[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NORTH COAST OPPORTUNITIES

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 5, 2018

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my colleagues Mike 
Thompson and John Garamendi to recognize the fiftieth anniversary of 
North Coast Opportunities, Inc. and their decades of good work for the 
residents on the North Coast of California, in particular those areas 
in our congressional districts.
  North Coast Opportunities was created through the Economic 
Opportunity Act of 1964 as part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on 
Poverty, and it has served as the Community Action Agency for Mendocino 
and Lake Counties, as well as parts of Humboldt, Sonoma, Del Norte, and 
Solano Counties since its incorporation in 1968.
  As a member of the Community Action Network, North Coast 
Opportunities joined nearly 1,000 community-focused agencies throughout 
the United States that are charged with addressing local problems of 
poverty, social disengagement, and inequity by engaging local affected 
populations through direct services. These services are tailored to 
meet local conditions and seek the greatest participation in the vital 
services provided to struggling families.
  North Coast Opportunity reaches local residents from infancy to the 
end of life through programs including Partnerships in Community 
Health, Lake County Food and Produce Pantries, Head Start Child 
Development Program, Mendo-Lake Food Hub, Leadership Mendocino, Food 
PREP, Lake and Mendocino County Farm to School, Gardens Project, 
Redwood Caregiver Resource Center, Rural Communities Child Care, 
Volunteer Network, Walk and Bike Mendocino, Hammers for Hope, Lake 
County Disaster Recovery, and the Caring Kitchen Project.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great appreciation that we congratulate and 
recognize North Coast Opportunities on fifty years of stellar service 
to California North Coast communities in our congressional district and 
extend to them best wishes for decades of service to come.

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