In a community research partnership, the Butler Institute for Families at GSSW is working with Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough to improve its family visitation program for kids in out-of-home care.
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Can saving companion animal lives improve the economy? In the first study of its kind, the GSSW Institute for Human-Animal Connection is investigating the economic impacts of a no-kill animal shelter policy.
Using a dual-generation ecological approach to community intervention, a GSSW researcher is demonstrating that creating trusting neighborhood relationships can improve well-being in low-income communities.
The Fostering Healthy Futures program at GSSW helps children who have been maltreated and placed in foster care to enter adolescence on a positive path. And as an evidence-based practice, the program is expanding knowledge about effective approaches to positive youth intervention.
GSSW Assistant Prof. Jennifer Greenfield investigated the impact of a Colorado minimum wage increase, predicting positive impact on Colorado women and families.
