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PROPOSALS RELATED TO SOCIAL AND CHILD
WELFARE SERVICES, ADOPTION ASSISTANCE,

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO MAKE
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CHILD WELFARE AND SO-
CIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS, TO STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE
THE PROGRAM OF FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR FOSTER CARE OF
NEEDY AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN, TO ESTABLISH A PRO-
GRAM OF FEDERAL SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE ADOPTIONS OF
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND FOR

PURPOSES

SEPTEMBER 24, 19NFORD

GOV'T

OTHER

UNIVERSITY

MAR 1980

DOCUMENT

DEPARTMENT

Printed for the use of the Committee on Finance

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1979

HG 96-38

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United States Senate

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

RUSSELL B. LONG, CHAIRMAN

6 December 79

ENCLOSED ARE THE CONTENTS TO THE HEARINGS

ENTITLED, "PROPOSALS RELATED TO SOCIAL AND

CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, ADOPTION ASSISTANCE,
AND FOSTER CARE", DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1979.

THESE WERE INADVERTENTLY OMITTED IN PRINTING.

[Errata Sheet]

CONTENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE WITNESSES

Hon. Arabella Martinez. Assistant Secretary for Human Development Serv-
ices, Department of Health. Education, and Welfare, accompanied by
Herschel Saucier, Acting Commissioner for Children, Youth, and Fam-
ilies and Michio Suzuki, Deputy Commissioner for Public Services----

PUBLIC WITNESSES

American Public Welfare Association, Gregory L. Coler, chairman, social
services committee, and director, Illinois Department of Children and
Family Services, accompanied by Lou Christian, title XX administrator,
State of North Carolina___.

Blum, Barbara B., commissioner. New York State Department of Social
Services, accompanied by Anne N. Shkuda, assistant, Federal legislation;
and Timothy Sheehan, services division_.
Carter, Lisle, chairman of the board. Children's Defense Fund. accompanied
by Mary Lee Allen, staffer_

Children's Defense Fund, Lisle Carter, chairman of the board, accompanied
by Mary Lee Allen, staffer____

Child Welfare League of America, Theodore Levine, accompanied by Eliza-
beth Cole, director of the Child Welfare League of America's North
American Center on Adoption_-_-

Child Welfare League of America's North American Center on Adoption__
Cole, Elizabeth, director of the Child Welfare League of America's North
American Center on Adoption___

Coler, Gregory L., director, Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services, chairman, social services committee. American Public Welfare
Association. accompanied by Lou Christian, title XX administrator;
State of North Carolina___

Corrada, Hon. Baltasar, Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico_____

Grajower. Rebecca. assistant director for public policy, the National Assem-
bly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations,
Inc.
Heffernan, Joseph, dean. Council of Social Work, University of Texas
(Austin), on behalf of the Council on Social Work Education, accom-
panied by John Hanks, faculty member of the University of Wyoming_.
Levin. Hon. Carl, a U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan_.
Levin, Theodore. Child Welfare League of America, accompanied by Eliza-
beth Cole, director of the Child Welfare League of America's North
American Center on Adoption ____

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Miller. Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali-
fornia. accompanied by John Lawrence. legislative staff_-_.
Moskowitz, Jack, vice president for government relations. United Way of
America, accompanied by Pat Barrett...-

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National Assembly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Orga-
nizations. Inc., Rebecca Grajower, assistant director for public policy.
United Way of America. Jack Moskowitz, vice president for government
relations, accompanied by Pat Barrett-.

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