[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO DR. MARVIN HOGAN

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I wish to commend Dr. Marvin Hogan for 
his remarkable involvement with early childhood education, job training 
and workforce development in the State of Mississippi for more than 40 
years.
  Currently, Dr. Hogan serves as executive director of Friends of 
Children of Mississippi, based in Jackson. Friends of Children of 
Mississippi operates Head Start and Early Head Start Programs in 
Humphreys, Sharkey, Issaquena, Madison, Leake, Rankin, Copiah, Kemper, 
Newton, Clarke, Jasper, Smith, Jones, Wayne, and Green Counties.
  Friends of Children of Mississippi has a notable record of providing 
quality early childhood development and educational services to low-
income children in our State. In the organization's 48-year history, it 
has transitioned nearly 140,000 children into the public schools of 
Mississippi.
  Friends of Children of Mississippi was recognized recently by the 
National Head Start Association for its accomplishments. Its two-
generation model, which engages parents of Head Start and Early Head 
Start children to break the cycle of poverty and put families on the 
path to self-sufficiency, was featured in a National Association report 
as a case study for exceptionally effective two-generation programs. 
Since the Friends of Children of Mississippi two-generation program 
began in 2003, almost 97 percent of enrolled parents have successfully 
completed their GED or gone to college and transitioned to employment. 
This well-deserved honor is a credit to Dr. Hogan and his colleagues in 
the 15 counties they serve across Mississippi.
  A native of Waynesboro, MS, Dr. Hogan has been recognized nationally 
for his work to break intergenerational cycles of poverty and to expand 
educational opportunities for African Americans in our State. I am 
pleased to commend Dr. Hogan for his service and to wish him and his 
colleagues continued success in their work to provide a solid 
educational foundation for Mississippi's children.

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