UAlbany's School of Social Welfare
A Catalyst for Action
More than anything, the UAlbany-SUNY School of Social Welfare is a catalyst. For social work students, especially both Undergraduate and MSW candidates, it catalyzes a universe of opportunities to experience a first-rate education, gain practical experience, and build careers in social work. For community organizations, it catalyzes partnerships, new approaches to complex challenges, and transformations in social welfare policy and practice. This is why the School of Social Welfare ranks near the top, not only among schools of social work in New York State colleges and universities, but nationwide.
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Professor Hal Lawson received the National Cooperative Leadership Award
The National School Development Council has bestowed one of its two National Cooperative Leadership Awards on Professor Hal A. Lawson. This award recognizes outstanding, national leadership, including demonstrated success in improving school leadership preparation and practice, facilitating collaboration with educational partners, and investing in research frameworks that benefit educational practice. Professor Lawson was honored at the Capital School Development Association’s annual award dinner, April 16, 2013.
The Center for Human Services Research has been awarded the Three New Grants
Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative
NIJ, Office on Women Against Violence Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative: the Center for Human Services Research is partnering with Westchester County to evaluate systems and partnerships that address domestic violence and intimate partner homicide prevention. The study will identify the key barriers and gaps faced by domestic violence victims and their children, and the agencies designed to help them.
Research Staff: Dr. Susan Dietzel , Amy Barasch, Esq. and Dr. Carolyn Smith
Community Nutrition Assessment
The Center for Human Services Research is conducting a study of factors that would encourage healthful food choices by low-income residents residing in Washington and Warren Counties. Data will be collected through community focus groups and surveys.
Research Staff: Sarah Rain and Cori Robohn
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
The Center for Human Services Research (CHSR) has been awarded a contract to evaluate the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI) operating in Albany County. The goal of JDAI is to further reduce unnecessary and inappropriate placement in secure detention for NYS’ youth. CHSR will collect and analyze data to inform policy and case-level decisions. This research builds upon CHSR’s growing portfolio in the area of juvenile justice.
Research Staff: Dr. Susan Deitzel
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Richard Smith, First-Year Doctoral Student, School of Social Welfare, Will Receive a 2013 Black & Latino Achievers Award.
Richard Smith, first-year doctoral student, School of Social Welfare, will receive a 2013 Black & Latino Achievers Award from the Capital District YMCA on June 4, 2013 at the Albany Marriott. This award is given in recognition of his time and talent which he shared with young people through a variety of community-based activities.
Program Collaborates with Area Students to Strategize Solutions for Reducing Dropout Rate from Teen Pregnancy, Bullying
The Liberty Partnerships Rising Stars Program (LPP) at the University at Albany’s School of Social Welfare (SSW) recently hosted a Youth Summit at UAlbany's downtown campus. The event was designed to engage high school students to strategize solutions to reduce high school drop-out rates caused by teen pregnancy and bullying. The LPP serves students in the Albany City School District who are at risk for dropping out of school due to risk factors they may face at home, in their neighborhood, peer groups, and school.
Read More.School of Social Welfare Professor Philip McCallion received AGE-SW Career Achievement Award
Professor Philip McCallion , co-director of the Center for Excellence in Aging Services and Community Wellness (CEASCW), has received the AGE-SW Career Achievement Award from the Gerontological Society of America for his outstanding work in gerontology. This historic award honors his many years of rigorous work to generate first rate scholarly contributions to advance the field. In addition, he was also elected a Fellow of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (IASSID). Fellows are selected every four years in conjunction with the holding of the IASSID World Congress. Four new Fellows were selected for this World Congress.
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National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services will be launched with a grant from an Anonymous Donor
The National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services will be launched at the University at Albany in July 2013 with funds from an anonymous donor to replicate the success of the innovative service model of the Committee on the Shelterless (COTS) (http://www.cots-homeless.org/) to advance prevention and intervention with homelessness. This national center will disseminate the Restorative Integral Support (RIS) model. Co-developed by Heather Larkin and John Records, the RIS model was first implemented at COTS. The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has highlighted RIS in its Homelessness Resource Center (http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Resource/View.aspx?id=52000&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1). Here is a brief article on Restorative Integral Support (RIS) (http://www.posttraumawellness.net/index.php/download_file/view/18/135/) and a case study on the use of RIS (http://www.posttraumawellness.net/index.php/download_file/view/17/127/). The Center will be directed by John Records (retired Director of COTS) and Dr. Heather Larkin.
For more information see (http://www.albany.edu/news/39013.php?WT.source=home&WT.svl=headline?WT.eml=nc)New Scholarship a Tribute to Doug McCuen
A new endowed scholarship has been established honoring Doug McCuen, who has had an exemplary career in the public and private sectors. He has dedicated his professional and personal life to making government serve the public in a way that has made a meaningful difference in people’s lives. The scholarship will advance the educational and career aspirations of an MSW student each year in the Internship in Aging Project (IAP) at UAlbany’s School of Social Welfare. The Doug McCuen Graduate Scholarship student awardee will focus on the care of people with Alzheimer’s, while ensuring effective services are provided to their families. For photos from the kick-off fundraising event, click here.
University at Albany, SEFCU, Small Business Development Center (SBDC), and Empire State Development's Small Enterprise Economic Development (SEED) Program Receives 2012 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award
Character-Based Microloan Program Recognized with National Award, Read More.
SSW Welcomes Qianghua Li, Ph.D.
Li Qianghua, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Social Work Undergraduate Program in the College of Humanities at Shanghai Ocean University will collaborate with our faculty as a visiting professor for the next year. He will focus on undergraduate education in social work. His scholarly interests involve community-based caregiving of the aging.
