As of 2017, California is spending over $70,000 to house each inmate every year in the country with the most prisoners per capita in the world (Legislative Analyst’s Office, 2017). In accordance with realignment policies, restorative justice programs . . .

This study examined the policies of schools of social work within the California State University system regarding how they evaluate for admission and inform in-coming students with criminal convictions of the challenges they may face upon graduation. . . .

Organizational culture has been studied in many different disciplines. In Management and Business studies, organizational culture is often viewed as a concept that can be influenced or changed within organizations. Having a System’s Theory basis, many . . .

Research has shown that exposure to trauma has long-lasting, pervasive, debilitative effects upon a person’s biological, cognitive, mental, and social functioning over their lifetime (Anda et al., 2006). The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study w . . .

Homeless youth are entering housing programs, only to re-enter homelessness. This thesis project is an evaluation of the 6th Street Center for Youth’s housing program in Chico, California, which had never been evaluated before. The program houses home . . .

Social work practice is often focused on the delivery of services by agencies that may be disconnected from the communities they serve, and not on strategies to educate and empower those communities to provide those services to themselves. By understa . . .

The child welfare system is a convoluted entity that is disproportionately comprised of families with co-occurring disparities; who are often deprived of pertinent information on the child welfare and Juvenile Court process. This paper examines social . . .

Research has shown that law enforcement officer spouses or significant others (LEOS) are susceptible to secondary trauma, or vicarious trauma, in addition to occupational stress caused by: an irregular work schedule, personality changes, bringing work . . .

Long-term mental health systems utilization is caused by inadequate education, untreated mental illness and social isolation, among other factors. These factors are amplified in rural areas, where many people do not have access to quality health care, . . .

ABSTRACT REDEFINING BUSINESS AS USUAL: A CASE STUDY FOCUSING ON THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN BUSINESS by Tami Wanda Kautz Master of Arts in Social Science California State University, Chico Summer 2009 A systems approach to monument . . .