Bill Text: IL HR0619 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Youth Crossroads, Inc. on its 50th anniversary and for providing culturally competent and free services to at-risk youth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-03-05 - Resolution Adopted [HR0619 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0619-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Youth Crossroads, Inc. on | ||||||
4 | the 50th anniversary of its founding; and
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5 | WHEREAS, In 1971, a concerned group of community | ||||||
6 | organizers in Berwyn received state funds to create a | ||||||
7 | three-year project known as the Youth in Crisis Project, which | ||||||
8 | provided crisis intervention for homeless youth, drug abuse | ||||||
9 | counseling, and support services for underserved teens in the | ||||||
10 | west suburban area; and
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11 | WHEREAS, In 1974, organizers from the Youth in Crisis | ||||||
12 | Project incorporated as an independent non-profit charitable | ||||||
13 | organization known as West Suburban Youth Outreach, Inc.; and
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14 | WHEREAS, In 1975, the name was changed to Youth In Crisis, | ||||||
15 | Inc.; and
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16 | WHEREAS, By 1978, the agency moved into its own facility | ||||||
17 | in a residential Berwyn neighborhood, and over the next three | ||||||
18 | decades, the agency continued to evolve and expand services | ||||||
19 | that would reach more and more young people in trouble with | ||||||
20 | police, involved with gangs, or experiencing problems at home, | ||||||
21 | in school, or in the community; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Over the next three decades, Youth in Crisis, | ||||||
2 | Inc. services expanded to help teens involved with the police, | ||||||
3 | street-gangs, and school truancy; and
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4 | WHEREAS, In 2007, the agency changed its name to Youth | ||||||
5 | Crossroads, Inc. to better reflect the evolution of services | ||||||
6 | aimed towards the prevention of problems rather than only | ||||||
7 | reacting to problems that had reached crisis stage; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In 2008, Youth Crossroads, Inc. formed the Youth | ||||||
9 | Leadership Program to focus on local teens; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Soon after, in 2009, Youth Crossroads, Inc. | ||||||
11 | created its Community School Initiative and After-School | ||||||
12 | Programs for middle school students; and
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13 | WHEREAS, In 2012, Youth Crossroads, Inc. began providing | ||||||
14 | school-based counseling services to better serve youth; and
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15 | WHEREAS, In 2022, Youth Crossroads, Inc. relaunched | ||||||
16 | community-based services to reach youth outside of school | ||||||
17 | districts; the agency created a workforce development program | ||||||
18 | designed to give high school students and young adults the | ||||||
19 | introductory training they need to get good paying jobs and | ||||||
20 | develop meaningful careers and began a violence prevention |
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1 | program to address gun violence in the community; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Since its creation, Youth Crossroads, Inc. has | ||||||
3 | served tens of thousands of youth and their families from | ||||||
4 | Berwyn, Cicero, Stickney, and neighboring towns and has | ||||||
5 | partnered with more than 100 community organizations to create | ||||||
6 | a network of referral sources to address the complex issues | ||||||
7 | confronting youth and families; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Today, Youth Crossroads, Inc. offers community | ||||||
9 | youth opportunities to heal, grow, lead, and thrive; | ||||||
10 | therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
12 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
13 | we congratulate Youth Crossroads, Inc. on its 50th anniversary | ||||||
14 | and for providing culturally competent and free services to | ||||||
15 | at-risk youth; and be it further
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