In an effort to bring social workers to the forefront of solving housing instability, the Steve Hicks School of Social Work has partnered with Main Street Renewal, a for-profit property management company, to create a pilot eviction-prevention program. Through the CARES (Client Assessment Resources Empowerment Services) program, a a team… read more
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Sparking success
Only 1 – 2 % of Texas students who have been in foster care graduate with a bachelor’s degree. Spark is a new program of the Steve Hicks School’s Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing that seeks to improve college graduation rates of students who’ve experience foster and kinship… read more
Project HOPES
Project HOPES is a state-funded, community-based initiative to prevent child abuse and neglect across 35 Texas counties determined to be high-risk areas, with the aim of empowering local communities through education, skill development, and capacity building. The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing is evaluating the project’s effectiveness. Researchers… read more
