health and | 5 | | primary health programs; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Theresa Nihill's leadership roles include serving | 7 | | on the Steering Committee for Impact
DuPage and the Behavioral | 8 | | Health Collaboration for DuPage County; the Boards
of the | 9 | | DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform and Positive | 10 | | Parenting
DuPage; and the Steering Committee for We Go Together | 11 | | for Kids; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Under Theresa Nihill's leadership, the | 13 | | Metropolitan DuPage Center won grants to provide Head Start
and | 14 | | Early Head Start programming in DuPage County, and secured | 15 | | support for
the Addison Children's Center; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Theresa Nihill was named one of DuPage County's | 17 | | "5O Under 50" and as a Woman of
Distinction by Suburban Life | 18 | | Media; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Theresa Nihill helped forge a partnership with the | 20 | | People's Resource Center that
provides mental health services | 21 | | to individuals and families living in Southeast
DuPage County | 22 | | which had been underserved; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Theresa Nihill is an inspiration to others and a | 2 | | role model to young women who strive
to succeed; therefore, be | 3 | | it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | congratulate Theresa Coye Nihill on becoming the Chief | 7 | | Operating Officer of Metropolitan Family Services, and we wish | 8 | | her many years of success; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Theresa Nihill as an expression of our esteem and | 11 | | respect.
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