[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ROBERT F. HALSCH

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                         HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 19, 2011

  Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my dear 
friend, Robert F. Halsch, in honor of his 30th anniversary with the 
Bergen County Community Action Partnership.
  Since 1984, Bob has provided exceptional leadership to this multi-
faceted anti-poverty organization. As Executive Director he is 
responsible for supervising 250 employees who run programs related to 
health, housing, mental health, substance abuse, education, child care, 
Head Start, immigration, nutrition, energy, asset development, and 
economic and community development.
  Highlights from his tenure include the opening of new Head Start 
sites, creating a new Federally Qualified Health Center and chartering 
the first new federal credit union in New Jersey in two decades. Under 
Bob's leadership, Bergen County CAP was selected as the inaugural 
recipient of the 1st Annual Charles E. Braithwait Award for Leadership 
by the National Community Action Foundation (NCAF) for creating new 
models for economic opportunity for low-income families and the 
agencies that serve them.
  Bob is also the founder and CEO of Community Housing in Partnership, 
Inc. (CHIP), a HUD certified Community Housing Development Organization 
created in 1989. This is a New Jersey not-for-profit real estate 
development company that has developed affordable housing for persons 
with special needs, homeless persons in transition, older adults, first 
time homebuyers and low-income renters. Acting as the designated 
developer for the Jersey City Redevelopment Authority, CHIP recently 
completed the re-development of a city block in an economically 
distressed area of the city.
  Furthermore, in partnership with the National Community Action 
Foundation and Southern New Hampshire University, Bob helped initiate a 
master's program for the benefit of the Community Action Agency 
Network. Community Action Agency employees from around the Nation have 
been working toward their master's degrees through this online program.
  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate my dear friend, Robert F. 
Halsch, on his 30th anniversary as Executive Director of the Bergen 
County Community Action Partnership. I join with the grateful residents 
of Bergen County in thanking him for innumerable contributions to the 
development of our community. I am confident that his leadership and 
dedication to service will continue to be a blessing to countless New 
Jerseyans in need.

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