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Authorizing the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings concerning the Philadelphia Department of Public Welfare's practices against Master of Human Services graduates of Lincoln University.
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WHEREAS, The Master of Human Service (MHS) degree is reportedly not being accepted by Philadelphia's Department of Human Services; and
WHEREAS, If a supervisor, director, or other management staff of a provider agency holds this degree, reportedly it will not be accepted and no waiver will be granted for it; and
WHEREAS, The graduates of Lincoln University's MHS Program have contributed many dedicated years of service and innovation to Philadelphia's Department of Human Services, as well as the field of human services in Philadelphia and many other cities across the nation; and
WHEREAS, Lincoln University's MHS Program supplements the theoretical knowledge learned within a classroom setting with the hands on real world experience required to become skilled in the field of human services; and
WHEREAS, There is no direct correlation between a bearer of Lincoln University's MHS degree and an increased risk to clients, or increased rates of failed services within the agency; and
WHEREAS, The students and alumni of Lincoln University's MHS Program have been singled out by Philadelphia's Department of Human Welfare, and Philadelphia's Department of Human Services without regard to an individual's skills, experience, or expertise; and
WHEREAS, Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was chartered by the state to offer both baccalaureate and graduate degrees in April 1854 as Ashmun Institute and was renamed in 1866 after President Abraham Lincoln; and
WHEREAS, Lincoln University has a proud heritage of academic excellence and notable faculty and alumni such as, Langston Hughes- world renowned poet, Thurgood Marshall- first African American Justice on the United States Supreme Court, Nnamdi Azik...
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