[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 17, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E851]
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                         HONORING JOEL M. CARP

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                          HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 17, 2006

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Joel M. Carp of the 
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago for his outstanding 
contributions to the Federation, as well as to the community at large. 
After 28 years of outstanding service, I have this great opportunity to 
congratulate Joel in his retirement.
  Throughout his professional career in social work, social planning, 
and advocacy, Joel has engaged in efforts to create sound public 
policies and sustain quality, comprehensive health and human services 
for all people throughout Chicago, the state of Illinois, and the 
United States. He has served as chairman of and/or represented the 
Chicago Jewish community on a number of governmental task forces 
charged with determining public policy including: the City of Chicago 
Mayor's Task Force on Hunger, the Task Force on Homelessness, and the 
Task Force on Neighborhood Land Use. Additionally, Chicago Mayor Daley 
and Cook Country Board President Stroger appointed him to their Task 
Force on Welfare Reform. At the state level, he has served on: the 
Governor's Task Force on Services for the Homeless; the Department of 
Children and Family Services Child Welfare Advisory Committee; and on 
the advisory boards of the Illinois Department of Public Aid on social 
services, public welfare, block grants, and allocation of funds for 
emergency food and shelter. At the Illinois Department of Human 
Services, he serves as a member of the Family Self Sufficiency Council, 
the Governor's Families and Children Leadership Sub-Cabinet, and the 
Lt. Governor's Ethnic Affairs Council.
  Joel has published over 30 articles on various subjects in the field 
of social work, social planning, voluntarism, and refugee resettlement. 
His most recent work is a chapter entitled ``The Jewish Social Welfare 
Lobby in the U.S.'' in a two-volume work on the Jewish Polity & Civil 
Society, published in 2002. He has served a number of universities as a 
field faculty member in their graduate social work education programs.
  I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to stand with me 
today and take this occasion to recognize Joel Carp for his many 
achievements, wishing him well in retirement. As Joel truly sets an 
example to all citizens, we acknowledge and thank him for his role in 
making our community a better place to live.

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