The Center for Child and Family Studies
The center designs innovative professional development and other solutions for partners.
Through our leading institutes and centers, the College of Social Work partners directly with non-profit organizations and government agencies to propagate evidence-based practices and policies that improve the lives of vulnerable children, families and communities.
We partner with groups in South Carolina and across the country to help organizations overcome their challenges to delivering effective, high-quality services. Our researchers’ expertise spans from identifying trends through geographic information system mapping to designing and implementing customized multimedia training and developing adaptive technologies.
The center designs innovative professional development and other solutions for partners.
The institute tackles critical issues such as mental health, trauma, abuse and neglect and helps partners access training and support to deliver evidence-based services.
The institute promotes social justice through interdisciplinary education, consultation and research at the community, state, national and international levels.
The center is helping older adults remain healthy and independent by developing technologies that will enable them to remain at home with adequate support.
The center is a consortium of state-supported colleges and universities that leverages gerontology and geriatrics faculty expertise to bolster the quality of life for older South Carolinians