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IN RECOGNITION OF DR. JANICE B. YOST
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HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN
of massachusetts
in the house of representatives
Monday, February 28, 2022
Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Janice B. Yost, a passionate advocate whose efforts to improve health care and health outcomes has saved countless lives over the course of the last two decades.
In 1999, after serving in leadership roles at both health care and educational organizations, Dr. Yost relocated from South Carolina to run a new organization in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts. A prolific grant developer, Dr. Yost helped the Health Foundation allocate over $50 million in grants throughout her 23-year career. Dr. Yost was able to develop results-
oriented grantmaking and grant implementation, which enabled her to successfully push for significant changes in health care policy.
Dr. Yost has worked hard to focus the Health Foundation's mission not only on health care, but also on social determinants of health. Her ethos requires looking at the whole of a person's life to determine the state of their health, and she engrained that belief in the work of the Health Foundation from its start. As a result, she has been a catalyst for systemic and policy changes in everything from community development and affordable housing to food insecurity and nutrition.
Madam Speaker, the impact of Dr. Yost's advocacy in the field of public health cannot be understated. She has helped the foundation fund grants supporting everything from reentry programs for formerly incarcerated people to initiatives to address childhood trauma--Dr. Yost has been relentless in her pursuit to help others.
Dr. Yost is driven by a genuine desire to do good. She has beautifully blended the work of philanthropy, government, and the nonprofit sector in a way that alters the trajectory of people's lives and serves as a model for public health across the country.
Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress and all the people in whose lives Dr. Yost has made positive and immeasurable differences, it is my great privilege to thank and recognize Dr. Janice B. Yost for her service to the people of Massachusetts and her tireless efforts to create a more just and equitable world.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 36
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