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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Gwendolyn Mastin |
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| on being named a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Community |
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| Health Leadership Program award, the nation's highest honor for |
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| community health leadership; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1991, Ms. Mastin founded New Phoenix Assistance |
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| Center, Chicago's first scattered-site housing program for |
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| homeless women infected with HIV or AIDS and their children; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, New Phoenix's scattered-site housing program |
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| promotes independent permanent living situations for |
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| participants that are homeless and may be infected or affected |
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| by the HIV/AIDS virus within the South Shore community; the |
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| agency also provides transitional housing for pregnant teens |
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| and young mothers who are wards of the State, homeless women, |
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| and homeless families; since it was founded, the program has |
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| served more than 5,700 people in the metropolitan Chicago area; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Mastin chairs the State Advisory Committee on |
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| Child Abuse and Neglect, is the co-founder of X-Mas in April |
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| Metro Chicago, serves on the University of Illinois at Chicago |
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| Extension Committee, and is an active participant in the |
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| Chicago Continuum of Care; and
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| WHEREAS, The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health |
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| Leadership Program (CHLP) awards $1.2 million each year to |
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| individuals who have overcome significant challenges to expand |
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| access to health care and social services to underserved |
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| members of their communities; Ms. Mastin was chosen from nearly |
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| 800 nominations and is one of 10 winners of the national award |
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| honored in 2004; the award comes with $105,000 to enhance the |