Bill Text: TX HR50 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 50 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Recognizing February 17, 2021, as CASA Day at the State Capitol.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR50 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HR50-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 50



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The volunteers, staff, and board members who make up
	the Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates network are gathering
	in Austin on February 17, 2021, for CASA Day at the State Capitol;
	and
	WHEREAS, Texas CASA is part of a national volunteer movement
	that began in 1977 and enlists local community volunteers to
	support children and families involved in the foster care system;
	beginning in 1979 with the first CASA program in Dallas, and
	followed by the formation of Texas CASA in 1989, judges and
	communities across the state have worked to expand CASA's
	initiatives; and
	WHEREAS, Providing 72 local programs in 219 of the state's
	254 counties, Texas CASA has grown to become one of the largest such
	initiatives in the nation; through their advocacy efforts in the
	2020 fiscal year, CASA volunteers made a difference for 29,229
	youth by helping build community connections and pathways to
	resiliency and healing from trauma; and
	WHEREAS, CASA volunteers are appointed by a judge to provide
	valuable information and to make informed recommendations to courts
	that serve the best interests of each child; and
	WHEREAS, The CASA network in Texas works tirelessly to ensure
	that the organization grows in size in order to serve more children
	and families and grows in understanding and practice to ensure that
	CASA serves those children and families as informed, collaborative
	partners in an ever-evolving system of care; and
	WHEREAS, All those associated with CASA are truly deserving
	of recognition for their important work and service to the State of
	Texas, its courts, its children, and its families; now, therefore,
	be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize February 17, 2021, as CASA Day at the
	State Capitol and commend the organization for its diligent efforts
	to aid abused and neglected children; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for CASA as an expression of high regard by the Texas House
	of Representatives.

	Minjarez

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 50 was adopted by the House on March
	10, 2021, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House