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89(R) HR 669 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.R. No. 669

  

  

   

 R E S O L U T I O N

   

        WHEREAS, Upbring, a nonprofit organization dedicated to 

  

 supporting youth and families in Texas through foster care and 

  

 adoption, is celebrating Upbring Advocacy Day on March 26, 2025; 

  

 and

  

        WHEREAS, Founded by a group of service-minded Lutherans in 

  

 the mid-19th century, Upbring formerly held such monikers as 

  

 Bethlehem Children's Center, the Good Samaritan Society, and the 

  

 Lutheran Aid and Orphan's Society before it adopted its present-day 

  

 name; as a direct-action organization, Upbring is committed to 

  

 advancing children's well-being and securing a future free from the 

  

 damages of abuse; over the past decade, it has profoundly impacted 

  

 the lives of more than 100,000 youth, serving upwards of 14,000 

  

 young Texans each year from over 80 locations across the state; and

  

        WHEREAS, Through its foster care program, Upbring connects 

  

 youth with families who can provide them with safety, support, and 

  

 compassion until they can be reunited with their biological 

  

 families; when children cannot return to their birth parents, 

  

 Upbring's foster-to-adopt team helps to place them in permanent, 

  

 loving homes; the organization also operates residential programs 

  

 through which preteen and teen trauma survivors can take meaningful 

  

 steps toward recovery with the guidance of caring professionals in 

  

 a homelike environment; in cases of abuse, neglect, and 

  

 exploitation, the child advocates at Upbring perform work that is 

  

 akin to that of first responders, and they make immeasurable 

  

 contributions to their communities through their heroic efforts in 

  

 behalf of the most vulnerable; and

  

        WHEREAS, Upbring has been a source of hope and healing to 

  

 countless youth over the course of its long history, and the State 

  

 of Texas has benefited tremendously from the compassion and 

  

 altruism of all those associated with this venerable organization; 

  

 now, therefore, be it

  

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

  

 Legislature hereby recognize March 26, 2025, as Upbring Advocacy 

  

 Day and extend to all those affiliated with the organization 

  

 sincere best wishes for continued success in their important work; 

  

 and, be it further

  

        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 

  

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

   

 House of Representatives.

  

   

 Patterson

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Speaker of the House     

  

   

        I certify that H.R. No. 669 was adopted by the House on March 

   

 26, 2025, by a non-record vote.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House