Partnership are essential to the success of our mission. To see a full listing of our field partners for student internships and service learning, please visit the Partnerships webpage for the College.

You can also learn more about the Social Work Department's collaborative partnerships listed below.

Anti-Violence Partnership

The Anti-Violence Partnership (AVP), a community collaboration at the University of Vermont, supports and sustains unified approaches within the community and the world to understand and change the existence and acceptance of violence, while working toward prevention and elimination. AVP promotes, protects and enhances the quality of life of those victimized by a culture of violence.

Child Welfare Training Partnership

The Child Welfare Training Partnership (CWTP) was established in 1993 as a partnership between the UVM Department of Social Work and the Department for Children and Families (DCF) to provide child welfare education and training. Funding for this partnership is provided through Title IV-E of the Social Security Act and the University of Vermont and through separate grants and contracts.

Vermont Child Welfare Professional Education Project

Through the provision of the child welfare traineeships to selected social work students, the Child Welfare Professsional Education Project supports professional excellence in public child welfare practice with vulnerable children and their families. Traineeships provide significant financial support for social work education focused on child welfare practices, in exchange for the trainee's commitment to work at the Vermont Department of Children and Families following graduation.