Full Text of HR0089 095th General Assembly
HR0089 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois wish to congratulate Metropolitan Family | 4 |
| Services on the occasion of its 150th anniversary, which will | 5 |
| be celebrated with a series of events throughout 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Metropolitan Family Services is at the heart of | 7 |
| Chicago's city and suburban communities responding to the needs | 8 |
| of families since February 16, 1857; through seven major | 9 |
| community centers, Metropolitan Family Services serves | 10 |
| low-income and working-poor families facing a dynamic and | 11 |
| ever-changing environment; and
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| WHEREAS, Metropolitan Family Services provides numerous | 13 |
| programs and services such as Child and Youth Development, | 14 |
| School-based Services and Violence Prevention, Counseling and | 15 |
| Mental Health Services, Child Welfare, Employee Assistance | 16 |
| Programs, Financial Literacy Services, Legal Aid Bureau, | 17 |
| Services for Older Adults and Their Families, Community | 18 |
| Development, and Social Policy; and
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| WHEREAS, Metropolitan Family Services has 570 full-time | 20 |
| professional staff members dedicated to providing quality | 21 |
| services to families from southwest Cook and DuPage counties to | 22 |
| Evanston and Skokie; they serve nearly 60,000 families and |
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| individuals, as diverse as the communities they live in, with | 2 |
| hundreds of thousands more benefitting from Metropolitan | 3 |
| Family Service's social policy and advocacy efforts; and
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| WHEREAS, 85 cents of every dollar received goes toward | 5 |
| direct client services; and
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| WHEREAS, Metropolitan Family Services is currently led by | 7 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer Richard L. Jones; | 8 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| congratulate the Metropolitan Family Services on the occasion | 12 |
| of their sesquicentennial anniversary; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Richard L. Jones and Metropolitan Family Services.
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