The College of Public Policy at UTSA

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The College of Public Policy at UTSA

• Jesse T. Zapata, Ph.D.
• Dean, College of Public Policy
• Vice Provost, Downtown Campus

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College of Public Policy

• Established in 2000 as part of Universitys
  restructuring
• Serves, with Architecture, as an anchor program
  at the Downtown Campus

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College of Public Policy

• Enrollments have increased from 761 in 2000 to
  1,106 in 2007.
• Graduate enrollments have increased from 93 to
  288 during the same period.

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College of Public Policy Mission

• The College of Public Policy is dedicated to
• the advancement of salient public policy
• and practice through---

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College of Public Policy Mission

• Research
• Rigorous educational programs
• Service
• Collaborative partnerships that contribute to the
  public good within a diverse society.

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College Departments

• Criminal Justice
• Demography and Organization Studies
• Public Administration
• Social Work

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College Programs and Offices

• Center for Policy Studies
• Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic
  Research

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College Initiatives

• Enriching Educational Experiences to Enable
• Student Success
• - Foster international research and exchange
• - Emphasize diversity
• - Develop transformative leadership
• - Promote student organizations

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College Initiatives

• Serving Society through Expanded Research
• - Implement a Ph.D. in policy analysis
• - Expand Center for Policy Studies
• - Increase faculty publications
• - Increase involvement of students in
  research activity

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College Initiatives

• Promoting Access and Affordability
• - Increase in scholarship/fellowship
  dollars
• Serving the Public through Community Engagement
• - Continuation of Great Cities Dialogue
• - Increase in department/community
  partnerships

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College Advisory Committee

• George Pedraza, Chair
• Leticia Luna, Vice Chair
• Roger Campos
• Councilwoman Diane Gonzalez Cibrian
• Councilwoman Mary Alice Cisneros
• Helen Coronado
• Raquel Favela

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College Advisory Committee

• Don Frost
• Rene E. Gonzalez
• Joe Hinojosa
• Vanessa Hurd
• Jose Medellin
• Tommy Ortiz
• Gilbert Vasquez

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Department of Criminal Justice

• Dr. J. Mitchell Miller
• Professor Chair

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Mission Statement

• Our mission is to provide justice education and
  service to our students and the larger community
  through high ethical standards, excellence in
  scholarship, and community outreach toward the
  betterment of justice policy and practice in an
  intellectually challenging and collegial
  environment.

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Mission Statement
Research
Community Outreach
Teaching
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Community Partnership Opportunities

• WHO?
• Juvenile and criminal justice agencies
• (law enforcement, courts, corrections,
  victimization services)
• -- Schools (school safety EMCR grants, truancy
  and drop-out prevention/reduction, gang and
  bullying awareness)
• -- Non-profit organizations (delinquency
  prevention and youth development program
  design/enhancement e.g., Boys Girls Clubs,
  Youth Advocacy Programs)

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Current Department Initiatives

• Restorative Justice at UTSADepartment of
  Criminal Justice
• Section on Restorative and Community Justice
  (March 2008)
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
• Co-Sponsor 1st National Conference on Restorative
  Justice
• June 24-27, 2007 at Schreiner University,
  Kerrville, TX
• 2nd National Conference on Restorative Justice
• Theme Bringing Restorative Justice into the
  Mainstream
• May 13-15, 2009, UTSA-Downtown Campus
• San Antonio Community Restorative Justice
  Initiative
• Indigenous Neighborhood Restorative Justice
• Lincoln-Jefferson Area Community Safety Project
  (restorative community justice)
• Working with Residents to Improve Quality of
  Life, Health and Safety
• Bexar County Re-entry Initiative
• Assisting the Formerly Confined to Safely Return
  Home
• Haven for Hope
• Development of a Resident Driven - Restorative
  Justice Process to Resolve Conflicts

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Current Department Initiatives

• San Antonio River Authority
• Seed Grant Proposal
• Bioterrorism Prevention Partnership
• Water Security Vulnerability and Threat
  Assessment and Emergency Management/Crisis
  Response Plan Development
• Findings leveraged into problem
  statement/justification for capital federal grant
  for larger South Central Texas Water System
  Alliance (including SAWS)

