Bill Text: IL SR0797 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2024-04-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0797 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR0797-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
congratulate Youth Crossroads, Inc. on the 50th anniversary of
its founding; and
WHEREAS, In 1971, a concerned group of community
organizers in Berwyn received state funds to create a
three-year project known as the Youth in Crisis Project, which
provided crisis intervention for homeless youth, drug abuse
counseling, and support services for underserved teens in the
west suburban area; and
WHEREAS, In 1974, organizers from the Youth in Crisis
Project incorporated as an independent non-profit charitable
organization known as West Suburban Youth Outreach, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, In 1975, the name was changed to Youth In Crisis,
Inc.; and
WHEREAS, By 1978, the agency moved into its own facility
in a residential Berwyn neighborhood, and over the next three
decades, the agency continued to evolve and expand services
that would reach more and more young people in trouble with
police, involved with gangs, or experiencing problems at home,
in school, or in the community; and

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WHEREAS, Over the next three decades, Youth in Crisis,
Inc. services expanded to help teens involved with the police,
street-gangs, and school truancy; and
WHEREAS, In 2007, the agency changed its name to Youth
Crossroads, Inc. to better reflect the evolution of services
aimed towards the prevention of problems rather than only
reacting to problems that had reached crisis stage; and
WHEREAS, In 2008, Youth Crossroads, Inc. formed the Youth
Leadership Program to focus on local teens; and
WHEREAS, Soon after, in 2009, Youth Crossroads, Inc.
created its Community School Initiative and After-School
Programs for middle school students; and
WHEREAS, In 2012, Youth Crossroads, Inc. began providing
school-based counseling services to better serve youth; and
WHEREAS, In 2022, Youth Crossroads, Inc. relaunched
community-based services to reach youth outside of school
districts; the agency created a workforce development program
designed to give high school students and young adults the
introductory training they need to get good paying jobs and
develop meaningful careers and began a violence prevention

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program to address gun violence in the community; and
WHEREAS, Since its creation, Youth Crossroads, Inc. has
served tens of thousands of youth and their families from
Berwyn, Cicero, Stickney, and neighboring towns and has
partnered with more than 100 community organizations to create
a network of referral sources to address the complex issues
confronting youth and families; and
WHEREAS, Today, Youth Crossroads, Inc. offers community
youth opportunities to heal, grow, lead, and thrive;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Youth
Crossroads, Inc. on its 50th anniversary and for providing
culturally competent and free services to at-risk youth; and
be it further