Opening Plenary Session: Launching the Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative
Thursday, January 14, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Ballroom Level, Renaissance Ballroom East and West Salons
The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
in partnership with the
Society for Social Work and Research
invites you to join us as we celebrate the launch of the Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative
SCHEDULE OF GRAND CHALLENGES SESSIONS AND EVENTS
- 237 [GC] Presidential Plenary: Race: America’s Grand Challenge, Saturday, January 16, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Ballroom Level, Renaissance Ballroom East and West Salons
- 238 Grand Reception for Grand Challenges Launch, hosted by the University of Southern California and the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, Saturday, January 16, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, Ballroom Level, Congressional Hall
Invited Symposia and Roundtable
- 97 [GC] Invited Symposium I: Training Our Next Generation Scientific Work Force to Tackle Grand Challenges, Friday, January 15, 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm, Ballroom Level, Congressional Hall A
- 190 [GC] Invited Symposium II: Unleashing the Power of Prevention to Achieve Community Impact: Communities in Action, a partnership between UW SSW, practicum agencies, MSW students and the community, Saturday, January 16, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Ballroom Level, Renaissance Ballroom West Salon A
- 213 [GC] Invited Symposium III (Inaugural Annual Policy Forum): 2016 Children Policies to Address the Grand Challenges of Poverty and Unequal Social Mobility, Saturday, January 16, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, Ballroom Level, Renaissance Ballroom West Salon A
- 216 [GC] Invited Symposium IV: Grand Challenges for Social Work: Examples of Campus Compacts, Saturday, January 16, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Ballroom Level, Renaissance Ballroom West Salon A
- 215 [GC] Grand Challenges Roundtable: Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (GCSWI): Creating Impact and Producing Social Innovations in the next Decade, Saturday, January 16, 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm, Ballroom Level, Renaissance Ballroom West Salon A
Invited Sessions, e-Posters, and Peer-Reviewed Paper Sessions
Grand Challenge: Ensure healthy development for all youth.
Invited Sessions
- 121 [GC] Ensuring Healthy Development for All Youth: Unleashing Universal, Selective, and Indicated Prevention, Friday, January 15, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square A
Invited ePoster Presentation
- 160P [GC] Ensuring Healthy Development for All Youth: A Grand Challenge for Social Work, Friday, January 15, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom South Salon
Peer-reviewed Paper Sessions
- 187 [RE&I/GC] Schools and Youth of Color, Saturday, January 16, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 3
- 224 [ADOL/GC] Youth Mental Health: The Role of Relationships and Supports, Saturday, January 16, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 12
- 233 [SSW/GC] Primary Prevention to Promote Academic Success, Saturday, January 16, 2:00 pm – 3:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 6
Grand Challenge: Close the health gap.
Invited Sessions
- 168 [GC] Health Equity: Close the Health Gap in the United States, Saturday, January 16, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square A
Peer-reviewed Paper Sessions
- 63 [G/GC] Current Issues in Maternal and Child Health and Well-Being, Friday, January 15, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 4
- 85 [H&D/GC] Health Education and Promotion, Friday, January 15, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 5
- 133 [G/GC] Young Adults, Gender Differences, and Risky Behaviors: Toward Interventions in Practice, Friday, January 15, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 4
- 153 [A&G/GC] Older Adults’ Mental Health in Multicultural Contexts, Friday, January 15, 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 6
- 210 [SM&AB/GC] Substance Use and Co-occurring Health Problems, Saturday, January 16, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 9
Grand Challenge: Stop family violence.
Invited Sessions
- 219 [GC] Crosscutting Opportunities to Reduce Family Violence, Saturday, January 16, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square A
Invited e-Poster Presentation
- 354P [GC] Coalition Heterogeneity in Community Based Responses to Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sex, Saturday, January 16, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom South Salon
Peer-reviewed Paper Sessions
- 84 [CW/GC] Prevention of Child Maltreatment, Friday, January 15, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 3
- 92 [SM&AB/GC] Substance Use and Child Maltreatment, Friday, January 15, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 4
- 290 [ADOL/GC] How Violence Shapes Children and Youth Lives, Sunday, January 17, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 6
Grand Challenge: Eradicate social isolation.
