RESOLUTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 16, 2019
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RESOLUTION sponsored by the Board of Commissioners recognizing the Road Home Program
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WHEREAS, the Road Home Program is offered through the Center for Veterans and Their Families at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Road Home Program is to provide support, counseling, and mental health care services to veterans and their families to foster psychological healing following active duty military life; and
WHEREAS, the Road Home Program offers veterans and their families assistance in dealing with various issues including post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and military sexual trauma; and
WHEREAS, in addition to offering support to military families in the Chicagoland area, the Road Home Program also offers support to military families located in rural communities via a clinic in Effingham, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, not only does the Road Home Program provide necessary assistance for coping with reintegration to civilian life, it also conducts research to improve future mental health care for veterans and their families; and
WHEREAS, the Road Home Program recognizes the importance of assisting the men and women that serve the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, there is an understated need for the Road Home Program and other programs which facilitate the restoration of the mental stability of our veterans and their families; and
WHEREAS, the District is extremely proud of the work that the Road Home Program is performing; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, do hereby recognize the valuable contribution of the Road Home Program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the permanent Record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and that a copy of same, suitably engrossed, be presented.
Dated: May 16, 2019