78R5350 JHS-D

By:  Wise                                                         H.R. No. 268



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Proyecto Azteca of San Juan, Texas, has been 
selected as one of eight organizations to be honored by Families 
Count: The National Honors Program; and
	WHEREAS, Families Count recognizes exemplary work in support 
of families in low-income communities, and the men and women 
affiliated with Proyecto Azteca have demonstrated a commitment to 
improving the lives of migrant farmworker families and colonia 
residents in the Rio Grande Valley by providing access to 
affordable housing, education programs, citizenship classes, and 
loan programs for starting or expanding businesses; and
	WHEREAS, Active since 1991, Proyecto Azteca also offers 
assistance to families that want to build or purchase their own 
homes; volunteers and staff work together to strengthen communities 
and give hope to children and their families; and
	WHEREAS, Each of the eight organizations selected as a 
Families Count honoree receives a $500,000 unrestricted award that 
is paid over three years; the award is presented through the Annie 
E. Casey Foundation, which sponsors this commendable program; and
	WHEREAS, By embracing the idea that children do well when 
their families do well, Proyecto Azteca and the other organizations 
that have been honored are changing the future by changing the 
present, and all those associated with these efforts are deserving 
of praise; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the leaders, staff, and volunteers of Proyecto 
Azteca be congratulated on their receipt of this exceptional honor 
and that they be commended for their outstanding service in behalf 
of migrant farmworker families and colonia residents in the Rio 
Grande Valley; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for those individuals who have contributed to the success 
of Proyecto Azteca as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.