[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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SALUTE TO THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WELFARE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, 
                    BERKELEY ON THEIR FIRST 50 YEARS

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                         HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 6, 1994

  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with pride and honor to share 
with you and my colleagues a tribute to the School of Social Welfare at 
the University of California, Berkeley. As an alumnus of this 
prestigious institution, I congratulate the faculty, staff, and 
students on 50 years of excellence and achievement.
  The School of Social Welfare at Berkeley is one of the outstanding 
graduate schools of social welfare in the country. The School has 
committed itself to preparing professionals for careers in public 
social services. Its students are prepared to deal with contemporary 
societal issues such as aging, child welfare, family disruption, mental 
disability, and substance abuse through classroom courses and 
supervised fieldwork.
  Recently, the School initiated the California Social Work Education 
Center [CalSWEC], a major statewide public service effort to recruit, 
retain, and better educate child welfare workers in public agencies. 
CalSWEC will enhance the quality of services to children and families 
in counties throughout California. Attesting to its level of success, 
it has already been identified as a national leadership model.
  Concern for social welfare and the public institutions that serve the 
poorest members of our community requires a strong commitment toward 
building healthy, thriving communities. The School of Social Welfare at 
the University of California, Berkeley, has demonstrated this 
commitment in the pride and care it has shown in educating social 
workers to help communities build their capacity to support families, 
to educate their youth, and to assist the needy. As you look to the 
future and the next 50 years, I congratulate you on a job well done and 
wish you well on the difficult task ahead of coping with ever-changing 
realities.

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