Bill Text: TX HR1472 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Cynthia Longoria of ResCare Community Living in Harlingen on her selection as the 2023 Texas Direct Support Professional of the Year.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1472 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1472-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1472 |
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WHEREAS, Cynthia Longoria of ResCare Community Living in | ||
Harlingen has been named the Texas Direct Support Professional of | ||
the Year for 2023 by the American Network of Community Options and | ||
Resources; and | ||
WHEREAS, A national nonprofit trade association, ANCOR | ||
represents some 2,000 organizations employing direct support | ||
professionals (DSPs) who serve individuals with intellectual and | ||
developmental disabilities; each year, the association selects an | ||
exemplary DSP from each state who has gone above and beyond to | ||
ensure the safety, well-being, and inclusion of the people they | ||
support; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Longoria first joined what would later become | ||
ResCare on August 6, 1990; she was promoted to site supervisor after | ||
2 years, serving in that role with the company's intermediate care | ||
facilities program for 15 years and with its home and | ||
community-based services for 17; she is admired for her | ||
organizational and communication skills and her attention to detail | ||
as well as for her ability to create a warm, familial atmosphere in | ||
a group home setting; over the years, she has been recognized with | ||
the ResCare Expect the Best "Hurricane Hero" award, and she won the | ||
2022 ResCare "How I Change Lives" Contest; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her skill, dedication, and compassion, | ||
Cynthia Longoria has greatly enriched the lives of ResCare clients, | ||
and she is indeed deserving of this notable honor; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Cynthia Longoria on her selection | ||
as the 2023 Texas Direct Support Professional of the Year by the | ||
American Network of Community Options and Resources and extend to | ||
her sincere best wishes for continued success with her important | ||
work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Longoria as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Longoria | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1472 was adopted by the House on May | ||
19, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||