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Head Start Bulletin

March 1999 Issue No. 65

Patricia Montoya Appointed Commissioner
for Children, Youth, and Families
     On November 30, 1998, Patricia Montoya was sworn in as the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) at the Department of Health and Human Services. As Commissioner, Ms. Montoya oversees the implementation of federal programs assisting vulnerable children and youth. ACYF program areas include Head Start, the Child Care Bureau, the Family and Youth Services Bureau, and the Children's Bureau (which houses the Office of Child Abuse and Neglect). Ms. Montoya also serves as spokesperson for the Administration on issues related to child and youth development, early childhood education, child protective services, foster care, adoption, and the challenges and opportunities facing children, youth and families.

     Before assuming the leadership of ACYF, Patricia Montoya was the Director of Region VI for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

     A registered nurse, Ms. Montoya has extensive experience in children's health, social services, and family needs. Throughout her career, she has worked to improve outcomes for children and families through her work in pediatrics, school health, community outreach, and health policy. From 1993 to 1994 she served as practice manager of Presbyterian Family Healthcare, a primary care/urgent care center in Albuquerque. From 1989 to 1993, Ms. Montoya was the executive director of New Mexico Health Resources, a non-profit organization that recruits health care professionals for work in rural areas of the state. She also served as the assistant director of the American Nurses Association in Washington, D.C., from 1987 to 1989.

     Long active in Hispanic community and political activities, Ms. Montoya is a member of the National Hispanic Nurses Association; the American Nurses Association; and Sigma Theta Tau, the National Honor Society of Nursing. Other groups she has worked with include: the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education and Practice; the White House Health Professional Review Group on Health Care Reform; the New Mexico Health Policy Commission, Geographic Access Committee on Health Manpower; the Board of Directors of Family/Child Services; and Healthcare for the Homeless.

     HHS Secretary Donna Shalala praised Ms. Montoya's previous work with children and families in the community. "With her experience," Secretary Shalala noted, "Ms. Montoya brings to HHS a unique understanding and valuable perspective of what children and families need and the daily challenges they face."

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