The Graduate School for Jewish Social Work has arranged to give two special courses of lectures for supervisors, aides and staff members of the Home Relief Bureau of New York City, which up to September 1, 1932 rendered assistance to more than 92,000 families and expended over $7,000,000.
The course for supervisors is given by Dr. S. C. Kohs, a member of the faculty of the school and director of its Department of Social Technology. The course for aides is given by Mrs. Anna Kaplun, director of the Training District of the Jewish Social Service Association, who was added to the school faculty for this purpose. The content of both courses is practical and directly related to the Home Relief Program and the work of the New York State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. The enrollment for both courses is 50 students.
Dr. M. J. Karpf, director of the school, said: “Although I do not believe that this type of training is in any way adequate, the school is glad to make its resources available to those public agencies which are struggling to gain mastery over the social effects of this long-continued period of unemployment. It is only by a union of all forces interested in the amelioration and improvement of present-day social and industrial conditions that real progress can be made.”
The New York School of Social Work and the Fordham University School of Social Service are also participating in this training program.
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