Showing events on June 24, 2015
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Civil Rights Mini-Course
June 24, 2015 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
This course will focus on strategies to protect and promote civil rights, as part of equality and social justice movements in society.
Students will examine the anti-bias domains of identity, diversity, justice, and action, in relation to rights relevant to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or other groups of their choice, with attention to the roles of social workers in civil rights.
A highly diverse group of activist scholars and reflective practitioners will participate in the instructional process.
The course will launch the Youth Civil Rights Academy to prepare the next generation of civil rights leaders and change agents, in partnership with the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, Michigan Board of Education and Southern Poverty Law Center. Students can take the course on a pass-fail or letter grade option.
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Webinar: Determinants of Subsidy Stability and Child Care Continuity
June 24, 2015 - 1:00pm to 2:15pm
Child care assistance is a critical support for low-income families. Approximately 1.5 million American children receive child care subsidies through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) each month. With support to pay for child care, parents are better able to participate in the labor market and secure developmentally appropriate, high quality child care programs for their children.
Yet recent studies have found that many enrolled families receive a subsidy for only brief periods, or cycle off and then back on the subsidy program, frequently returning with a new child care provider. Instability in subsidy use may contribute to discontinuity in children’s care arrangements. Given the importance of child care continuity both for promoting children’s development and supporting parental employment, understanding the factors that contribute to instability in subsidy use and child care arrangements is critical.
Join researchers from the Urban Institute and the University of Chicago for a discussion regarding factors contributing to instability in subsidy use as identified in their mixed-methods, multi-year (2010—2014) study, the Illinois/New York Child Care Research Partnership. Using longitudinal state administrative data from child care payment records in combination with newly collected data from a telephone survey and qualitative interviews with subsidy clients, researchers analyzed the subsidy and child care experiences of a new cohort of subsidy clients residing in four diverse sites in Illinois and New York.
Panelists:
Amy Claessens, assistant professor, Chicago Harris at the University of ChicagoJulia Henly, associate professor, School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago
Heather Sandstrom, senior research associate, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban InstituteThe webinar is free and open to the public. We encourage you to share this invitation broadly.
Registration required for participation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. -
16 & 20-month Course Planning Session for Incoming 2015 Students
June 24, 2015 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Join this session to learn about the program requirements for students completing the 16-month or 20-month curriculum schedule in the MSW program. This webinar is for students beginning the MSW program in Fall 2015.
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This is an off-site, web-based session and may be attended via the Internet.