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Current Department Initiatives

• Haven for Hope
• Innovative Best-Practices Driven Campus for the
  Homeless
• 50 service providers focused on transformation
• UTSA Dept. of Criminal Justice Executive Floor
  office for research, development, and program
  evaluation

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Current Department Initiatives

• San Antonio Area Foundation (predatory lending
  foreclosures)
• Partnering with University of South Florida on
  minority confidence and trust in the police
• Non-profit services cost-sharing plan for United
  Way

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UTSA Criminal Justice Adjunct Professors

• Bettina Richardson, Federal Bureau of
  Investigation
• Chief McManus, SAPD
• Kevin Downey, Ph.D., Crosspoints

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Community Partnership Opportunities

• Program process and outcome evaluation
• Program conceptualization and design
• Grants writing
• Training (CLE/CHE)
• Pure and applied justice system research
  (quantitative, qualitative, and
  mixed-methodological applications)
• CONTACT INFO
• DR. MITCH MILLER, CHAIR, UTSA, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  DEPT.
• [phone]
• jm.miller_at_utsa.edu

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UTSA Dept. of Criminal Justice Graduate Program

• Master of Science in Justice Policy
• Graduate Program Director
• Dr. Roger Enriquez, 458-2696

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Department of Demography and Organization Studies
Jerome Keating, Ph.D. Professor and Chair
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Applied Demography

• Interim and Associate IDSER Director and
  Associate Professor
• Dr. Karl Eschbach
• UTMB
• 10 Publications (2007)
• Texas State Demographer

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Overview of the Program

• The program has 21 students in its first two
  year.
• We are admitting another 8-9 students for next
  year.
• Students will start comprehensive exams next year

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Demography in the Community

• John Garza
• Beldon Scholarship - 5,000
• PhD student in Applied Demography
• 4.00 GPA (15 Hours)
• MS Applied Statistics (UTSA) 2007
• BS Mathematics (UTSA) 2005
• HS Central Catholic

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Demography in the Community

• John Garza
• Internship City of San Antonio
• Summer 2008
• Comprehensive Planning Division
• Annexation of subdivisions outside 1604 based on
  projected population growth

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Demography in the Community

• Eliza Hernandez
• Research Analyst (St. Marys)
• PhD student in Applied Demography
• 36 Hours in May
• MS Urban Studies (Trinity) 1990
• BA Sociology (St. Marys) 1988

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Demography in the Community

• Eliza Hernandez
• Avenida Guadalupe
• Ernest Olivares
• Coalition Neighborhood Mentor Program
• Westside Community Development

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Demography in the Community

• Lila Valencia
• Research Analyst (City of Austin)
• PhD student in Applied Demography
• 39 Hours in May
• MA Experimental Psychology (William Mary) 2001
• BA Psychology (UT Austin) 1998
• Native of Brownsville
• Attended UT Brownsville

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Demography in the Community

• Lila Valencia
• City of Austin
• Office of the Police Monitor
• Civilian Law Enforcement Oversight
• Intimate Partner Violence
• Effects on fertility, health, voting,

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Department of Demography and IDSER Research
IDSER researches methods and produces Annual
Estimates of the Populations of Texas Counties
and Places (supported by the State of Texas).
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Externally-FundedDemography and IDSER Research

• Impacts of Population Growth and Change on the
  Demand for Transportation Services in Texas
  (Texas Department of Transportation)
• Population-Based Projections of the Number of
  Uninsured Persons in Texas, the number of Obese
  Persons, and Persons with Diabetes in Texas
  (Methodist Health Care Ministries)

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Demography and IDSER Research

• Estimates of Population-Based Allocation Factors
  for Funds Distribution (Texas Workforce
  Commission)
• Population Factors Impacting Criminal Justice
  Services in Texas (Office of the Governor)
• Demographic and Other Factors Affecting Change in
  TANF, Food Stamp and Medicaid Enrollment in Texas
  (Texas Legislative Council)
• Causes of Differential Infant Mortality.

