UNO Partners With Project Harmony to Create New Graduate Degree Program

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is excited to announce it has partnered with three organizations to create a graduate degree program and provide free tuition to a group of child welfare employees. UNO’s Grace Abbott School of Social Work has teamed with Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as well as nonprofits Project Harmony (ProjectHarmony.com) and Nebraska Families Collaborative to create the Child Welfare Cohort, which provides a tuition-free, partially-online master’s degree program specifically for employees working in child welfare. The school offers five different degrees, including a Bachelor of Science in Social Work, a Master of Social Work degree and three dual master’s degree programs pairing social work with criminology and criminal justice, public administration and public health.

“Connections is a program of Project Harmony that matches children and families in need with community mental health providers,” says Dr. Debra Anderson, Project Harmony’s Director of Connections. “Through the generosity of Ruth and Bill Scott, we are able to offer graduate education to our employees, address the need for a well-trained work force, and ensure quality mental health services to children and families.”

Project Harmony (ProjectHarmony.com) is a nonprofit, community-based organization in Omaha, NE that has served more than 26,000 children during the past 20 years by providing a child friendly environment in which specially-trained professionals work together to assess, investigate, and resolve child abuse cases.

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