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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The week of April 22 through April 28, 2007 is | ||||||
| 3 | recognized as National Victims' Rights Week; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, In October of 1985 former DuPage County State's | ||||||
| 5 | Attorney James E. Ryan convened a Task Force on Child Sexual | ||||||
| 6 | Abuse to design a comprehensive plan for the investigation, | ||||||
| 7 | prosecution, and treatment of child sex abuse in DuPage County; | ||||||
| 8 | as a result of the task force recommendation, the DuPage County | ||||||
| 9 | Children's Sex Abuse Center, now known as the Children's | ||||||
| 10 | Advocacy Center, was founded in March of 1987; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The DuPage County Children's Advocacy Center | ||||||
| 12 | provides a multi-disciplinary approach to addressing the | ||||||
| 13 | special needs of children who are victims of sexual or serious | ||||||
| 14 | physical abuse in DuPage County; the first of such centers in | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois and only the second in the nation; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The DuPage County Children's Advocacy Center is | ||||||
| 17 | observing its 20th
anniversary of fulfilling a vital service to | ||||||
| 18 | the children and families of DuPage County, Illinois;
the | ||||||
| 19 | Center is a nationally recognized model for other | ||||||
| 20 | jurisdictions; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Currently, Illinois has 20 plus centers | ||||||
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| 1 | addressing the special needs of young victims of abuse; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The DuPage County Children's Advocacy Center is | ||||||
| 3 | comprised of criminal investigators, case managers, and | ||||||
| 4 | Department of Children and Family Services child protection | ||||||
| 5 | investigators; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The DuPage County Children's Advocacy Center is | ||||||
| 7 | committed and shall remain committed to minimizing the trauma | ||||||
| 8 | experienced by the child victim of sexual abuse or serious | ||||||
| 9 | physical abuse during the investigation; to seeking justice | ||||||
| 10 | from those responsible for the commission of sexual abuse or | ||||||
| 11 | serious physical abuse; to providing support and facilitating | ||||||
| 12 | treatment to the child victim and the non-offending caregivers; | ||||||
| 13 | and to promoting prevention of child victimization through | ||||||
| 14 | community education; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 16 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 17 | proclaim the week of April 22 through April 28, 2007 as | ||||||
| 18 | National Victims' Rights Week in the State of Illinois and | ||||||
| 19 | honor the DuPage County Children's Advocacy Center and those | ||||||
| 20 | programs across the State of Illinois working to reduce and | ||||||
| 21 | ultimately eliminate sexual abuse and serious physical abuse of | ||||||
| 22 | children; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the DuPage County Children's Advocacy Center as a | ||||||
| 3 | symbol of our respect.
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