Bill Text: GA SR1109 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Youth Villages Georgia Day; recognize March 7, 2012
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-07 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1109 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1109-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1109
By:
Senator Hamrick of the 30th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
March 7, 2012, as Youth Villages Georgia Day at the state capitol; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Youth Villages is a nonprofit organization which was founded in Memphis,
Tennessee, in 1986 by Patrick W. Lawler and now serves children, youth, and
their families in ten states; and
WHEREAS,
Youth Villages expanded its work by moving to Georgia in 2008 in part to help
with children involved in the
Kenny A. v.
Perdue Consent Decree and specifically to
work with vulnerable children and youth who often wind up in state custody;
and
WHEREAS,
with a mission to help children and families live successfully, Youth Villages
believes that strong families ensure that each child has a functioning family
and a safe, permanent home, which in turn results in safer neighborhoods and
better communities for everyone; and
WHEREAS,
Youth Villages serves children and their families in the metro area of Atlanta
through their Intercept program and in Douglasville with their psychiatric
residential treatment facility, Inner Harbour; and
WHEREAS,
Youth Villages works with children who receive referrals from Georgia's
Departments of Human Services, Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities,
and Juvenile Justice; and
WHEREAS,
a nationally recognized model for working with vulnerable children, youth, and
their families, Youth Villages garners a great success rate on the children and
youth they serve, preventing them from re-entering the state's system or ending
up in the court systems; and
WHEREAS,
Youth Villages of Georgia found their success as of June of 2011, based on
research conducted six months after discharge from their program that the
children and youth that were served for at least 60 days of service in Intercept
had shown 73 percent of youth were at home with family, 84 percent of those had
reported no trouble with the law, and 92 percent of those remained in school,
had graduated from high school, or were enrolled in GED classes;
and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this
distinguished organization, its staff, and its volunteers be appropriately
recognized for their work to help children and youth and their
families.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body extend a
warm greeting to Youth Villages Georgia, its staff, and its volunteers; commend
their past, present and future work on behalf of children, youth, and their
families in this state and throughout our nation; and recognize March 7, 2012,
as Youth Villages Georgia Day at the state capitol.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Youth Villages Georgia.
