| 1 | 1 | | 85R8620 RMA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Perry S.C.R. No. 19 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Texas Workforce Commission would be better able |
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| 7 | 7 | | to serve struggling single-parent families if it were able to use |
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| 8 | 8 | | funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to |
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| 9 | 9 | | partner with charitable organizations and community colleges to |
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| 10 | 10 | | provide child care, education, and job training; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Buckner Family Pathways, which currently operates |
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| 12 | 12 | | in eight Texas cities, presents a worthy model for aiding |
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| 13 | 13 | | disadvantaged single-parent families; the program joins with |
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| 14 | 14 | | community colleges to help single parents pursue higher education |
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| 15 | 15 | | by assisting them with tuition, child care, and housing; the |
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| 16 | 16 | | initiative also works to equip parents with a range of valuable |
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| 17 | 17 | | tools, including money management, communication skills, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | conflict resolution training; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, The proven model of Buckner Family Pathways is one |
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| 20 | 20 | | the State of Texas should emulate, and allowing the Texas Workforce |
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| 21 | 21 | | Commission greater flexibility with TANF funds would go a long way |
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| 22 | 22 | | in pursuing that worthwhile endeavor; now, therefore, be it |
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| 23 | 23 | | RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 24 | 24 | | hereby request that the Texas Workforce Commission seek a waiver |
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| 25 | 25 | | from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would |
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| 26 | 26 | | allow TWC to have the flexibility to use funds from the Temporary |
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| 27 | 27 | | Assistance for Needy Families program to partner with charitable |
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| 28 | 28 | | organizations and community colleges to provide child care, |
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| 29 | 29 | | education, and job training; and, be it further |
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| 30 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward an official copy of |
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| 31 | 31 | | this resolution to the director of the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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