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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize the Endeavors Veteran Wellness Center in San Antonio |
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for improving the lives of disabled veterans and their families; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Endeavors is a faith-based nonprofit that was |
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founded as San Antonio Urban Ministries by inner-city churches in |
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1969; renamed in 2018, the center advocates for a holistic |
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approach to veteran integration and reincorporation into civil |
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society; and |
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WHEREAS, The center has done much to support children, |
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families, veterans, survivors of natural disasters, and people |
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struggling with mental illness by offering them a host of |
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physical, emotional, and mental wellness services, including |
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family counseling, crisis intervention, group therapy, parenting |
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classes, fitness programs, child care, and life skills and |
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vocational training; and |
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WHEREAS, Endeavors partners with governmental agencies |
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and national and local organizations to address homelessness, |
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child abuse, and unemployment within the veteran population; |
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Endeavors' Veteran Supportive Services offers homelessness |
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prevention and rapid rehousing, and in 2021, the agency opened |
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the Veteran Wellness Center in San Antonio, a first-of-its-kind |
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care clinic that addresses all aspects of health; and |
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WHEREAS, During the COVID-19 pandemic, Endeavors and other |
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support organizations established two emergency centers in El |
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Paso that served as points of entry for a network of area |
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shelters; the center secured a 50 percent funding increase for |
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COVID-impacted veterans and provided housing assistance to 200 |
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clients in Houston who lost housing as a result of the pandemic; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In its 50 years of existence, Endeavors has |
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served nearly 30,000 clients in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, |
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and Puerto Rico and has empowered countless people to become |
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integrated individuals who provide for their families and |
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contribute to their communities; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby commend Endeavors Veteran Wellness Center on |
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its exceptional service to vulnerable people in crisis and extend |
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to all those associated with this noteworthy organization |
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sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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Endeavors as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |