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TRANSFORM Research Center

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TRANSFORM (Translational Research that Adapts New Science FOR Maltreatment) is a national resource center that conducts research, disseminates discoveries, and builds on state-of-the-art research & practices to prevent and address child abuse & neglect.

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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Listen to our webinar Exploring Suicide Risk among Youth Involved with the Justice and/or Child Protective Services Systems. Full details/ listen: tinyurl.com/s8apaz2h #youarenotalone #youareloved #NationalSuicidePreventionAwarenessMonth #SuicidePreventionMonth #september #suicide #reducestigma
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
September is #NationalSuicidePreventionMonth to raise awareness of #suicide, share essential resources, and also very importantly, reduce stigma surrounding this urgent mental health issue. See our 3 fact sheets on child maltreatment & suicide: tinyurl.com/3dtj4529
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TRANSFORM Fact Sheets - Mt. Hope Family Center
Fact Sheets on Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) Research and Findings Parenting Toolkit for Refugee Families Developed by the TRANSFORM Center This fact sheet discusses information about physical/ corporal punishment,…
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thanks to National Child Traumatic Stress Network for their recent e-bulletin sharing helpful resources. An entry caught our eye that we thought you'd like to know about- the video episode of their series, Practice Makes Progress- Episode 3: Trauma Informed Schools: www.nctsn.org/resources/cp...
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Practice Makes Progress - Episode 3: Trauma Informed Schools
NCTSN Affiliate Dr. Sharon Hoover speaks with National Center Co-Director Dr. Lisa Amaya-Jackson about trauma informed schools: what they look like, what they require, and how they can transform the d...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
View our toolkit for Teachers & Education Professionals that complies our resources into 1 sheet! Learn about resources that can help #teachers & #educators as they work with #children. Choose from podcast & webinar episodes, and fact sheets: www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/wp-cont... #BacktoSchool
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In July, Mt. Hope Family Center hosted its Sustaining Change Clinical Training Day in Rochester, NY. Attendees (including some of our Faculty Researchers!) came together for 9 sessions diving into trauma-informed, equity-centered practice. The day was filled w/ learning, connection & wellness!
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Parents & caregivers and child-serving professionals, including educators, can help create better futures for kids who experience child abuse & neglect. Watch our video to learn how #educators and #teachers can help: tinyurl.com/3pwpp8ab #BacktoSchool #kids
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Child maltreatment and adversity in the early years can have lasting impacts on development. Educators and teachers can promote resiliency in the classroom, which can contribute to a child's ability to positively adjust in the future. Watch the video to learn how.
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We can't believe it's #BackToSchool time again! We will be sharing multiple resources for #educators and #parents over the next few weeks as #kids are starting back. First up is our factsheet Fostering Resilience in Schools! tinyurl.com/te5x8cf5
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
TRANSFORM's Faculty Emeritus Consultant, Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD, was a featured speaker in a recent webinar, that focused on reimagining how family courts respond to child maltreatment & domestic violence. More info/ access the full webinar & Dr. Cerulli's talk recording : shorturl.at/UJJBU
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Join our team at Mt. Hope Family Center! We are seeking a Clinical Director to lead our talented team of clinicians and help advance our mission of preventing child abuse and promoting resilience through research, clinical care, and education. Learn more/apply today! shorturl.at/qmsUB
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
SAVE THE DATE- October 1, 2026 at 1PM ET: Join the Psychological Maltreatment Alliance for a half-day Zoom conference, Sharenting Children on Social Media: An emerging form of Psychological Maltreatment. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Sharenting#SocialMedia #children #maltreatment
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Check out our Research Studies page! Learn about our key research projects and the aims of each: www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/transfo...
