Promote Smart Decarceration Working Groups

The Promote Smart Decarceration Grand Challenge is supported by six working groups comprised of over 100 social work scholars and practitioners:

Abolition: Sophia Sarantakos, PhD, MSW

Antiracism: Aaron Gottlieb, PhD, MSW

Behavioral Health: Michael Fendrich, PhD

Policing: Caroline Harmon-Darrow, MSW; Jenny Afknich, MSW

Reentry: Peter Treitler, MSW

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January 21, 2021

The Grand Challenges for Social Work is thrilled to release its 5 year Impact Report, highlighting accomplishments throughout the initiative... more

September 17, 2021

This webinar was designed to explore the nature of Basic Income policies, including such related policies as Child Allowances. Social... more

September 10, 2021

Announcing the Grand Challenge to Eliminate Racism webinar series! Part 1, on June 29 at 12pm CST, will feature Dr.... more

June 11, 2021

We are excited to share the results of our recent survey on the uptake of the Grand Challenges within social... more