$300,000 awarded to the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health to advance work at the intersection of social work and public health
HRSA awards one-year grant to support leadership in the field of public health social work Β The Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) has received a grant of $300,000 from the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration t [...]
Advancing Leadership in Public Health Social Work Education: Toolkit
This toolkit contains an overview of public health social work (PHSW) history, definitions, and examples of contemporary practice. It includes a model PHSW syllabus and a resource guide that links educators and practitioners to additional curriculum-building materials. It also contains a collection [...]
Advancing Leadership in Public Health Social Work Education: Recommendations for the Field
Six recommendations for the field of public health social work (PHSW) focused on leadership development, framing PHSW, communications and marketing, professional organizations, and education and research. This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S [...]
Advancing Leadership in Public Health Social Work Education: MSW/MPH Program Handbook
This handbook provides current and prospective Master of Social Work/Master of Public Health (MSW/MPH) program administrators and educators with useful information on how to build and strengthen these valuable dual-degree programs. It is part of a larger effort to advance leadership in public health [...]
HRSA Meeting Presentation Slides for the SPNS initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations
On June 27, 2017, the grant recipients of the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) funded initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV-Positive Homeless Populations convened a day-long meeting to present results to staff from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Deve [...]
Methodology for Estimating the Impact of State Implementation of the Family Opportunity Act
The Family Opportunity Act (FOA) is a state option for creating a Medicaid Buy-in program for families raising children with disabilities whose income is too high for Medicaid but less than 300% of the federal poverty level (FPL). This policy brief provides a methodology for estimating the impact of [...]
BU-ALPS
This one-year HRSA-funded project aims to strengthen public health social work (PHSW) education at Boston University and nationally. PHSW is a sub-discipline within social work that draws on both social work and public health theories, frameworks, research and practice to promote health equity and m [...]
CoIIN: Team Page
Our staff leads a multidisciplinary collaborative consisting of federal, state, and local leaders working together to tackle the problem of improving care delivery and payment models for CMC and their families. Ten interdisciplinary state teams, composed of Title V Maternal and Child Health Program [...]
Community-Based Resources for Families
English | EspaΓ±ol The Catalyst Center works primarily at the system and policy levels, which means we collaborate with researchers, agencies, government and other national and state partners to promote strategies for improving the health care system. Many organizations provide direct services and a [...]
Family Opportunity Act (FOA)
Federal legislation that gives states the option of providing Medicaid coverage to children who meet the disability standard used in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, but whose family income is higher than the income limits for SSI or Medicaid but less than 300% federal poverty level ( [...]
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