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School of Social Welfare

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Major Highlights

The School celebrated its 40th anniversary, announcing it had raised $1 million for scholarships, with a new goal of $3 million.

The Institute for Social Services Research and Development was launched, encompassing centers on Excellence in Aging Services; Addictions (with Psychology); Innovation in Mental Health Research; Human Services Research; Social Work Practice Research; and Child Welfare Drug Abuse and Intergenerational Risk.

"American Dilemmas: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Diversity, Health Disparities, and Issues of Substance Abuse" was the theme of an interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the School.

Study tours to South Africa, Rwanda and Holland were initiated.

The School helped inaugurate two Ph.D. programs in Peru and Ethiopia.

R&D capacity was built for projects related to aging in Russia and China, disadvantaged youth in Holland, dementia in Ireland, and disasters in Indonesia.

School supported student-service learning project in New Orleans.


Awards and Recognition

Zvi Gellis received Outstanding Practice Research Award, International Consortium for Social Development, at 5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health. He was also appointed to Governor's Interagency Planning Council for Geriatric Mental Health Services.

Lani Jones was appointed to the NYS Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.

Robert Miller was appointed to NYS HIV Prevention Planning Group.

Katharine Briar-Lawson was appointed to NYS Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children.

Lisa Ferretti was selected in first national cohort of Atlantic Philanthropies/John A. Hartford Foundation Practice Change Fellows.


Grants

Center for Excellence in Aging Services: $2.8 million, includes Elder Network of the Capital Region; Evidence-based Health Promotion in NYS; a Citizens Bank Financial Literacy Initiative for the Elderly; and a Medicaid demonstration project.

Center for Human Services Research: $3.5 million, includes projects on coordinated mental health services for youth; the New York State collocation program; and Healthy Families New York.

New York State Social Work Education Consortium: $3 million, promoting research and reprofessionalization of the child welfare workforce.

Center for Innovation in Mental Health Research: $55,460, includes a replication study of enhanced supported housing models for homeless individuals and families with psychiatric disabilities in New York State, and a statewide evaluation of consumer-delivered mental health services in Maine.