[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6168]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING THRESHOLDS PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION CENTERS

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                           HON. RAHM EMANUEL

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 12, 2005

  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Thresholds 
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centers on the occasion of their 20th Annual 
Golf and Tennis Benefit. I am proud to represent this distinguished 
organization and I hope that the Congress will join me in recognizing 
their outstanding contributions to the field of mental health 
rehabilitation.
  As one of the nation's largest non-profit providers of mental health 
and recovery services, Thresholds provides a critical service to 
members of the community that struggle with mental illness, as well as 
their families. Over 5,000 Chicago residents benefit yearly from the 
services provided by this impressive organization.
  Thresholds provides a comprehensive program of therapeutic support, 
case management, education, job training and placement, and housing. 
With 30 service locations and more than 75 housing developments in the 
Chicagoland area, Thresholds helps restore independence, dignity and 
respect to people with mental illness.
  Offering outreach programs, residential services, youth and adult 
education, and services for homeless, deaf and jailed patients, this 
valuable organization has established itself as one of the nations most 
successful and respected psychiatric recovery centers.
  I am also pleased to recognize Thresholds as an innovator and model 
in the field of mental health. Experts from Thresholds carry out 
research and regularly publish valuable research papers, and several 
mental heath centers around the world have replicated Thresholds' 
success.
  Thresholds and its extraordinary doctors and staff are regular 
recipients of awards in the mental health field. The 2004 Celebration 
Recovery Award was bestowed upon CEO Dr. Anthony Zipple's, and Dr. 
Jerry Dincin was awarded Honorable Mention for Lifetime Achievement by 
Eli Lilly's 2004 Reintegration Awards. These represent only a tiny 
fraction of the awards presented to Thresholds.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have Thresholds Psychiatric 
Rehabilitation Centers in the Fifth District. I wish them the best at 
their 20th Annual Golf and Tennis Benefit, and I hope they continue 
their 45-year history of serving mentally ill patients and their 
families in the Chicago area for decades to come.

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