Virginia HR 129: Commending Jana D. Carter.

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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 129 

Commending Jana D. Carter. 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 2, 2020 

WHEREAS, Jana D. Carter retired from Chesterfield County on 
January 1, 2020, after a distinguished 34-year career; and

WHEREAS, Jana Carter joined Chesterfield County in 1985 as the 
director of Housing Programs, where she improved the quality of life for citizens 
by establishing the county�s first housing assistance initiatives; and

WHEREAS, as the administrator of Youth Planning and 
Development from 1996 to 2005 and the director of Juvenile Services from 2005 
to 2017, Jana Carter provided leadership, strategic direction, and financial 
oversight for six juvenile services departments; and

WHEREAS, Jana Carter facilitated the transformation of the 
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Task Force into Substance Abuse Free Environment, Inc., 
(SAFE) the award-winning county, school, and community nonprofit coalition 
focused on preventing substance abuse, and she served as a founding member of 
the SAFE Board of Directors; and

WHEREAS, Jana Carter led many successful collaborations that 
improved access to information and resources, including the development and 
launch of a Community Care mobile application, the School Readiness Coalition�s 
redesign and promotion of the Positive Parenting website, a process for 
conducting biennial community youth surveys, and transformation of the county�s 
youth group home residential program into a day reporting center, resulting in 
improved services for juvenile offenders and their parents; and

WHEREAS, Jana Carter provided leadership and direction to the 
Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors-appointed Youth Citizen Board and 
raised visibility and community support for youth-focused issues and events, 
such as town hall meetings, Model County Government Day, and Outstanding Youth 
awards; and

WHEREAS, Jana Carter co-authored six successful America�s 
Promise Award submissions, resulting in Chesterfield County being the only 
locality in Virginia named as �One of the 100 Best Communities in America for 
Young People� for each of the six years of the competition; and

WHEREAS, in 2017, Jana Carter was appointed director of the 
newly created Department of Citizen Information and Resources; she provided 
exemplary leadership, financial oversight, planning, and coordination for the 
department, which supports aging and disability services, youth services, mobility 
services, and community engagement; and

WHEREAS, during her tenure with the Department of 
Citizen Information and Resources, Jana Carter facilitated the organizational 
changes necessary to establish a new county department that merged staff and 
programs from a variety of county departments, supported the establishment and 
subsequent expansion of the Davis Child Advocacy Center, supported the 
development and launch of Access On Demand, and supported the development and 
implementatio