The Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education (HPPAE) is a national initiative that recruits and trains the next generation of social workers who specialize in aging by transforming how geriatric education is taught at Masters of Social Work programs nationwide.

This initiative seeks to address the need for 70,000 “aging savvy” professional social workers by 2020. With fewer than 3% of social work students currently specializing in aging, the HPPAE offers a unique training in aging competency and leadership skills.

This innovative educational model trains social workers to initiate and maintain improvements in long-term, community-based care for older adults and develops leaders in the field of aging to train future social work professionals.

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