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ACTION PLAN
Courtesy of Emmett Solomon and Restorative Justice Network - get on his list too!

CONTACT - CONTACT by Personal Visit, Phone, Letter, Fax or Email your State Rep & State Senator - preferably once a week.

Yes, the KEY is to connect.  If you connect, you help a lot;  if you get others to connect, you help more ... find YOUR Texas Representative and Senator and tell them what you think.

EVERY one of the 31 Senators and 150 Representatives have a voice, and you need to tell them.  PLUS - if you live in the district of one of the Senate Finance or Corrections committees, or one of the House Appropriations or Corrections committees - all the more crucial.

Find out who represents you above - and CONNECT

Also contact your Statewide Officials:

1.  The Honorable Rick Perry, Governor's Office, P O Box 12428, Austin TX 78711 - no email, Website Contact
>  >  >  Visit Governor Perry on his Facebook Page Too!

2.  The Honorable David Dewhurst, Lt. Governor's Office, P O Box 12068, Austin TX 78711 - 512.463.0001, fax 512.936.6700

campaign@teamdewhurst.com 

3.  The Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, P O Box 2910, Austin TX 78768 -  phone 512.463.1000, fax 512.463.1064

Frightening Reality -- The Texas budget cutters cut the entire Chaplaincy Department in the first version of HB 1 by LBB.  Some progress has been made, but Chaplaincy is not safe yet.  TIME  -  We Don't Have Much TIME - Months!

Texas Senate

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Senate Committee on Finance, cities of Dist. Offices

Chair Sen. Steve Ogden - Dist. 5 - Bryan

V-Chair Sen. Juan Hinojosa - Dist. 20 - McAllen & Corpus Christi

Sen. Bob Deuell - Dist. 2 - Greenville & Mesquite

Sen. Robert Duncan - Dist. 28 - Lubbock, San Angelo, Childress

Sen. Kevin Eltife - Dist. 1 - Longview, Tyler, Texarkana

Sen. Craig Estes - Dist. 30 - Denton, Sherman, Wichita Falls

Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. - Dist. 27 - Brownsville, Weslaco

Sen. Jane Nelson - Dist. 12 - Grapevine

Sen. Dan Patrick - Dist. 7 - Houston

Sen. Kel Seliger - Dist. 31 - Amarillo, Big Spring, Odessa, Midland

Sen. Florence Shapiro - Dist. 8 - Plano

Sen. Royce West - Dist. 23 - Dallas

Sen. John Whitmire - Dist. 15 - Houston

Sen. Tommy Williams - Dist. 4 - Beaumont & The Woodlands

Sen. Judith Zaffirini - Dist. 21 - Laredo & San Antonio

Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, cities of District Offices

Chair Sen. John Whitmire - Dist. 15 - Houston

V-Chair Sen. Joan Huffman - Dist 17 - Lake Jackson & Houston

Sen. John Carona - Dist 16 - Dallas

Sen. Rodney Ellis - Dist. 13 - Houston & Missouri City

Sen. Glenn Hegar - Dist. 18 - Katy

Sen. Juan Hinojosa - Dist. 20 - McAllen & Corpus Christi

Sen. Dan Patrick - Dist. 7 - Houston  

Senate Com. Finance BY cities of District Offices

Amarillo, Big Spring, Odessa, Midland - Sen. Kel Seliger - 31

Beaumont & The Woodlands - Sen. Tommy Williams-

Big Spring, Amarillo, Odessa, Midland - Sen. Kel Seliger - 31 -

Brownsville & Weslaco - Sen. Eddie Lucio - 27 -

Bryan - Chair Sen. Steve Ogden -  5 - Childress, Lubbock, San Angelo - Sen. Robert Duncan - 28 -

