[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 36 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E183-E184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF DR. JANICE B. YOST

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 28, 2022

  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Janice B. 
Yost, a passionate advocate whose efforts to improve health care and 
health outcomes has saved countless lives over the course of the last 
two decades.
  In 1999, after serving in leadership roles at both health care and 
educational organizations, Dr. Yost relocated from South Carolina to 
run a new organization in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Health 
Foundation of Central Massachusetts. A prolific grant developer, Dr. 
Yost helped the Health Foundation allocate over $50 million in grants 
throughout her 23-year career. Dr. Yost was able to develop results-
oriented grantmaking and grant implementation, which enabled her to 
successfully push for significant changes in health care policy.
  Dr. Yost has worked hard to focus the Health Foundation's mission not 
only on health care, but also on social determinants of health. Her 
ethos requires looking at the whole of a person's life to determine the 
state of their health, and she engrained that belief in

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the work of the Health Foundation from its start. As a result, she has 
been a catalyst for systemic and policy changes in everything from 
community development and affordable housing to food insecurity and 
nutrition.
  Madam Speaker, the impact of Dr. Yost's advocacy in the field of 
public health cannot be understated. She has helped the foundation fund 
grants supporting everything from reentry programs for formerly 
incarcerated people to initiatives to address childhood trauma--Dr. 
Yost has been relentless in her pursuit to help others.
  Dr. Yost is driven by a genuine desire to do good. She has 
beautifully blended the work of philanthropy, government, and the 
nonprofit sector in a way that alters the trajectory of people's lives 
and serves as a model for public health across the country.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress and all the 
people in whose lives Dr. Yost has made positive and immeasurable 
differences, it is my great privilege to thank and recognize Dr. Janice 
B. Yost for her service to the people of Massachusetts and her tireless 
efforts to create a more just and equitable world.

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