[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E994]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING MENDOCINO COAST CLINICS

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 25, 2019

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Mendocino 
Coast Clinics on the 25th anniversary of their founding. Since 1994, 
Mendocino Coast Clinics has provided quality, patient-centered 
affordable health care.
  Originally part of Mendocino County Public Health Services, a group 
of volunteers came together to form the nonprofit that established 
Mendocino Coast Clinics on July 1, 1994. That original group became the 
first board of directors of the new health center, which served 2,500 
patients with a staff of seven. Today, Mendocino Coast Clinics serves 
more than 10,000 patients and is the third-largest employer in the city 
of Fort Bragg.
  Mendocino Coast Clinics provided behavioral health services to the 
medical services when its doors opened in 1994, and expanded to provide 
much-needed dental services in 1996. Throughout the past 25 years, 
Mendocino Coast Clinics has continued to fill medical services gaps in 
the Fort Bragg and surrounding communities, including obstetrics, 
pediatrics, and a confidential reproductive health care clinic for 
teens and young adults. Today, Mendocino Coast Clinics continues to 
provide these comprehensive services to the community.
  Madam Speaker, Mendocino Coast Clinics has for 25 years been a 
tireless champion for health care in coastal Mendocino County, meeting 
the needs of the community's most vulnerable populations. Therefore, 
please join me in recognizing this valuable organization and wishing 
them success for many more years to come.

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