Adelphi School of Social Work has a continuous history of community partnerships that build capacity within both the university and the community. The School is presently engaged in university-community partnerships through grant funded faculty scholarship, community services, field education and program development activities. Current initiatives include:

Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program
The only comprehensive, university-based, breast cancer counseling program in New York State, the program supports, educates, and empowers breast cancer patients, professionals and the community.

Hillary Rutter
Director
p - 516.877.4313
e - rutter@adelphi.edu


Adelphi Practicum Partnership Program (PPP)
Funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation through the New York Academy of Medicine, the PPP prepares master's students for practice and leadership roles in gerontology and geriatric mental health.

Dr. Peter I. Chernack
Principal Investigator
p - 516.877.4350
e - chernack@adelphi.edu


Geriatric Mental Health Needs Assessment Project
With funding from the Mental Health Association of Nassau County through a grant from the Long Island Community Foundation, the authors conducted a needs assessment study to identify specific barriers to geriatric mental health care on Long Island.

Dr. Bradley D. Zodikoff
Principal Investigator
p - 516.877.4363
e - zodikoff@adelphi.edu

Dr. Peter I. Chernack
Co-Principal Investigator
p - 516.877.4350
e - chernack@adelphi.edu


Building Resilient Immigrant Families
Building Resilient Immigrant Families was developed to address the impact of immigration stressors on the mental health and the behavioral outcomes of elementary school-age Latino immigrant children through a peer support group model.

Dr. Beverly Araujo
Principal Investigator
p - 516.877.4300
e - araujo2@adelphi.edu


Addictions Advisory Committee
A partnership with executives of substance abuse treatment agencies and community leaders to enhance the quality of professional development programming in this arena.

Dr. Peter I. Chernack
Chair
p - 516.877.4350
e - chernack@adelphi.edu


Immigrant Primary Care Project
Funded by the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, this project seeks to increase the ability of primary care medical residents to competently work cross culturally with immigrant Muslim women.

Dr. Tricia Joyce
Co-Principal Investigator
p - 516.877.4668
e - joyce2@adelphi.edu

Dr. Suzanne Michael
Co-Principal Investigator
p - 516.877.4413
e - michael@adelphi.edu


Investigators to Investors
Funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau, this five year project trains MSW child welfare professionals from New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS).

Dr. Julie Cooper Altman
Principal Investigator
p - 516.877.4344
e - altman@adelphi.edu


The Long Island Center for Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership
The Long Island Center for Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership is a university based, community driven leadership development initiative that responds to the immediate and long term leadership crisis facing Long Island's nonprofit sector.

Dr. Peter I. Chernack
Principal Investigator
p - 516.877.4350
e - chernack@adelphi.edu

Dr. Andrew Safyer
Co-Principal Investigator
p - 516.877.4350
e - chernack@adelphi.edu

Press Releases:
- October 21, 2005
- June 22, 2006