The Wayne State University School of Social Work is proud to welcome four new faculty members - Megan Hicks, Norma Love-Schropshire, Rebeccah Sokol, and Heather Walter-McCabe - working to improve outcomes for Black youth, advance digital justice, prevent child trauma, and improve population health.
Lead by faculty Suzanne Brown and Anwar Najor-Durack, Social Work will implement a new student training programaimed at strengthening the delivery of effective, evidence-based substance use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery services by WSU Social Work graduates.
The Center for Behavioral Health and Justice recently facilitated the sixth annual Jail Diversion Pilot Summit bringing together criminal/legal and behavioral health stakeholders from the ten funded Jail Diversion pilot counties from across Michigan to network and share information on their jail diversion efforts and best practices.
Michigan has the highest rate of welfare application rejection in the nation and with research experience in policy, practices and programs effecting children and families, Assistant Professor Kristina Nikolova is primed to determine why and how we can help.
Jails seeking to begin individuals on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic now have one less barrier to overcome with the help of Opioid Treatment Program providers, including the Center for Behavioral Health and Justice.
