About 112,000 children and youth in the U.S. foster care system are currently waiting for adoptive families. AdoptUSKids is a national project of the Children’s Bureau that supports child welfare systems and helps connect children in foster care with families through initiatives like a photo-listing website of eligible children and… read more
Spring 2018
Support for Puerto Rico
Last fall, students, faculty and staff contributed time, toiletries and money to create hurricane relief kits. In mid October, JetBlue flew donations to Puerto Rico for free, and they included 50 hurricane relief kits from our school completed with handwritten notes of encouragement.
Older adults and suicide
Professors Namkee Choi and Diana DiNitto analyzed 10 years (2005-2014) of data on all older adults who died by suicide in 16 states, and found that physical health problems and untreated depression are often significant drivers of suicide among older Americans. “Rather than a reason for making suicide acceptable, this… read more
