Full Text of HR0400 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Coalition of Limited | 4 | | English Speaking Elderly (CLESE) on the occasion of its 30th | 5 | | anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Founded in 1989, CLESE is a membership | 7 | | organization with the mission of serving immigrant and refugee | 8 | | older adults of all races and ethnicities; it aims to improve | 9 | | the lives of limited-English-speaking older adults by | 10 | | providing leadership, education, and advocacy; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Illinois is home to over 250,000 individuals 60 | 12 | | years and older, who were born outside of the United States; | 13 | | the only way most limited-English-speaking elderly receive the | 14 | | services for which they are eligible is through a provider who | 15 | | speaks their language and, more importantly, understands their | 16 | | culture; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, CLESE speaks over 100 languages and dialects and | 18 | | represents 51 ethno-linguistic member organizations that serve | 19 | | minority communities in the State; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Over 15,000 limited-English speaking elderly, | 21 | | one-sixth of the State's total clients, receive Community Care |
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| 1 | | Program Services from CLESE member organizations; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, CLESE has won many awards, including the Brookdale | 3 | | Award for its pioneering work in developing home care training | 4 | | material and in serving ethnic clients with ethnic home care | 5 | | workers, the Innovations in Caregiving Award from the National | 6 | | Council on Aging, the Healthcare Aging Award and the NOMA Award | 7 | | for Excellence in Multicultural Aging from the American Society | 8 | | on Aging, the John Feather Diversity Award from the Grantmakers | 9 | | in Aging, and the John A. Hartford 2018 Business Innovation | 10 | | award from the Business and Disability Institute; therefore, be | 11 | | it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate the Coalition of Limited English Speaking | 15 | | Elderly on the occasion of its 30th anniversary and commend its | 16 | | dedication to increasing awareness of the needs, rights, and | 17 | | unique contributions of limited-English-speaking older adults | 18 | | and the community-based ethnic agencies that serve them; and be | 19 | | it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Marta Pereyra, Executive Director of CLESE, as an | 22 | | expression of our esteem and respect.
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