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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Texas Workforce Commission would be better able |
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to serve struggling single-parent families if it were able to use |
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funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to |
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partner with charitable organizations and community colleges to |
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provide child care, education, and job training; and |
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WHEREAS, Buckner Family Pathways, which currently operates |
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in eight Texas cities, presents a worthy model for aiding |
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disadvantaged single-parent families; the program joins with |
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community colleges to help single parents pursue higher education |
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by assisting them with tuition, child care, and housing; the |
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initiative also works to equip parents with a range of valuable |
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tools, including money management, communication skills, and |
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conflict resolution training; and |
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WHEREAS, The proven model of Buckner Family Pathways is one |
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the State of Texas should emulate, and allowing the Texas Workforce |
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Commission greater flexibility with TANF funds would go a long way |
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in pursuing that worthwhile endeavor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby request that the Texas Workforce Commission seek a waiver |
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from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would |
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allow TWC to have the flexibility to use funds from the Temporary |
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Assistance for Needy Families program to partner with charitable |
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organizations and community colleges to provide child care, |
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education, and job training; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the chief clerk forward an official copy of |
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this resolution to the director of the Texas Workforce Commission. |