News Archive
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Much like the rest of the United States, Los Angeles is growing older. Its older adult population is projected to double by 2030. Compounding the problem is a looming shortage of geriatric social workers the National Institute on Aging estimates will need to increase 50 percent by 2020 to keep pace. Yet, the country’s accredited schools and programs of social work often struggle to recruit and graduate enough students to handle the demand.
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Retired Gen. David Petraeus officially became “Professor Petraeus” to USC students last week — lecturing on energy and the U.S. economy, meeting with student veterans and cheering the football team to a win in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
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The USC Price School of Public Policy held a daylong conference Oct. 8 to discuss the needs of returning veterans, especially with regard to employment and housing.
The conference, “Work and Home: Addressing the Urgent Needs of Returning Veterans,” featured a number of high-profile speakers, including opening remarks by Gen. David Petraeus, USC Judge Widney Professor, and affiliated faculty with the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR) at the USC School of Social Work, and a keynote address by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
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The California Social Work Hall of Distinction honored six social work leaders on Saturday for their distinguished career achievements and exceptional contributions to social welfare in California, including USC School of Social Work alumni Ismael Dieppa, DSW ’73, and Mariko Yamada, MSW ‘74. The 2013 class also included Congresswoman Barbara Lee, chair of the Congressional Social Work Caucus, who recently earned President Barack Obama’s nomination for United States representative to the United Nations.
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William Vega, provost professor and executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, has been recognized with two honors for his decades-long career as one of the nation’s leading experts on health disparities affecting aging ethnic minority populations.
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The streets of Chicago can be a dangerous place for a teen. Crime and gang-related violence has caused more than 580 deaths among the city’s youth since 2008, according to a study by the University of Chicago Crime Lab.
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Mental health has earned increased attention in recent years, but services for children, despite being one of society’s most vulnerable groups, have often gone overlooked.
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Beth and Gus Lucas have pledged $25,000 to the USC School of Social Work to fund scholarships for students in financial need.
Beth Lucas, a member of the school’s Board of Councilors, said that she wanted to support anyone who had a desire to help others, especially in a tough economy.
“In these changing times, we need more social workers to not only address the needs of the populations we are aware of, but also of populations we continue to become aware of,” she said. “I just want to be able to help in any way that I can.”
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Hortensia Amaro, dean's professor of social work and preventive medicine and USC associate vice provost of community research initiatives, has been invited to serve on the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee on the Assessment of Resiliency and Prevention Programs for Mental and Behavioral Health in Service Members and Their Families.
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Even though the USC School of Social Work hasn’t officially launched its part of The Campaign for the University of Southern California, donors to the school have given more in the last year than ever before. By doubling the previous two year’s donations, the School of Social Work has set an all-time school record for philanthropy, giving it a head start when it formally launches its campaign next fall.