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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to honor milestones in the lives of |
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| citizens of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Jimmie H. Smith, |
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| the Executive Director of Kids Hope United, is retiring; and
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| WHEREAS, Jimmie Smith is a graduate of Carthage College, |
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| majoring in Political Science and Business Administration; he |
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| has a Master of Arts degree from the School of Social Service |
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| Administration at the University of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, He also earned a certificate at the National Child |
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| Welfare Leadership Center, School of Social Work, University of |
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| North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and he has an executive |
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| management and leadership certificate from Harvard University, |
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| John F. Kennedy School of Government; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Smith began his career at the Kenosha County |
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| Department of Children and Family Services; he later served as |
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| an assistant area administrator for the Illinois Department of |
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| Children and Family Services; while serving there he |
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| established one of the first case review systems resulting in a |
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| substantial reduction in the number of children residing in |
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| residential and foster care; he also established the first |
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| on-call, 24-hour emergency response system for D.C.F.S. in |
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| Northern Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Jimmie Smith is known for his entrepreneurial |
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| leadership of child welfare agencies, seeing agency expansion |
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| and growth under his leadership, developing leaders and |
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| training management, his skills in mergers and acquisitions, |
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| and his ability to manage major change efforts; therefore, be |
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| it
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