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About the Local Host Agency

Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services
Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work

Created in 2006, the Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services at Portland State University's School of Social Work integrates research, education, and training, focusing on key issues in child welfare and related systems. Its intent is to partner with professionals, communities, and families to do better at the community's most important job—taking care of children and supporting families.

The Child Welfare Partnership serves as the foundation for the Center. Founded in 1994 by the Oregon Department of Human Services and the Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work, the Partnership provides training, research, and graduate education for public child welfare staff and programs across the State of Oregon.

Local Co-Sponsors

Albertina Kerr Programs

CARES Northwest

CASA

Children's Justice Act Task Force

Children's Relief Nursery of Portland

Children's Trust Fund of Oregon

Christie Schools

Citizens Review Boards

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office

Early Childhood Education and Training Center

Foster Club

Insights Teen Parent Program

Morrison Child and Family Services

Multnomah County Commission on Children, Families and Community

National Indian Child Welfare Association

Options Counseling

Oregon Council for the Humanities

Oregon Department of Human Services, Children, Adults and Family Cluster

Oregon State Police

Parents Anonymous of Oregon

Portland State University

Salem Hospital

Wraparound Oregon

Updated on February 24, 2010