[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 182 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5396]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          CELEBRATING GRAND OPENING OF COVENANT COMMUNITY CARE

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, the 12th Congressional District is 
celebrating. We are celebrating the grand opening of Covenant Community 
Care, an essential health clinic on Joy Road in Detroit.
  For 8 years, Covenant Community Care operated a small healthcare 
clinic, limiting very much their ability to provide and serve the most 
vulnerable. However, my team and I worked incredibly hard and 
successfully obtained community project funding of $500,000 to expand 
to a 10,000 square foot health center, tripling healthcare services for 
our community.
  The facility will serve 10,000 patients and offer primary care like 
medical, dental, and behavioral health services. I saw it myself. It is 
incredible. This increases healthcare access to people living in that 
part of Detroit that is right now designated by the Health Resources 
and Services Administration as a ``health professional shortage area'' 
and a medically underserved area.
  Again, I am incredibly proud and congratulate the CEO there, Joslyn 
Pettway, and the Covenant Community Care staff for their ongoing 
partnership to serve and care for our communities and residents.

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