[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING ASIAN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 13, 2004

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Asian Community Mental 
Health Services of Oakland, California for 30 years of invaluable 
service to the community.
  Asian Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS) was founded in 1974 
with the objective of providing community based mental health services 
to the East Bay's Asian Pacific Islander Community. The services 
provided by ACMHS are unique in that they are designed not only to 
provide care that is comprehensive, but that is structured in 
accordance with the cultural background of the patients it serves. 
ACMHS services are available in twelve languages and dialects, and aim 
to serve Oakland's Asian Pacific children, adolescents, adults, and 
their families.
  The role played by ACMHS in Oakland's Asian Pacific Islander 
community is truly vital due not only to the caliber of health service 
it provides, but also because of its continuous involvement in 
community life through the working relationships it has cultivated with 
virtually every major social service provider in the East Bay. ACMHS is 
able to maintain and broaden the scope of its services not only by 
coordinating with these organizations in order to deliver high quality 
health care to its patients, but also by sponsoring and participating 
in a variety of community-building programs and events such as the 
ACMHS Annual Multi-Ethnic Conference, and the recent establishment of 
the ACMHS Neighborhood Learning Center in Oakland.
  On October 7, 2004, Asian Community Mental Health Services will be 
celebrating its 30th anniversary in Oakland, California. I would like 
to mark this occasion by commending this organization for the 
exceptional service it has provided to the community not only in its 
capacity as a health service provider, but also as a leader in working 
to strengthen cultural and community ties among the people of Oakland. 
By remaining committed to the areas of health and multicultural 
awareness throughout its thirty years of service, ACMHS has contributed 
enormously not only to the East Bay's Asian Pacific Islander community, 
but also to the 9th Congressional District as a whole. I salute and 
congratulate Asian Community Mental Health Services for 30 remarkable 
years of service.

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