H.R. No. 475
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, February 23, 2005, is Children's Advocacy Centers of
Texas Day at the Capitol, and it is appropriate to take this
opportunity to recognize the work of this fine organization; and
WHEREAS, Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Incorporated,
(CACTX) was founded with a charter membership of 13 local advocacy
centers and has grown to include 59 local centers throughout the
state, which makes it the largest organization of its kind in the
nation; and
WHEREAS, The local advocacy centers work to restore normalcy
in the lives of abused children and create partnerships with
communities and agencies to foster the investigation and
prosecution of child abuse cases; and
WHEREAS, Child abuse and neglect continue to occur with
devastating consequences; studies indicate that abused and
neglected children are more likely to be arrested for a juvenile
crime and more likely to be arrested as an adult; and
WHEREAS, CACTX utilizes four diverse disciplines, law
enforcement, criminal justice, social work, and medical and mental
health, to create a collaborative model to address the issue of
child abuse; this collaboration results in prompt, efficient, and
comprehensive sharing of information and evidence and diminishes
the often traumatic investigative process; and
WHEREAS, Child abuse and neglect remain pressing issues that
should concern all the citizens of the state; local advocacy
centers offer abused children a safe haven with accessible
information and therapeutic services to engender healing; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby commend Children's Advocacy Centers,
Incorporated, for its contributions to communities across the state
and honor its worthy achievements on Children's Advocacy Centers of
Texas Day; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Goodman
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus
Dukes King of Parker Swinford
Dunnam King of Zavala Talton
Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor
Edwards Krusee Thompson
Eiland Kuempel Truitt
Eissler Laney Turner
Elkins Laubenberg Uresti
Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale
Farabee Luna Veasey
Farrar Madden Villarreal
Flores Martinez Vo
Flynn Martinez Fischer West
Frost McCall Wong
Gallego McClendon Woolley
Gattis McReynolds Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 475 was adopted by the House on
February 23, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House