HR1097: HR1097 Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. Day; November 3, 2025; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP), a nonprofit founded on November 3, 1975, that provides community-based alternatives to institutional care for young people and families. The resolution recounts YAP's history and mission, including its policy of serving every young person and family without exclusion, and its role in reducing the use of detention centers, residential treatment facilities, and correctional placements. The resolution formally designates November 3, 2025, as Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. Day in Georgia. It also directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the public and the press. The resolution does not create any new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a ceremonial statement by the House.

• Designates November 3, 2025, as Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. Day in recognition of the organization's 50th anniversary.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
• Contains no changes to Georgia statutes, funding, or regulatory requirements; it is purely a commemorative statement.

The resolution directly names Youth Advocate Programs, Inc., a nonprofit serving youth and families, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who must prepare copies for public distribution. It has no regulatory effect on other Georgians.

The resolution has no legal or financial effect on Georgians; its significance is symbolic, publicly acknowledging a nonprofit's 50 years of work providing community-based alternatives to youth detention and institutional placement in Georgia and elsewhere.

• The resolving clause formally recognizes November 3, 2025, as Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. Day.
• A further resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make copies available to the public and press.
• The whereas clauses describe YAP's founding in 1975, its 'no eject, no reject' policy, and its 50th anniversary in 2025, providing context but no operative legal effect.

1. 2026-01-27House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-01-27House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-01-27House Hopper (House)

• Teddy Reese (D, HD-140)Primary sponsor
• Phil Olaleye (D, HD-059)
• Karlton Howard (D, HD-129)
• Dexter Sharper (D, HD-177)
• Omari Crawford (D, HD-089)

• youth services
• commemorative resolution
• juvenile justice alternatives
• nonprofit recognition