ACF NEWS
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, June 29, 2000
Contact: Michael Kharfen, (202) 401-9215
ACF NAMES CARLIS V. WILLIAMS AS SOUTHEAST HUB DIRECTOR
The HHS Administration
for Children and Families (ACF) announced today that Carlis V. Williams
will serve as the new ACF Southeast Regional Hub Director, administering
the ACF Regional Office in Atlanta. Ms. Williams recently served as the
Executive Assistant to the Governor for Human Services in Indiana.
ACF is responsible
for some 60 programs that provide services and assistance to children
and families, including the welfare reform program signed into law by
President Clinton in 1996. Among the programs Ms. Williams will work with
states, local organizations, and tribes on are: Head Start, the model
pre-school program; child care; foster care and adoption assistance; child
support enforcement; and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
Prior to this appointment,
as Executive Assistant to the Indiana Governor, she was instrumental in
the development of many successful programs serving children and families,
including expansion of health care through the Indiana Children's Health
Insurance Program, support for low-income workers and public recipients
through FaithWorks, promoting responsible fathers through Fathers and
Families, and Building Bright Beginnings, the Governor's early childhood
initiative. Previously, she served as Deputy Director for the Indiana
Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Family and Children,
leading the state's design and implementation of welfare reform. Ms. Williams
has bachelor and master degrees from Ball State University.
The Southeast region
comprises 8 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
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