Bill Text: TX HR426 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 1, 2023, as CASA Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR426 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR426-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 426 |
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WHEREAS, The volunteers, staff, and board members who make up | ||
the Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates network are gathering | ||
in Austin on March 1, 2023, for CASA Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas CASA is part of a national volunteer movement | ||
that began in 1977 and enlists local community volunteers to | ||
support children and families involved in the foster care system; | ||
beginning in 1979 with the first CASA program in Dallas, and | ||
followed by the formation of Texas CASA in 1989, judges and | ||
communities across the state have worked to expand CASA's services; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Providing 73 local programs in 219 of the state's | ||
254 counties, Texas CASA has grown to become one of the largest such | ||
initiatives in the nation; through their advocacy efforts in the | ||
2022 fiscal year, CASA volunteers made a difference for nearly | ||
24,000 youth by helping to build family connections and working to | ||
address each child's mental, medical, and educational needs during | ||
their time in foster care; and | ||
WHEREAS, CASA volunteers are appointed by a judge to provide | ||
valuable information and to make informed recommendations to courts | ||
that serve the best interests of each child; and | ||
WHEREAS, The CASA network in Texas works tirelessly to ensure | ||
that the organization grows in size in order to serve more children | ||
and families and grows in understanding and practice to ensure that | ||
CASA serves those children and families as informed, collaborative | ||
partners in an ever-evolving system of care; and | ||
WHEREAS, All those associated with CASA are truly deserving | ||
of recognition for their important work and service to the State of | ||
Texas, its courts, its children, and its families; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 1, 2023, as CASA Day at the State | ||
Capitol and commend the organization for its diligent efforts to | ||
aid abused and neglected children in the State of Texas; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for CASA as an expression of high regard by the Texas House | ||
of Representatives. | ||
Frank | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 426 was adopted by the House on March | ||
1, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||