89R21388 BK-D
By: Simmons H.R. No. 857
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Houston Area Women's Center celebrated the
opening of the first phase of its new client services facility, One
Safe Place Houston, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 25,
2025; and
WHEREAS, Since 1977, the Houston Area Women's Center has
helped countless women, children, and families rebuild their lives
free from the threat of violence; the agency provides crisis
intervention services, lifesaving assistance, trauma-informed
support, and violence prevention initiatives for survivors of
domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, and it
also works with policy makers and the criminal justice system to
enact change in behalf of its clients and their communities; and
WHEREAS, HAWC utilizes a tailored, continuum-of-care
approach with respect for the specific needs of each of its clients;
it employs 190 paid staff members while drawing from a volunteer
base of more than 1,000 people, and its resources include a
residential emergency shelter and a 24/7 hotline call center for
those escaping domestic or sexual abuse; and
WHEREAS, For nearly half a century, the Houston Area Women's
Center has guided a multitude of survivors on the path toward
healing and justice, and its new client services facility is
certain to help the agency greatly in advancing this worthwhile
mission; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the Houston Area Women's Center on
the opening of the first phase of One Safe Place Houston and extend
to its staff, volunteers, and clients sincere best wishes for the
future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the agency as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.