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VetAdvisor to hire USC military social work grads

The USC School of Social Work and Three Wire Systems’ VetAdvisor, which provides proactive preventative care to veterans, today announced a partnership to recruit and hire military social work graduates for VetAdvisor coaching services.

“I am thrilled to work with Three Wire on an initiative that acknowledges the challenges of reintegration and provides solutions for service members and their families to make successful transitions,” said Anthony Hassan, director of the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) at the USC School of Social Work. “Our respective missions to address the shortage of behavioral healthcare providers qualified to […]

New Continuing Education focuses on military behavioral health

by Susan Shimotsu

The USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families is now offering online continuing education courses aimed at behavioral healthcare professionals.

Partially funded by a $6.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, CIR’s continuing education classes are a part of its A Rapid and Revolutionary Response to the Needs of Wounded Warriors project, through which the center is developing a comprehensive, evidence-based curriculum designed to train therapists for working with servicemembers and their families.

“In many parts of the country, community mental health care providers for veterans have insufficient capacity and frequently fall short of […]