J3694-2011 Actions

• Mar 27, 2012: ADOPTED
• Mar 27, 2012: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• Mar 20, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J3694-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION  commemorating the 175th Anniversary of Hillside
  of Agencies

 S, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize that  the
 y  and  character of life in the communities across New York State
 flective of the concerned and dedicated efforts of those organiza-
 and individuals who would devote themselves to the welfare of  the
 ity and its citizenry; and
 EAS,  Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
 ng traditions, this Legislative Body is justly  proud  to  commem-
 the 175th Anniversary of Hillside Family of Agencies; and
 EAS,  The Hillside Family of Agencies began in 1837 as the Roches-
 male Association for the Relief of Orphans and Destitute Children;

 EAS, In the first year, 46 children were served in a small  rented
 e  on  Corn Hill; renamed and incorporated as the Rochester Orphan
  in 1839, the organization constructed a larger facility  in  1844
 bell Park; and
 EAS,  Throughout  the  rest of the 19th century, this facility and
 ganization's efforts grew in response to the needs of  area  chil-
  orphans  were  still  admitted, but also children in crisis whose
 es struggled to provide for them; and
 EAS, In 1905, the Rochester  Orphan  Asylum  moved  to  a  30-acre
 on  on  Pinnacle Hill; the new location was built as an innovative
 e system that created a home-like environment within  the  bounda-
 f the institution; and
 EAS, The Rochester Orphan Asylum changed its name in 1921 to Hill-
 Home  for Children; another name change came in 1940 when Hillside
 en's Center was adopted; and
 EAS, During World War  II,  Hillside  and  Eastman  Kodak  Company
 ed  efforts  to  help  the children of Kodak employees in England;
 940-1942, 156 British children were brought to the Rochester  area
 ak to safeguard them from the war in their home country; and
 EAS,  Hillside  assisted in placing these "Kodakids," as they were
 , with the families of local Kodak employees or  in  foster  homes
 e duration of the war; and
 EAS,  As  the  years  progressed,  Hillside  continued to grow and
  to accommodate the needs of more children, including  those  with
 ifficult problems; and
 EAS, In 1965, Hillside broadened its mission to helping dependent,
 ted, learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, socially maladjust-
 d delinquent children; and
 EAS,  As  part  of  this  new  mission,  Hillside  began to create
 ms and life skills classes to prepare children to return to socie-
 ther in biological family homes or in foster  or  adoptive  family
  and
 EAS,  During  the  1970s,  Hillside  Children's Center experienced
 growth; the institution began  its  conversion  to  a  residential
 ent  center  and reopened its campus school, which had been closed
 1931; and
 EAS, In 1976, the emergency shelter and crisis-counseling  program
  providing a safe haven for children and youth in times of desper-
   a  day  treatment program made it possible to keep more children
 heir families while providing them with the services they  needed;

 EAS, In 1996 a new parent organization, Hillside Behavioral Health
   (HBHS), was formed in order to provide services more efficiently

 fectively; Hillside  Children's  Center  and  Hillside  Children's
 tion served as partner affiliates; and
 EAS, A new affiliate, the Wegmans Work-Scholarship Connection, was
 ed  later in 1996 as a mentoring program to improve the graduation
 ithin Rochester City Schools; and
 EAS, Renamed Hillside  Work-Scholarship  Connection,  the  program
 ued  its  focus  on helping youth stay in school, achieve academic
 s, and earn their high school diplomas through a  web  of  support
 ed by school-based youth advocates and worksite mentors; and
 EAS, Since its inception, Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection has
 tently  helped more than 85% of participating students to graduate
 igh school and gain acceptance into college; and
 EAS, In 1999, Hillside Behavioral Health System added to its fami-
 n Crestwood Children's Center and Crestwood Children's  Foundation
   with the specific mission to provide comprehensive mental health
 es to culturally diverse children and adolescents who have serious
 nal, behavioral, or mental disorders; and
 EAS, Hillside Family of Agencies was adopted as the system name in
 er of 2000 to better represent the diversity of services  provided
 h affiliate; and
 EAS,  In  the  years  that  followed,  Hillside Family of Agencies
 ued to grow in pursuit of its  strategy  to  build  an  integrated
   of  care for youth and their families, adding to its affiliation
 nell Farm Children's Center and Adoption Resource  Network,  Inc.;

 EAS, Today, the Hillside Family of Agencies is a nationally recog-
 integrated system of care, serving thousands of families and chil-
 each  year,  with  dozens  of  programs and multiple service sites
 hout the state; and
 EAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when  organiza-
  of  such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
 they should be celebrated and recognized by all  the  citizens  of
 reat Empire State; now, therefore, be it
 LVED,  That  this  Legislative  Body pause in its deliberations to
 orate the 175th Anniversary of Hillside Family of Agencies; and be
 ther
 LVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
 d to Hillside Family of Agencies.