Full Text of HR0901 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor the Mother's Trust | 4 | | Foundation for its value to the State of Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Mother's Trust Foundation is a non-profit | 6 | | organization supporting social service providers by offering | 7 | | assistance to children in need in Lake County; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Since being founded in 1998, the Mother's Trust | 9 | | Foundation has provided more than $1,200,000 to assist over | 10 | | 14,000 children; some of the grants provided by Mother's Trust | 11 | | this year have been for basic clothing needs, trip funding for | 12 | | a student to attend a college tour as a senior, auto repairs, | 13 | | and fees to obtain vital records such as birth certificates and | 14 | | other legal documents; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Clients come to Mother's Trust through requests | 16 | | made by social service professionals, school counselors, | 17 | | social workers, court workers, and other such trained | 18 | | individuals; it is through these relationships that clients can | 19 | | be vetted as to the extent and legitimacy of their needs, a | 20 | | function that is critical for Mother's Trust Foundation to | 21 | | operate responsibly; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Every week throughout the year, the volunteer | 2 | | Mothers Trust Service Committee and staff meet to review grant | 3 | | applications; the criteria for receiving help are simple: the | 4 | | request must come from a qualified professional; the child (age | 5 | | 21 and under) must reside in Lake County and clearly benefit | 6 | | from the assistance; the needs cannot be met in full anywhere | 7 | | else; and the benefit request must be time-limited; in 2011, | 8 | | $205,682 in grants were made to 3,117 Lake County children and | 9 | | their families; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mother's Trust is a unique and valuable resource | 11 | | in Illinois because it is often able to make benefits and | 12 | | opportunities available which cannot be obtained from other | 13 | | sources; the Foundation's goal is to assist children in trouble | 14 | | or crisis, raise awareness of children's needs, link needs with | 15 | | community resources, and provide opportunities for volunteers | 16 | | to be involved; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we thank the Mother's Trust Foundation for its dedication to | 20 | | the children of the State of Illinois and wish the Foundation | 21 | | continued success in the future; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 | | presented to the Mother's Trust Foundation as a symbol of our |
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