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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING MS. ROCHELLE R. JACKSON, FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE NORTH LAWNDALE COMMUNITY AND THE CHICAGO-LAND AREA
WHEREAS, ROCHELLE R. JACKSON was born and raised in the section of North Lawndale known as K-Town, attended Mason Elementary, Farragut High School and Wilbur Wright College, and still currently resides in North Lawndale; and
WHEREAS, Rochelle has been employed at Juvenile Protective Association (JPA) for the past 32 years, and has held several positions while at JPA. In her current position as the Administrative Specialist, she manages all of JPA's donations and receivables for the organization donor's log; and
WHEREAS, in her early years at JPA as a Research Assistant, Rochelle coordinated the recruitment and follow-up of participants in The Capella Project, known as LONGSCAN which was a 20 year longitudinal study of high risk families with a history of child maltreatment, extreme poverty, prenatal exposure to alcohol and other drugs, and exposure to neighborhood violence; and
WHEREAS, due to Rochelle's efforts, study participants doubled in the first four years of the study, and in 2014, Rochelle recruited 114 of the youth participants of the LONGSCAN study who are now adults to participate in an online survey for the National Institute for Drug Administration study; and
WHEREAS, when the LONGSCAN study ended, Rochelle served as the Administrative Coordinator of the Parenting Assessment Team where she assisted clients with severe mental health issues transition into participation with Parenting Assessment Team (PAT) and/or Permanency Planning (PP) for Parenting Capacity Assessments, where she conducted initial release of information interviews and scheduled Parenting Capacity Assessments with parents and caseworkers; and
WHEREAS, Rochelle, serves as the Transportation/Infrastructure Committee Chair of the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council (NLCCC) where she serves tirelessly with a group of ...
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