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GA SR1078
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/29/2016
Primary Sponsor
Francis Millar
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AI Summary
- Georgia Senate recognizes and commends CHRIS Kids for 35 years of leadership in promoting trauma informed best practices and helping over 50,000 people with behavioral health challenges since its founding by the Junior League of Atlanta in 1981
- CHRIS Kids opened Georgia's first program for youth aging out of foster care in 1986 and the state's first program for homeless youth in 2000
- The CHRIS Counseling Center provides school-based mental health resources in over 20 metro Atlanta public and charter schools and employs over 36 percent of certified trauma therapists in Georgia, utilizing over 18 evidence-based therapies
- Services result in 100 percent of children kept safe from harm, 90 percent of families strengthened, and 78 percent of designated juvenile felons not re-offending over the prior two years
- The Secretary of the Senate is directed to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to CHRIS Kids
Legislative Description
CHRIS kids; recognize
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/29/2016
Full Bill Text
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