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This report summarizes some of the important legislative developments relating to family violence from the most recent Texas legislative session. It is worth noting that almost 1,500 bills were passed by the Legislature, and TCFV is unable to review and analyze them all. We are reporting on the legislation with the most significant impact on family violence issues, but there certainly may be other legislation that is of interest to individual victims, their families or family violence service providers.

The 1,500 bills that were passed are only a small fraction of the more than 6,000 bills that were filed this session. In light of those statistics and the fact that the legislative process is designed to make it difficult for new legislation to pass, we are very pleased with the fact that five of TCFV’s six legislative priority items did indeed pass AND that funding for family violence and BIPP services has been maintained or increased.

No matter what the results of any legislative session, the process requires considerable efforts by many people. TCFV is very, very grateful to the efforts of its Board of Directors, its Public Policy Committee and to the many family violence advocates and survivors who took time out of their lives to participate in the legislative process. We could not do our work without you. Thank you! Download the Report

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Fathers – and father figures – can protect young people from domestic violence. The vast majority of fathers do not commit domestic violence. But fathers and father figures can do even more to prevent the long-term harm that domestic violence causes in the lives of young people. This Father’s Day, the Office of the Attorney General has joined with TCFV to encourage fathers to take a stand against domestic violence.

You can listen to coverage of the press conference announcing this initiative, with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and TCFV Chief Executive Officer Sheryl Cates, by clicking here.

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The Purple Postcard press conference was held on February 21 at the Capitol to talk about funding for family violence services in Texas.

TCFV received over 10,000 purple post cards from people across Texas who believe in the importance of funding family violence services and who want to urge their legislators to prioritize this funding as the budget for the next biennium is developed.

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The Second Biennial TAASA and TCFV Capitol Day will take place February 14, 2007.

Our message is about preserving and increasing the state funding for sexual assault services, family violence services and BIPP services. Last session this event was a huge success and we sincerely hope you will be able to participate again.

You can participate by making valentines using the following instructions. Please send completed valentines directly to TCFV, PO Box 161810, Austin, TX 78716 by Monday, February 12th. We will hand deliver these to our elected officials on February 14th. If you would like more information on how to attend the TAASA and TCFV Capitol Day, please e-mail Rajani Ramachandran, rramachandran@tcfv.org.