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Carlson Given Fellowship
Andrew Peters
Issue date: 11/1/06 Section: News
A UConn School of Social Work student was recently recognized by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for her research about families' transitions off of welfare programs.
Doctoral student Patricia Carlson received the 2006 Eileen Blackey Doctoral Fellowship from the NASW to support her dissertation, which will explore how welfare patrons make the jump to employment. The $2,000 Blackey Fellowship was the first such award given by the NASW since 2003.
"The NASW is a professional organization, and to be recognized by them is a huge honor," Carlson said.
The Blackey Fellowship was created in honor of Eileen Blackey, former dean of the University of California - Los Angeles School of Social Welfare and innovator of public welfare systems who died in 1979, according to the NASW web site.
The NASW chose to award Carlson's research interests because they matched very well with the intention of the Blackey fellowship - highlighting important research in welfare policy and practice, according to Joan Zlotnik of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, who was part of the decision-making panel.
Carlson's research will focus on how employer supports, such as subsidized insurance, benefits, and non-wage income can help ease families' transitions from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, according to a release from NASW Senior Communications Associate Allison Nadelhaft.
"Ms. Carlson contends in her research that successful TANF leavers will be more likely to report utilization of employment supports and services that non-successful TANF leavers," Nadelhaft said. "This research will challenge the assumptions of the current social welfare policy and the findings of this study will be useful in advocating for welfare policies that ensure access to the resources necessary for poor families."
For Carlson, receiving the Blackey Fellowship is the latest chapter of a long-time interest in social work that began during her undergraduate studies at UConn.
Doctoral student Patricia Carlson received the 2006 Eileen Blackey Doctoral Fellowship from the NASW to support her dissertation, which will explore how welfare patrons make the jump to employment. The $2,000 Blackey Fellowship was the first such award given by the NASW since 2003.
"The NASW is a professional organization, and to be recognized by them is a huge honor," Carlson said.
The Blackey Fellowship was created in honor of Eileen Blackey, former dean of the University of California - Los Angeles School of Social Welfare and innovator of public welfare systems who died in 1979, according to the NASW web site.
The NASW chose to award Carlson's research interests because they matched very well with the intention of the Blackey fellowship - highlighting important research in welfare policy and practice, according to Joan Zlotnik of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, who was part of the decision-making panel.
Carlson's research will focus on how employer supports, such as subsidized insurance, benefits, and non-wage income can help ease families' transitions from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, according to a release from NASW Senior Communications Associate Allison Nadelhaft.
"Ms. Carlson contends in her research that successful TANF leavers will be more likely to report utilization of employment supports and services that non-successful TANF leavers," Nadelhaft said. "This research will challenge the assumptions of the current social welfare policy and the findings of this study will be useful in advocating for welfare policies that ensure access to the resources necessary for poor families."
For Carlson, receiving the Blackey Fellowship is the latest chapter of a long-time interest in social work that began during her undergraduate studies at UConn.
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