Full Text of HR1010 095th General Assembly
HR1010 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Valerie F. Davis has been a respected and faithful | 3 |
| employee of the Illinois Department of Children and Family | 4 |
| Services, performing her duties faithfully in a variety of | 5 |
| positions for the past 34 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Valerie Davis has served effectively as an | 7 |
| Associate Deputy Director of the Department of Children and | 8 |
| Family Services for the past 4 years while administering the | 9 |
| statewide adoption program, including the Matching for | 10 |
| Adoptive Placement Unit; and
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| WHEREAS, Valerie Davis has also administered the Local Area | 12 |
| Network System, which provided interventive services to | 13 |
| children at risk of school truancy, suspension, and expulsion; | 14 |
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| WHEREAS, Valerie Davis has served as an Associate Deputy | 16 |
| Director in the Quality Assurance Bureau in the Administrative | 17 |
| Case Review Unit, where she also performed as an Administrative | 18 |
| Case Reviewer and as a Supervisor; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Valerie Davis performed well for over 8 years as | 20 |
| an Assistant Guardianship Administrator under Richard S. | 21 |
| Laymon, designated by the General Assembly to act "in loco |
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| parentis" for ward of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Valerie Davis was a founder of the IDCFS' African | 3 |
| American Advisory Council, serving for many years as its chair | 4 |
| while maintaining membership until her retirement; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Valerie Davis was a charter member of the Illinois | 6 |
| African American Family Commission and continues to serve on | 7 |
| its Research Foundation Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Valerie Davis has been a member, volunteer, and | 9 |
| Chair of the Board of the Illinois Association of Minorities in | 10 |
| Government, an organization that serves to ensure affirmative | 11 |
| action in hiring, retention, and training of all minorities for | 12 |
| positions in State agencies; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Valerie Davis is a graduate of the University of | 14 |
| Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where she received her | 15 |
| bachelor's degree; she continued her education at the | 16 |
| University of Illinois at Chicago's Jane Addams Graduate | 17 |
| College of Social Work, receiving her M.S.W. in 1973; and
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| WHEREAS, Valerie Davis continues to serve as an activist in | 19 |
| civic affairs in her church, the St. Mark United Methodist | 20 |
| Church, where she serves on the Senior Housing Board; | 21 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate Valerie F. Davis on the occasion of her retirement | 4 |
| and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Valerie F. Davis as a symbol of our esteem and | 8 |
| respect.
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