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TRANSFORM Research Studies - Mt. Hope Family Center
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Are you on our e-mail list❓If not, sign up for our quarterly e-newsletters❗️We'll be sending out our summer edition in a couple of weeks😀 We share project updates, events, news about our initiatives, and research from our faculty and partners. Sign up on our website today‼️ tinyurl.com/yusrx4kb
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Connect with TRANSFORM - Mt. Hope Family Center
Ways to Connect with Us! Join our contact list Receive newsletters, resources, and information about the TRANSFORM Research Center. Send us an email: transform@urmc.rochester.edu
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In NYC on the 28th⁉️Join us for a free staged reading of Celebratio Vitae highlighting the vital issue of preventing #childabuse and #neglect. Lunch & a focus group will follow to collect feedback. Plus, everyone will get a $20 thank you gift card! Full details below❗️ RSVP: tinyurl.com/4dufp3rf
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In NYC on the 28th?!? Join us for a free staged reading of Celebratio Vitae! The play focuses on the importance of the prevention of #childabuse and #neglect. Lunch and a $20 thank you gift card included! See full details below. RSVP: redcap.urmc.rochester.edu/redcap/surve...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Read our factsheet, Fostering Resilience in Early Childhood Settings: Responding to Children Who Have Experienced Maltreatment, for #SocialWellnessMonth. It highlights the importance of teachers in early childhood settings recognizing & understanding early childhood maltreatment tinyurl.com/398sc9cs
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
July is Social Wellness Month focusing on building healthy relationships & strengthening support networks. Read our factsheet, Child Maltreatment & Relationships in Childhood, to learn how #maltreatment affects #children & positive impacts healthy #relationships can have: tinyurl.com/4nfjhhxb
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Check out our podcast series, Promoting Resilience, featuring experts and practitioners who work in the #child maltreatment field as they discuss a wide range of topics, including advice for #parents and #caregivers to protect #children and ways to #prevent #abuse: thetransformcenter.libsyn.com
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Promoting Resilience
Child well-being and abuse prevention is paramount to creating a safe and healthy community for everyone. TRANSFORM (Translational Research that Adapts New Science FOR Maltreatment) is a national reso...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In NYC on Tuesday, July 28?!? Join us and our partners, Houses on the Moon Theater Company, for a free staged reading of the play, Celebratio Vitae, which focuses on the importance of #childabuse and #neglect #prevention. See full details below and RSVP at: redcap.link/akijzgh7
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
From fact sheets to podcast episodes and quick videos to recorded webinars, we have many ways to explore our resources and learn about prevention efforts that protect #kids from #childabuse and #neglect. Check out our in-depth resources: psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/transform/resources/
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Check out our newest factsheets plus more on our website to learn about protecting #kids from #childabuse and #neglect: www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/transfo...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Kids need support after experiencing #abuse & #neglect, which can impact them throughout their lives. #parents, #caregivers, & child-serving professionals, including #educators, #pediatric staff, #lawenforcement, & court systems can help create better futures for #kids. See how: tinyurl.com/v9fvw64m
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Happy Play Day! 🙂 Playing helps #kids build cognitive, physical, creative, and emotional skills essential for their development and well-being. Play can even help #children build #resilience after experiencing #trauma.
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Join us for Mt. Hope Family Center's Sustaining Change Clinical Training '26 for a powerful, trauma-informed training experience designed to elevate your practice, deepen impact, and build resilience across communities. Register by Saturday, 6/20: tinyurl.com/bdecf789
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Check out our resource toolkits! We have 5 that compile our resources into content specific information sheets for: ☑️Parents and Caregivers ☑️Teachers and Education Professionals ☑️Pediatric Medical Professionals ☑️Law Enforcement ☑️Court Serving Professionals www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/transfo...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We just published our newest e-newsletter! Read it here: tinyurl.com/4zaprc3y And if you don't already receive them (we send them out quarterly), sign up to join our email list today! 😃 lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/plqEpy3
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
For National Foster Care Month, listen to our podcast episode, Childcare in the Court System and a Life-Long Passion for Foster Care. Hear from a director of a family court children's center and foster mom to over 45 children throughout the years, eight of whom she adopted. #fostercare #adoption
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Promoting Resilience: Childcare in the Court System and a Life-Long Passion for Foster Care
Host, Dr. Catherine Cerulli, a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester, is joined by her guest, Eileen Whitney, to discuss how children and families are supported in a court based dayca...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Read our fact sheet, Child Maltreatment and Suicide for Caregivers, to learn about children who experience maltreatment, why they are more likely to have thoughts about suicide, & how #caregivers can help build protective strengths: tinyurl.com/y853e67h #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #YouAreNotAlone
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Thanks to SAMHSA for reminding us: Sometimes the most important step is listening. Taking time to listen to the concerns of a young person in your life can help them feel safe sharing what they’re experiencing. Read more: www.samhsa.gov/mental-healt... #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MHAM2026
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Watch our webinar, Exploring Suicide Risk among Youth Involved with the Justice and/or Child Protective Services Systems, during Mental Health Awareness Month. Watch here: tinyurl.com/3n5ajvey #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #juvenilejusticesystem #CPS
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
During Mental Health Awareness Month, read Child Maltreatment and Suicide for Healthcare Workers & Child Serving Agencies. #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #YouAreNotAlone #children #teenagers #maltreatment #socialworkers #healthcare #teachers
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy Teachers Appreciation Week!!! May 4-8, 2026 #TeachersAppreciationWeek #ThankATeacher
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
For National #Child #Abuse #Prevention Month, read our fact sheet, Child Maltreatment & Biological Outcomes. It highlights lessons learned from decades of science regarding child maltreatment & discusses how child abuse & neglect affects children’s biology & physical outcomes tinyurl.com/4a56jz4w
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
For National Child Abuse Prevention Month, read our fact sheet, Child Maltreatment and Relationships in Childhood. The sheet highlights lessons learned from decades of science regarding #child #maltreatment and how #childabuse and #neglect affects children’s relationships: tinyurl.com/hzddswfh
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"Intimate partner homicides follow a pattern of known, predictable risks. And predictable patterns are very often preventable. The warning signs are well studied. Translating that knowledge into consistent recognition and response...is where the work remains." Read more: tinyurl.com/3bak9tac
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Intimate partner homicide has clear warning signs – and is often preventable, research shows
Women are at highest risk of being hurt or killed after separating from a potentially violent partner, but interventions such as taking away the former partner’s firearms can protect them.
