Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2016-468

• Record #: R2016-468
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 6/22/2016
• Final action: 6/22/2016
• Title: Congratulations extended to El Valor for its dedicated social services to the City of Chicago
• Sponsors: Solis, Daniel

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
6/22/2016		City Council	Rules Suspended - Immediate Consideration
6/22/2016	27863	City Council	Adopted	Pass

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING EL VALOR

WHEREAS, El Valor has assisted numerous Chicagoans with life-changing social services; and

WHEREAS, this esteemed body has been informed about the impact this organization is making in the City by the Honorable Daniel Solis, Alderman ofthe 25^th Ward; and

WHEREAS, in 1973, Guadalupe A. Reyes founded El Valor, which means courage, to be a community where individuals, including those with special needs, could work, learn and live; and

WHEREAS, El Valor established the first bilingual rehabilitation center in Illinois; and

WHEREAS, in 1976 El Valor moved into a facility on 21^st Street where it continues to provide day services; and

WHEREAS, the organization supplies rehabilitation and workforce development services to 1,500 individuals with disabilities; and

WHEREAS, El Valor provides early childhood programming for over 2,000 youth; and

WHEREAS, El Valor serves more than 1,000 families at each of its three Children and Family Centers, located in Pilsen, Little Village, and South Chicago. The organization also operates a Vocational Work Center, a Technology Center and five group homes; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and the members of the City Council of the City of

Chicago, gathered here this 22nd day of June, 2016, hereby congratulate El Valor for its service to the City of Chicago; and

Daniel Solis

Alderman, 25^tn Ward

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to El Valor as an expression of our esteem.