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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 66
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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honor Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates and to recognize |
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February 12, 2015, as CASA Day at the State Capitol; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas CASA is part of a national volunteer |
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movement begun in the 1970s that enlists community volunteers to |
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serve as court advocates for abused and neglected children; these |
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volunteers research the child's situation, provide critical |
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information and recommendations to judges about what is best for |
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the child, and help ensure that children in the foster care |
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system find safe, permanent homes as soon as possible; and |
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WHEREAS, The first CASA program in Texas began in Dallas |
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some 35 years ago; Texas CASA was formed in 1989 and recently |
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celebrated its 25th anniversary; Texas CASA provides funding, |
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training, coordination, and assistance to 71 local CASA programs |
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statewide that last year engaged more than 8,000 volunteers, who |
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gave life-changing advocacy, help, and encouragement to 24,742 |
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children, more than 50 percent of the children in the foster care |
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system; and |
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WHEREAS, CASA volunteers help to give children in the |
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foster care system hope for a better future and provide courts |
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with information they need to make well-informed decisions in |
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child protective services cases, and their efforts help to ensure |
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that the system functions as intended; all those associated with |
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CASA are truly deserving of recognition for their service to the |
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State of Texas, its courts, and its children; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby proclaim February 12, 2015, as CASA Day at |
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the State Capitol and commend the organization for its noble |
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efforts to aid abused and neglected children; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an |
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expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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Nelson |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on January 28, 2015. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |