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      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