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1994.03.22 : Appointment of Associate Commissioner of the Children's Bureau

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   Contact:  Jane Checkan
Tuesday, March 22, 1994                           (202) 401-9215


     HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today named Carol W. Williams 
of Silver Spring, Md., as associate commissioner of the Children's
Bureau in the HHS Administration for Children and Families.

     As associate commissioner, Williams will be responsible for 
the management and oversight of the ACF programs which focus on
strengthening and supporting children and families; effectively
enhancing state and local child welfare programs and services; and
improving the quality and availability of child care services.

     "Carol Williams is a dedicated professional and a child
welfare expert who brings HHS the benefit of extraordinary skills
and commitment," said Secretary Shalala.  "Her career experiences
have given her a strong vision that prevention is key to helping
families and communities.  She will be invaluable to the work of
the Children's Bureau and the administration's effort to assist
children and families."

     Since 1990, Williams had served as a senior associate at the
Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, D.C., where in
the capacity of court-appointed monitor in a class action suit
against the District of Columbia Department of Human Services, she
assisted in the review and on-going monitoring of the District's
child welfare program.  

     Prior to that, she was director of the National Child Welfare
Leadership Center, Chapel Hill, N.C., which provided management and
executive development seminars to child welfare leaders from across
the nation.  She has been an assistant professor at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and at the University of
California, Los Angeles, where she worked in the area of continuing
education with local, state, and national child welfare agencies 
and professional organizations.

     "I look forward to working with Carol on behalf of America's
children and families.  She has the leadership experience we need
to make a difference in the systems that serve children lacking
families and families needing support," said Mary Jo Bane,
assistant secretary for children and families.  "Carol has the
knowledge and the skill to lead the staff of the Children's Bureau
and to ably administer its $4 billion annual budget."

     Williams has received numerous awards and fellowships and
holds a doctorate and master's degree in social work from the
School of Social Work, University of Southern California.  She also
holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of California
at Riverside.