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Filling a gap
CapCityKids interns serve local campuses with social services Since 2009, CapCityKids has funded internships for social work students in Austin public schools that need extra counseling and social services support. Intern supervisor Kate Amerson and three of the current CapCityKids interns share their views on the program’s impact on the communities they serve. Kate Amerson […]
We are the Steve Hicks School of Social Work
A message from Dean Luis H. Zayas
All about Steve
Get to know the man behind the gift Steve Hicks opens the door at 9 a.m. on the dot. On a muggy summer day, he graciously lets a motley crew of both art and suit types into his Old West Austin home. A castle-like exterior gives way to surprisingly airy and luminous interiors of white […]
Steve Hicks’s gift at a glance
The first cohort
The 2017 Steve Hicks Scholars Steve Hicks’s generous gift will create a permanent endowment to provide financial support to master’s level students. An endowed gift is invested, never spent. Each year a distribution — like dividends on a mutual fund account — will be made to fund Steve Hicks Scholars. These scholars will have almost […]
Minimizing harm
Is the opioid epidemic bringing harm reduction into the mainstream?
Fitness for all
Carolyn Haney wants social workers to take up the cause of fitness access.
Tested in Texas
Marilyn Armour and her team work with TEA to introduce restorative discipline to educators across the state.
Two Smiths, one quest
Doug Smith and Reggie Smith advocate for criminal justice reform