Corpus Christi & McAllen V-Chair Sen. Juan Hinojosa

Dallas - Sen. Royce West - 23 -

Denton, Sherman, Wichita Falls - Sen. Craig Estes

Grapevine - Sen. Jane Nelson - 12 -

Greenville & Mesquite - Sen. Bob Deuell - 2 -

Houston - Sen. Dan Patrick - 7 -

Houston - Sen. John Whitmire - 15 -

Laredo & San Anto - Sen. Judith Zaffirini 21

Longview, Tyler, Texarkana - Sen. Kevin Eltife - 1 -

Lubbock, San Angelo, Childress - Sen. Robert Duncan - 28 -

McAllen & Corpus Christi V-Chair Sen. Juan Hinojosa

Mesquite & Greenville - Sen. Bob Deuell - 2

Midland, Amarillo, Big Spring, Odessa - Sen. Kel Seliger - 31 -

Odessa, Amarillo, Big Spring, Midland - Sen. Kel Seliger - 31 -

Plano - Sen. Florence Shapiro - 8 -

San Angelo, Lubbock, Childress - Sen. Robert Duncan - 28 -

San Antonio & Laredo - Sen. Judith Zaffirini - 21 –

Sherman, Denton, Wichita Falls - Sen. Craig Estes 

Texarkana, Longview, Tyler - Sen. Kevin Eltife - 1 -

Tyler, Longview, Texarkana - Sen. Kevin Eltife - 1 -

Weslaco & Brownsville - Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. - 27 -

Wichita Falls, Denton, Sherman - Sen. Craig Estes

Woodlands, The, Beaumont - Sen. Tommy Williams - 4

Senate Com. Criminal Justice BY District Offices

Corpus Christi & McAllen - Juan Hinojosa - 20

Dallas - John Carona - 16

Houston - Chair John Whitmire - 15

Houston - Dan Patrick - 7

Houston & Lake Jackson - V-Chair Joan Huffman - 17

Houston & Miss. City - Rodney Ellis - 13

Katy - Glenn Hegar - 18 -

Lake Jackson & Houston - V-Chair Joan Huffman

McAllen & Cor. Christi - Juan Hinojosa - 20

Missouri City & Houston - Rodney Ellis - 13

Texas House

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House Appropriations and cities of District Offices

Chair Rep. Jim Pitts - Dist. 10 - Waxahachie

V-Chair Rep. Sylvester Turner - Dist. 139 - Houston

Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock - Dist. 54 - Killeen

Rep. Angie Chen Button - Dist. - 112

Rep. Warren Chisum - Dist. 88 - Pampa

Rep. Myra Crownover - Dist. 64 - Lake Dallas

Rep. Drew Darby - Dist. 72 - San Angelo

Rep. Dawnna Dukes - Dist. 46 - Austin

Rep. Craig Eiland - Dist. 23 - Texas City

Rep. Helen Giddings - Dist. - 109

Rep. Lance Gooden - Dist. 4 - Austin

Rep. Scott Hochberg - Dist. 137 - Houston

Rep. Eric Johnson - Dist. 100 - Dallas

Rep. Susan King - Dist. 71 - Abilene

Rep. Dee Margo - Dist. 78 - El Paso

Rep. Armando “Mando” Martinez - Dist. 39 - Weslaco

Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon - Dist. 120 - San Antonio

