[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 15, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                HONORING BOLIVAR COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 15, 2015

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable Social Service Agency, Bolivar Community Action Agency which 
is located in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
  Bolivar County Community Action Agency is a 501(C3) tax-exempt 
organization with a fifteen member board of directors composed of equal 
representation from the public, private and poor sectors. As a leading 
program in the State of Mississippi, Bolivar County Community Action 
Agency provides a variety of services ranging from preschool childcare 
to a senior companion program; from a homeless shelter to transitional 
housing; from a youth adolescent offenders program to a general 
education diploma program.
  The Agency's principal activities for over forty years consists of 
carrying out Community Action Programs through grants received from the 
State of Mississippi Department of Human Services, the Federal 
Department of Health & Human Services, the Mississippi State Department 
of Education and other governmental and private funding agencies. Those 
programs consist of: Head Start, Early Head Start, Delta Workforce 
Investment Area In-School/Out-School Program, Aging & Senior Companion 
Division, Community Services Block Grant, Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program, Transitional Housing, Community Action Transitional 
Shelter, Community Action New Start and Adolescent Opportunity 
Programs.
  In 2012 the Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc. Board of 
Directors appointed the first female and African American as Executive 
Director, Mrs. Elnora F. Littleton, who was a Head Start pioneer and 
aware of the agency's varied programs. Her testimony is one of 
success--who started over forty years ago as a high school graduate 
employed in the Head Start Program. Her ambition, dedication and 
passion for the betterment of low-income children and families in 
Bolivar County, Mississippi has served as stepping stones promoting her 
from Teacher's Assistant to Teacher; from Center Director to Nutrition 
Director, and from Education Director to Head Start Director.
  Serving faithfully under the leadership of former Executive Director 
Billy J. McCain, Mrs. Littleton has witnessed transitions and 
development of Head Start's meager beginnings to a multi-million dollar 
program.
  As Executive Director, Ms Littleton is responsible for programmatic 
and fiscal components that serve 843 children and families in Bolivar 
County.
  To say the least, her accomplishments and accolades are impeccable. 
She is respectively known locally and nationally as ``a person who gets 
the job done.'' Mrs. Littleton, along with the board of directors and 
staff, anticipates higher dimensions and a new direction for the agency 
that will not only impact the community and today's generation, but 
generations to come.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing an amazing 
social service organization.

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