perform their own essential function of individualized aid and service to meet particular needs. To this end we support: Contributory social insurance programs to meet predictable needs on an adequate level; Provision for the training, placement, relocation, and assisted migration (if needed) of occupationally displaced or handicapped workers as well as for young people and others entering the labor market; Provision of employment at prevailing wage rates through public works programs for persons, including young people, for whom other jobs are not available: Publicly financed preventive and remedial health services for the protection, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons of all ages affected or threatened by physical or emotional illness; Provisions to support fair labor standards; Provisions to assure equal treatment and opportunity to all groups in the population; Provisions to assure decent housing and community conditions; and Provisions for research and demonstration programs related to the causes of economic need and social maladjustment. IV. NEEDED CHANGES IN PUBLIC WELFARE We know from our firsthand experience and observation that many individuals and groups do not today receive from public welfare agencies the help that they desperately need. There is a vast gulf between present reality and our goal: a public welfare program which first provides a floor of economic and social protection on the basis of actual need to all individuals and families who fall below an acceptable minimum standard and, second, does so in a way which supports their self-respect and helps, wherever possible, to remove the cause of their distress. We, therefore, urge the States to examine their laws, resources, and policies with a view to making their public welfare programs more adequately serve the needs of all those within their boundaries and to do so in terms of statewide standards that assure minimum protection in all their subdivisions. But because ours is one nation, based on one economy and serving one people, we also look to the Federal Government to use its leadership and broader based financial resources to help the States develop policies and programs that assure adequate protection to all Americans wherever they may live. We, therefore, urge the Congress and the several State legislatures to examine and revise their welfare laws and supporting appropriations with the following goals in mind. Eligibility It is to the general public interest that public welfare benefits and services should be promptly available to all those who need them. Eligibility should be based on actual and individually determined need for such aid and/or services without arbitrary restrictions related to residence, categorical definitions, social status or formulas for the sharing of costs among the several levels of government. Social services should not be restricted to persons in economic need. This is especially important when prompt help will serve to prevent or minimize such long-term problems as family breakdown, chronic dependency, or invalidism. Child welfare services should move toward a plan of Federal-State cooperation which emphasizes statewide applicability and a broadened definition of their scope to include preventive, protective, and supportive services to all children who need them. Program Individualized aid and service is the essence of the public welfare program. It is, therefore, essential that the financial and other program resources of the public welfare agency be sufficient in amount and variety to meet actual needs in the most constructive way. For many people whose need is unusual and continuing (for example, the very old who need nursing home care) the principal need is for more adequate financial assistance in order to provide a life of dignity and a better standard of care. For others there is need for a more intensive investment in social service in order to help them find the means to self-support or a more satisfactory way of life. For others the primary need is for a wider variety of direct services such as physical rehabilitation; vocational retraining, experience, and relocation; day care and other child-caring services; homemaker service; protected living arrangements; specalized institu tional care, etc. Fitting the service to the need will in the long run prove the best economy in public welfare expenditure and the best investment in better individual and family functioning. Means to these ends To achieve these ends four kinds of change are paramount. First, there is need for better financing from all levels of government, given under conditions which assure an adequate level of help to people wherever they may live. Second, there is a compelling need for more professional social work and related personnel and the resources of all levels of government should be committed to an intensive investment in the training and employment of such personnel for public welfare functions. Third, there is a need for streamlining public welfare agency structure, policies, and administrative procedures to better serve these ends. Fourth, there is need for a better interpretation of the job of public welfare so that the public may be fully informed. On December 13, 1961, the assembly annual meeting adopted this position statement and, on motion from the floor, added the following statement with respect to the public assistance responsibility of public welfare agencies: In adopting this position statement on public welfare, we, the members of the National Social Welfare Assembly in annual meeting on December 13, 1961, wish to reaffirm our belief in public welfare as a vital responsibility of a democracy which recognizes the dignity and rights of human beings. We wish also to express our confidence