Rep. Doug Miller - Dist. 73 - New Braunfels

Rep. Geanie Morrison - Dist. 30 - Victoria

Rep. John Otto - Dist. 18 - Dayton

Rep. Diane Patrick - Dist. 94 - Arlington

Rep. Debbie Riddle - Dist. 150 - Houston

Rep. Charles Schwertner - Dist. 20 - Georgetown

Rep. Mark Shelton - Dist. 97 - Fort Worth

Rep. Raul Torres - Dist. 33 - no district listed

Rep. Mike Villarreal - Dist. 123 - San Antonio

Rep. John Zerwas - Dist. 28 - Simonton

House Committee on Corrections, cities of Dist. Office

Chair Rep. Jerry Madden - Dist. 67 - Plano

V.Chair Rep. Alma Allen - Dist. 131 - Houston

Rep. Erwin Cain - Dist. 3 - no district listed

Rep. Todd Hunter - Dist. 32 - Corpus Christi

Rep. Marisa Marquez - Dist. 77 - El Paso

Rep. Tan Parker - Dist. 63 - Flower Mound

Rep. Charles Perry - Dist. 83 - Austin

Rep. James White - Dist. 12 - Hillister

Rep. Paul Workman - Dist. 47 - Austin

House Appropriations BY cities Dist. Offices

Abilene - Rep. Susan King - Dist. 71

Arlington - Rep. Diane Patrick - Dist. 94

Austin - Rep. Dawnna Dukes - Dist. 46

Austin - Rep. Lance Gooden - Dist. 4

Dallas - Rep. Eric Johnson - Dist. 100

Dayton - Rep. John Otto - Dist. 18

DeSoto - Rep. Helen Giddings - Dist. - 109

El Paso - Rep. Dee Margo - Dist. 78

Fort Worth - Rep. Mark Shelton - Dist. 97

Georgetown - Rep. Charles Schwertner - Dist. 20

Houston - Rep. Debbie Riddle - Dist. 150

Houston - Rep. Scott Hochberg - Dist. 137

Houston – V-Chair Rep. Sylvester Turner - Dist. 139

Killeen - Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock - Dist. 54

Lake Dallas - Rep. Myra Crownover - Dist. 64

New Braunfels - Rep. Doug Miller - Dist. 73

no district listed - Rep. Raul Torres - Dist. 33

Pampa - Rep. Warren Chisum - Dist. 88

Richardson - Rep. Angie Chen Button - Dist. - 112

San Angelo - Rep. Drew Darby - Dist. 72

San Antonio - Rep. Mike Villarreal - Dist. 123

San Antonio - Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon - Dist. 120

Simonton - Rep. John Zerwas - Dist. 28

Texas City - Rep. Craig Eiland - Dist. 23

Victoria - Rep. Geanie Morrison - Dist. 30

Waxahachie - Chair Rep. Jim Pitts - Dist. 10

Weslaco - Rep. Armando “Mando” Martinez - Dist. 39

House Committee on Corrections BY cities of District Offices

Austin - Rep. Charles Perry - Dist. 83

Austin - Rep. Paul Workman - Dist. 47

Corpus Christi - Rep. Todd Hunter - Dist. 32

El Paso - Rep. Marisa Marquez - Dist. 77

Flower Mound - Rep. Tan Parker - Dist. 63

Hillister - Rep. James White - Dist. 12

Houston - V.Chair Rep. Alma Allen - Dist. 131

no district listed - Rep. Erwin Cain - Dist. 3

Plano - Chair Rep. Jerry Madden - Dist. 67

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CLICK TO SEE_>>_Senate Bill_1 of 82nd Legislature as of Jan.14 (997pp.).pdf <<  

Chaplaincy supposedly in C.2.4 Treatment (p585), compare Lottery Commission Advertising for $64m (p733)
Lottery Surveys for $3.52m (p734), Lottery Market Research for $1.8m (p733)

MORE INFORMATION — Texas Prison Chaplaincy is Full of Superlatives

MODEL LETTER
CAN YOU E-MAIL THIS TO ALL IN TEXAS

Friends in Ministry and of Ministry –

I have some BAD news. 

The Summary of HB 1 by LBB  Eliminates the TDCJ Prison Chaplaincy Program.

Get the message out that Texas Prison Chaplaincy SAVES MONEY, that it will cost more money in canceling it in the long run, and there there is no more effective and proven means of change than Religion in Human History.  This will adversely affect the entire religious base and the volunteer organization, not to mention the thousands of family members helped in times of crisis (the more hidden side of prison chaplaincy). 

It is not merely the care for the soul - of whatever faith or race - the staff chaplain handles all of the management of religious affairs and programming.  Since someone would have to manage it all anyway - there is NO COST saving there.  Moreover, if ONE Chaplain prevented ONE inmate from returning, his ENTIRE salary is recovered - though there is much more.  By virtue of the 17,000 volunteers facilitated each year - and the BELIEF that Religion is the GREATEST source of change - the single Chaplaincy Department in Texas is RECOVERS its ENTIRE operating cost MANY times over!  No one handles better the First Amendment protections, the religious grievances, the sophisticated religious policies that ensure fair programming and networking within the local and national religious community.

In litigation savings alone, again cost recovery. 

Add to that the almost unseen and hard to track, the essential and precious function of ALL prisons is the death and family connections.  Family members DIE.  If the legislators could contact the tens of thousand families in Texas touched and affected through the Chaplaincy department, it would be secured by those constituents alone!  Many are the poorest! 

