Full Text of HR0893 95th General Assembly
HR0893 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Carolyn Cochran | 4 |
| Kopel on the occasion of her retirement as Deputy Director of | 5 |
| Clinical Operations and Policy for the Division of Mental | 6 |
| Health of the Illinois Department of Human Services; and
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| WHEREAS, Carolyn Cochran Kopel received her bachelor's | 8 |
| degree in Social Work from Illinois State University in 1981 | 9 |
| and her Master of Social Work degree from the University of | 10 |
| Illinois at Urbana in 1983; and
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| WHEREAS, Carolyn Cochran Kopel has had a long and | 12 |
| distinguished career in social work and public service; she | 13 |
| began her career as a caseworker for the Department of Public | 14 |
| Aid in Livingston County, serving there from 1972 until 1975; | 15 |
| she went on to serve as a Resource Coordinator for the Juvenile | 16 |
| Intake Unit of the Livingston County Court system, serving | 17 |
| there from November of 1977 until June of 1979; she served in | 18 |
| an internship as a Child Abuse Investigator for the Department | 19 |
| of Children and Family Services from September of 1980 until | 20 |
| May of 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, In June of 1982, Carolyn Cochran Kopel accepted a | 22 |
| position as a Budget Analyst for the Illinois Bureau of the |
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| Budget; as a Budget Analyst, she was responsible for the | 2 |
| analysis, budgeting, and development of policy recommendations | 3 |
| for the Departments of Aging, Rehabilitation Services, | 4 |
| Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, and Children and Family | 5 |
| Services; she served in this position until June of 1984, when | 6 |
| she accepted a position at the Illinois Department on Aging, | 7 |
| where she created and managed the department's Elder Abuse | 8 |
| Intervention Program; and
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| WHEREAS, In December of 1985, Carolyn Cochran Kopel | 10 |
| accepted a position as Manager of the Illinois Department of | 11 |
| Rehabilitation Services' new Division of Planning and | 12 |
| Analysis, where she was responsible for the creation, hiring, | 13 |
| and management of the division and its projects until her | 14 |
| departure in November of 1989; in December of 1989, she took | 15 |
| the position of Chief of the Bureau of Policy, Planning and | 16 |
| Program Development in the Division of Developmental | 17 |
| Disabilities at the Illinois Department of Mental Health and | 18 |
| Developmental Disabilities; where she served until May of 1993, | 19 |
| when she became the Chief of the Division of Human Services and | 20 |
| Education at the Illinois Bureau of the Budget; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, In July of 1994, Carolyn Cochran Kopel was | 22 |
| selected to serve as the Chief of Staff for the Director of the | 23 |
| Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and served | 24 |
| in that capacity for seven years; and
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| WHEREAS, In June of 2001, Carolyn Cochran Kopel was | 2 |
| appointed Associate Secretary of Human Services; as Associate | 3 |
| Secretary in the Department of Human Services, she was | 4 |
| responsible for the renovation and general management of the | 5 |
| department's Early Intervention program, the improvement of | 6 |
| the program's data system, the development and implementation | 7 |
| of performance contracts for the regional intake and service | 8 |
| coordination entities working with the department, and the | 9 |
| cultivation of improved relations with the program's advisory | 10 |
| council, advocates, and providers; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, In June of 2003, Carolyn Cochran Kopel became the | 12 |
| Special Assistant to the Secretary for Special Projects for the | 13 |
| Illinois Department of Human Services, where she worked on | 14 |
| projects involving the increase in Medicaid claiming | 15 |
| throughout the department's six program divisions and the | 16 |
| improvement of integration and access to various services and | 17 |
| work processes; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, In March of 2007, Carolyn Cochran Kopel became the | 19 |
| Deputy Director of Clinical Operations and Policy for the | 20 |
| Division of Mental Health for the Illinois Department of Human | 21 |
| Services; as Director, she has been responsible for the | 22 |
| oversight of the nine psychiatric hospitals operated by the | 23 |
| State of Illinois, as well as the implementation of various |
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| community clinical services and policies; and
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| WHEREAS, Carolyn Cochran Kopel has also been an active | 3 |
| member with many community organizations; she has served as a | 4 |
| board member and president of the Sojourn Women's Center, a | 5 |
| domestic violence shelter in Springfield; she was a board | 6 |
| member of Planned Parenthood of Springfield Area and the | 7 |
| Illinois State University Child Centers; she also served as a | 8 |
| board member and president of The Parent Place, an agency in | 9 |
| Springfield dedicated to strengthening the skills of parents; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Carolyn Cochran Kopel was named Social Worker of | 12 |
| the Year, Springfield Region in 2005 in recognition of her | 13 |
| accomplishments in the field of social work; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Carolyn Cochran Kopel's dedication to her | 15 |
| profession and willingness to serve her community makes her a | 16 |
| model for the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| congratulate Carolyn Cochran Kopel on the occasion of her | 20 |
| retirement and wish her continued success and happiness in the | 21 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Carolyn Cochran Kopel as a symbol of our esteem | 3 |
| and respect.
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