[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING RANDY ROUTON

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                            HON. VAN TAYLOR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 10, 2020

  Mr. TAYLOR. Madam Speaker, today, I rise to recognize Mr. Randy 
Routon for his nearly thirty-four years of dedicated service as the 
Executive Director of LifePath Systems.
  Created in 1986 as the community MHMR for Collin County, LifePath 
Systems serves as the Local Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 
Authority and Local Behavioral Health Authority for Collin County. 
Under Mr. Routon's steadfast leadership, the organization provides 
community-based services for over 1,100 infants, toddler, and families 
in Collin, Rockwall, Kaufman, Grayson, and Fannin Counties through 
their Early Childhood Intervention program. Further, each month the 
organization provides Behavioral Health services to approximately 3,800 
Collin County residents and Intellectual and Developmental Disability 
Services to over 1,700 individuals.
  As the CEO for LifePath, Randy supervises over 450 hardworking 
employees and over 350 private contractors stationed in 11 facilities 
and homes, tasked with interfacing with state and local agencies.
  Mr. Routon previously served as the Executive Director of Mental 
Health Services in Collin County, as a former administrator at 
Children's Hospital of New Orleans, and as an instructor at Texas 
Women's University in Denton. Randy also served multiple terms as an 
elected Regional Representative and Treasurer on the Board of Directors 
for Texas Community Solutions, as a Regional Director for the National 
Therapeutic Recreation Society Board, and is currently serving as the 
Texas Council of Community Centers Executive Directors Liaison to Texas 
Early Childhood Intervention Providers.
  Randy has helped shape Collin County through his work on the Advisory 
Board for the Health Care Committee, the Collin County Special Task 
Unit for Adult Protective Services, the Executive Board of the 
Coalition for Behavioral Health, and as a grant writer for various 
public and private organizations. Additionally, Mr. Routon has inspired 
countless others as a Paul Harris Fellow and Community Services 
Director for the McKinney Rotary Club.
  Randy and his wife, Diane, are the proud parents of six children and 
six grandchildren, with whom he looks forward to enjoying a restful 
retirement with.
  As Randy prepares to begin a new season of life, I ask my colleagues 
in the United States House of Representatives to join me in recognizing 
Mr. Randy Routon for his selfless and dedicated career as the Executive 
Director for LifePath Systems and to wish him well in his future 
endeavors.

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