Bill Text: IL HR0760 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Cara Program for receiving the 2009 Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence Award for community groups who have exemplary programs in communities faced with poverty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-01-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0760 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0760-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Cara Program | ||||||
| 4 | for receiving the 2009 Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence | ||||||
| 5 | Award for community groups who have exemplary programs in | ||||||
| 6 | communities faced with poverty; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Cara Program was founded in 1991 by Chicagoan, | ||||||
| 8 | entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Thomas M. Owens; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Cara Program is a premier model for | ||||||
| 10 | alleviating poverty in the nation; working with hundreds of top | ||||||
| 11 | companies, community organizations, volunteers, and funders, | ||||||
| 12 | The Cara Program has placed 2,500 motivated Chicagoans affected | ||||||
| 13 | by homelessness and poverty into permanent, quality employment | ||||||
| 14 | with wages well-above Illinois minimum wage and benefits since | ||||||
| 15 | 1991; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Through The Cara Program's intensive training and | ||||||
| 17 | support services, thousands of Chicagoans and their families | ||||||
| 18 | have been empowered to break out of the cycle of poverty and | ||||||
| 19 | onto the path of self-sufficiency; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Cleanslate, The Cara Program's social enterprise, | ||||||
| 21 | also helps to revitalize Chicago's communities by providing | ||||||
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| 1 | neighborhood beautification services while providing | ||||||
| 2 | transitional employment (internships) to Cara students with | ||||||
| 3 | significant obstacles to employment; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Cara Program will receive the 2009 Bank of | ||||||
| 5 | America Neighborhood Excellence Award on November 18, 2009; | ||||||
| 6 | therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 9 | congratulate the Cara Program on receiving the 2009 Bank of | ||||||
| 10 | America Neighborhood Excellence Award and thank them for their | ||||||
| 11 | efforts in alleviating unemployment and poverty; and be it | ||||||
| 12 | further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to Thomas Owens as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 15 | esteem.
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