Violence, Sierra Club, Texas Public Health Association, AARP, American Foundation for the Blind, Texas Legal Services Center, Equality Texas, Common Cause, Texas CASA and Texas Freedom Network. In 1999, he received the Public Elected Official of the Year award from the National Association of Social Workers. In 2002, he received the National Consumer Health Advocate award from Families USA. Naishtat received the President's Lifetime Achievement Award from the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees VISTA and AmeriCorps in December 2016. He has also been named Legislator of the Year by the Texas Apartment Association and one of Texas' Outstanding Public Servants by the Consumers Union, Public Citizen, Gray Panthers, and Texas Citizen Action. References External links Elliott Naishtat at the Texas Tribune 1945 births Living people Politicians from New York City Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives Jewish American state legislators in Texas 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American Jews