Pass the word!  The Prison Chaplaincy is the MOST COST-EFFECTIVE program in Texas! Look at the mind-boggling statistics for how so few accomplish so much with so little funding.  Join us here:

Save Texas Prison Chaplaincy  and 

Find YOUR Legislator < click

The KEY is connecting to your Texas State Senator and Representative.  The least anyone ca<<Selection in Document>>n do is e-mail them that the very thought of such is unproductive - though the facts and vision are in Total Cost Cost Recovery several times over. For my friends out of state – who have friends in Texas – feel free to pass this onto them.  I hope you will voice your opinion. 

Sincerely, Michael G. Maness

FOCUS POINT >
ENTIRE COST RECOVERY: 

> Don't let them cut Chaplaincy on YOUR watch!

> Save money?? - It will COST more to cut Chaplaincy!

> Yes, Chaplaincy RECOVERS its ENTIRE operating cost SEVERAL times over!

> Chaplaincy's 17,000+ volunteers and the similar numbers of inmate families - NEVER have so few connected with so many for so LITTLE.

> Reduction of Recidivism alone recovers yet again ENTIRE Cost of the few Chaplains.

> In litigation savings alone recover ENTIRE Operating Cost of the few Chaplains.

> Reduction of general violence THROUGH the peace of religion - moot, yes - but true.

REALITY - among 19,000+ volunteers, even those not in Chaplaincy, who volunteers WITHOUT a religious motive?

PROOF - MORE than ten thousand volumes in every major faith in the last millennia - but the most important PROOF is in the FAITH of every Texas Citizen, 17,000+ RELIGIOUS Volunteers, the faith of EVERY Staff member and even the faith of EVERY honorable Legislator - without question:
 

Religion is the GREATEST source
of Change in Human History

Let's have the BEST Chaplaincy, not zero!

Proof of Religion's Value

 Baylor's 2006 Landmark
Study of Religion  

 Click here to Find YOUR Legislator

Key Texas Committees

See Texas Newspapers

TEAM = yes! =
Together Everyone Achieves More

NEW DATA

Chaplaincy Faith Percentages FY2010 

Chaplaincy Savings

NEW >> Plane State Jail Letter, Women Prisoners Support of Chaplaincy

Three News Articles - Houston Chronicle, Baptist Standard and Dallas Morning News

You Should Have Seen It in Color, Letter to Legislators by Vol. Chaplain Virginia Haynes

Christian Life Commission Director Suzii Paynter's Legislative Updates on Chaplaincy

Rarely have so few done so much with so little

See Save Texas Chaplaincy Handout

See Cost Saving of Texas Prison Chaplaincy

See Texas Prison Chaplaincy Contributes to
Every Facet of TDCJ Mission

See RPD 2010 Chaplaincy Diversity Report

What Is HIGHER Value?

Professional Correctional Chaplaincy:  Fact or Fiction, Dr. Vance Drum, Senior Clinical Chaplain, TDCJ Eastham Maximum Security Prison, white paper presented at American Correctional Chaplaincy Association in 2007 - an unprecedented and succinct overview.

Value of Texas State Prison Chaplaincy, by David "Buck" Griffith, President, NewLife Behavior Ministries, Corpus Christi, Texas - and he is right, “Either YOU run your prison’s chaplaincy or someone else will run it for you – and you will not like it.”     

“Poor Texas”—Prison Chaplaincy, by published in the Tyler County Booster (2-11-11) in his weekly column, 15-year veteran Volunteer Chaplain David Rust encouraging connecting from his vast experience, highlighting the best, as a scientist too;  he not only flew Flying Tigers in WWII China, but after a stint as an engineer with Schlumberger Limited, he became the editor of their international technical journal … a real champ

Studies on Value of Chaplaincy

TDCJ Chaplaincy Audit Results 2001 - raw data on 150 TDCJ chaplains

California Chaplain Study - 1991 - Complexity

California Chaplain Study - 2001 - Duplicated

Wisconsin Chaplaincy Study 1998 - Scope

Florida Chaplaincy Study 2001 - Diversity

Maryland Chaplaincy Expansion Proposal 1992 - Need

Faith-based Dorm 5 Years - Alfred Unit - Disciplinaries

 ~ For many more see Chaplaincy Doc Section

Superlatives Never End
compare these years
Chaplaincy Statistics FY2004