In honor of Veterans Day, Governor Kay Ivey has charged the veterans group Alabama Executive Veterans Network (AlaVetNet) to identify issues facing military service members and veterans in the state. David Albright, Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Chair in Mental Health and a professor in The University of Alabama School of Social Work, is chair of…
The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work has been awarded a $1.35 million grant from the United States Department of Justice to improve outcomes of Alabama youths who are victims of human sex trafficking. The Juvenile Victims of Human Trafficking in Alabama Project will help strengthen the state’s working relationships between treatment services, law…
Of Alabama’s 736 reported drug overdose deaths in 2015, 38 percent were caused by opioids, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation review of data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And though the rate of opioid pain reliever prescriptions in Alabama dipped slightly from 1.43 prescriptions per person in 2012 to 1.2…
July 10, 2017 Emma Sophia Kay, a fourth-year PhD student in the UA School of Social Work, was recently selected as a 2017-2018 Social Work Health Care Education and Leadership (HEALS) Doctoral Fellow by the National Association of Social Work and Council on Social Work Education. Kay, of Huntsville, is one of five students nationally…
June 19, 2017 The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, and the University of Alabama’s School of Social Work will present a conference aimed at helping veterans in the court system June 23. The conference will address “issues of military veterans who either have been incarcerated or faced diversionary courts,” Acting U.S.…
Second-year MSW student Katrena Dale and MSW May graduate Theresa Sprain were victims’ services interns at the Tuscaloosa District Attorney’s office this spring, where they completed individual assessments for victims and helped establish support groups for victims of domestic violence and for mothers and fathers during custody and child support hearings. “This is a new…
Kevin Corcoran, professor of social work, encourages students to think of practical, creative and innovative ways to impact the field of social work. Some of his students at UA created a tote bag that had simple meal recipes printed on each side. The recipes were influenced by items available through the WIC program and could…
June 9, 2017 The University of Alabama is now a hub for social work licensure preparation and continuing education. The UA School of Social Work has partnered with the UA College of Continuing Studies to establish a continuing education program that will offer annual and biannual prep courses for required areas of the licensure test…
The former director of the Department of Youth Services and one of the leaders of Alabama’s trailblazing Children’s Health Insurance Program are among the 2016 inductees to the Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame. James Dupree Jr., who retired in 1998 as executive director of Alabama Department of Youth Services; Gayle Lees Sandlin, former director…
The Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama honored UA social work alumnae Madeleine Hill and Lillie Leatherwood at the 2017 Women of Distinction Awards Luncheon in March for being exemplary role models for today’s girls and positively impacting their communities. Hill and Leatherwood were honored as one of 12 Women of Distinction. Hill, a community activist and founder…
