Aging
Healthy aging across the lifespan is critical for vibrant communities.
Child Welfare
Focusing on hope and wellness in children, families and communities.
Behavioral Health
Fostering the ability to participate in productive activities.
Health
Focus on improving the complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
What We Do
Programs & Initiatives
ACEs Aware
Increasing awareness and building regional networks to buffer and prevent adverse childhood experiences.
Breaking Barriers
A collaborative throughout California focused on shared leadership, data, and resources/finances.
BeHealth™
A human-centered design process to create innovative proposals to reduce stigma and increase access to care.
BIG Idea
SDSU’s initiative to focus on healthy aging across the lifespan and becoming an age-friendly university.
Age-Friendly San Diego
An initiative working to create an age-friendly community for people of all ages in San Diego County.
Partners in Prevention
A integrated system that helps families thrive through a connected community that builds protective factors.
Stepping Higher
Faith-based and behavioral health professionals working to recognize spirituality in behavioral health.
SDSU Board Fellows
A program to help pairing of social work and business interns with Community-based Boards.
Strengthen Engagement and Collaboration
We apply human-centered design methods, project planning and systems thinking at both the service delivery and policy-making levels.
Social Policy Institute
Leadership
SPI's Executive Leadership brings subject matter expertise in their respective fields as well as a combined track record for innovation and quality.
Steve Hornberger
Steve Hornberger is the Co-Director of the Social Policy Institute (SPI) since 2014 administering a number of statewide contracts.
Lori Clarke
As Co-Director, Lori brings innovation and excellence to design/development and facilitation of insight and action.
Stories of Success
What Our Partners Say
“The Social Policy Institute utilized their expertise to help our Interagency Leadership Team coalesce around a common vision and framework, identify overarching metrics for measuring success, and develop a plan for genuinely including the voice of those with lived experience as part of our systems change efforts.”
“The Social Policy Institute’s Director, Steve Hornberger, has been an integral part of Breaking Barriers development and implementation.”
“San Diego State University’s Social Policy Institute has been a highly valued partner for the State of California and an array of organizations seeking to effectively translate evidence-supported science into well-designed public policies for broad social benefits.”
“The entire team at the Social Policy Institute brought subject matter expertise and cultural humility to the revision and redesign of our Faith-based and Behavioral Health Training Academy!”
