HR1341

LRB094 20674 HSS 58997 r






1

HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
2
    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
3
State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Joel M. Carp of 
4
Highland Park, Senior Vice President for Community Services and 
5
Government Relations of the Jewish Federation/Jewish United 
6
Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, on the occasion of his retirement 
7
after almost 30 years in the social services field; and

 
8
    WHEREAS, Mr. Carp has spent his professional career in 
9
social work, social planning, and advocacy in the Jewish 
10
community; his responsibilities at the Federation included 
11
management of its Government Affairs Program with Offices in 
12
Chicago, Springfield, and Washington, D.C., planning and 
13
budgeting for the Federation's social welfare agencies, grant 
14
program development, and foundation relationships, Project 
15
EZRA (Services for the Homeless, Chronically Mentally Ill and 
16
Economically Disadvantaged), planning for services for people 
17
with disabilities, and Chicago's Jewish Refugee Resettlement 
18
Program; and

 
19
    WHEREAS, Prior to working for the Jewish Federation, he 
20
spent 20 years as a professional in the Jewish Community Center 
21
field; and

 
22
    WHEREAS, His many awards include the Melvin A. Block Award 
23
for Professional Distinction from the Associated YM-YWHAs of 
24
Greater New York, the City of Chicago's Commission on Human 
25
Relations Award, and a special award from the YMCA of the USA 
26
for helping to restore Agency for International Development 
27
funding for human services in Lebanon; and

 
28
    WHEREAS, Mr. Carp is a member of numerous local, State, and 
29
national professional and community service organizations; he 
30
was awarded a full scholarship for graduate study in social 
31
work by the UJA-Federation of New York, the 92nd Street 
 


 






HR1341
- 2 -
LRB094 20674 HSS 58997 r




1
YM-YWHA, and the Metropolitan New York Region of the Jewish 
2
Community Centers Association; and

 
3
    WHEREAS, He has published over 30 articles on various 
4
subjects in the field of social work, social planning, and 
5
refugee resettlement; he has served a number of universities as 
6
a field faculty member in their graduate social work education 
7
programs; and

 
8
    WHEREAS, An aggressive advocate for sound public social 
9
policy, he has served as chairman of or represented the Chicago 
10
Jewish community on a number of governmental task forces 
11
charged with determining public policy; and

 
12
    WHEREAS, Mr. Carp is married to Leasha; he is the father of 
13
Ilana, Rachel, and William and the proud grandfather of Charlie 
14
and Samantha; therefore, be it

 
15
    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
16
NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
17
we congratulate Joel M. Carp on the occasion of his retirement, 
18
and we wish him well in his future endeavors; and be it further

 
19
    RESOLVED, That  suitable copy of this resolution be 
20
presented to him as an expression of our esteem.