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                                                                  H.R. No. 231


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, For nearly four decades, Community Action Agencies (CAAs) in Texas have provided vital services to the Lone Star State's most vulnerable citizens in an effort to help them combat poverty and become self-sufficient; and WHEREAS, Created under the Economic Opportunity Act signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1964, CAAs may be found in 45 locations throughout the state, each of which is operated by a board of directors composed of elected officials, civic leaders, and low-income area residents; and WHEREAS, CAAs provide a wide range of services that have kept pace with the changing needs of society, encompassing day care for youth and adults, emergency food and clothing distribution, domestic violence and substance abuse prevention and treatment, literacy classes, employment training, small business development, and a host of other programs too numerous to mention; and WHEREAS, Living up to their motto, "Helping people. Changing lives," Community Action Agencies have made innumerable contributions to making Texas a better place in which to live, work, and raise a family; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature heartily commend the administrators, employees, and supporters of Community Action Agencies in Texas for their exceptional efforts to improve the lives of all of the citizens of this state; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the Texas Association of Community Action Agencies as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Naishtat                         Craddick        Giddings        Merritt         Allen        Goodman        Miller         Alonzo        Goolsby        Moreno of Harris         Bailey        Griggs        Moreno of El Paso         Baxter        Grusendorf        Morrison         Berman        Guillen        Mowery         Bohac        Gutierrez        Naishtat         Bonnen        Haggerty        Nixon         Branch        Hamilton        Noriega         Brown of Kaufman        Hamric        Oliveira         Brown of Brazos        Hardcastle        Olivo         Burnam        Harper-Brown        Paxton         Callegari        Hartnett        Pena         Campbell        Heflin        Phillips         Canales        Hegar        Pickett         Capelo        Hilderbran        Pitts         Casteel        Hill        Puente         Castro        Hochberg        Quintanilla         Chavez        Hodge        Raymond         Chisum        Homer        Reyna         Christian        Hope        Riddle         Coleman        Hopson        Ritter         Cook of Navarro        Howard        Rodriguez         Cook of Colorado        Hughes        Rose         Corte        Hunter        Seaman         Crabb        Hupp        Smith of Tarrant         Crownover        Isett        Smith of Harris         Davis of Harris        Jones of Lubbock        Smithee         Davis of Dallas        Jones of Bexar        Solis         Dawson        Jones of Dallas        Solomons         Delisi        Keel        Stick         Denny        Keffer of Dallas        Swinford         Deshotel        Keffer of Eastland        Talton         Driver        King        Taylor         Dukes        Kolkhorst        Telford         Dunnam        Krusee        Thompson         Dutton        Kuempel        Truitt         Edwards        Laney        Turner         Eiland        Laubenberg        Uresti         Eissler        Lewis        Van Arsdale         Elkins        Luna        Villarreal         Ellis        Mabry        West         Farabee        Madden        Wilson         Farrar        Marchant        Wise         Flores        Martinez Fischer        Wohlgemuth         Flynn        McCall        Wolens         Gallego        McClendon        Wong         Garza        McReynolds        Woolley         Gattis        Menendez        Zedler         Geren        Mercer                 ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 231 was adopted by the House on March 20, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House