ACF NEWS
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, December 17, 1998
Contact: Michael Kharfen, (202) 401-9215
ACF NAMES SHARON FUJII AS PACIFIC-WEST HUB DIRECTOR
The HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced today
that Sharon M. Fujii will serve as the new Pacific-West Regional Hub Director,
working in a new collaborative relationship between the ACF regional offices
in San Francisco and Seattle. Ms. Fujii has over 25 years of experience
in the social service and public administration areas.
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. Fujii 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 Hub Director, Ms. Fujii was regional administrator
for the San Francisco region with responsibility for programs in served
Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, and the Far Pacific
Jurisdictions. Previously, she served as the regional administrator of the
Family Support Administration and the regional director of the HHS Office
of Refugee Resettlement in San Francisco. She has also worked with the City
of Seattle and with the Washington State government.
The Pacific-West
region comprises Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii,
Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington State, and the Far Pacific Jurisdictions.
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