Invited Sessions
- 73 [GC] Eradicate Social Isolation, Friday, January 15, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square B
Invited e-Poster Presentation
- 306P [GC] Eradicate Social Isolation, Friday, January 15, 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm, Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom South Salon
Peer-reviewed Paper Sessions
- 61 [A&G/GC] Methodologies and Models for Examining Social Networks and Support of Older Adults, Friday, January 15, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 5
- 70 [SO&GI/GC] LGBTQ Youth: Supportive Contexts & Services, Friday, January 15, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 11
- 88 [MH/GC] The Power of Relationships in Mental Health, Friday, January 15, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 10
- 114 [OM&C/GC] Community Capacity Building and Mobilization, Friday, January 15, 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 13
- 255 [P&SP/GC] No More Islands: Social Networks & Social Supports, Sunday, January 17, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 8
Grand Challenge: End homelessness.
Invited Sessions
- 143 [GC] A Multi-Sector Approach to Moving the Needle on Ending Homelessness, Friday, January 15, 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square B
Invited e-Poster Presentation
- 159P [GC] Ending Homelessness through Social Work Collaboration, Friday, January 15, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom South Salon
Grand Challenge: Promote smart decarceration.
Invited Sessions
- 74 [GC] Promoting Smart Decarceration: Social Work’s Call to Social Innovation, Friday, January 15, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square A
Invited e-Poster Presentation
- 257P [GC] Building a National Conversation on Smart Decarceration, Friday, January 15, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom South Salon
Peer-reviewed Paper Sessions
- 109 [C&CJ/GC] Courts and Sentencing, Friday, January 15, 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 8
- 137 [MH/GC] Mental Health and Incarceration, Friday, January 15, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 9
- 293 [C&CJ/GC] Reentry Experiences and Innovations, Sunday, January 17, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 12
Grand Challenge: Reduce extreme economic inequality.
Invited Sessions
- 122 [GC] Social Work Grand Challenges: Reversing Extreme Economic Inequality, Friday, January 15, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square B
Invited e-Poster Presentation
- 112P [GC] Social Work Grand Challenges: Reversing Extreme Economic Inequality, Friday, January 15, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom South Salon
Grand Challenge: Build financial capability for all.
Invited Sessions
- 167 [GC] Financial Capability and Asset Building for All: A Grand and Achievable Challenge for Social Work, Saturday, January 16, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square B
Invited e-Poster Presentation
- 452P [GC] Financial Capability and Asset Building for All: A Grand and Achievable Challenge for Social Work, Saturday, January 16, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom South Salon
Peer-reviewed Paper Sessions
- 230 [P&SP/GC] Too Few Assets, Too Much Debt: What Policies Expand Financial Capability, Saturday, January 16, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 9
- 294 [ISW&GI/GC] Economic Development: Promises and Challenges, Sunday, January 17, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 8
Grand Challenge: Harness technology for social good.
Invited Sessions
- 144 [GC] Harnessing Technology for Social Good: A Grand Challenge for Social Work, Friday, January 15, 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square A
Peer-reviewed Paper Sessions
- 181 [H&D/GC] Technology and Health, Saturday, January 16, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 6
- 276 [RD&M/GC] Measurement Challenges for Grand Challenges, Sunday, January 16, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 4
Grand Challenge: Create social responses to a changing environment.
Invited Sessions
- 191 [GC] Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment, Saturday, January 16, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square A
Invited e-Poster Presentation
- 355P [GC] Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment, Saturday, January 16, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom South Salon
Peer-reviewed Paper Sessions
- 135 [ISW&GI/GC] Sustainable Development and Equality, Friday, January 15, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 13
Grand Challenge: Achieve equal opportunity and justice.
Invited Sessions
- 218 [GC] Achieve Equal Opportunity and Justice, Saturday, January 16, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square A
Peer-reviewed Paper Sessions
- 162 [SSW/GC] Educational Equity and Social Justice, Friday, January 15, 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 4
- 183 [ISW&GI/GC] Collective Action for Global Change, Saturday, January 16, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 13
- 277 [RSWE/GC] Education for Diversity & Social Justice, Sunday, January 17, 9:45 am – 11:15 am, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 10
- 297 [OM&C/GC] Engagement with Low Income Communities and Families, Sunday, January 17, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 13
- 298 [RE&I/GC] Socioeconomic Factors among Ethnic Minorities, Sunday, January 17, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Meeting Room Level, Meeting Room 14
Grand Challenge: Advance long and productive lives.
Invited Sessions
- 50 [GC] Grand Challenge: Increasing Productive Engagement in Later Life, Friday, January 15, 8:00 am – 9:30 am, Meeting Room Level, Mount Vernon Square A
Invited e-Poster Presentation
- 307P [GC] Increasing Productive Engagement in Later Life, Friday, January 15, 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm, Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom South Salon