PRINTER'S NO. 782
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
130
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY HILL-EVANS, LONGIETTI, MURT, BURNS, KORTZ, HARRIS,
CALTAGIRONE, ISAACSON, YOUNGBLOOD, FREEMAN, DiGIROLAMO,
BERNSTINE, MILLARD, DONATUCCI, WARREN, KINSEY, STURLA,
GOODMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, McCLINTON, HEFFLEY, NEILSON, FRANKEL,
KIRKLAND, MARKOSEK, MULLINS, ZABEL, TOOHIL, HOHENSTEIN,
HOWARD, SONNEY, READSHAW, T. DAVIS, KENYATTA, JONES,
FITZGERALD, SAINATO, DALEY, WHEATLEY AND MACKENZIE,
MARCH 7, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 7, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of March 2019 as "National Social Work
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The primary mission of social workers is to help
individuals who need assistance with social problems and life
complications; and
WHEREAS, About 680,000 individuals in the United States,
including 40,000 in Pennsylvania, hold social work degrees; and
WHEREAS, Social workers connect individuals, families and
communities to available resources; and
WHEREAS, March 2019 marks the 64th anniversary of the
National Association of Social Workers, founded in 1955; and
WHEREAS, Over the past six decades, the National Association
of Social Workers and the social work profession have created
positive changes in society and for individuals; and
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