May 23, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 87 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING JESPY HOUSE AND THE MICHAEL OCH HOUSE

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                       HON. DONALD M. PAYNE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 23, 2019

  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate a nonprofit 
organization that helps serve the intellectually and developmentally 
disabled community in my district. For the past forty years, JESPY 
House has been a vital part of South Orange, New Jersey.
  JESPY House has provided housing, job training, and life skills to 
hundreds of disabled people during its long history as a public service 
organization. In two weeks, JESPY House will host the grand opening of 
its newest expansion--the Michael Och House, a Center for Aging at 
JESPY.
  The Och House is part of JESPY's ``Aging in Place'' program, which 
provides for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities to 
live in a client-centered, community-based setting during their senior 
years.
  The Och House will help JESPY to ensure its clients are able to age 
with dignity. They will have increased nursing and health care 
screenings, healthy living workshops, on-site physical therapists, and 
age-appropriate accessibility furnishings.
  I am proud to represent organizations that are doing great things for 
those in need. JESPY House is a model for advancing independence among 
adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I ask that my 
colleagues join me in honoring them.

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