News Archive
-
The USC School of Social Work recently launched The USC Social Work Initiative, a $75 million fundraising campaign, at a private event on April 11. Already past its half-way mark, the initiative has secured $40 million over the past four years for scholarships, research and program development, among many other areas.
-
Home for Oralia Catalan used to be a makeshift house under a bridge in the North Bay. She bathed in the nearby river and did homework by candlelight. Often, she and her siblings would take home extra milk and fruits from their school lunches to eat for dinner. This was her reality for more than 10 years.
“I spent my life in survival mode,” she recalled. “I knew that as a child, if I continued to live this way, I wouldn’t be able to help my family. … I would focus on how I was going to survive and how I was going to change the course of my life.”
-
The release of the 2015 USC State of the Neighborhood Report prompted more than 100 community leaders, neighborhood groups, and USC faculty and staff to gather on the University Park and Health Sciences campuses for an in-depth review of its findings.
-
A new study by the Children’s Data Network at the University of Southern California School of Social Work has found that 60 percent of infants in California who were reported to the child protection system (CPS) for alleged maltreatment were re-reported to CPS for suspected abuse or neglect within five years. Re-reporting rates were high, regardless of whether the initial allegation was investigated or substantiated by CPS.
-
Graduate students at the USC School of Social Work and the USC Price School of Public Policy organized the Students of Color and Allies Policy Forum to engage in collaborative and constructive discussions on race and social justice.
-
Growing up under Jim Crow laws in the South, Frances Caple felt she had to find a way to help the most vulnerable and disenfranchised individuals in society.
She got that opportunity at the USC School of Social Work, where she helped build one of the largest and most successful training programs for school social workers, ensuring that hundreds of students graduated with the skills necessary to address critical challenges in the public school system.
-
In recent years, the USC School of Social Work has worked in close partnership with a cross section of Los Angeles County agencies that impact child well-being, strongly encouraging collaboration and use of evidence-based research to improve outcomes for children. Because of this collaboration – with USC and other university partners in the region – Los Angeles County has been able to initiate often-time difficult changes and improvements to the child welfare system. Having research to implement change was a key factor.
-
Stealing snacks from the corner store. Spray-painting tags on public property. Vandalizing cars.
What’s a parent to do?
-
A multidisciplinary team of graduate students representing the USC School of Social Work, USC Marshall School of Business and the Keck School of Medicine of USC won the fourth annual USC Global Health Case Competition.
Jay Lytton, MSW/MBA candidate; Mitch Otu, MD/MBA candidate; Amy Patel, MBA candidate; Edwin Kulubya, MD/MBA candidate; and Fereshte (Nina) Kharazmi, MPH candidate, comprised the winning team.
-
A new research project will explore the effectiveness of a popular suicide hotline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youths and provide guidance on how to enhance its services.
Led by Assistant Professor Jeremy Goldbach from the USC School of Social Work, the one-year $168,000 initiative will evaluate the Trevor Project, which offers a crisis hotline and chat and text messaging services to young LGBTQ individuals who are contemplating suicide.