TITLE: Recognizing January 29, 2019, as Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing January 29, 2019, as Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas Day at the State Capitol.

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WHEREAS, The House of Representatives is pleased to join Texans across the state in celebrating Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas Legislative Day at the State Capitol on January 29, 2019; and WHEREAS, Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas can trace its origins back to 1989, when the state's first children's advocacy center, The Bridge, was established in Amarillo; this pioneering organization joined with 12 other local centers in 1994 to form CACTX, which now has a membership of more than 70 children's advocacy centers throughout the state; and WHEREAS, CACTX provides a wide variety of assistance for local centers, including training, technical support, and evaluation services; and WHEREAS, The CACTX member centers serve some 58,000 children each year by working closely with multidisciplinary teams that include law enforcement and the Department of Family and Protective Services to coordinate joint investigations of child abuse and to help child victims receive the services they need to heal; and WHEREAS, Since its inception, Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas has worked tirelessly to protect the state's most vulnerable population, and it is indeed deserving of recognition for its contributions to the well-being of countless young Texans and their families; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas Legislature hereby recognize January 29, 2019, as Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas Day at the State Capitol and commend the organization and its member centers for their efforts in behalf of child victims of abuse; and, be it further RESOLVED, That Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas be extended best wishes for a successful legislative day at the Capitol and that an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Price Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Oliverson Allen Guillen Ortega Allison Gutierrez Pacheco Anchia Harless Paddie Anderson Harris Parker Ashby Hefner Patterson Bailes Hernandez Paul Beckley Herrero Perez Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Phelan Bell of Montgomery Holland Price Bernal Howard Ramos Biedermann Huberty Raney Blanco Hunter Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Buckley Johnson of Harris Rose Bucy Kacal Rosenthal Burns King of Hemphill Sanford Burrows King of Parker Schaefer Button King of Uvalde Shaheen Cain Klick Sheffield Calanni Krause Sherman, Sr. Canales Kuempel Shine Capriglione Lambert Smith Clardy Landgraf Smithee Cole Lang Springer Coleman Larson Stephenson Collier Leach Stickland Cortez Leman Stucky Craddick Longoria Swanson Cyrier Lozano Talarico Darby Lucio III Thierry Davis of Dallas Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Davis of Harris Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Dean Metcalf Tinderholt Deshotel Meyer Toth Dominguez Meza Turner of Dallas Dutton Middleton Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miller VanDeaver Flynn Minjarez Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Mu oz, Jr. Wilson Gervin-Hawkins Murphy Wray Goldman Murr Wu Gonz lez of Dallas Neave Zedler Gonz lez of El Paso Nev rez Zerwas Goodwin Noble Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 118 was adopted by the House on January 29, 2019, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House