[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 34 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E405-E406]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO SUSAN FLORES

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 20, 2002

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for me to recognize 
and congratulate Susan Flores on her 33 years of exceptional service to 
the City of Los Angeles. She has made significant contributions to the 
City government throughout her career, and I wish her the best in her 
retirement.
  Ms. Flores entered her public service career in 1968 with the 
Concentrated Employment Program, where she directed the delivery of 
intense education, training and employment services to disadvantaged 
youth and adults in East Los Angeles.
  Her dedication and hard work then led her to work with the City of 
Los Angeles' Community Development Department, where she was directly 
involved with planning and implementing programs funded through federal 
grants from the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development and 
Health and Human Services. From 1982 to 1989, while serving as the 
Director of Human Services and Neighborhood Development Division, Ms. 
Flores ably administered the City Human Services Delivery System that 
provided services to the City's neediest residents. Her work addressed 
a variety of needs, such as childcare, legal aid, food and nutrition, 
homelessness and AIDS.
  From 1989 to 1999, Ms. Flores was Director of the Department's 
Workforce Development Division, which had one hundred full-time staff 
and a $130 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to carry out 
the Job Training Partnership Act, Welfare-to-Work, and the

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Summer Youth Employment Training Programs.
  Since 1999, Susan Flores has served as the Assistant General Manager 
of the Community Development Department of the City of Los Angeles. She 
has been responsible for managing the City's federal grants that fund 
the Human Service, Economic Development and Workforce Development 
Programs. Through her work, she has been able to serve all the resident 
of Los Angeles by helping neighborhoods, businesses, families, adults, 
youth, job seekers and those in need.
  I am sure that Ms. Flores is looking forward to spending more time 
with her husband, John, and their family. I would like to thank her for 
her service to the residents of the City of Los Angeles, and wish her 
the best in all of her future endeavors.

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