Bill Text: IL HR0946 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Guardian Angel Community Services on its 125th anniversary. Commends Guardian Angel Community Services' Board of Directors, staff, volunteers, and donors for their continued dedication and service to the community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0946 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0946-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Guardian Angel Community | ||||||
4 | Services on the occasion of its 125th anniversary on October | ||||||
5 | 19, 2022; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services, the oldest | ||||||
7 | social service organization in Will County, was founded by the | ||||||
8 | Sisters of St. Francis Mary Immaculate of Joliet when they | ||||||
9 | purchased a small cottage behind their motherhouse on October | ||||||
10 | 19, 1897, which became the first Guardian Angel Home to care | ||||||
11 | for dependent and neglected children; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services has been | ||||||
13 | recognized on the local, national, and global stage, and it | ||||||
14 | has achieved the highest standards of excellence for best | ||||||
15 | practice in service delivery and operations; the organization | ||||||
16 | is licensed as an Illinois Child Welfare Organization and | ||||||
17 | accredited by the Council on Accreditation, an international, | ||||||
18 | independent human service organization that partners with | ||||||
19 | human service organizations worldwide; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' mission is to | ||||||
21 | provide diverse services that inspire people to improve the | ||||||
22 | quality of their lives in their greatest time of need; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' philosophy of | ||||||
2 | care is centralized around peace, justice, and the belief in | ||||||
3 | people's inalienable human right to live safely, free from | ||||||
4 | violence, oppression, and abuse; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services is guided by | ||||||
6 | the principle that people have the right to self-determination | ||||||
7 | on their journey towards healing; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services strives to | ||||||
9 | instill hope through client-centered services provided in a | ||||||
10 | safe and confidential environment; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Since the start of the 21st century, Guardian | ||||||
12 | Angel Community Services has served over 700,000 people | ||||||
13 | through direct services, prevention education, and community | ||||||
14 | outreach, expanding its services by an extraordinary 705%; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services operates | ||||||
16 | several programs in present day; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Groundwork | ||||||
18 | program offers comprehensive services for survivors of | ||||||
19 | domestic violence, including a 24-hour emergency hotline and | ||||||
20 | shelter, crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, |
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1 | and legal and medical advocacy services; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Suzy's Caring | ||||||
3 | Place provides housing to domestic violence survivors and | ||||||
4 | their children and works to reduce the incidence of | ||||||
5 | homelessness by addressing the emotional and economic | ||||||
6 | consequences of victimization; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Sexual Assault | ||||||
8 | Services Center offers comprehensive services to survivors of | ||||||
9 | sexual assault, including a 24-hour emergency hotline, | ||||||
10 | individual and group counseling, and legal and medical | ||||||
11 | advocacy, while implementing a robust prevention education and | ||||||
12 | community outreach campaign annually; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Exchange Club | ||||||
14 | Center provides parenting classes and nurtures healthy | ||||||
15 | child/youth development for the prevention of child abuse and | ||||||
16 | neglect; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Foster Care | ||||||
18 | program recruits, trains, and provides oversight and support | ||||||
19 | to foster parents who offer a caring and safe environment to | ||||||
20 | children who have been removed from their environment due to | ||||||
21 | abuse or neglect, while also meeting the needs of youth in | ||||||
22 | foster care and assisting their families towards |
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1 | reunification; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Partner Abuse | ||||||
3 | Intervention Program helps individuals develop healthy, | ||||||
4 | mutually supportive relationships to eliminate domestic | ||||||
5 | violence from their lives through education-based services; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Adult | ||||||
8 | Protective Services assists adults with disabilities aged 18 | ||||||
9 | to 59 as well as those who are 60 years of age and older who | ||||||
10 | are at risk due to abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and | ||||||
11 | exploitation; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services has an | ||||||
13 | exemplary history of adapting programming in response to | ||||||
14 | community needs, including opening satellite offices in | ||||||
15 | Joliet, Plainfield, Morris, and Crete and expanding emergency | ||||||
16 | shelter beds for survivors of domestic violence by 50%; more | ||||||
17 | recently, the organization responded swiftly to the global | ||||||
18 | COVID-19 pandemic, with its heroic staff serving on the front | ||||||
19 | lines to deliver 24-hour essential services; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services continues to | ||||||
21 | withstand the test of time while demonstrating community | ||||||
22 | leadership and service towards significantly improving the |
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1 | quality of life of citizens; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
3 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
4 | we congratulate Guardian Angel Community Services on its 125th | ||||||
5 | anniversary; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That we commend Guardian Angel Community | ||||||
7 | Services' Board of Directors, staff, volunteers, and donors | ||||||
8 | for their continued dedication and service to the community.
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