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Inspire. Unite. Achieve.
Caring for America

by Jill Tate, Chair [email protected]

A Huge Success!

THANK YOU to all the clubs for helping Chairman Nelson also filed SB 72, which will encourage

with our January statewide service project state agencies to coordinate resources and develop

for Traffick911. a strategic plan to address human trafficking. The

It was a huge success! We were able to fill and provide
300 first response backpacks. We had donation money
left over and were able to give a donation to our lunch
speaker, Unbound of Waco. We even made the NFRW
newsletter! I’m sad to say that at least eleven of those
backpacks have been used in the last week of January
and first week of February, but happy to say these
victims were saved.

Clubs across the state held programs to bring
awareness to the epidemic of Human Trafficking. additional funding will be provided across multiple
Fighting human trafficking is a priority of our first Lady agencies involved in this fight. Those agencies include
of Texas Cecilia Abbott, and TFRW is helping in the the Department of Public Safety, the office of the
fight to this modern day form of slavery. By bringing Attorney General, Department of Family and Protective
awareness to this awful practice, we can hopefully Services, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, and
help to save those being exploited here in Texas. the Department of Licensing and Regulation.

To combat this awful epidemic, Texas Strong Republican According to Chairman Nelson, “One wouldn’t normally
Women member, State Senator, and Chairman of think of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
the Senate Finance Committee Jane Nelson has (TABC) or the Texas Department of Licensing and
filed legislation to give additional support to state Regulation (TDLR) as agencies involved in this issue.
agencies. SB 1, the Senate’s base budget, includes However, they play important roles. TABC enforcement
$89 million across agencies to support investigations, officers provide eyes and ears to identify suspicious
prosecutions, and services for victims. That’s an activity at licensed entities, and our budget adds $5.6
increase of $64 million over the current budget. million for that effort. TDLR licenses cosmetologists
and other professionals who work in spas and salons
— where victims forced into prostitution
are often taken. TDLR provides critical
education to licensees, and we are adding
more than $500,000 to expand that effort
and create a rapid-response team.”

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