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FROM: Perfecto Villarreal, County Welfare Director �oSta
Social Service Department `
DATE: County
March 23, 1993 ,,ti 2`�_
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SUBJECT: PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH--MARCH, 1993
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
We would request that the Board of Supervisors declare March, 1993, as PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL
WORK MONTH in recognition of the role professional social workers play in providing opportunities
for a life of accomplishment, dignity and purpose and call upon members of the community to join
with the social work profession in support of appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities
designed to achieve that goal.
BACKGROUND
People, as individuals and members of families, are our principal resource, and the strength of
many individuals and families is challenged by pressure and lack of resources. Many of our citizens
live in poverty, are physically or mentally handicapped, are chemically dependent, are new
immigrants, are abused, neglected and exploited as children or aged, are mentally ill, or are
struggling to cope with serious life stresses.
Individual and family dysfunctions take their toll not only on individuals and families but on society
as a whole. The traditional goal of our nation and of the social work profession is to enable all our
citizens to lead the most productive, satisfying and independent lives possible.
Professional social workers perform an important service by helping others cope in difficult times
and have been actively involved in the organization of programs to improve and enhance the
strength of individuals and families while honoring the right of each person to have a life of dignity
based on a sense of self worth. Social workers constitute the largest group of professionals
engaged in providing psychosocial assistance, counseling and services to the public.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMIT EE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 30 , 1993 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Social Service.-Dept. ATTESTED March 30 , 1993
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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