[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5381-5382]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

                                 ______
                                 

     COMMEMORATION OF 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNSELING CENTER OF 
                            MILWAUKEE, INC.

 Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise today to commend an 
organization that has provided high quality mental health, residential, 
case management, prevention, treatment and outreach services to adults, 
youth and families in the Greater Milwaukee area for thirty years. This 
organization is the Counseling Center of Milwaukee, Inc.
  The Counseling Center of Milwaukee came from humble beginnings. 
Established in 1970 in the basement of Milwaukee's St. Mary's Hospital, 
it merged with the organization Pathfinders for Runaways in 1971. The 
Center has since grown into a $2.3 million agency with 100 paid and 
volunteer staff.
  In working to fulfill its vision statement of putting more people in 
charge of their lives, connecting to others and contributing to their 
communities, the Counseling Center of Milwaukee provides both 
individual and family services including education, counseling, 
providing emergency shelter and mentoring.
  The Counseling Center serves a variety of clients, most of whom are 
low

[[Page 5382]]

income and most from the city of Milwaukee. The Counseling Center has 
always been a place where clients could turn when they had nowhere else 
to go. Through public and private funding, the Counseling Center 
provides service to anyone in need, regardless of their ability to pay. 
This includes more than 7,000 citizens in the Greater Milwaukee area 
served in 1999.
  I am proud to join in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 
Counseling Center of Milwaukee. I thank the dedicated employees and 
volunteers of the Center for their significant contributions to the 
mental health of the citizens of my state, and wish them a prosperous 
future.

                          ____________________