NYAM receives $150,000 grant from MetLife

New York Nonprofit Press, October 1, 2010

The New York Academy of Medicine's (NYAM) Social Work Leadership Institute has received a $150,000 grant from MetLife Foundation to support a national program that expands the workforce of social workers who specialize in aging and improve long-term, community-based care for older adults. The funding will help provide the faculty and staff of participating schools with ongoing technical assistance, training, mentoring, research and identification of best practices, and on-site orientation and training.

Specifically, the MetLife Foundation grant will help:

• Launch the Social Work Leadership Institute’s (SWLI) program in two additional regions;
• Support the recruitment of 22 graduate schools of social work to adopt the SWLI program with a minimum of 14 new schools adopting the program;
• Train 20 faculty from existing funded schools in mentorship and leadership skills; and
• Support two-day-long on-site orientation and training meetings that will be held at every participating school in each region, resulting in 14-28 new faculty members trained in geriatric social work practice and aging education.

"We are pleased to support this program, which addresses some critical issues facing our rapidly aging population," said Dennis White, president and CEO of MetLife Foundation. "Social workers will face increasing challenges in the years ahead to meet the needs of older adults, and this program will provide them with greatly-needed recruitment and training tools."

"Leadership in the field of social work – as in related disciplines – is critical to overcoming traditional barriers to recruit and train new cohorts of professionals to the rewarding area of practice with older adults,” said Patricia Volland, NYAM Senior Vice President and Director of SWLI. "MetLife Foundation fully embraces this concept through their support of our work and our long-term goal to support the needs of millions of older adults across America."

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