SPI MSW Intern Mara Christian Scher recently interviewed Steve Carroll, Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services for the San Diego LGBT Community Center, to discuss the shortcomings of the healthcare field in supporting the specific needs of the LGBTQ+ community. Click HERE to view the full write-up of this conversation, the findings from a focus group discussion, and additional resources…
Welcome to SPI’s January Newsletter! The SPI Team wishes you a New Year filled with health, safety, and personal enrichment. Happy 2024! The Social Policy Institute is centrally focused on healthy aging across the lifespan and wellness for all. The articles and updates that follow have a focus either on aging issues, or child welfare/prevention/wellness concerns—or both. SPI’s January 2024…
Welcome to SPI’s December Newsletter! Regardless of one’s family or community traditions, this is a season of hope. The Social Policy Institute wishes each of you a time of joy, rest, and deep connection over the holidays. May HOPE show up in our family life as well as in the work to advance healthy aging across the lifespan and wellness…
In the spirit of the season, the Social Policy Institute is grateful for the focused work to advance healthy aging across the lifespan and wellness for all. The articles and updates that follow have a focus either on aging issues, or child welfare/prevention/wellness concerns—or both. We wish you and your families a deep time of connection and reflection – Happy…
Child welfare services are notoriously difficult to navigate through, often because of the amount of programs available combined with the specific needs of families to be intentionally matched to these programs. The university of Chicago’s Chapin Hall has launched a NEW “Evidence-Based Practice Desk Guide” helps to combat this issue, by indexing 17 programs of the U.S. Department of Health…
The CDPH has developed two new resources for prevention surrounding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)! The first resource, titled “Prevention Data Brief: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Use Among Teens in California, 2021” covers statewide prevalence of ACEs and association with substance abuse. View this report here The second resource is an overview of ACEs trends from 2015-2021 across the state.…
Explore SPI’s most recent newsletter and learn about new classes offered by the San Diego Caregiver Connections (SDCC) program via CEAL, a community celebration at Park de la Cruz on Sep. 16, and the newest on Transforming Child Welfare by Casey Family Programs, and much more. Access the newsletter HERE
“Health” comprises much more than physical or mental health, and is dynamically affected by our complex history of federal and local policies. In order to promote and facilitate health equity, the National Academies, under direction of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health, convened a committee of experts to identify policies contributing to health inequity and…