Welcome

The Center for Human Services Research (CHSR) is dedicated to developing empirically based knowledge in order to promote effective services that meet human needs. The Center conducts applied research on human service programs and systems through interdisciplinary partnerships with government, foundations and non-governmental agencies. In so doing the CHSR extends the services of the University to assist government and its affiliated organizations better meet their goals and objectives.

CHSR program objectives include:

Applying evidence-based knowledge to the design and implementation of human service programs and practices

Fostering research opportunities for scholars and students of the School of Social Welfare and collaborators from other schools

Creating partnerships with scholars, practitioners and government agencies in order to advance knowledge about and effectiveness of human services

Promoting scholarship through dissemination of the Center's findings

Conducting evaluations to improve the quality of human service programs

Providing research expertise and consultation to organizations in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of human services

Developing and designing Management Information Systems for program and policy decision making