Faculty celebrate the publication of Dr. Irwin Epstein's newest book, Clinical Data Mining, at SSWR in San Francisco on January 16, 2010 at Yank Sing Dim Sum Restaurant.

President Obama has nominated Beatrice Hanson (MSW '90) to head the U.S. Justice Department's Office for Victims of Crime. The OVC, a branch of the Office of Justice Programs, helps fund state programs that assist crime victims. Hanson currently serves as chief program officer for Safe Horizon, a crime victim assistance organization in New York City. She oversees a staff of more than 600 professionals who provide services to more than 350,000 people annually. Hanson joined Safe Horizon (formerly Victim Services) in 1997 as the Director of Emergency Services. She went on to oversee the agency's domestic violence, homeless youth, and child abuse programs, before being promoted to her current position in 2004. Hanson has served as director of client services for the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. In addition to serving on the board of the New York City Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Hanson was an adjunct instructor at Hunter's School of Social Work and Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Services. She is currently completing her dissertation in the Doctorate of Social Welfare program at the City University of New York.

Hunter faculty and Alum celebrate at the NASW Emerging Leaders Award dinner where seven out of 16 awards went to Hunter alum including Dana Ashley,
Dagan Bayliss, Kyle McGee, Christopher Murray, Caroline Peacock, Noelle Tutunjian, Mark White.

Robina Niaz, class of 2001 , was recognized by CNN as a CNN Hero for her work in establishing Turning Point for Women and Families, a service to prevent family violence in the Muslim Community. Click here to learn more about Robina's story.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has funded Dr. Robert Abramovitz at HCSSW and Dr. Virginia Strand at Fordham University School of Social Service, to create The National Center for Social Work Trauma Education and Workforce Development as part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. This $1.8 million grant over the next three years will prepare social workers to deliver culturally-competent, evidence-based child trauma treatment. The Center will pilot the “Upstream Model” in New York City at both Hunter College School of Social Work and Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services. The Center will also launch two special projects to bring new and innovative trauma- related materials to programs that are training social workers to work in the Child Welfare system and with Military Families.

The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections at Hunter College, under the direction of Professor Gary Mallon, has been awarded a $6 million five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NRC provides training, technical assistance and information services to child-welfare policymakers, administrators and staff in programs designed to ensure the safety and well-being of young people in the child welfare system and to strengthen the permanency of their families. The NRC has worked with all 50 child welfare state systems, with more than 80 Indian tribes, and in the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and American Samoa. Under the $6 million grant, the NRC will also provide technical assistance to states and tribes as they carry out the nation's newest child welfare legislation - known as the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act - that was signed into law last year. The new grant is the latest over a 15-year span that the School of Social Work has been awarded from the Children's Bureau of HHS to advance policies to aid children and youths and their families through the National Resource Center at Hunter.

Click here to watch Lecture on "Introduction to C.O. Practice". Click here to watch the video of the Panel Presentation: "20th Century reflections for 21st Century Solutions" with L. Gutierrez, R. Fisher and A. Otero". Community organizing is alive and well at Hunter!! Click here to watch the video of our Community organizing alumni and Amy Watkins Scholarship Fund award recipients!

HCSSW has been selected by the American International Health Alliance (AIHA) as the US collaborator for a partnership program in Nigeria. Professor Antonio Young will be project coordinator and Professors Willie Tolliver and Darrell Wheeler will also work on the project.