<p> Individuals and families experiencing homelessness experience a variety of hardships while living in temporary housing, in homeless shelters, and on the street. These can include mental health and substance use challenges and unawareness of lack of access to information regarding eligibility for MediCal, Medicare, and Veteran benefits. The purpose of this project was to develop a street-based program and seek potential funding to serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the city of Compton, California. The proposed program will provide street-based services on a weekly basis. Services include the provision of crisis intervention, education and linkages regarding benefits, and basic survival need items such as food, clothing, and personal hygiene products. The potential funding source for this grant is the Weingart Foundation as the goals of this foundation coincide with the goals of this proposed program. The actual submission and/or funding of this grant was not required for the successful completion of the project.</p>

<p> There have been several federal and state legislations that were passed to ensure children in foster care receive educational equality. More specifically, federal and state laws are in place which requires child welfare agencies and school districts to ensure children in the child welfare system to continue at their school of origin. However, frequent school mobility remains an ongoing challenge. As a result of sudden separations from their birth and resource families, children experience educational instability and a disruption in their natural mentorship network. Furthermore, children and youths who experience frequent school transfers result in decreased school attendance, low academic performance compared to their peers, and a lower rate of successful high school graduation. The purpose of this project was to develop a grant for the Miles for Education Transportation Program: transportation and natural mentorship program for children and youths in the child welfare system to continue at their school of origin and preserve relationships with their natural mentors in the school setting. The overall goal of the program is to ensure minimal school disruption, increase the high school graduation rate of youths in the child welfare system, and the preservation of natural mentors in the children and youths&rsquo; education social network. The actual funding and submission of this grant proposal were not requirements for the successful completion of this project.</p>

<p> African American students who come from low-income communities and attended underfunded schools are at increased risks of not graduating from high school, an outcome that has negative lifelong implications. Research documents that develop supports for these students increases the likelihood of attaining academic success. The purpose of this project was to write a grant proposal for a community project that Success In Challenges Inc., located in Long Beach, California that can recruit at risk African American students and provide individual, familial, education and community supports. This grant proposal includes staffing, implementation time lines, evaluation, and a budget. A suggested funder is included. Implications for social work policy, practice and advocacy are discussed. The actual submission for funding was not required for successful completion of this project.</p>

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This was a study of avoidant behavior and intrusive thoughts that occurred in a rape victim diagnosed with PTSD. Cognitive restructuring as a behavioral intervention was used to decrease the frequency of avoidant behaviors and intrusive thoughts displayed by the subject. Test results depict a significant decline in the frequency of avoidant behaviors and intrusive thoughts. Limitations to this study include an inability to provide strong evidence as to whether or not the intervention caused the observed changes, lack of control for any alternative explanations, and time restraint. This study was not conclusive. Further study is warranted to fully understand the relationship between cognitive intervention and the avoidant behaviors and intrusive thoughts that occur within the diagnosis of PTSD.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the stressors and experiences of caregivers while providing care to a loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The sample for this study consisted of thirty respondents who provide care to demented loved ones. They resided in Fulton County, and Dekalb County, Georgia. Original instruments consisting of twenty-one questions were mailed to several family support group leaders in the Atlanta Area Chapter Alzheimer’s Association. The results were analyzed utilizing frequency distributions, means, standard deviations and Pearson’s ‘r’ Correlation Coefficient. The findings of this study revealed that there was no statistically significant relationship between a family member suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and emotional distress experienced by family caregivers.

The purpose of this exploratory, descriptive study was to examine the perceptions of transracial adoption and African consciousness among African American and Caucasian students. Thirty graduate social work students who were in their second year or more in their studies responded. The respondents were 26 females and four males whose age ranged from 23 to 52. A modified version of the African Self-Consciousness scale and a transracial adoption scale were used. The findings showed that the majority of the respondents felt that White transracially adoptive parents would transfer a high level of African Self-Consciousness to their Black children. A majority of the respondents agreed that transracial adoption should occur and that White parents can instill in their Black child a sense of racial identity and culture. The hypothesis was accepted, there was no statistical difference between the races on transracial adoption and African Self-Consciousness. As a result of the findings, further research should be done on the issue of transracial adoption. Social workers need to know how important it is of white parents, who transracially adopt, to transfer positive African consciousness, racial identity and cultural heritage to their transracially adopted Black children.