Have Narcan with you, have fentanyl test strips, ways to identify counterfeit anything. That will save a life. — Dr. Melissa Floyd-Pickard, licensed clinical social worker, lead researcher for GCSTOP, and Social Work Professor
Rajendra Roopchan says finding someone to talk to is more important to a college student than finding someone who has all the answers.
“Having a person or a community to suggest, ‘You can do this’ or ‘These are your options’ is a phenomenal resource to have.”
As a Department of Social Work and Gerontology Program, we are responsible for actively engaging in the values of our profession, including valuing the dignity and worth of people and fighting for social justice. Tyre is not only someone who was murdered by police but also a person who loved his family, whose mother remembers how much he enjoyed skateboarding and sunsets. We share in the grief of his loss.
“While uninterrupted attachment to the labor force is a good thing, higher levels of job loss in the US may have benefited economic efficiency as workers had more incentive to consider better job opportunities whereas continuously receiving a paycheck while furloughed may have discouraged seeking more productive job matches.”
One of the most powerful resources that UNCG provides to the effort, Albright says, is students.
Students in UNCG’s undergraduate and graduate social work programs are required to do internships to gain practical experience before they graduate. These internships allow GCSTOP to help more people.
Social Work Associate Professor Dr. Mathieu Despard was one of 11 people associated with a university or policy institute who signed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting the appeal of President Joe Biden’s Administration to lift an injunction issued by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Tyrance earned his master’s degree from UNCG in sports and exercise psychology. He was recruited by the Chiefs to be their clinician after working in private practice with college athletes in Charlotte for nearly a decade.
The more frequently we interact with people, the closer we feel to them. People on the wrong side of the digital divide–those who don’t have access to electronic communication or don’t know how to use it–are more deprived. Dr. Rebecca Adams, Professor and Gerontology Undergraduate Coordinator
This (income-driven repayment) system ensures that borrowers pay a fair share of their earnings with little friction and ample grace with respect to changes in income. It’s what IDR ought to look like in the U.S., which is theoretically possible, given that two major federal agencies–the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)… Continue reading…
The African American Families and Kinship Care Lab at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is conducting two National Institutes of Health funded studies that will study kinship care and its impact on families. One study examines the strengths and resources of African American kinship care families (e.g., grandparents raising grandchildren) that influence the development of children’s social, academic, and behavioral outcomes.
