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CalSWEC's Historical Timeline
1980–1988
The teaching staff at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley revises the school’s mission to produce professionals for careers in the publicly supported social services and to serve disadvantaged populations. With this assertion, the school directs its resources toward carrying out the new mission.
In line with its new mission, the school works on building bridges to connect with area public social service agencies.
The UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare and the local public service agencies form the Bay Area Social Services Consortium (BASSC). Initially composed of seven county departments of social services, the school’s Dean, Dr. Harry Specht, and the Executive Director of the Zellerbach Family Fund, Edward Nathan, BASSC within a year expands to include nine county departments and two additional Bay Area Deans of social work, San Francisco State Dean Michael Reich and San Jose State Dean Ismael Dieppa. It provides a forum for the exchange and discussion of common and pressing policy and practice issues. This collaboration and other efforts in the state create a link between the deans and directors of the schools and county social service managers.
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