[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 18 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E221]
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               TRIBUTE TO THE HIGHBRIDGE-WOODYCREST CENTER

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 30, 1995
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the Highbridge-
Woodycrest Center, a community-based organization in the Bronx, which, 
at a ceremony tomorrow in the Cannon Caucus Room, will receive a 
$50,000 Women's Health Initiative grant from the Fannie Mae Foundation.
  The Highbridge-Woodycrest Center is dedicated to educating AIDS-
infected and HIV-positive women in shelters and prison to help them 
reduce high-risk behavior and seek appropriate health care support. In 
an expansion of its activities, the center is also creating a day 
treatment center for women with HIV and AIDS.
  Mr. Speaker, more than 1,000 organizations from around the country 
applied for this grant. A national advisory committee of women's health 
experts selected the Highbridge-Woodycrest Center and nine other 
programs to receive this award under Fannie Mae's women's health 
initiative, which will provide $1 million over the next 5 years to 
support women's health services in underserved communities throughout 
the United States.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating the Highbridge-
Woodycrest Center, whose vital contributions to women's health have 
earned it the generous support of the Fannie Mae Foundation.


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