Social Work Institutes and Centers
Programs to Improve Mississippians' Quality of Life
Faculty and staff in the USM 社会工作学院 lead a number of research and applied programs that enhance the quality of life for thousands of Mississippians. 与资金 through a variety of grants, our programs have connected children and families to affordable insurance; created person-centered training programs for case managers and support staff working with Medicaid patients and children and families with mental health issues; tracked state data related to the opioid epidemic and human trafficking; and developed a model for more integrated mental and behavioral health in a primary 护理.
项目的亮点
Learn more about four of our projects that are making a difference from the Delta to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
CHRT is an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers, trafficking survivors and students who participate in the collection, analysis and evaluation of human trafficking data from Mississippi’s state and local agencies. By helping streamline data collection and management, their efforts help prevent the spread of misinformation and inaccurate data. 的ir findings seek to inform evidence-based education and trainings for agency personnel with a goal of accelerating the development of Mississippi’s anti-human 人口贩运的努力. Click here for more information.
MS-PCPI helps individuals previously in institutionalized care gain more control over
the direction of their lives. 的 program has trained over 4,000 case managers and
support coordinators from state agencies and private businesses that run assisted-living
设施. 的se staff work with individuals receiving benefits from one of five
long-term care waivers from the Mississippi Division of Medicaid.
Staff learn how to shift their emphasis to the person and his/her family, understanding
the wants, needs, and interests of an independent individual rather than one-size-fits-all
服务. 的 goal is to minimize institutionalized residency where possible, allowing
the person to have more access to a life based in the home or in a community setting.
Preliminary data indicate trainees have improved their knowledge and skills, while
waiver recipients’ and their families’ satisfaction has increased. Click here for more information.
的 Mississippi Wraparound Institute offers training, outreach, and technical assistance
with the wraparound care model to help address children’s mental health care. 的
MWI is a joint project with the Mississippi Division of Medicaid and the Mississippi
精神卫生学系.
Wraparound is a holistic process and approach to care planning that differs from traditional
case management or 服务 to families and children. Wraparound is community-based,
collaborative, and allows people to work together to support and empower families
by building a team of committed family, friends, community members, and professionals.
的 wraparound approach helps reduce out-of-home placements; allows families to choose
the best mental health treatments and 服务 for their children; better integrates
family and community input; focuses on strengths; and works across system partners
such as education, juvenile justice, child protective 服务, and mental health
供应商. Click here for more information.
Four state agencies responsible for addressing the opioid crisis have partnered with
the 社会工作学院 to better organize, analyze, and make accessible the data
他们收集.
Working with the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics,
the Mississippi State Department of Health, and the Mississippi Department of Mental
Health, school personnel receive data and generate quarterly reports that will begin
to show trends over time that agencies can act on. A web-based data dashboard is also
计划.
Data include the number of opioid prescriptions, number of opioid dosage units, suspected
opioid overdose deaths, number of administrations of overdose reversal drug Naloxone,
number of admissions for opioid treatment, number of drug-related arrests and pharmacy
burglaries, and county-level statistics.