Full Text of SR1784 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate recognize | 3 | | foster youth and alumni as one of the State's most precious, | 4 | | valuable, and vulnerable citizens; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The mission of the Foster Care Alumni of America | 6 | | is to connect the alumni community and to transform policy and | 7 | | practice, ensuring opportunity for people in and from foster | 8 | | care and seeks to serve and act on behalf of the rights, needs, | 9 | | and well-being of current and former foster youth; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Foster Care Alumni of America has 17 State | 11 | | Chapters; Illinois is the state affiliate of the National | 12 | | Foster Care Alumni of America; FCAA-IL has members around the | 13 | | State dedicated to the same mission; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Children and Family | 15 | | Services protect children who are reported to be abused or | 16 | | neglected and to increase their families' capacity to safely | 17 | | care for them and provide for the well-being of children in its | 18 | | care; provide appropriate and permanent families as quickly as | 19 | | possible for those children who cannot safely return home; | 20 | | support early intervention and child abuse prevention | 21 | | activities; and work in partnerships with communities to | 22 | | fulfill this mission; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Children and Family | 2 | | Services includes a Statewide Youth Advisory Board whose | 3 | | mission is to advocate and educate all youth in care; the | 4 | | Statewide Youth Advisory Board is committed to youth | 5 | | empowerment, development, leadership, and achievement across | 6 | | the State of Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, FCAA-IL, working together with the Department of | 8 | | Children and Family Services and their Statewide Youth Advisory | 9 | | Board, are proud to host the first Annual Illinois Foster Youth | 10 | | and Alumni Legislative Shadow Day on May 4, 2016; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The purpose of this day is to connect current and | 12 | | former foster children with a State legislator to educate them | 13 | | on the legislative process and spend their day mentoring them, | 14 | | help reshape the impression of who youth in foster care and | 15 | | alumni of foster care are, and connect legislators to the youth | 16 | | that they impact directly and indirectly; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The actions of FCAA-IL Illinois Chapter founding | 18 | | members April Curtis, Jeremy Harvey, and James McIntyre, DCFS | 19 | | Director George Sheldon, and current and former DCFS Statewide | 20 | | Youth Advisory Board members represent shining examples of | 21 | | those in our communities doing positive things for foster | 22 | | children, past and present, and are responsible for the |
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| 1 | | creation of the first Annual Illinois Foster Youth and Alumni | 2 | | Legislative Shadow Day; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize May 4, | 5 | | 2016 as the first Annual Illinois Foster Youth and Alumni | 6 | | Legislative Shadow Day and the dedication, hard work, and | 7 | | significant contributions to the well-being of current and | 8 | | former foster children; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to all participants in recognition of their efforts.
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