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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In June of 2007, Ira Collins, Center Director of | ||||||
| 3 | Shapiro Developmental Center
in Kankakee County, will observe | ||||||
| 4 | his seventieth birthday and mark over forty-five years of | ||||||
| 5 | service to developmentally disabled individuals in the states | ||||||
| 6 | of Illinois and Missouri; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, For over thirty-five years, Ira Collins' | ||||||
| 8 | leadership has been instrumental in creating an environment | ||||||
| 9 | wherein each and every resident at Shapiro Developmental Center | ||||||
| 10 | is afforded the fullest opportunity to engage in meaningful | ||||||
| 11 | educational, vocational, and social activities in order to | ||||||
| 12 | achieve his or her highest level of self-sufficiency and | ||||||
| 13 | personal independence; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, During his forty-five years of service, Ira | ||||||
| 15 | Collins has been and continues to be a forceful and unwavering | ||||||
| 16 | advocate for the developmentally disabled to enjoy the rights | ||||||
| 17 | and privileges afforded to every citizen, and to insure that | ||||||
| 18 | necessary levels of federal and State resources are directed to | ||||||
| 19 | services and programs for the developmentally disabled; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Under Ira Collins' stewardship, Shapiro | ||||||
| 21 | Developmental Center has been recognized within the State of | ||||||
| 22 | Illinois and throughout the entire nation as a cost effective | ||||||
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| 1 | yet mission driven facility to such extent that Ira Collins has | ||||||
| 2 | been asked to provide counsel and advice to similar facilities | ||||||
| 3 | throughout the State; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Ira Collins has been recognized for his efforts to | ||||||
| 5 | insure that developmentally disabled adults have the | ||||||
| 6 | opportunity to reside in the most appropriate, yet least | ||||||
| 7 | restrictive setting, and has been further recognized for his | ||||||
| 8 | support for and belief in community-based programming, | ||||||
| 9 | including the Special Olympics and vocational centered | ||||||
| 10 | developmental training programs; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The dedication, passion, and professionalism with | ||||||
| 12 | which Ira Collins has prosecuted his responsibilities at | ||||||
| 13 | Shapiro Developmental Center have resulted in the facility | ||||||
| 14 | being recognized as having attained the highest standards of | ||||||
| 15 | resident service, program quality, and professional | ||||||
| 16 | responsibility, as evidenced by the level of accreditation and | ||||||
| 17 | licensure attained from federal and State agencies and from | ||||||
| 18 | private accrediting bodies; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 20 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 21 | Ira Collins is hereby recognized for his dedicated service to | ||||||
| 22 | the people of the State of Illinois and for his untiring | ||||||
| 23 | devotion to insuring that each and every developmentally | ||||||
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| 1 | disabled resident of this State be afforded the fullest | ||||||
| 2 | opportunity to achieve his or full potential and to | ||||||
| 3 | participate, to the maximum extent possible, as a member of | ||||||
| 4 | democratic society; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to Ira Collins as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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