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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to extend their congratulations to Jerry
4Skogmo on the occasion of his retirement as Executive Director
5of the Renz Addiction Counseling Center; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Renz Addiction Counseling Center is a
7non-profit organization that began in Elgin in 1961; it was
8founded by a small group of concerned business leaders in order
9to combat rising issues involving alcohol misuse they witnessed
10in the local workforce; today, it provides a continuum of care
11dedicated to the prevention, intervention, and treatment of
12addictive behaviors related to alcohol, drugs, and gambling;
13services range from prevention programs for youth in schools to
14outpatient treatment programs for adolescents and adults;
15priority is given to pregnant women and women with dependent
16children; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The Renz Addiction Counseling Center is funded in
18part by the federal government, Elgin Township, the Illinois
19Department of Human Services, Hanover Township, Geneva, St.
20Charles 708 Mental Health Boards, and other local community
21organizations; it has offices located in Elgin, St. Charles,
22and Streamwood; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Jerry Skogmo became the Renz Addiction Counseling
2Center's third Executive Director in 1996; for the last 24
3years, his efforts were instrumental in the center's expansion
4and evolution; he expanded programing to include gambling use
5disorder treatment, DUI services, and intensive outpatient
6services in the clinical program as well as the Employee
7Assistance Services program; he obtained federal SAMHSA grants
8to expand services to reduce HIV infection, increase access to
9substance use disorder treatment for women, and enhance
10community coalitions to reduce underage drinking and drug
11use/misuse; he also played an integral role in the Renz
12Addiction Counseling Center's merger with the Ecker Center for
13Mental Health in 2018; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Previously, Jerry Skogmo worked as a clinician and
15program director at the Ecker Center from 1978 to 1990 and a
16clinical director at Turning Point Behavioral Health Care
17Center from 1990 to 1996; he served on the Illinois Association
18for Behavioral Health (formerly IADDA) for 15 years; he is a
19current member of the Kiwanis Club of Elgin; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Jerry Skogmo will continue his work with the Elgin
21for Mental Health Referendum, an initiative to support the
22creation of a 708 Mental Health Board for Elgin Township; he
23will also remain in the private practice he shares with his
24wife Mindy Skogmo as a licensed clinical professional counselor

 

 

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1(LCPC) and certified addictions counselor; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
3HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4we congratulate Jerry Skogmo on the occasion of his retirement
5as the Executive Direction of the Renz Addiction Counseling
6Center after 24 years; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to Jerry Skogmo as an expression of our esteem and
9respect.