[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E165]
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                    HONORING ROBERT ``BOB'' S. CAULK

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                          HON. DORIS O. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 8, 2011

  Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Robert ``Bob'' 
Caulk, who has been a dynamic activist and practitioner of quality 
health care for more than forty-five years; the last twenty of which 
have been devoted to the Sacramento region. As he retires as the Chief 
Executive Officer of The Effort, Inc., I ask all of my colleagues to 
join me in thanking Bob for his endless service to the Sacramento 
community.
  For the better part of five decades, Bob has served a leadership role 
at a number of health and human service agencies, such as Maryland's 
Department of Social Services and San Diego's Human Services 
Department. In 1991, Bob moved to Sacramento where he served as 
Director of Health and Human Services for Sacramento County. Following 
his tenure with Sacramento County, Bob served as the Executive Director 
for the Center for AIDS Research, Education and Services (CARES) and 
became instrumental in helping almost double CARES' annual budget from 
$2.8 million to $5.4 million.
  In 2001, Bob took over the non-profit Family Services Agency and, in 
2005, merged that counseling intervention organization with the primary 
health care services non-profit, The Effort. Today. The Effort 
Community Health Center has nine sites and provides primary care 
services, addiction treatment, mental health treatment, and crisis 
intervention throughout the Sacramento region. Without his vision and 
strong leadership, The Effort would not be the multifaceted and well-
renowned network of community clinics it is today. Due to Bob's 
success, he has been able to establish meaningful partnerships with 
Sutter Health and the UC Davis Health System. For instance, in 2009, 
Sutter Health issued a two-year, one million dollar grant, to The 
Effort to help the organization cover costs associated with medical 
care and mental health care visits in the Sacramento area. In 2010, The 
Effort was awarded $500,000 in federal funding to cover construction 
costs of a new primary health care clinic in North Highlands. These are 
only two of many examples where Bob's hard work has demonstrated how 
much he and the organization have grown under his tenure.
  In addition to serving as director of various health care non-
profits, Bob made time to serve on a number of non-profit boards, such 
as of the American Leadership Forum Board of Directors. Bob's tireless 
effort to improve access to quality care to the underserved has not 
gone unnoticed. In 1997, he was named Outstanding Public Administrator 
by the American Society for Public Administration, Sacramento Chapter.
  Mr. Speaker, as Bob, his wife Bette, family, friends and colleagues 
gather to celebrate his retirement, I ask all my colleagues to join me 
in saluting this pioneering man for his many years of service to the 
Sacramento community.

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