Professors Receive Grant for the Missing Link Project

Clinical Associate Professor Scott Geron (PI), Clinical Assistant Professor Mark Gianino and Clinical Associate Professor Betty J. Ruth (Co-PIs) received a grant from the Association of Social Work Boards/American Foundation for Research and Consumer Education in Social Work Regulation, and will be working on a study called the Missing Link Project. The goal of the Missing Link Project is to promote quality improvement in social work continuing and professional education (CPE) by studying the current strengths, concerns, obstacles and challenges of the existing system.

The proposed study combines a national survey and an in-depth statewide case study. Says the project summary, “We hope the findings will clarify the national CPE picture and provide a state-specific grounded understanding of social work CPE that other states can use.”