in the integrity of the vast majority of those who have been obliged to turn to public assistance in time of need. These are people like the rest of us who would prefer to remain self-supporting. Where dishonesty occurs, it represents the same small percentage as may be found in other walks of American life. We do not condone this. But neither do we think it just to condemn an entire group or program because of the misdeeds of a small minority-a small minority whose infractions can be dealt with by the regular processes of law. The purpose of public assistance is to provide a living for those without other means of support. Obviously, in a money economy individuals must have money to survive. Public assistance rolls are made up primarily of those who are in need because they are unable to work: the old, the young, the disabled, and those for whom no employment is available. These are factors for which the individual cannot be held responsible. We reaffirm our belief that for long term, gains, prevention and rehabilitation are essential parts of public welfare services, for public welfare must be an instrument for restoring and maintaining people in lives of usefulness. To do the job well, there is no substitute for well-qualified staff and adequate financing. The National Social Welfare Assembly is the central national planning and coordinating agency for the social welfare field. Adoption of a position statement by the assembly shall not be construed as speaking for the affiliate organizations. National Social Welfare Assembly, 345 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK ACCREDITED BY COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION Council on Social Work Education, 345 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. January 1962 FOREWORD The purpose of accrediting in social work is to insure the establishment and maintenance of high standards of professional education. The purposes of an accredited list are to enable prospective social work students to select approved programs of professional education, to acquaint prospective employers with the schools that have been recognized as qualified to prepare professional social work personnel, and to inform the public of the educational programs in social work that merit support. Social work education has used a process of accrediting since 1927, when the professional schools previously organized as an association of schools of social work agreed to formulate and maintain educational standards and to apply these standards to all new schools seeking admission to membership. While accreditation did not, in the initial period, carry any legal authority, a legal status has now become attached to the accrediting function in social work through legislation, rules and regulations governing the employment of social work personnel by Federal, State and local agencies. On July 1, 1952, the accrediting function previously undertaken by the American Association of Schools of Social Work was transferred along with its other functions to the Council on Social Work Education. The council carries on its accrediting responsibility for schools of social work in the United States and Canada through a semiautonomous Commission on Accreditation. The present accredited list reflects a new accreditation policy adopted by the commission and approved by the board to become effective on July 1, 1959. This policy provides that a school of social work shall be accredited for its basic curriculum and that there shall be no accrediting of any specialization by any definition. The basis of this policy is the belief that the 2-year graduate social work curriculum provides the basic professional preparation for social work practice in the variety of programs, services and agencies which fall within the general field of social work. As a result of this new policy, the previous practice of noting certain accredited specializations on the list has been discontinued. Schools of social work generally provide a 2-year sequence of class and field instruction in the method of social casework; a number of schools provide also a similar sequence in the method of social group work; a few schools provide opportunities in addition for related class and field instruction in community organization, administration, and research. All schools use a variety of agencies, programs and services for field instruction. The date in parentheses in the accredited list indicates the year in which the school was accredited. Sequences in the master's program and advanced programs of post-master's education are not subject to separate accreditation, but for identification purposes schools offering third year and doctoral programs or both are marked with the †. All schools offer a 2-year sequence of class and field instruction in social casework. Schools marked with a # offer a 2-year sequence in class and field instruction in social group work. Inquiries about the types of agencies in which field instruction in social casework and social group work is offered, and educational programs and admission requirements of the various schools should be directed to the individual schools. Some schools have developed sequences of class and field instruction in community organization, administration, and research, and inquiries concerning these sequences should be directed to the Council on Social Work Education. In addittion to the current list, the Council on Social Work Education maintains, for reference purposes, a master list of all schools of social work that have been accredited by the American Association of Schools of Social Work and the council, showing the dates of establishment and discontinuance, the actual and retroactive dates of accreditation of basic programs, and the dates of change