The end of the 20th century presents great challenges for both our clients and ourselves. Many traditional indicators suggest that we are in a period of prosperity. The economy is booming. Employment opportunities abound. Crime rates are down.
New construction is everywhere.
Such markers, however, do not tell everyone's story. We know about the single mother who, under the new Personal Responsibility Act, must take her two preschool aged children on two buses to an overcrowded day care center before reporting to her work-fare job in the Public Parks Department. We know about the older woman whose managed care company denied plastic surgery following a fall which disfigured her face. You and I and the thousands of other social workers in New York City may be among the few. I believe that the responsibilities of our Chapter are twofold.