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Fong receives 2021 Distinguished Career Achievement Award from SSWR
Rowena Fong, PhD, the Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor Emerita in Services to Children and Families at the Steve Hicks...
Read moreWhat makes youth in foster care feel supported?
More than 80% of children who enter into foster care after the age of 12 end up emancipating from care...
Read moreTexas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest open to all ages
AUSTIN, Texas—Texas System of Care, the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health at the Steve Hicks School of Social...
Read moreRemove barriers to Medicaid birth control
Texas officials are leaving our most economically disadvantaged residents out in the cold in yet another attempt to politicize reproductive...
Read moreSupporting the wellbeing of immigrant families
Girasol, a program at the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing, has released its 2018-2020 report. The program strives...
Read moreCongratulations 2020 Fall Graduates!
Congratulations Steve Hicks School of Social Work Class of 2020! Your hard work and intellectual curiosity as well as your...
Read moreNew federal grant to improve services for young Texans experiencing psychosis
AUSTIN, Texas – Early or first-episode psychosis can be a first sign of serious mental illness such as schizophrenia. Acting...
Read moreFranklin receives the 2020 Donna Harrington Award for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students
Cynthia Franklin, Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health and associate dean for doctoral education in the Steve Hicks School of...
Read moreNew resources for Texas sexual assault survivors to identify services, gaps and accessibility
AUSTIN, Texas — Texans who support victims of sexual assault have not always had access to the localized information they...
Read moreEveryday Justice: Read the 2020 edition of Clinician's Corner
Our Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing has released the 2020 edition of Clinician’s Corner, a publication that connects...
Read moreVeteran Family Transition Program recruiting participants
The Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness is actively recruiting military and veteran spouses, partners, and couples for their...
Read moreNew ethics rule allowing discrimination puts disabled and LGBTQ Texans at risk
The Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners recently changed its Code of Conduct to no longer prohibit social workers from...
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