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Demography and Organization Studies

• www.utsa.edu/copp/Demography
• Dr. Mary Zey, Graduate Advisor
• [phone]
• Mary.Zey_at_utsa.edu
• IDSER Dr. Karl Eschbach, Interim Director
• [phone]
• Karl.Eschbach_at_utsa.edu

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Department ofPublic Administration

• Christopher G. Reddick, Ph.D.
• Associate Professor and Chair
• chris.reddick_at_utsa.edu

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Master of Public Administration
(MPA) Program Mission

• To prepare students for careers and leadership
  roles in public and nonprofit organizations and
  to nurture their commitment to ethical public
  service in a diverse society.

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MPA Quick Facts

• One of only 151 NASPAA-Accredited MPA programs in
  the U.S.
• only accredited MPA program in South Texas
• Currently serve approximately 131 students (full
  and part time)
• Over 400 MPA graduates since 1982
• Over 75 graduates in the last 3 years alone
• Seven full-time, tenured/tenure-track faculty
  members as of Fall 2008

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Public Administrations Community Connections,
UTSA Strategic Initiative IV

• Critically examining the wisdom of public
  financing for conventions centers and convention
  center hotels, Strategic Initiative IV, Goal 3
• Example Column on San Antonio issues for the San
  Antonio Current
• Service-learning projects with local area
  nonprofits, Strategic Initiative IV, Goal 2
• Example Working with students in nonprofit
  management classes creating fundraising plans for
  the Jump Start Theatre

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Public Administrations Community Connections,
UTSA Strategic Initiative IV

• The forces of globalization and the implications
  for environmental protection and sustainability,
  Strategic Initiative IV, Goal 5
• Example Panelist for A Conversation on Energy,
  jointly sponsored by ConocoPhillips and the UTSA
  Department of Engineering
• The factors related to urban sprawl and the
  importance of open space preservation, Strategic
  Initiative IV, Goal 2
• Example San Antonio Planning Commission, Alamo
  Community College Citizens Bond Oversight
  Committee, and City of San Antonio Community Bond
  Committee
• Many others community service roles (editorial
  boards, national public administration
  organizations, etc.)

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Public Administrations Community Connections

• MPA and undergraduate American Humanics-Nonprofit
  Management student internships
• Internships with public and nonprofit agencies
  within San Antonio and surrounding regions
• Service learning (through doing and serving)
• Applied Research/Exit Paper class
• MPA student research projects assessing public
  policies and best practices in management

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Contact Information

• Department of Public Administration
• The University of Texas at San Antonio
• 501 West Durango Blvd.
• San Antonio, TX 78207
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• MPA_at_utsa.edu
• http//utsa.edu/copp/PA/publicAdmin.html

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Dr. Dennis Haynes

• Department of Social Work Chair

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UTSA MSW PROGRAM RECEIVES NATIONAL ACCREDITATION
FROM THE COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION

• February 2008

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Community Thank You

• Collaborative support from UTSA, College and
  Department administration together w/
• MSW program faculty, staff, students and
  graduates
• Community agencies, field instructors, and
  community advisory committee members
• We would not be at this point without the
  investment of our constituents.

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Benefits of Accreditation

• Enhances national reputation of the program
• Attracts quality graduate student applicants and
  faculty candidates
• Provides federal research and funding
  opportunities not previously available
• Allows field placement of student interns in
  federal social service agencies
• Maximizes employment opportunities for graduates

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Student Success and Community Service

• 96 currently enrolled graduate students (85
  working professionals)
• 21 MSW graduates to date 30 more MSW students
  projected to graduate by 12/08
• 35,400 service learning internship hours
• 17 FTE/yr (2007)

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Enriched Educational Experiences

• Innovative Curriculum ? Service Transformation
  through
• Family and Community-Driven Ethical Practice
• Integration of Practice, Policy and Research
• Diversity and Cultural Competence
• Social Responsibility/Social Economic Justice
• Interprofessional Collaboration within a Global
  Context
• Catalysts for Excellence as Transformative
  Leaders

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Community Engagement

• Community Practitioners
• MSW students placed across 44 agencies
• Field instructors participate in professional
  field instructor credentialing for which they
  receive CEUs toward licensure
• Professional renewal through ongoing
  collaboration with faculty serving as field
  liaisons