in status and former approval of specialized programs. CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA #University of British Columbia, School of Social Work, Vancouver, British Columbia. William G. Dixon, director (1945). MANITOBA #University of Manitoba, School of Social Work, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Helen Mann, director (1949). ONTARIO University of Ottawa, St. Patrick's College School of Social Welfare, Ottawa, Ontario. Rev. Swithun Bowers, O.M.I., director (1951). #University of Toronto, School of Social Work, Toronto, Ontario. Charles E. Hendry, director (1919; withdrew 1928; readmitted 1939). QUEBEC Simone Paré, director Laval University, School of Social Work, Quebec, Quebec. UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA #University of California, School of Social Welfare, Berkeley, Calif. Milton Chernin, dean (1928). University of California at Los Angeles, School of Social Welfare, Los Angeles, Calif. Mary E. Duren, acting dean (1949). #University of Southern California, School of Social Work, Los Angeles, Calif. Malcolm B. Stinson, dean (1922). COLORADO #University of Denver, The Graduate School of Social Work, Denver, Colo. Emil M. Sunley, director (1933). CONNECTICUT #University of Connecticut, School of Social Work, 1380 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Conn. Harleigh B. Trecker, dean (1949). DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA #The Catholic University of America, The National Catholic School of Social Service, Washington, D.C. Frederick J. Ferris, dean (1937). #Howard University, School of Social Work, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Inabel Burns Lindsay, dean (1940). FLORIDA Florida State University, School of Social Welfare, Graduate Program in Social Work, Tallahassee, Fla. Coyle E. Moore, dean (1950). GEORGIA #Atlanta University School of Social Work, Atlanta, Ga. William S. Jackson, dean (1928). HAWAII #University of Hawaii, School of Social Work, Honolulu, Hawaii. Mrs. Katharine N. Handley, director (1942). ILLINOIS #University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, Chicago, Ill. Alton A. Linford, dean (1919). #University of Illinois, The Jane Addams Graduate School of Social Work, Urbana, Ill. Mark Hale, director (1946). Loyola University, School of Social Work, 820 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Matthew H. Schoenbaum, dean (1921). INDLANA #Indiana University, Division of Social Service, 122 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Mary Houk, director (1923). IOWA State University of Iowa, School of Social Work, Iowa City, Iowa. Frank Z. Glick, director1 (1951). KANSAS #University of Kansas, Graduate Department of Social Work, Kansas City, Kans. Joseph Meisels, chairman (1948). KENTUCKY University of Louisville, The Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work, Louisville, Ky. Arleigh L. Lincoln, dean (1937). 1 Effective July 1, 1962. LOUISIANA Louisiana State University, School of Social Welfare, Baton Rouge, La. Earl E. Klein, director (1940). #Tulane University, School of Social Work, New Orleans, La. Walter L. Kindelsperger, dean (1927). MASSACHUSETTS Boston College, School of Social Work, 126 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. Rev. John V. Driscoll, S. J., dean (1938). #Boston University, School of Social Work, 264 Bay State Road, Boston, Mass. John McDowell, dean (1939). Simmons College, School of Social Work, 51 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. Robert F. Rutherford, director (1919). Smith College, School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass. Howard J. Parad, director (1919). MICHIGAN Michigan State University, (College of Business and Public Service), School of Social Work, East Lansing, Mich. Gordon J. Aldridge, director (1952). #University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Mich. Fedele F. Fauri, dean (1922). #Wayne State University, School of Social Work, Detroit, Mich. Charles B. Brink, dean (1942). MINNESOTA #University of Minnesota, School of Social Work, Minneapolis, Minn. John C. Kidneigh, director (1919). MISSOURI University of Missouri, School of Social Work, Columbia, Mo. Arthur W. Nebel, director (1919; withdrew 1937; readmitted 1948). St. Louis University, School of Social Service, 3801 West Pine Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. Rev. A. H. Scheller, S. J., director (1933). #†Washington University, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis, Mo. Benjamin E. Youngdahl, dean (1928). NEBRASKA #University of Nebraska, Graduate School of Social Work, Lincoln, Nebr. Richard Guilford, director (1940). NEW JERSEY #Rutgers, The State University, Graduate School of Social Work, New Brunswick, N.J. Wayne Vasey, dean (1957). NEW YORK #Adelphi College, School of Social Work, Garden City, L.I., N.Y. Joseph L. Vigilante, acting dean (1951). University of Buffalo, School of Social Work, Buffalo, N.Y. Lyndon, dean (1934). Benjamin H. #Fordham University, School of Social Service, 134 East 39th Street, New York, N.Y. James W. Fogarty, dean (1929). #Hunter College, The Louis M. Rabinowitz School of Social Work, 695 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. Paul Schreiber, director (1958). #New York School of Social Work of Columbia University, 2 East 91st Street, New York, N.Y. P. Fred Delli Quadri, dean (1919). #New York University, Graduate School of Social Work, Washington Square, New York, N.Y. Alex Rosen, dean (1955). #Syraucuse University, School of Social Work, 400 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, N.Y. Howard B. Gundy, director (1958). #Yeshiva University, School of Social Work, 110 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y. Morton I. Teicher, dean (1959). |