The collaboration on site involves the clinical experiences of the upper undergraduate and graduate level students from a number of disciplines who provide services directly to the community.
Schools participate in specific projects with university faculty and students.
The program began in 1986. As part of the training grant provided to the program, all students involved in social, health, and human service programs do internships in public and private agencies related to children and families. With funding from OCD, the Program has developed a policy and evaluation office. The office conducts evaluations of a number of community projects and serves as a consulting source for agencies on evaluation. The program has conducted self-evaluations and made programmatic changes based upon these evaluations.