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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Cabrini Green
4Legal Aid on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its
5founding; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Cabrini Green Legal Aid was founded in 1973 by
7Chuck Hogren with funding from Tyndale House Publishers; the
8funding was obtained by Bill Leslie, the pastor of the LaSalle
9Street Church; for 24 years, Chuck Hogren served as Cabrini
10Green Legal Aid's Executive Director; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Cabrini Green Legal Aid first operated as a
12general purpose law firm for the residents of the Chicago
13Housing Authority's Cabrini-Green housing project, providing
14representation that ranged from advocating for tenants' rights
15to finding alternatives to gangs for Cabrini-Green youth; and
 
16    WHEREAS, In 1996, when the Chicago Housing Authority began
17to demolish the Cabrini-Green housing project, Cabrini Green
18Legal Aid expanded its mission to encompass the entire City of
19Chicago, specializing in 3 under-served practice areas:
20housing, family law, and criminal defense; and
 
21    WHEREAS, With the modernization of Illinois' Expungement

 

 

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1laws in 2003, Cabrini Green Legal Aid started its Criminal
2Records Program, one of the State's first efforts to help
3individuals expunge or seal their arrest or conviction records;
4Cabrini Green Legal Aid opened its Expungement Help Desk at the
5Daley Center in 2005, which now serves more than 4,000
6individuals annually; and
 
7    WHEREAS, In response to the ever-growing need for legal
8services, Cabrini Green Legal Aid launched the Client Support
9Services Program in 2006 to help integrate professional legal
10and social services to enhance legal outcomes and expand its
11impact beyond crisis support; and
 
12    WHEREAS, A celebration of Cabrini Green Legal Aid's 40th
13anniversary will be held September 26, 2013, at Union Station
14in Chicago; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we congratulate Cabrini Green Legal Aid on the 40th anniversary
18of its founding; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to Cabrini Green Legal Aid as an expression of our
21esteem and respect.