The Miami Times

Broward Welfare Worker
Gets Scholarship Award

Mrs. Audrey Carey is being awarded a scholarship by the State Department of Public Welfare for graduate professional training in social work.

Mrs. Carey, a graduate of Bethune-Cookman College, is presently employed as a District Welfare Visitor in the District 10 office of the Department in Ft. Lauderdale. She has selected the Pittsburgh School of Social Work and will be on educational leave from the department of the nine months period of study and field work placement training.

In Florida, as throughout the nation, there is a critical shortage of trained social workers. The scholarship program of the department of public welfare represents one approach to solving this problem.

The 1955 legislature made possible scholarships for staff members who will return to work in the public assistance programs. These scholarships are financed jointly by state and federal funds. Prior to the 1955 legislature only federal funds had been available for training and these were limited to workers furnishing the Child Welfare Service of the Department.

Approximately one-tenth of the department of public welfare's social work positions are currently filled by Negroes and more are needed in several areas of the state. Within the next few years it is estimated that there will be a growing need for additional Negro workers.