SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 256
	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 to enlist local community volunteers
	to support children and families involved in the foster care
	system; beginning in 1979 with the first Texas CASA program which
	was established in Dallas, and followed by the formation of Texas
	CASA in 1989, judges, individual volunteers, and communities
	across the state have worked to expand CASA's initiatives; and
	WHEREAS, Providing 72 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 2020 fiscal year, CASA volunteers made a difference for
	29,229 young people by helping build community connections and
	pathways to resiliency and healing from trauma; and
	WHEREAS, CASA volunteers are appointed by a judge to
	provide valuable information to them and to make informed
	recommendations to the courts so that they can act in the best
	interests of each child; and
	WHEREAS, The CASA network in Texas works tirelessly to
	serve more children and families and to ensure that it 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
	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; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
	the organization as an expression of esteem from the Texas
	Senate.
	Kolkhorst, Hughes
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		President of the Senate
		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on March 1, 2023.
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		Secretary of the Senate
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		Member, Texas Senate
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		Member, Texas Senate