The UCLA Center on Child Welfare, established in 1991 and Title IV-E funded, is an innovative university-agency training collaboration between the UCLA campus and one of the largest child welfare agencies in the nation and world, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The Center's purpose is threefold:

• Training the Center on Child Welfare creates state-of-the-art trainings on best practices for DCFS social workers, managers, and administrators. Read more.
• Education the CCW operates two Master's in social welfare (MSW) specialized student units in DCFS, and oversees graduate curricula and training in public child welfare in the UCLA Department of Social Welfare. Read more.
• Research the Center conducts research on retention of DCFS employees who graduated from MSW programs, and research on adolescent foster youth, permanency, mentoring, and emancipation outcomes. Read more.

       The Center on Child Welfare is part of the Inter-University Consortium (IUC), comprised of Schools/Departments of Social Work at six Southern California universities: California State University Dominguez Hills, California State University Long Beach, California State University Los Angeles, California State University Northridge, University of California Los Angeles, and University of Southern California.

       Administrative offices of the Center on Child Welfare are located in the Department of Social Welfare, School of Public Affairs, on the UCLA campus. The UCLA Center on Child Welfare Training site, which occupies over 6,000 square feet, is located in the SkyPark Complex, Torrance, California. Click here for addresses and directions.

For all information regarding the UCLA Center on Child Welfare, please e-mail Carole Bender, JD, LCSW, Director, bender@spa.ucla.edu.