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.
Rebecca Adams is a professor in the Department of Social Work, and also the Undergraduate Gerontology Program Coordinator. My friendship with Rosemary Blieszner, the subject of one of Beck’s wonderful interviews, illustrates the invisible hand of social structure really well.
“I was scared to open up about my past, but as soon as I did, she said, ‘You’ll be a great asset to our Spartan Recovery Program.’ I felt wanted here at UNCG … If you have a whole community of people believing in you, you can do anything.”
NC Attorney General Josh Stein was at the Guilford County Detention Center to discuss the treatment program at the facility.
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) – Drug overdose deaths are on the rise in Guilford County. Overdose deaths have increased more than 100% in the county in the last five years, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
‘Their lives are worth just as much as anybody else’s’; overdoses soar in Piedmont Triad GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s been called an epidemic within the pandemic. There were more than 1,300 drug overdoses in Guilford County in 2021, according to new data from Guilford County Emergency Services. A… Continue reading…
