[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NEW HOPE FOUNDATION

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 10, 1998

  Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to acknowledge the positive 
efforts of the New Hope Foundation, Inc. in Jackson, MS. New Hope was 
established in 1981 as a nonprofit organization to provide community-
based alcohol and other drug abuse correction services to individuals, 
regardless of race, sex, religion, or national origin. New Hope's 
mission is to prevent, treat, and educate individuals living in low and 
moderate income communities about alcohol, tobacco and other drug 
abuse.
  Some of New Hope's programs include a Three Quarter-way House for 
males. This program is a secondary alcohol and drug treatment program 
for recovering chemically dependent persons. In this program, 
individuals are given an opportunity to improve their lives by 
participating in vocational and employment activities. New Hope also 
conducts several other programs such as support groups that help aid in 
temporary and permanent housing, medical assistance, achieving a 
Graduate Equivalency Diploma (GED), aid to the homeless and many other 
worthwhile benefits for men subjected and victimized by the ills of 
society. It is refreshing to know that organizations such as New Hope 
are created to help people who are not able to help themselves.
  Mr. Speaker, I salute The New Hope Foundation. We can learn a lot 
from their determination and their commitment to assisting the less 
fortunate. I congratulate New Hope on their accomplishments and I 
encourage them in their quest to empowering a part of America that is 
almost too often neglected.

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