2026 SESSION
INTRODUCED
26109629D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 442
Offered March 12, 2026
Commending Area Congregations Together in Service.
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Patron—Carr
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WHEREAS, for 20 years, the nonprofit organization Area Congregations Together in Service has worked to prevent homelessness in the Greater Richmond community by providing financial assistance and other resources to families in need; and
WHEREAS, the origins of Area Congregations Together in Service (ACTS) date to 2003, when the members of five Richmond area churches recognized that several members of the community were on the precipice of homelessness and decided to establish an organization to pool resources and coordinate a response to the problem; and
WHEREAS, inspired by their early success and guided by the efforts of the Crisis Assistance Ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina, the largest homelessness prevention agency in the Charlotte metropolitan area, the members of ACTS formally incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 2006; and