[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 121 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E776-E777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING DIXON FAMILY SERVICES

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 25, 2024

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dixon 
Family Services as they celebrate their 40th year of service.
  Established in 1984, Dixon Family Services is a community-based 
organization that offers intervention and support services. Cooperating 
with local schools, churches, businesses, and community members, Dixon 
Family Services assists residents in the pursuit of goals such as 
financial stability, improved or increased employment, escape from 
domestic violence, household budgeting, improved nutrition, and 
emotional wellness.
  Dixon Family Services maintains the Dixon Family Services Food 
Pantry, which helps combat food insecurity in local households. Dixon 
Family Service also acts as a bridge between residents and larger 
health care and governmental programs, ensuring that the local 
population is aware of and able to use resources that they may have 
otherwise overlooked or struggled to access.
  During the COVID-19 pandemic, our community's need for human services 
dramatically increased. Answering this need, the dedicated staff of 
Dixon Family Services ensured that the organization safely remained 
open. Because of their compassion and commitment, Dixon Family Services 
was able to continue to provide vital information and referral services 
to clients even during the depths of the pandemic.
  Dixon Family Services uplifts members of our community, providing 
future opportunities for all. Over the past 40 years, Dixon Family 
Services has welcomed numerous college intern therapists, case 
managers, and clerical

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and administrative staff, who were able to gain invaluable experience 
in the organization prior to moving on to other important positions or 
launching private practices in social work. Additionally, many of the 
clients Dixon Family Services provides resources to have gone on to 
make their own contributions to the community, paying forward the same 
assistance that they received.
  Although, historically, many of its programs were funded by 
government contracts or grants, in recent years Dixon Family Services 
has been supported primarily by private foundations, corporations, 
churches, service organizations, and businesses, as well as many caring 
and generous community members whose donations and kind words of 
support sustained the organization.
  Mr. Speaker, during these last 40 years Dixon Family Services has 
consistently upheld a devotion to the highest ideals of community 
service. It is therefore fitting and proper that we honor Dixon Family 
Services' outstanding work by and for our Dixon community, and its 40th 
year of service.

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