[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1732-E1733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING MARTHA K. ROTHMAN

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                             HON. ED PASTOR

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 26, 1996

  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
outstanding leader of the child care community in Arizona and in the 
Nation, Martha K. Rothman, and to congratulate her organization, the 
Tucson Association of Child Care [TACC] for its 25 years of outstanding 
service to children. Martha has been the central force in the 
development of TACC. Through her vision and leadership, she has 
encouraged its growth from a small group who developed the first child 
care centers through the Model Cities Program to what it is today: a 
large network that makes a positive impact upon the lives of 20,000 
children each day in Tucson, Phoenix, Yuma, Sierra Vista, Douglas, and 
Nogales.
  The basic mission of TACC is to provide daily care for young children 
through a small group setting by licensed family care workers in their 
homes. This system provides the small group attention needed by young 
children while monitoring their safety and health through the DES 
regulatory and TACC oversight services. No child care provider in 
Arizona is more respected than TACC.
  In providing daily child care for children, it became apparent to 
Martha that additional services and family support services were 
needed. Because Martha is a master of bringing visions into reality, 
the following lists only a few of the services that have been initiated 
through TACC: The Center for Adolescent Parents, Happy Hours School Age 
Child Care Program, Happy Hours Summer Camp, Educational Intervention 
for Children and Families, Pima County Health Start, TLC: Choices for 
Families, Sick Child Program, Kidline, Parentline.
  Martha Rothman's determination to provide quality services and care 
for children has led to her involvement in a number of professional 
organizations that work for the betterment of children. Her commitment 
to excellence has earned her many awards and accolades from a grateful 
and admiring community. She has been honored as the Woman of the Year 
by the Tucson Jewish Community Council, as a Woman on the Move by the 
YWCA, as a Pace Setter by the United Way, and she has received the 
Governor's Meritorious Service Award. The list continues and her other 
awards are equally noteworthy.

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  As her impressive list of awards and honors testifies, her work 
through the TACC is extraordinary. For this reason, I pay tribute today 
to Martha K. Rothman, a woman of great vision who has truly changed the 
world for thousands of our children.

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