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Florida Senate - 2002 (NP) SR 2654
By Senator Smith
5-2050A-02
1 Senate Resolution No. ____
2 A resolution commemorating the 100th
3 anniversary of the Children's Home Society in
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6 WHEREAS, the Children's Home Society is Florida's
7 statewide, nonprofit social service provider to children and
8 families, and
9 WHEREAS, in 1902, the Children's Home Society was
10 established as a Jacksonville orphanage by Reverend D. W.
11 Comstock and Reverend W. E. Boggs, and
12 WHEREAS, since then more than 30,000 children have been
13 permanently adopted through the Children's Home Society, and
14 WHEREAS, each year more than 50,000 children and 48,000
15 adults are aided by the Children's Home Society, and
16 WHEREAS, the Children's Home Society offers a plenitude
17 of social services, including adoption, foster care, group
18 homes, pregnancy services, family and individual counseling,
19 child-abuse prevention, emergency shelters, case management,
20 and treatment for disabled children, and
21 WHEREAS, the high level of recognition granted by the
22 Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children
23 to the Children's Home Society is attained by fewer than 1
24 percent of child-caring agencies, and
25 WHEREAS, in January 2002, the Children's Home Society
26 celebrated 100 years of service to Florida's children, NOW,
27 THEREFORE,
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Florida Senate - 2002 (NP) SR 2654
5-2050A-02
1 That the Florida Senate congratulates the Children's
2 Home Society for its century of commitment to Florida's
3 children and for its programs and services designed to build,
4 strengthen, and mend families.
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