PRACTICUM PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (PPP) DEMONSTRATION SITES: LISTING OF SCHOOLS AND PARTNERING AGENCIES (2000 – 2003)

1. Hunter College School of Social Work: Geriatric Social Work Field Practicum Initiative
   
   Project Director: Joann Ivry, Ph.D.
   
   Field Sites:
   • New York Presbyterian Hospital
   • Forest Hills Community House
   • Gouverneur Hospital
   • Jewish Association for Services for the Aged
   • The Spanish Speaking Elderly Council-RAICES
   • Encore Community Center
   • Isabella Geriatric Center
   • Jamaica Service Programs for Older Adults
   • Canaan Senior Service Center, Inc.


2. University of Albany, School of Social Welfare: Hartford Internship in Aging Project (HIAP)
   
   Project Director: Anne E. (Ricky) Fortune, Ph.D.
   
   Field Sites:
   • Jewish Family Services
   • Mercy Care Corporation
   • Kaiser Permanente
   • Stratton Veterans' Administration Medical Center
   • Northeast Health: Eddy Cohoes Rehabilitation Center
   • Alzheimer's Association of Northeastern New York


3. University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare (in partnership with San Francisco State University School of Social Work; University of Southern California; and San Jose State University School of Social Work): Hartford Bay Area Practicum Project
   
   Co-Project Directors: Barrie Robinson, MSSW
                                  Andrew Scharlach, Ph.D.
   
   Field Sites:
   • Alameda County Department of Adult and Aging Services
   • Contra Costa County Division of Adult and Aging Services
   • San Francisco City and County Adult Services
   • San Mateo County of Adult and Aging Services
   • Sonoma County Department of Adult and Aging Services


4. University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work: Agencies for Gerontology Intercultural Field Education (AGIFT)
   
   Co-Principal Investigators: Virginia Cooke Robbins, LMSW-AP
                                         Ellen Stevens, DSW, ACSW
   
   Field Sites:
   • Optimum Personal Care
   • Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services – Adult Protective Services
   • Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services
   • Associated Catholic Charities
   • Wolfe Center Day Assisted Living
   • Housing Opportunities of Houston Inc.
   • University of Texas Health Science Center – Acres Homes Partnership
   • Better Business Bureau Silver Sleuths Program


5. University of Michigan School of Social Work: Strengthening Geriatric Social Work
   
   Co-Principal Investigators: Ruth Dunkle, Ph.D.
                                         Lillian Jarman-Reisch, M.S.W., M.A.
   
   Field Sites:
   • Area Agency on Aging 1-B
   • Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
   • Caring Together
   • Catholic Social Services
   • Center for Senior Independence
   • Chelsea Retirement Community
   • Citizens for Better Care
   • Hannan Foundation
   • La Sed Senior Center
   • Michigan Office of Services to the Aging
   • Neighborhood Senior Services
   • New Hope Baptist Church
   • LOasis Communications/Congregational Health
   • Turner Geriatric Clinic
   • Washtenaw County Community Mental Health


6. Visiting Nurse Association Foundation (now known as Partners in Care): (in partnership with University of California, Los Angeles; California State University, Long Beach; California State University, Los Angeles; and University of Southern California, Los Angeles) Geriatric Social Work Field Training Initiative
   
   Co-Principal Investigators: JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, P.h.D
                                         June Simmons, LCSW
   
   Field Sites:
   • Center for Healthy Aging
   • Huntington's Senior Care Network
   • Jewish Family Services
   • Veterans' Administration - GRECC