Full Text of HJR0053 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly | 3 | | recognize that foster youth are some of the State's most | 4 | | precious, valuable, and vulnerable citizens; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The mission of the Foster Care Alumni of America | 6 | | (FCAA) is to connect the alumni community and to transform | 7 | | policy and practice, ensuring opportunity for people in and | 8 | | from foster care; it seeks to serve and act on behalf of the | 9 | | rights, needs, and well-being of current and former foster | 10 | | youth; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, FCAA-IL is one of 23 state chapters that the FCAA | 12 | | has around the country with members dedicated to its mission; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Children and Family | 15 | | Services (DCFS) protects children who are abused or neglected | 16 | | and tries to help their families safely care for them and | 17 | | provide for their well-being; they provide appropriate, | 18 | | permanent families as quickly as possible for those children | 19 | | who cannot safely return home; they support early intervention | 20 | | and child abuse prevention activities, and they work in | 21 | | partnerships with communities to fulfill this mission; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The services that DCFS provide include a Statewide | 2 | | Youth Advisory Board whose mission is to advocate and educate | 3 | | all youth in its care; the Statewide Youth Advisory Board is | 4 | | committed to youth empowerment, development, leadership, and | 5 | | achievement across the State of Illinois; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, FCAA-IL, working together with DCFS and their | 7 | | Statewide Youth Advisory Board, are proud to host the second | 8 | | Annual Illinois Foster Youth and Alumni Legislative Shadow Day | 9 | | on May 10, 2017; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The purpose of this day is to connect current and | 11 | | former foster children with a state legislator to educate them | 12 | | on the legislative process; the legislators spend their day | 13 | | mentoring them and helping reshape the impression of who youth | 14 | | in foster care and alumni are; this process connects | 15 | | legislators to the youth that they impact directly and | 16 | | indirectly; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The actions of founding FCAA-IL members April | 18 | | Curtis, Jeremy Harvey, and James McIntyre, DCFS Director George | 19 | | Sheldon, and current and former DCFS Statewide Youth Advisory | 20 | | Board members represent shining examples of those in our | 21 | | communities doing positive things for foster children, past and | 22 | | present, and are responsible for the creation of the Annual | 23 | | Illinois Foster Youth and Alumni Legislative Shadow Day; |
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| 1 | | therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 4 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we recognize May 10, 2017 as the second | 5 | | Annual Illinois Foster Youth and Alumni Legislative Shadow Day | 6 | | and the dedication, hard work, and significant contributions to | 7 | | the well-being of current and former foster children; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to all participants in recognition of their efforts.
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