[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15981]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 
             ON THE CELEBRATION OF THEIR 110TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 18, 2014

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today to 
join the many family, friends, and community leaders who have gathered 
to celebrate the 110th Anniversary of the Visiting Nurses Association 
of South Central Connecticut--a remarkable milestone for this 
tremendous organization.
  Founded in 1904, the VNA-SCC began as a non-profit, community-based 
agency dedicated to providing New Haven's medically underserved with 
quality homecare. More than a century later, they have grown in many 
ways, but their mission remains unchanged. With programs and services 
from maternal child health to home health aides, advanced illness 
management to behavioral health, and private duty care to skilled 
nursing services, the VNA-SCC provides services in forty-three 
communities throughout south central Connecticut.
  For decades, the VNA-SCC was the only organization of its type 
serving Connecticut's second-largest city. The VNA/SCC, as it exists 
today--is the result of the 1989 merger of the original New Haven, 
Milford and (Naugatuck River) Valley VNAs. Over the course of more than 
a century, the VNA-SCC's role has evolved to meet the changing and 
varied needs of the patients in their care. Today, in addition to 
highly-skilled, hands-on nursing care, the organization offers a wide 
range of sophisticated treatments and therapies that are on the 
leading-edge of home health care technologies.
  We are living in a time with a rapidly changing health care system. 
The VNA-SCC is on the front lines helping those most in need receive 
the care they need. Their dedicated staff and nurses are uniquely 
committed to their clients, their families, and providing quality 
health care. They have touched the lives of millions, giving comfort 
and care to clients and their loved ones in their greatest times of 
need.
  The VNA-SCC is a trusted and respected leader in health care and has 
become an invaluable member of our community. Today, as they celebrate 
their 110th Anniversary, I am proud to extend my deepest thanks and 
appreciation to President and CEO, John Quinn; Board Chair, Robert 
Motley; and all of those at the VNA-SCC for all of the good work that 
they do every day.

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