TY - JOUR
T1 - Responding to the grand challenge to endhomelessness
T2 - The national homelessness social work initiative
AU - Larkin, Heather
AU - Henwood, Benjamin
AU - Fogel, Sondra J.
AU - Aykanian, Amanda
AU - Briar-Lawson, Katharine H.
AU - Donaldson, Linda Plitt
AU - Herman, Daniel
AU - Little, Samuel B.
AU - Meyer-Adams, Nancy
AU - Padgett, Deborah K.
AU - Patchner, Michael A.
AU - Streeter, Calvin L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Alliance for Strong Families and Communities.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare adopted ending homelessness as one of its 12 Grand Challenges for Social Work. The National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services supports this Grand Challenge through its National Homelessness Social Work Initiative. This initiative is being carried out through a consortium of schools of social work nationally, emphasizing workforce development and policy advocacy. This major, multiyear initiative applies innovative strategies to service and policy design and social work education. This article describes the overall mission of the Homelessness Initiative and key activities used to strengthen social work curriculum, expand homelessness-related field placement opportunities for students, and impact services through the policy advocacy and dissemination of best practices.
AB - The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare adopted ending homelessness as one of its 12 Grand Challenges for Social Work. The National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services supports this Grand Challenge through its National Homelessness Social Work Initiative. This initiative is being carried out through a consortium of schools of social work nationally, emphasizing workforce development and policy advocacy. This major, multiyear initiative applies innovative strategies to service and policy design and social work education. This article describes the overall mission of the Homelessness Initiative and key activities used to strengthen social work curriculum, expand homelessness-related field placement opportunities for students, and impact services through the policy advocacy and dissemination of best practices.
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U2 - 10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.31
DO - 10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.31
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021156698
SN - 1044-3894
VL - 97
SP - 153
EP - 159
JO - Journal of social casework
JF - Journal of social casework
IS - 3
ER -