Bill Text: IL HR0477 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends Lake County's ongoing efforts to prevent and quickly address veteran homelessness.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0477 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0477-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Lake County is now among an elite group of | ||||||
| 3 | communities throughout the nation that has officially ended | ||||||
| 4 | veteran homelessness, based on certifications from both the | ||||||
| 5 | federal government and Built for Zero, a national nonprofit | ||||||
| 6 | organization; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, This important accomplishment has been achieved | ||||||
| 8 | thanks to the efforts of the Lake County Coalition for the | ||||||
| 9 | Homeless, the Lake County government, and the Lovell Federal | ||||||
| 10 | Healthcare Center; since 2015, they have worked in partnership | ||||||
| 11 | to quickly house veterans, improve coordination across service | ||||||
| 12 | providers, and provide innovative solutions to barriers that | ||||||
| 13 | were keeping veterans homeless; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Ending veteran homelessness in Lake County does | ||||||
| 15 | not mean that veterans are no longer facing challenges that may | ||||||
| 16 | cause them to become temporarily homeless; it means that Lake | ||||||
| 17 | County has established a coordinated system of care that | ||||||
| 18 | connects homeless veterans to housing and services, | ||||||
| 19 | effectively ending their homeless status soon after they have | ||||||
| 20 | been identified; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Lake County will continue to build on this | ||||||
| 22 | significant achievement to prevent and immediately address | ||||||
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| 1 | veteran homelessness in Lake County; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The success of the partnership and initiatives to | ||||||
| 3 | end veteran homelessness in Lake County should serve as a model | ||||||
| 4 | for communities in Illinois and throughout the nation; | ||||||
| 5 | therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 7 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | we commend Lake County's ongoing efforts to prevent and quickly | ||||||
| 9 | address veteran homelessness; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the Lake County Coalition for the Homeless, the | ||||||
| 12 | Lovell Federal Healthcare Center, and the Lake County | ||||||
| 13 | government as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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