About the Project   

The project began in 1988 and is funded by the Child Welfare Field Education and Student Support Project, a Title IV-E grant.  The project is directed by Dr. Christina Risley-Curtiss and Dr. Nora Gustavsson and is coordinated by Jan Shore, MSW and Becki Hornung, MSW.

Mission
The mission of the Project is to serve vulnerable Arizona families.

Goals

• Prepare students in the School of Social Work to be competent and effective Child Welfare practitioners who appreciate the diversity of the population of the Southwest.
• Provide the citizens of Arizona with Social Workers who have an understanding of the professional knowledge base and can work collaboratively to promote change.
• Promote professional Social Work practice within the field of child welfare through the financial support of qualified Master's of Social Work candidates.
• Enhance the child welfare knowledge base through empirical research.