Redefining the Federal Roles in Social Welfare
The dominant voter belief in America is that the private sector produces both jobs and adequate wage income as the essential foundation for opportunity to... Read More
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Close the 30 Million Word Gap
Poor children hear 30 million words fewer, during their early years, than affluent children. This has a profound affect on their cognitive development and capacity... Read More
Identify Cost-Effective Evidence-Based Approaches to Address Low-Income Neighborhood Factors that Contribute to Disparities in Well-Being
A social work grand challenge is to identify, through intervention research, cost-effective evidence-based approaches to address neighborhood factors that contribute to resident disparities in health,... Read More
Creating a Space for Unaccompanied Youth and Young Adults without Homes
It is estimated that there are between 1.6 – 1.7 million runaway or homeless youth under the age of 18 and an estimated 2.1 million... Read More
Better Quantitative Training Means Better Answers For Practice and Intervention
A commitment to developing methodologically rigorous evidence has long been a part of social work research. Currently, there is an explosion of new ideas in... Read More