On September 14, 2018, community organizers and human service stakeholders from Macon County met to re-establish their community coalition called the Permanency Enhancement Project (PEP) Action Team of Macon County.
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Doris M. Houston named interim director of the School of Social Work
College of Arts and Sciences Dean Gregory Simpson has named Doris M. Houston, Ph.D., as interim director of the School of Social Work at Illinois State University.
Social work policy experts bring real life to master’s course
Social Work 456: Child and Family Policy is a master’s course designed to explore existing and proposed policies on both a local and federal level that address social issues relating to children and families.
Developing a Foster Youth Scholars Program
With the help of Illinois State students who lived in the foster care system, the Center for Adoption Studies is looking to build a Foster Youth Scholars program on campus.
Professor Doris Houston to serve on Illinois State Leadership Initiative
Doris M. Houston, associate professor in the School of Social Work and associate director of the Center for Adoption Studies, has been selected to serve as a 2013–2014 cohort member of the Illinois State University Leadership Initiative.
University to host meeting for prospective foster parents, June 7
“Foster parents provide a source of stability for a child whose family is vulnerable,” said Doris Houston, associate director of the Center for Adoption Studies at Illinois State,
who is helping to plan the Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize conference. “And opening their homes to these children offers foster parents a wealth of ways to enrich their own lives, while helping an at-risk child.”