News Archive
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More than 20 faculty and doctoral students from the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work will present their work at the 27th Annual Society of Social Work and Research (SSWR) conference in Phoenix, AZ, January 11 - 15, 2023. Full program of presentations and events available online.
The school will host a reception on January 13, 8.15 p.m. in the Valley of the Sun E room of the Sheraton.
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In May of 2022, Sara Jimenez McSweyn, senior lecturer at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, took over the reins of the Trojan Guardian Scholars (TGS) program as it moved to its new home at the school.
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Over 20 million people in the United States were diagnosed with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in 2019, yet only 10% of these people received treatment.
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As the country celebrates National Native American Heritage Month and the U.S. Supreme Court deliberates on the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), Erika Salinas, PhD candidate at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, is keeping the connection to her Native community the focus of her work.
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With a first-of-its-kind regional study of veterans’ needs launched across three counties in Southern California, the Military and Veterans Programs (MVP) at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Pack School of Social Work is leading the way in improving care for veteran populations.
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At 19, Charles Stafford, MSW ’17, was suicidal. Suffering from severe depression, it was a relief for him to think about life being over.
Born and raised in Marblemount, Washington, a small town of 250 people on the Skagit River, his father was a logger and most people in town worked at the local mill. As a child, he was surrounded by drug and alcohol use within his family and in the community. “By the time I was 12 I didn’t want to be in my own skin,” Stafford said. “Drugs and alcohol felt great.”
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The violent crime rate in California increased 6.7% in 2021. While remaining relatively low compared to historic highs in the early 1990s, that still suggests that over 1.8 million people across the state experienced a violent crime in 2021.
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Guaranteed income and its close cousin Universal Basic Income have been proposed as solutions for both social justice and economic stimulus for decades, with leading voices as disparate as Martin Luther King, Jr. and economist Milton Friedman advocating for the establishment of a guaranteed income. While some say it is a form of welfare, advocates argue that it would help to relieve dramatic socioeconomic disparities and even potentially reduce dependence on government programs.
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The honor of Social Work Pioneer® is bestowed by the National Association of Social Workers to those within the social work profession who have explored new territories, improved social and human conditions on many frontiers, and made unique contributions to the evolution of social work. They are the role models and standard bearers for future generations of social workers to aspire.
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September is Healthy Aging Month and the beginning of Latinx Heritage Month, an important time to shine a light on the latest research around Alzheimer’s and dementia prevention for one of the highest affected populations.