[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 160 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1958]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO CASA ALLEGRA COMMUNITY SERVICES

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 17, 1995

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to the Casa 
Allegra Community Services project. Casa Allegra was founded in 1975 
and provides residential, job training, and community integration 
services to adults with disabilities. This important organization has 
been an instrumental component in the successful integration of Marin 
County's disabled adult population.
  One part of the Casa Allegra's work on behalf of people with 
disabilities has been the Adult Community Service [ACS] program. The 
staff at ACS provide individualized support in employment, education, 
community integration as well as instruction in self-advocacy, 
communication, and behavioral skills. All ACS instruction is provided 
in the settings and contexts in which nondisabled adults participate. 
The goal of ACS is to team up with family members, coworkers, 
employers, classmates, and others to help people with disabilities 
succeed as productive, accepted members of the whole community.
  It is this focus, one of integration coupled with a healthy respect 
for self determination, that makes the work of Casa Allegra so very 
valuable and so very important. Mr. Speaker, Marin County has been very 
fortunate to have Casa Allegra Community Services in its midst. This 
program is a model for the entire Nation.

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