Full Text of HR0397 94th General Assembly
HR0397 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Mental Health Association of Macon County, | 3 |
| Inc., (MHA) will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Wednesday, | 4 |
| May 11, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, A group first met in 1955 to discuss the | 6 |
| organization of a citizen's committee to promote the | 7 |
| establishment of a Mental Health Society in Decatur; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1960, the Mental Health Bond Issue for | 9 |
| $150,000,000 passed under the leadership of the MHA; the | 10 |
| following year the MHA led the drive to obtain funding for the | 11 |
| site of a mental health hospital, and the Adolph Meyer Zone | 12 |
| Center was opened in 1965; and
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| WHEREAS, The 1960s was a decade of firsts for the MHA; | 14 |
| during that decade, the organization initiated its first junior | 15 |
| volunteers, the first Bell Ringer Campaign, the first | 16 |
| Cotillion, the first Scholarship Program, and activated an | 17 |
| adult service program; MHA became a part of the United Way and | 18 |
| continued to be the only public citizens' group not affiliated | 19 |
| with the government that could mobilize citizens in educational | 20 |
| and advocacy efforts on behalf of mental health; and
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| WHEREAS, In the 1970s, the Drug Abuse Advisory Council was | 22 |
| organized under the direction of the MHA, and in the 1980s, MHA | 23 |
| began to address crisis management and suicide prevention; and
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| WHEREAS, Several programs were developed and implemented | 25 |
| during the 1990s; the "Little Bear" sexual abuse prevention | 26 |
| program was introduced in primary grade classrooms; teams began | 27 |
| actively responding to the deaths of children in Macon County | 28 |
| schools; MHA began participating in National Depression | 29 |
| Screening Day by providing free, anonymous, and confidential | 30 |
| screenings for citizens of Decatur and Macon County; and the |
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| organization began to address school violence issues and | 2 |
| organized a multidisciplinary task force to deal with threats | 3 |
| of violence within schools; and
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| WHEREAS, During the 21st century, the organization | 5 |
| continues to participate in or sponsor many other important | 6 |
| programs and is committed to promoting mental health, | 7 |
| preventing mental illness, and improving the care and treatment | 8 |
| of persons suffering with mental illnesses; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| we congratulate the Mental Health Association of Macon County, | 12 |
| Inc., on the occasion of its 50th anniversary; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the MHA as an expression of our respect and | 16 |
| esteem.
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