HR1341 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Joel M. Carp of Highland Park, Senior Vice President for Community Services and Government Relations of the Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, on the occasion of his retirement after almost 30 years in the social services field; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Carp has spent his professional career in social work, social planning, and advocacy in the Jewish community; his responsibilities at the Federation included management of its Government Affairs Program with Offices in Chicago, Springfield, and Washington, D.C., planning and budgeting for the Federation's social welfare agencies, grant program development, and foundation relationships, Project EZRA (Services for the Homeless, Chronically Mentally Ill and Economically Disadvantaged), planning for services for people with disabilities, and Chicago's Jewish Refugee Resettlement Program; and

WHEREAS, Prior to working for the Jewish Federation, he spent 20 years as a professional in the Jewish Community Center field; and

WHEREAS, His many awards include the Melvin A. Block Award for Professional Distinction from the Associated YM-YWHAs of Greater New York, the City of Chicago's Commission on Human Relations Award, and a special award from the YMCA of the USA for helping to restore Agency for International Development funding for human services in Lebanon; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Carp is a member of numerous local, State, and national professional and community service organizations; he was awarded a full scholarship for graduate study in social work by the UJA-Federation of New York, the 92nd Street YM-YWHA, and the Metropolitan New York Region of the Jewish Community Centers Association; and

WHEREAS, He has published over 30 articles on various subjects in the field of social work, social planning, and refugee resettlement; he has served a number of universities as a field faculty member in their graduate social work education programs; and

WHEREAS, An aggressive advocate for sound public social policy, he has served as chairman of or represented the Chicago Jewish community on a number of governmental task forces charged with determining public policy; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Carp is married to Leasha; he is the father of Ilana, Rachel, and William and the proud grandfather of Charlie and Samantha; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Joel M. Carp on the occasion of his retirement, and we wish him well in his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copy of this resolution be presented to him as an expression of our esteem.