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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Andrea Smith on being |
| 4 | | recognized as the American Network of Community Options and |
| 5 | | Resources (ANCOR) 2025 Illinois Direct Support Professional of |
| 6 | | the Year; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Andrea Smith of Carbondale has worked at ResCare |
| 8 | | Community Living since 2017 as a direct support professional |
| 9 | | (DSP); DSPs work directly with children and adults with |
| 10 | | intellectual or developmental disabilities to assist them in |
| 11 | | residing, working, and recreating in communities of their |
| 12 | | choice; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, For over 40 years, ResCare Community Living has |
| 14 | | provided community living services that help individuals with |
| 15 | | intellectual and developmental disabilities enjoy greater |
| 16 | | quality of life in their own home or in home-like |
| 17 | | environments, providing more than 100 million hours of service |
| 18 | | for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities |
| 19 | | each year, including 250,000 medications administered each day |
| 20 | | in approximately 2,000 residential homes across the country |
| 21 | | for a behaviorally complex population with multiple chronic |
| 22 | | conditions and co-morbidities; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The American Network of Community Options and |
| 2 | | Resources (ANCOR) is a national advocacy organization with |
| 3 | | over 2,500 members that serves as a leading voice in |
| 4 | | Washington, D.C. on behalf of community-based |
| 5 | | intellectual/developmental disabilities service providers; |
| 6 | | and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2025, ANCOR received over 500 nominations for |
| 8 | | its annual National Direct Support Professional of the Year; |
| 9 | | and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, During ANCOR's annual conference held from April |
| 11 | | 7 through April 9, 2025 in San Diego California, Andrea Smith |
| 12 | | was recognized alongside 53 other honorees from states all |
| 13 | | across the country; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 15 | | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 16 | | we congratulate Andrea Smith on being recognized as the |
| 17 | | American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) |
| 18 | | 2025 Illinois Direct Support Professional of the Year; and be |
| 19 | | it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to Andrea Smith as an expression of our esteem and |
| 22 | | respect. |
