85R9119 CJM-D
By: Price H.R. No. 218
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives is pleased to join
Texans across the state in celebrating Children's Advocacy Centers
of Texas Legislative Day at the State Capitol on January 31, 2017;
and
WHEREAS, Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas can trace its
origins back to 1989, when the state's first children's advocacy
center, The Bridge, was established in Amarillo; this pioneering
organization joined with 12 other local centers in 1994 to form
CACTX, which now has a membership of 70 children's advocacy centers
throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, CACTX provides a wide variety of assistance for
local centers, including training, technical support, and
evaluation services; and
WHEREAS, The CACTX member centers serve more than 43,000
children each year by working closely with multidisciplinary teams
that include law enforcement and the Department of Family and
Protective Services to coordinate joint investigations of child
abuse and to help child victims receive the services they need to
heal; and
WHEREAS, Since its inception, Children's Advocacy Centers of
Texas has worked tirelessly to protect the state's most vulnerable
population, and it is indeed deserving of recognition for its
contributions to the well-being of countless young Texans and their
families; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize January 31, 2017, as Children's
Advocacy Centers of Texas Day at the State Capitol and commend the
organization and its member centers on their efforts to ensure that
abused children receive justice and healing; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas be
extended best wishes for a successful legislative day at the
Capitol and that an official copy of this resolution be prepared for
the organization as an expression of high regard by the Texas House
of Representatives.