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Erin’s Law mandates child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention education in #schools & presents an opportunity to effectively fight CSA. Read on to learn more about the topic & how Erin's Law can be used more effectively in NY State to #protect #children: tinyurl.com/yy6k795h #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth, read our fact sheet on a first of its kind program to reduce #ChildSexualAbuse. The sheet includes a link to the full study article co-authored by our grant's PI, Jennie Noll, PhD, and Research Faculty, Justin Russotti, PhD, LCSW! tinyurl.com/39pyatxz
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Listen to Moses Robinson, retired Rochester Police Department Officer and former School Resource Officer, as he speaks about #kids who experience #trauma and the reactions they may have when interacting with #police #officers. canva.link/ke2adkuh96fs... #NationalChildAbusePreventionMonth
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. At Transform, we fully support kids & their families as we work to prevent #child #abuse & #neglect through our #intervention programs and #research. View our #resources to learn about ways to prevent child abuse and protect #kids: shorturl.at/I2Hnk
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Resources - Mt. Hope Family Center
One of our main aims at TRANSFORM is to disseminate research findings and information on Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN). We implement this through the creation of various resources to…
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
📣📣COMING UP: WEDNESDAY!! 📣📣 Virtual Respondent Verification Meeting April 15th | 12-1 PM ET | Zoom meeting Hear a discussion and insights on findings on the use of a child maltreatment risk assessment tool that has been used in family court. Register: urmc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
For #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth (SAAM), read our fact sheet, Preventing & Responding to Child Sexual Abuse: What Do You Need to Know? A Toolkit. This toolkit discusses child sexual abuse (CSA), signs of #abuse, #prevention efforts, how to respond to a CSA disclosure, and general #resources.
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
IN ONE WEEK: Join two of our research faculty members for the Virtual Respondent Verification Meeting! Hear a discussion and insights on findings on the use of a #child #maltreatment risk assessment tool that has been used in #family #court. Register here: urmc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Toolkit #5‼️ (This is the last one in our new series- to check them all out, scroll down in our feed😃) Resources for Court Serving Professionals View resources for #judges, #lawyers, #LawClerks, & other #court professionals to protect #children from #childabuse & #neglect & offer #families support.
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
BRAND NEW: Toolkit #4‼️ Resources for Law Enforcement Click the link below to see a list of our resources that #police #officers, #detectives, and other #LawEnforcement professionals can use to protect #children from #childabuse & #neglect and offer #families support.
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
BRAND NEW: Toolkit #3‼️ Click the link below to see a list of our resources that #pediatricians, #pediatricnurses, and other #pediatric professionals can use to protect #patients from #childabuse & #neglect and offer #families support. www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/wp-cont...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
BRAND NEW: Toolkit #2‼️ Resources for Teachers & Education Professionals Click the link below to see a list of our resources that #teachers and #Education professionals can use to protect #students from #childabuse and #neglect and offer support. www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/wp-cont...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
NEW Toolkit‼️Resources for Parents & Caregivers- www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/wp-cont... #parents #caregivers #Prevention of #childabuse and #neglect
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Listen to Empowering People Living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder to hear about resources professionals can utilize to learn about #FASD and about creative learning collaborations for #nurses and #pediatricians. tinyurl.com/5h8w2t46 #March #NationalDevelopmentalDisabilitiesAwarenessMonth
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Promoting Resilience: Empowering People Living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Host, Dr. Catherine Cerulli, a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester, is joined by her guest, Christie McGee Petrenko, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disord...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
BRAND NEW‼️We now have #toolkits that compile our resources to showcase pertinent information for: ➡️Parents & Caregivers ➡️Teachers & Education Professionals ➡️Pediatric Medical Professionals ➡️Law Enforcement ➡️Court Serving Professionals Check them out today! 🙂 www.psych.rochester.edu/MHFC/transfo...
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TRANSFORM Toolkits - Mt. Hope Family Center
We created toolkits that compile our resources into content specific information sheets for caregivers and child-serving professionals to showcase pertinent information for each group. Click below to ...
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Join our e-mail list to receive newsletters, resources, and information about the TRANSFORM Research Center. Stay up-to-date on our work and connect with us! 🙂 lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/plqEpy3
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TRANSFORM Research Center @transformcenter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Special thanks to all the #socialworkers that work on our research projects & interventions at the Mt. Hope Family Center during this #SocialWorkMonth! We are grateful for their expertise as well as their care for the #children, #youth, & #families we serve.
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