Research and Outreach Programs

Social Work faculty and students are engaged in a variety of research and outreach projects. These are often featured in our semiannual newsletters. Three major projects that provide special educational, service and outreach opportunities are the Chance at Childhood Program (a graduate specialization in collaboration with the MSU-Detroit College of Law to prepare social work students and law students for child advocacy and leadership roles in child welfare), the School's Kinship Care Resource Center (a community-based training and resource center to assist grandparents and other relatives who are raising their grandchildren), and the Hartford Foundation Practicum Partnership Program (a field education model to augment graduate student's field education experiences and to support University and community partnerships in the area of services to older adults).

Projects are listed below. For recent publications and resource materials developed by faculty and students that are available to read or download, please click here. For back issues of the newsletter, please click here.

Other areas of research and outreach are noted with individual faculty descriptions in the faculty directory. These areas include: child abuse and neglect, foster care and adoption, post-adoption services, elder abuse, working with families experiencing grief and loss, the experiences of diverse families and communities such as Native Americans, Hispanic families, Gay and Lesbian persons; nonprofit organizations, infant mental health, low income children and families, spirituality, mental health care, medical social work, caregiving, the use of technology in the social services, holistic approaches to therapy, substance abuse, disability issues, self help groups, international social policy, managed care, and other areas of interest. For the faculty directory click here.

Select an item below for more information:

• Projects
  • Chance at Childhood Program
  • Child Welfare Staff Recruitment and Retention Training
  • Hartford Foundation Practicum Partnership Program
  • Kinship Care Resource Center
  • Post Adoption Support Services
• Publications and Resource Materials
• Newsletters