Bill Text: TX SR66 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proclaiming February 12, 2015, CASA Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-28 - Reported enrolled [SR66 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR66-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| honor Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates and to recognize | ||
| February 12, 2015, as CASA Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas CASA is part of a national volunteer | ||
| movement begun in the 1970s that enlists community volunteers to | ||
| serve as court advocates for abused and neglected children; these | ||
| volunteers research the child's situation, provide critical | ||
| information and recommendations to judges about what is best for | ||
| the child, and help ensure that children in the foster care | ||
| system find safe, permanent homes as soon as possible; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The first CASA program in Texas began in Dallas | ||
| some 35 years ago; Texas CASA was formed in 1989 and recently | ||
| celebrated its 25th anniversary; Texas CASA provides funding, | ||
| training, coordination, and assistance to 71 local CASA programs | ||
| statewide that last year engaged more than 8,000 volunteers, who | ||
| gave life-changing advocacy, help, and encouragement to 24,742 | ||
| children, more than 50 percent of the children in the foster care | ||
| system; and | ||
| WHEREAS, CASA volunteers help to give children in the | ||
| foster care system hope for a better future and provide courts | ||
| with information they need to make well-informed decisions in | ||
| child protective services cases, and their efforts help to ensure | ||
| that the system functions as intended; all those associated with | ||
| CASA are truly deserving of recognition for their service to the | ||
| State of Texas, its courts, and its children; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby proclaim February 12, 2015, as CASA Day at | ||
| the State Capitol and commend the organization for its noble | ||
| efforts to aid abused and neglected children; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an | ||
| expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Nelson | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on January 28, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
