[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION 
                              PARTNERSHIP

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 21, 2017

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate South Central 
Community Action Partnership for making extensive positive impacts on 
the lives of low-income families in South-Central Idaho and on the 
occasion of their organization's 50th anniversary.
  South Central Community Action Partnership is a highly valued local, 
charitable, non-profit corporation in Idaho's 2nd Congressional 
District. Although it began in the 1960s to oversee area Head Start 
programs, in fifty years it has changed thousands of lives.
  Since 1967, SCCAP has developed important Idaho programs such as the 
Family Development and Families in Transition Program, the Valley House 
Coalition, a Low-Income Energy Assistance Program, the Supportive 
Services for Veteran Families, the Twin Falls-based Weatherization 
Program, and the Boy's & Girl's Club of Magic Valley. Of special note, 
the Partnership has led efforts to build seniors' centers in the cites 
of Twin Falls, Buhl, Burley, Jerome, and Kimberly.
  In addition, many of SCCAP's projects have been so successful that 
they have become independent organizations themselves or even parts of 
Idaho government programs. These include their Regional Housing Council 
(now the Region IV Housing Coalition), their Youth Challenge Project 
(which evolved into the Jerome Youth Center), their Family Planning 
Project (which became part of the District Health Department), their 
summer Migrant Head Start Programs (now the Idaho Migrant Council), and 
their invaluable Guardian ad Litem Program (now the Fifth Judicial CASA 
Guardian ad Litem).
  As a small example of their impact, Mr. Speaker, over the past 5 
years alone, SCCAP has assisted an average of more than 6,800 families 
and represented more than 20,000 individuals, helping with 
weatherization, veteran services, food, transportation, affordable 
housing, and many other valuable fields in our Idaho communities.
  The SCCAP's hardworking administrators have consistently earned the 
trust of the people of Idaho, from Betty L. Wooten's leadership of the 
organization in 1967, all the way to Ken J. Robinette's and Joe 
Herring's leadership today.
  Mr. Speaker, I sincerely thank South Central Community Action 
Partnership for their service and commitment to the residents of South-
Central Idaho.

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