Bill Text: IL HR0251 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Tim Carpenter on his retirement as the Illinois State Director for Council for a Strong America's Illinois office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-04-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0251 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HR0251-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate Tim Carpenter on the
occasion of his retirement from his longtime position as the
Illinois State Director of Council for a Strong America's
Illinois office, the only person to serve in that position;
and
WHEREAS, Council for a Strong America consists of three
national membership organizations that represent the
experience and credibility of respected groups of civic
leaders who, through council participation, are dedicated to
improving the well-being of children from their earliest years
of life; and
WHEREAS, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is the oldest of
these nonprofit, bipartisan membership organizations,
consisting of police chiefs, sheriffs, and prosecutors
providing a law enforcement perspective on children's policies
that are shown by research to promote public safety; and
WHEREAS, Tim Carpenter opened the Illinois office of Fight
Crime: Invest in Kids in 1998 and helped it develop, over time,
to include nearly 350 law enforcement leaders from every
corner of our State; and

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WHEREAS, Tim Carpenter has long coordinated the successful
efforts of these law enforcement leaders in sharing research
and experience with policymakers to make the case for greater
investments in early care and education, after school
programs, juvenile justice priorities, and other vital
services for Illinois children and their families; and
WHEREAS, Over the years, Tim Carpenter and Fight Crime
members have worked with a wide range of strong allies in
helping to establish the Illinois Early Learning Council, to
create our State's Preschool for All policy, and to enshrine
in state statute the Teen REACH after school program, among
other policy highlights; and
WHEREAS, In addition to Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Tim
Carpenter has helped to launch and shepherd the Illinois
efforts of two other membership groups under the umbrella of
Council for a Strong America, to assist in the work of
improving children's learning and development, the ReadyNation
network of business executives, which provides a workforce
development and economic perspective, and the Mission:
Readiness organization of retired U.S. military leaders,
offering a national security background; and
WHEREAS, For 11 years prior to these efforts, Tim

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Carpenter was demonstrating a commitment to Illinoisans in
need through his leadership of the Metropolitan Tenants
Organization in Chicago, a nonprofit, citywide coalition
devoted to promoting tenants' rights and the availability,
affordability, and quality of rental housing in that city; and
WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Tim Carpenter has drawn
particular inspiration from the spirit and example of the late
Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and has, in turn, likewise
inspired countless others to similarly serve fellow
Illinoisans in need; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate Tim Carpenter on his stellar career of service
to children and families statewide, and we extend our sincere
best wishes to him for a happy, well-deserved retirement; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Tim Carpenter as an expression of our respect and
esteem.