| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 215 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Community action agencies in Texas have long |
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| 3 | 3 | | provided vital services to the Lone Star State's most vulnerable |
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| 4 | 4 | | citizens in an effort to help them alleviate poverty and become |
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| 5 | 5 | | self-sufficient; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Created when the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 |
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| 7 | 7 | | was signed into law, community action agencies have a 54-year |
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| 8 | 8 | | history of promoting self-sufficiency for citizens of limited |
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| 9 | 9 | | income in all Texas counties; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Community action agencies are governed by a |
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| 11 | 11 | | tripartite board representative of the entire community, |
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| 12 | 12 | | including elected public officials, members of business, |
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| 13 | 13 | | industry, labor, religious, law enforcement, education, or other |
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| 14 | 14 | | major groups in the community and representatives of low-income |
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| 15 | 15 | | individuals and families in the service area; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Community action agencies provide a wide range of |
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| 17 | 17 | | services that have kept pace with the changing needs of society |
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| 18 | 18 | | and encompass disaster relief, literacy and life skills |
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| 19 | 19 | | training, employment training, child and adult care, financial |
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| 20 | 20 | | and leadership empowerment, energy efficiency programs and |
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| 21 | 21 | | utility payment assistance, case management, transportation and |
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| 22 | 22 | | nutritional assistance to the elderly and homebound, and a host |
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| 23 | 23 | | of other programs; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, With a mission of helping people and changing |
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| 25 | 25 | | lives, community action agencies have indeed helped to make Texas |
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| 26 | 26 | | a better place in which to live, work, and raise a family; now, |
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| 27 | 27 | | therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 29 | 29 | | Legislature, hereby commend the community action agencies of |
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| 30 | 30 | | Texas on their many contributions to the citizens of our state; |
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| 31 | 31 | | and, be it further |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 33 | 33 | | the Texas Association of Community Action Agencies as an |
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| 34 | 34 | | expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 35 | 35 | | RodrÃguez |
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| 36 | 36 | | ________________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | President of the Senate |
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| 38 | 38 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 39 | 39 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 40 | 40 | | the Senate on February 19, 2019. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ________________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | 43 | | ________________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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