Bill Text: IL HR0210 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares May 15, 2019 as the fourth Annual Illinois Foster Youth and Alumni Legislative Shadow Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0210 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0210-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives recognize that foster youth and
alumni are some | ||||||
4 | of the State's most precious, valuable, and vulnerable | ||||||
5 | citizens; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The mission of the Foster Care Alumni of America | ||||||
7 | (FCAA) is to connect the alumni
community and to transform | ||||||
8 | policy and practice, ensuring opportunity for people in and | ||||||
9 | from
foster care; it seeks to serve and act on behalf of the | ||||||
10 | rights, needs, and well-being of current
and former foster | ||||||
11 | youth; and
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12 | WHEREAS, FCAA-IL is one of 23 state chapters that the FCAA | ||||||
13 | has around the country with
members dedicated to its mission; | ||||||
14 | and
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15 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Children and Family | ||||||
16 | Services (DCFS) protects children
who are reported to be abused | ||||||
17 | or neglected; it works to increase their families' capacity to | ||||||
18 | safely
care for them and provides for the well-being of | ||||||
19 | children in DCFS care; they provide
appropriate, permanent | ||||||
20 | families as quickly as possible for those children who cannot | ||||||
21 | safely
return home; they support early intervention and child | ||||||
22 | abuse prevention activities, and they work
in partnerships with |
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1 | communities to fulfill this mission; and
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2 | WHEREAS, The services that DCFS provides include a | ||||||
3 | Statewide Youth Advisory Board whose
mission is to advocate and | ||||||
4 | educate all youth in care; the Statewide Youth Advisory Board | ||||||
5 | is
committed to youth empowerment, development, leadership, | ||||||
6 | and achievement across the State
of Illinois;; and
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7 | WHEREAS, FCAA-IL, working together with DCFS and their | ||||||
8 | Statewide Youth Advisory Board,
are proud to host the fourth | ||||||
9 | Annual Illinois Foster Youth and Alumni Legislative Shadow Day | ||||||
10 | on
May 15, 2019; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The purpose of this day is to connect current and | ||||||
12 | former foster children with a State
legislator to educate them | ||||||
13 | on the legislative process; the legislators spend their day | ||||||
14 | mentoring
them; this process helps reshape the impression of | ||||||
15 | who youth in foster care and alumni are and
connects | ||||||
16 | legislators to the youth that they impact directly and | ||||||
17 | indirectly; and
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18 | WHEREAS, The actions of founding FCAA-IL Chapter President | ||||||
19 | James McIntyre, National
Board Chair April Curtis, and current | ||||||
20 | and former DCFS Statewide Youth Advisory Board
members | ||||||
21 | represent shining examples of those in our communities doing | ||||||
22 | positive things for
foster children, past and present, and are |
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1 | responsible for the creation of the Annual Illinois
Foster | ||||||
2 | Youth and Alumni Legislative Shadow Day; therefore, be it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
4 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
5 | we declare May 15, 2019 as the fourth Annual Illinois Foster
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6 | Youth and Alumni Legislative Shadow Day and acknowledge the | ||||||
7 | dedication, hard work, and
significant contributions made to | ||||||
8 | the well-being of current and former foster children; and be it | ||||||
9 | further
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10 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to all participants in
recognition of their efforts.
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