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.
Curielle Duffy, MSW ’08, began her social work career in GSSW’s Four Corners MSW Program. Today she’s a U.S. Army clinician who helps soldiers overcome PTSD.
GSSW Assistant Prof. Jennifer Greenfield investigated the impact of a Colorado minimum wage increase, predicting positive impact on Colorado women and families.
GSSW alumni Carina Kellenberger and Dana Schultz use horses to help treat people who are working through trauma, grief, PTSD, mental health disorders and adverse life events.
A conservation social work course took Graduate School of Social Work students to Kenya, where they discovered how the lives of humans and threatened species intersect.
With an MSW concentration in children and youth, Graduate School of Social Work alumna Phuong Phan creates educational opportunities for youth in Denver’s public housing communities through the Bridge Project.
