Bill Text: IL HR0864 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Salutes the critical, life-affirming, and continuous work of the El Rescate LGBTQ Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-02-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR0864 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0864-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to recognize
the 6th Anniversary of the | ||||||
| 4 | founding of the El Rescate LGBTQ Center which provides
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| 5 | permanent supportive housing, transitional, and emergency | ||||||
| 6 | shelter; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, An estimated 40% of the homeless youth in the | ||||||
| 8 | United States are LGBTQ; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Many runaway and homeless LGBTQ youth are at a | ||||||
| 10 | heightened risk of
physical violence and contracting | ||||||
| 11 | transmittable diseases while they attempt to
find shelter for | ||||||
| 12 | the night; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, El Rescate was founded as a project of the Puerto | ||||||
| 14 | Rican Cultural Center
in 2012 to respond to this manifest need | ||||||
| 15 | and disparity in the Humboldt Park/West
Town community of | ||||||
| 16 | Chicago; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Today, El Rescate provides permanent housing for | ||||||
| 18 | 25 previously
homeless LGBTQ youth in the Humboldt Park/West | ||||||
| 19 | Town community; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, El Rescate provides culturally competent and | ||||||
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| 1 | identity affirming services
to LGBTQ youth including life | ||||||
| 2 | skills, tutoring; mental health care, employment
training, and | ||||||
| 3 | financial planning; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, EL Rescate provides case management, crisis | ||||||
| 5 | intervention, individual,
group, and family counseling, and | ||||||
| 6 | educational readiness; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, El Rescate expanded its services in 2017 to | ||||||
| 8 | include emergency housing
of minors 12 to 17 years of age; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, El Rescate has partnered with Trans Chicago to | ||||||
| 10 | create a temporary drop-in
Center for trans youth in need of a | ||||||
| 11 | temporary place to stay, a hot shower, and a
meal; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, El Rescate has created a stable, welcoming, and | ||||||
| 13 | identity affirming home
to LGBTQ youth in the Humboldt | ||||||
| 14 | Park/West Town community; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, El Rescate continues to uplift and serve one of | ||||||
| 16 | the most vulnerable
populations in Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 18 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 19 | salute the
critical, life-affirming, and continuous work of the | ||||||
| 20 | El Rescate LGBTQ Center for one of the most precious resources | ||||||
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| 1 | in Illinois - its youth; and be it further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 3 | presented to El Rescate as symbol of our respect and esteem.
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