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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 125
BY SENATOR NEVERS
A RESOLUTION
To designate May 20, 2015, as "LouisianaChildren.org Day" at the Louisiana State Capitol
and to recognize the efforts of LouisianaChildren.org in striving to give every child
in Louisiana the opportunity to thrive.
WHEREAS, the mission of LouisianaChildren.org is to provide community-
supported solutions that build hope and promise for Louisiana's children and families by
supporting evidence-based programs and services for vulnerable families; and
WHEREAS, the goal of LouisianaChildren.org is that every child in Louisiana has
the opportunity to thrive; and
WHEREAS, LouisianaChildren.org believes that the best way to achieve that goal
is through community programs and involvement of individual citizens; and
WHEREAS, LouisianaChildren.org serves as the umbrella association for Children's
Advocacy Centers of Louisiana and for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of
Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, LouisianaChildren.org supports Children's Advocacy Centers of
Louisiana in ensuring that every child victim referred to a Children's Advocacy Center has
a comfortable, child-friendly environment for interviews and other services, in order to
reduce further trauma to the child and focus on beginning the child's journey towards hope
and healing; and
WHEREAS, LouisianaChildren.org supports Court Appointed Special Advocates
(CASA) by assisting CASA volunteers in helping to secure safe and permanent homes for
abused and neglected children by investigating and monitoring cases involving children in
foster care; and
WHEREAS, LouisianaChildren.org supports thirty-three member programs in all
sixty-four parishes in Louisiana, serving more than 11,000 children every year, and reaching
more than 25,000 families and professionals in this state.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate May 20, 2015, as "LouisianaChildren.org Day" at the Louisiana State
Capitol, and does hereby recognize the efforts of LouisianaChildren.org in striving to give
every child in Louisiana the opportunity to thrive through providing community-supported
solutions that build hope and promise for Louisiana's children and families and supporting
evidence-based programs and services for vulnerable families.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
President and Chief Executive Officer of LouisianaChildren.org.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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