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Making Extended Care Work for Foster Youth in Transition
Dec 12, 2017
Associate Professor Michelle R. Munson is partnering with colleagues and the Urban Institute to host a two-day working meeting of some of the field’s top researchers focused on advancing knowledge to improve the lives of older youth in foster care.
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Integrated Health Care — What Do Social Workers Contribute?

Professor S. Lala Straussner writes about the significant opportunity the healthcare system's shift towards integrated care presents for the social work profession, and details the strengths social workers must harness in order to be leaders in the new environment.

Source: Social Work Today

Mar 26, 2018 11:15:00 AM

More Black Children Are Turning to Suicide, so What Can We Do About It?

McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research Director and Constance and Martin Silver Professor of Poverty Studies Michael A. Lindsey cites the roles of racism and poverty in the rising suicide rate among Black youth.

Source: The Root

Mar 26, 2018 10:30:00 AM

Homelessness on Rise, Group Calls for Public Action, More Housing

Professor Deborah Padgett explains that the Housing First approach being considered by the Northwest Arkansas Continuum of Care is more humane and effective than the traditional staircase model, which requires homeless people to comply with treatment, sobriety, and "housing readiness" before being placed in permanent housing.

Source: Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Mar 10, 2018 1:00:00 AM

New York City Has Been Crumbling Under the Pressure of a Homeless Crisis — but an Innovative Experiment Could Turn the Tide

Professor Deborah Padgett says that New York City's plan to combine high quality shelters with affordable housing is not a bad idea but that employing the evidence-based Housing First strategy would be a more effective and less costly approach to reducing homelessness.

Source: Business Insider

Mar 2, 2018 6:38:00 PM

Scaling Back Obamacare Will Make the Opioid Crisis Worse

Associate Professor Victoria Stanhope explains that undermining the Affordable Care Act and the integration of physical and behavioral healthcare that it promotes will exacerbate the opioid crisis.

Source: The Conversation

Feb 15, 2018 7:00:00 AM

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Making Extended Care Work for Foster Youth in Transition

Integrated Health Care — What Do Social Workers Contribute?

More Black Children Are Turning to Suicide, so What Can We Do About It?

Homelessness on Rise, Group Calls for Public Action, More Housing

New York City Has Been Crumbling Under the Pressure of a Homeless Crisis — but an Innovative Experiment Could Turn the Tide

Scaling Back Obamacare Will Make the Opioid Crisis Worse