Bill Text: TX HR1637 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Promise House for its work to alleviate youth homelessness in Dallas and North Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-27 - Reported enrolled [HR1637 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1637-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1637 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Promise House, an independent charitable | ||
| organization founded in 1984, is dedicated to providing essential | ||
| services to youth experiencing homelessness in Dallas and North | ||
| Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The organization was established by the Lovers Lane | ||
| United Methodist Church to provide much-needed assistance to | ||
| homeless and runaway youth; the church purchased a large home near | ||
| downtown Dallas, which it converted into a 16-bed emergency | ||
| shelter; since that time, Promise House has kept its doors open 24 | ||
| hours a day, 365 days a year, to children, young adults, and | ||
| families in crisis, and it served more than 2,000 clients last year | ||
| alone; and | ||
| WHEREAS, From its beginnings as an emergency shelter, Promise | ||
| House has expanded its programming to include crisis intervention, | ||
| transitional housing, teen pregnancy and parenting services, | ||
| counseling, education, and outreach; in addition to offering | ||
| short-term and long-term residential services, the organization | ||
| operates a number of drop-in centers to provide easy access to | ||
| information and resources; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With the goal of ending youth homelessness and | ||
| guiding its clients to safety, stability, and success, Promise | ||
| House has helped to change countless young lives for the better, and | ||
| all those associated with this outstanding organization are to be | ||
| commended for their commitment to addressing a vital community | ||
| need; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Promise House for its work to alleviate | ||
| youth homelessness in Dallas and North Texas and extend to the | ||
| organization and its clients sincere best wishes for the future; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Promise House as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| González of Dallas | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1637 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 24, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
