The GSSW has a long-standing commitment of providing professional supports to the Greater Houston community.
Faculty members serve on a number of area agency boards and committees.
The school also sponsors a variety of ongoing non-academic projects including the Annual Futures Conference, Core, OCP, and the Social Work Learning Center. Since 1986, the annual Futures Conference provides social work practitioners and educators opportunities to explore current issues impacting the social welfare community. A significant conference outcome is to explore and identify possible strategies to strengthen the graduate social work education and linkages between educators and practitioners. First organized in 1993, Core promotes multidisciplinary collaborative partnerships among university researchers and community leaders to support organizations in learning how to plan and manage in the public and nonprofit sector human service organizations. Protective Services Training Institute coordinates statewide training opportunities for CPS Center for Youth Service Professionals is a creative partnership with American Humanics to prepare undergraduates for careers in nonprofit management.