About Us
Our work centers on our VISION:
Strong Systems. Strong Communities. Strong Families.
We continually work to achieve this through our MISSION:
To enhance the well-being of children, youth and families by strengthening programs, systems, and communities.
We strive to practice, promote, and live by these CORE VALUES.
Collaboration:
Engage and partner to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Excellence:
Deliver services and products of the highest quality.
Integrity:
Meet the highest standard of honesty and accountability; “we do what we say we are going to do.”
Innovation:
Lead and initiate new thinking, ideas, and action by continually asking what’s possible and how we can best achieve it.
Inclusivity:
Expect and embrace diversity. Create supportive environments here everyone is valued and respected.
Our HISTORY.
Throughout its 75-year history, the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work has administered countless externally funded projects targeting children and families. These efforts preceded and provided the impetus for our establishment in 1994. Now, officially called of the “Erna and Brad Butler Institute for Families”, we are nationally recognized for our leadership and collaborative work at the national, state and local level in evaluation, research, technical assistance, education, and training.
We bring together researchers, practitioners, public and private service system experts and community members to:
- Engage in program evaluation and research
- Examine outcomes
- Provide technical assistance and training to administrators, practitioners, families, and community leaders.
Working in collaborative partnership with leaders, policy makers and legislators, we address issues facing children, youth and families and strive to improve the quality of public human services programs across the United States.
Download a printable program that provides a complete summary of our strategic vision, history, examples of our scope of work, as well as our team.
