[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 11, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1920]
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                        BOLEY'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 11, 1995

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, this month the city of St. 
Petersburg and the county of Pinellas will be honoring the Boley 
Centers for Behavioral Health Care, Inc., on its 25th anniversary, and 
I, too, want to commend this organization and its founders led by Mary 
R. Koenig on this occasion.
  The mission of the Boley Centers is to provide our community with 
comprehensive services for those with mental illnesses. Through its 
rehabilitation programs and a network of community residences and 
apartments, Boley Centers has helped thousands of disabled residents of 
St. Petersburg and Pinellas County. The vast majority of Boley Centers' 
clients have been integrated into the community without the need for 
any additional hospitalization, and this has meant a considerable 
savings to the State and the county and speaks highly of the staff and 
services provided by Boley Centers.
  As one who has worked to help secure Federal funding for several of 
Boley Centers' resident complexes, I believe its clients are fortunate 
to have this outstanding program available to them in our community, 
and on this its silver anniversary, I salute Boley Centers, its Boley 
Angels, and the scores of others who have helped make Boley Centers one 
of the finest programs of its kind in our country.

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