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Creating a Research Culture

• Student internship agencies identify
  community-based research interests specific to
  their agency needs
• Students assist agencies in updating agency
  knowledge base on evidence-based policies and
  practices
• Students collaborate with field agencies to
  conduct advanced research projects as capstone
  MSW assignment
• 18 current ongoing student community-based
  research projects

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Partnership Development and Student Access

• Haven for Hope Collaboration the UTSA
  Department of Social Work has been assigned one
  social services office (24/7) with pods for
  student interns funding for on-site field
  instructor is being sought
• Laredo UTSA MSW Collaboration approval will
  be sought from UT system to deliver MSW program
  to Laredo BSW graduates

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Expanding Resources

• As most of our MSW students are working
  professionals, they are in need of 24/7 field
  internship service learning opportunties.
• Resources are needed to provide MSW supervision
  for students during internship.
• Field Stipends and Scholarships for MSW students

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Contact Information

• Department of Social Work
• UTSA, Downtown Campus
• 501 West Durango Blvd.
• San Antonio, TX 78207
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• http//utsa.edu/copp/SW/socialwork.html

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The Center for Policy Studies

• Goutham M. Menon, Ph.D.
• Director and Associate Professor of Social Work

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Mission

• The Center for Policy Studies is an
  interdisciplinary applied research and outreach
  center focusing on areas of critical importance
  to communities and neighborhoods within a
  local-global perspective, including
• Public policy and its impact on diverse
  populations
• Developing transformative leaders capable of
  impacting policy, practice and research
• Social and behavioral dimensions of
  health/mental health and delivery systems
• Restorative and environmental justice issues
• Human and social development policy and practice
  in a diverse society
• Governance and administrative structures of
  non-profit and non-governmental organizations

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Services

• The Center for Policy Studies offers an array of
  services to campus and community stakeholders,
  including
• Grant development and implementation support
• Research services to public agencies and
  community organizations
• Non-profit leadership development and
  organizational capacity building

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Research and Evaluation

• 2007 Total Funding 335,500
• Agencies
• Texas Department of Family and Protective
  Services
• City of San Antonio
• Escape Family Resource Center, Houston
• Mayors Commission on the Status of Women

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American Humanics

• Background
• Program founded in 1948 to train youth in
  nonprofit management and service
• UTSA one of three universities in Texas offering
  certificate program
• Undergraduate 83 students have graduated since
  2000
• Nonprofit Management Minor
• 15 Credits 9 credits Business, 6 credits
  Nonprofit Management
• 300-hour internship
• Participation in academic student association
• Attendance at American Humanics Management
  Institute an annual conference of workshops on
  nonprofit training for students
• Graduate
• Masters in Public Administration, American
  Humanics Certificate
• Benefits
• UTSA part of national affiliation of AH programs
  to share best practices
• Students gain classroom and real-world experience
• Build leadership and management skills
• Students can earn 4500 Next Generation
  Scholarships toward internship.
• Students network with possible employers

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Non-Profit Management

• To date - 200 participants representing
  approximately 180 agencies, serving roughly
  180,000 clients in San Antonio and South Texas
• Participants earn Continuing Education Units
  (CEUs)
• Currently, 15 three-hour classes, two
  nights/month on functions of nonprofit agencies
• 3-day summer session on leadership issues unique
  to nonprofit sector
• Presenters are nonprofit leaders and experts in
  their fields
• Enables new professionals to gain solid nonprofit
  foundation
• Mid-level managers achieve next level of
  expertise
• Nonprofit start-up leaders hear case-studies of
  best-practices

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Dissemination Venues

• Symposium Series (Great Cities Dialogue)
• Dr. John Gilderbloom - Great Cities Strategies
  for the 21st Century (2007)
• Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon - Resilient Cities San
  Antonio in a Future of Complexity, Speed and
  Surprise (2007)
• Future topics on Water and Transportation being
  planned
• Research Reports and Policy Briefs

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Contact Information

• Center for Policy StudiesCollege of Public
  PolicyThe University of Texasat San Antonio501
  W. Durango San Antonio, TX 78207PH (210)
  458-2545FAX [phone]www.utsa.edu/copp/cps