Texas HR 857: Congratulating Sierra Vista Elementary School in Socorro ISD on receiving the Texas Purple Star Campus Designation from the Texas Education Agency.

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89(R) HR 857 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.R. No. 857

  

  

   

 R E S O L U T I O N

   

        WHEREAS, The Houston Area Women's Center celebrated the 

  

 opening of the first phase of its new client services facility, One 

  

 Safe Place Houston, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 25, 

  

 2025; and

  

        WHEREAS, Since 1977, the Houston Area Women's Center has 

  

 helped countless women, children, and families rebuild their lives 

  

 free from the threat of violence; the agency provides crisis 

  

 intervention services, lifesaving assistance, trauma-informed 

  

 support, and violence prevention initiatives for survivors of 

  

 domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, and it 

  

 also works with policy makers and the criminal justice system to 

  

 enact change in behalf of its clients and their communities; and

  

        WHEREAS, HAWC utilizes a tailored, continuum-of-care 

  

 approach with respect for the specific needs of each of its clients; 

  

 it employs 190 paid staff members while drawing from a volunteer 

  

 base of more than 1,000 people, and its resources include a 

  

 residential emergency shelter and a 24/7 hotline call center for 

  

 those escaping domestic or sexual abuse; and

  

        WHEREAS, For nearly half a century, the Houston Area Women's 

  

 Center has guided a multitude of survivors on the path toward 

  

 healing and justice, and its new client services facility is 

  

 certain to help the agency greatly in advancing this worthwhile 

  

 mission; now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas 

  

 Legislature hereby congratulate the Houston Area Women's Center on 

  

 the opening of the first phase of One Safe Place Houston and extend 

  

 to its staff, volunteers, and clients sincere best wishes for the 

  

 future; and, be it further

  

        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 

  

 prepared for the agency as an expression of high regard by the Texas 

   

 House of Representatives.

  

   

 Simmons

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Speaker of the House     

  

   

        I certify that H.R. No. 857 was adopted by the House on June 

   

 1, 2025, by a non-record vote.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House