Bill Text: TX SR146 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Hope Haven of East Texas long-term foster home on the occasion of its grand opening.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-15 - Reported enrolled [SR146 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR146-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Hope Haven of East Texas is celebrating the | ||
grand opening of its long-term foster home in Lindale on | ||
August 18, 2017; and | ||
WHEREAS, Founded by Lisa Ferguson, Hope Haven of East Texas | ||
is a nonprofit organization that partners with local churches, | ||
families, and members of the community to assist girls in the | ||
foster care system; in addition to offering spiritual guidance, | ||
Hope Haven sponsors a range of programs, including horse therapy, | ||
career shadowing, and college mentorship, with the goal of | ||
preparing the girls for the challenges and opportunities of | ||
adulthood; and | ||
WHEREAS, Located on 6.4 acres, the newly constructed | ||
6,400-square-foot home will house up to 16 girls between the ages | ||
of 13 and 17 and features ample residential and living quarters | ||
in addition to a counseling office and staff areas; the facility | ||
is intended to provide a more stable and beneficial living | ||
arrangement for youth who have previously been shuffled from | ||
place to place in the foster care system; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Hope Haven foster home will serve as a safe and | ||
nurturing environment for some of the most vulnerable members of | ||
our society, and all those involved in bringing this project to | ||
fruition may take pride in a job well done; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the grand | ||
opening of the Hope Haven of East Texas long-term foster home and | ||
extend to the Hope Haven staff sincere best wishes for the | ||
future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
Hope Haven of East Texas as an expression of high regard from the | ||
Texas Senate. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on August 15, 2017. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |