Congratulating the Houston Area Women's Center on the opening of the first phase of its new client services facility.

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.

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Chief Clerk of the House