Full Text of HR0946 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Guardian Angel Community | 4 | | Services on the occasion of its 125th anniversary on October | 5 | | 19, 2022; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services, the oldest | 7 | | social service organization in Will County, was founded by the | 8 | | Sisters of St. Francis Mary Immaculate of Joliet when they | 9 | | purchased a small cottage behind their motherhouse on October | 10 | | 19, 1897, which became the first Guardian Angel Home to care | 11 | | for dependent and neglected children; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services has been | 13 | | recognized on the local, national, and global stage, and it | 14 | | has achieved the highest standards of excellence for best | 15 | | practice in service delivery and operations; the organization | 16 | | is licensed as an Illinois Child Welfare Organization and | 17 | | accredited by the Council on Accreditation, an international, | 18 | | independent human service organization that partners with | 19 | | human service organizations worldwide; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' mission is to | 21 | | provide diverse services that inspire people to improve the | 22 | | quality of their lives in their greatest time of need; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' philosophy of | 2 | | care is centralized around peace, justice, and the belief in | 3 | | people's inalienable human right to live safely, free from | 4 | | violence, oppression, and abuse; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services is guided by | 6 | | the principle that people have the right to self-determination | 7 | | on their journey towards healing; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services strives to | 9 | | instill hope through client-centered services provided in a | 10 | | safe and confidential environment; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Since the start of the 21st century, Guardian | 12 | | Angel Community Services has served over 700,000 people | 13 | | through direct services, prevention education, and community | 14 | | outreach, expanding its services by an extraordinary 705%; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services operates | 16 | | several programs in present day; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Groundwork | 18 | | program offers comprehensive services for survivors of | 19 | | domestic violence, including a 24-hour emergency hotline and | 20 | | shelter, crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, |
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| 1 | | and legal and medical advocacy services; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Suzy's Caring | 3 | | Place provides housing to domestic violence survivors and | 4 | | their children and works to reduce the incidence of | 5 | | homelessness by addressing the emotional and economic | 6 | | consequences of victimization; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Sexual Assault | 8 | | Services Center offers comprehensive services to survivors of | 9 | | sexual assault, including a 24-hour emergency hotline, | 10 | | individual and group counseling, and legal and medical | 11 | | advocacy, while implementing a robust prevention education and | 12 | | community outreach campaign annually; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Exchange Club | 14 | | Center provides parenting classes and nurtures healthy | 15 | | child/youth development for the prevention of child abuse and | 16 | | neglect; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Foster Care | 18 | | program recruits, trains, and provides oversight and support | 19 | | to foster parents who offer a caring and safe environment to | 20 | | children who have been removed from their environment due to | 21 | | abuse or neglect, while also meeting the needs of youth in | 22 | | foster care and assisting their families towards |
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| 1 | | reunification; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Partner Abuse | 3 | | Intervention Program helps individuals develop healthy, | 4 | | mutually supportive relationships to eliminate domestic | 5 | | violence from their lives through education-based services; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services' Adult | 8 | | Protective Services assists adults with disabilities aged 18 | 9 | | to 59 as well as those who are 60 years of age and older who | 10 | | are at risk due to abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and | 11 | | exploitation; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services has an | 13 | | exemplary history of adapting programming in response to | 14 | | community needs, including opening satellite offices in | 15 | | Joliet, Plainfield, Morris, and Crete and expanding emergency | 16 | | shelter beds for survivors of domestic violence by 50%; more | 17 | | recently, the organization responded swiftly to the global | 18 | | COVID-19 pandemic, with its heroic staff serving on the front | 19 | | lines to deliver 24-hour essential services; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Guardian Angel Community Services continues to | 21 | | withstand the test of time while demonstrating community | 22 | | leadership and service towards significantly improving the |
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| 1 | | quality of life of citizens; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we congratulate Guardian Angel Community Services on its 125th | 5 | | anniversary; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That we commend Guardian Angel Community | 7 | | Services' Board of Directors, staff, volunteers, and donors | 8 | | for their continued dedication and service to the community.
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