HAWAIʻI CHILD WELFARE EDUCATION COLLABORATION (HCWEC)

The Hawaiʻi Child Welfare Education Collaboration is a partnership between the Department of Human Services Child Welfare Services (CWS) and the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health (SSW) to train Master of Social Work (MSW) students to work in public child welfare.

Vision

A Hawaiʻi where all children are safe and families are thriving.

Mission

To build a child welfare system of committed and competent social workers.

Purpose

We seek to provide a training pipeline to develop highly competent social workers in public child welfare in the state of Hawaiʻi to improve outcomes for Hawaiʻi’s children. HCWEC provides Scholars with specialized coursework in child and family social work, child welfare electives, field placement, and a field integration seminar. Scholars receive stipends in exchange for post-graduate employment in state of Hawaiʻi child welfare services.