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Carol P. Renfro, M.Ed.
Heidi Brocious, PhD, MSWDepartment of Social Work
cprenfro@Alaska.
Developing Alaska’s Workforce:
19 Years of Distance Delivered Social Work
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The Alaskan Environment
• Limited road system
• 6 distinct regions
• Community
• populations 50 – 300k
• Almost all travel by small aircraft
• 229 federal recognized tribes
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UAF has 124 distance graduates (1995-2013)
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Students from all regions of Alaska are graduating with their BASW through the distance program.
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Graduates of the program are gaining employment and staying employed in Alaska in high numbers. *2013 Alaska Department of Labor graduate
snapshot
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Of all distance graduates since 1995, 57% of BASW graduates were employed in Department of Labor defined “Social Work or related” fields in the State of Alaska as of 2013.
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Finally, graduates of the distance social work program at UAF who remained working in Alaska are earning, in large part, a fair wage. (note this data includes both full and part time workers).