News Archive
2015
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When the May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust was deciding its most recent funding focus, it considered areas and organizations that would have the most impact.
Recognizing the far-reaching effects and value of trained military social workers, the trust awarded a $500,000 25th Anniversary Grant to the USC School of Social Work for scholarship support for veterans and military families.
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With more veterans in Los Angeles County than any other part of the nation, a robust effort of academia, nonprofits, government and the private sector has stepped up to meet their needs and their families’ – and top military officials have noticed.
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The contractions came early and often. So did the headaches. For Austin nonprofit worker Eva Roberts, each of her four pregnancies developed with unerring, and unsettling, similarity.
All of her children were born preterm, and none was heavier than 4 pounds, 15 ounces. Roberts’ second child, son Delbert, arrived 14 weeks early. At 1 pound, 13 ounces, the infant spent four precarious months in the neonatal intensive care unit. Today, Delbert is 25 and healthy.
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California adolescents from military families are more likely than nonmilitary youth to think about, plan and attempt suicide, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Southern California and Bar Ilan University in Israel.
Military-connected teens are also at a higher risk of requiring medical care because of a suicide attempt, according to the study, which appears in the journal European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. This saying suggests that good decision making and careful planning can help you deal with some of life’s challenges.
I’d like to think that I make good decisions and engage in careful planning. I consider my options, gather evidence, weigh the pros and cons, and make a decision followed by a plan. However, I didn’t take this approach when planning for retirement until a few years ago.
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Ana Guerrero, chief of staff to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, delivered the keynote address at the fourth annual USC Latino Student Empowerment Conference at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center.
The conference, hosted by Centro Chicano on Jan. 24, was designed to boost academic achievement.
Guerrero, the daughter of Mexican farm workers, shared her career path and advised the audience of students, alumni and staff on how to achieve success.
The first key is hard work.
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Michael Brown in Ferguson. Eric Garner in New York. Tamir Rice in Cleveland. And more recently, Anthony Hill in Atlanta and Tony Robinson in Madison.
Recent incidents of unarmed black men killed by police officers have spurred protests and refueled the “race conversation.” Deep-seated prejudices and systemic discrimination have become topics of discussion, moving many to ask questions and draw lessons from events like those in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Like their counterparts in Los Angeles, many service members returning home to Orange County are facing significant barriers to a successful transition back to civilian life, according to a new study from the USC School of Social Work.
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Recent research by the USC School of Social Work has found that even though sexual functioning problems are significantly higher among military service members than civilians, very few are receiving treatment.
These problems, which are strongly related to the physical and psychological health of service members, are often overlooked by both military populations and clinicians, making it yet another invisible wound of war.