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FOIA Number: 2013-0661-F (2)
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administrative marker by the William J. Clinton
Presidential Library Staff.
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Clinton Presidential Records
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National Service
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Jim Kreidler
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MILLERSVILLE
national
UNIVERSITY
Sewee
March 11, 1993
The Honorable William J. Clinton
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
The social work department of Millersville University applauds
your interest in developing a national youth service program,
and we support efforts to allow both undergraduate and gradu-
ate students to leave their educational experiences with
realistic ways to unencumber debt.
We write to you of one concern. According to media, you are
encouraging volunteers to become police officers, social
workers, and teachers, some even prior to attending higher
education. We want to call attention to your nomenclature.
Perhaps you should encourage volunteers to serve as community
development volunteers, human service assistants, tutors and
teacher aides. Social work, at least, is a profession that
requires competence developed through a coherent plan of study
and practice. One cannot at age 18 or 23 simply volunteer to
be a professional.
One implication of your nomenclature is that it could confuse
volunteers with the graduates of programs accredited by the
Council on Social Work Education. CSWE accredits over 350
baccalaureate social work programs to prepare entry level
professional social workers. We are concerned that volun-
teers might be equated with our graduates, who are trained
in theory and field practice.
We also think that your program needs to take into account
issues that we face as we place students into field learning
experiences. They cannot simply be set loose. They need
orientation, training, and supervision on an ongoing basis.
This is quite costly to agencies and institutions. You do
not want a new public bureaucracy, but you may need to make
grants to agencies in the voluntary sector to upgrade their
P.O. BOX 1002
MILLERSVILLE, PA
17551-0302
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volunteer programs to absorb your volunteers. The voluntary
section is starving financially and surely cannot absorb the
impact of 1000s, even 100s, without assistance.
There is much creative energy to be tapped among students,
and your proposal is a start.
Sincerely,
Thomas 12h
g. Robin Robb, Ph.D.
Thomas L. Kruse, Ph. D.
J. Robin Robb, Ph. D.
Professor & Chair
Assistant Professor
card a. Heintzelman
Carol A. Heintzelman, DSW
Joanne Hessmiller-Trego, MSW
Professor
Assistant Professor
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Richard H. Fulmer, Ph.D.
Kathy Neff
Assistant Professor
Social Work Organization
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CC: Joseph A. Caputo, Ph.D.,
President
Christopher C. Dahl, Ph.D.,
Dean, School of Humanities &
Social Sciences
Social Work Department
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135 N. George Street
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MILLERSVILLE, PA 17551
The Honorable William J. Clinton
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
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