[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 124 (Thursday, September 28, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHILD GUIDANCE RESOURCE CENTERS 
                               (``CGRC'')

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                            HON. CURT WELDON

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 27, 2006

  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this fall 2006, Child 
Guidance Resource Centers will celebrate its 50th anniversary of 
service to the community. CGRC has been instrumental in providing 
community-based therapeutic, supportive, and preventive behavioral 
health-care services for children, adolescents and families with mental 
health, developmental disability, and residential needs.
  In 1956, CGRC opened its doors in Media, Pennsylvania, and today is 
an independent, private, non-profit community organization dedicated to 
meeting the behavioral health care and special educational needs of 
those living in southeast Pennsylvania, in the counties of Delaware, 
Chester, Montgomery and Bucks, in addition to the State of Delaware.
  Child Guidance Resource Centers, now headquartered in Havertown, 
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is entering its 50th year of service 
addressing the needs of over 3,000 children and families each year, 
through 25 different programs in 23 different locations. CGRC has over 
350 employees, including highly qualified professional therapists and 
clinicians.
  Child Guidance is committed to creating and sustaining healthy and 
secure communities through an array of highly-qualified clinical 
services that address and maintain the health and well-being of the 
clients they serve. Vital to this commitment is an outstanding clinical 
and support staff that provides services of unparalleled value.
  Programs include a broad spectrum of alternative efforts to address 
the needs of children with autism: Elementary Education Services, After 
School, Extended School Year and Summer Therapeutic Activities 
Programs. CGRC also offers a wide variety of educational services for 
children that enable them to ultimately flourish within the least 
restrictive educational settings possible--through Elementary Education 
Services, Extended School Year, and School-Based Contracted Services 
Programs. The staff involved with CGRC's Truancy and Delinquency 
Prevention Program and its Multisystemic Therapy Program collaborate 
actively with local county Juvenile Justice Departments, District 
Justices and School Districts, to reduce truancy and delinquency 
throughout the county. The cornerstone of CGRC's work involves cutting 
edge mental health intervention through those programs noted above, as 
well as many other centerbased and community-based services.
  CGRC is registered with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable 
Organizations; licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Public 
Welfare; accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of 
Healthcare Organizations; a United Way participating agency; and a 
member of the Pennsylvania Community Providers Association, as well as 
the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare.
  The citizens of the 7th District and I are very proud of the Child 
Guidance Resource Centers for their continued efforts to provide 
quality service to those in need of them. I know that the CGRC will 
continue its fine tradition of service, community support, and its many 
admirable efforts in the future.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in recognizing the 
Child Guidance Resource Centers on its 50th anniversary of service to 
our community.

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