How do housing voucher recipients navigate stigma during their housing search? Check out Rachel Engel and colleagues' exploration of recipient experiences and potential policy feedback in our September issue! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

📣 Our September issue is live! This issue’s free article, by Melanie Nadon, explores how place shapes street-level decision-making in child welfare investigations and ultimately affects outcomes for families. @mnadon.bsky.social 🔗 Read it here! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

How does credit-related economic precarity impact families? New research by Trisha Chanda and colleagues links "debt strain" to higher risk of CPS involvement - especially for child neglect. Read now in our September issue 👇 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

📣 Reminder: Call for Papers! The Next 100 Years: Reflections on the Centennial of SSR Abstracts due by September 15. Submit via the SSR Editorial Manager page: www.editorialmanager.com/ucp-ssr/defa...

Read in our September issue! Timothy Black and colleagues explore how "legal temporal obligations" act as hidden barriers to reentry and employment for those completing community supervision, extending the carceral experience beyond prison walls. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Check out our June issue! A longitudinal study shows Child Development Accounts (CDAs) can raise parents’ educational expectations and increase college preparation. CDAs may be a powerful tool for reducing education gaps. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Check out this Imprint feature of Katherine Gibson's important research, including a mention of her SSR article from 2023!

Call for papers! *The Next 100 Years: Reflections on the Centennial of SSR* To celebrate 100 years of SSR in 2026, the journal will publish a collection of thought-provoking papers exploring the history, current state, and future of social work and social welfare. Abstracts due September 15!

U.S. children increasingly live in households with grandparents, yet most safety net programs still assume a “traditional” family structure. In our June issue, Lawrence M. Berger and colleagues examine SSA use in multigenerational households. Read now! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

As U.S. schools grapple with how to support immigrant students, Benjamin Roth and Leticia Villarreal Sosa examine how school social workers address the needs of undocumented students through the concept of “reciprocal legibility.” www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Check out the free-to-read article in our June issue! Buyi Wang and colleagues examine the benefits and costs of paid parental leave in the U.S. 📖 Read now! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

As the Trump administration challenges birthright citizenship in the Supreme Court and enforces selective refugee admissions, revisit Odessa Gonzalez Benson’s 2023 article on human rights and neoliberal citizenship in U.S. refugee policy discourse. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

New article ahead of print! Read Matthew Clair and colleagues' latest article -- Spatial Burdens of State Institutions: The Case of Criminal Courthouses How does space shape access to state institutions and deepen inequality? www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The 2025 Frank R. Breul Memorial Prize was awarded to Kristen Brock-Petroshius for her article “Race Talk to Change Carceral Attitudes: A Field Experiment on Deep Canvass Organizing." Read it for free in our December 2024 issue! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Don’t miss out! Sign up for our Writing Great Book Reviews webinar next Tuesday at 1pm CDT. Join former SSR editorial assistant, Matthew Borus, PhD, as he shares expert tips on crafting standout book reviews for journals. REGISTER NOW! uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Check out Jill Hoiting and colleagues' article in our latest issue! They explore how Pre-K expansions have shaped child care supply in Wisconsin and discuss implications for early care and education policy. 🔗 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

This is going to be a great event, particularly for early career folks. Everyone is welcome!

Join us April 8 at 1pm CT for our Writing Great Book Reviews workshop! Have you ever been invited to review a book for a journal, but felt unsure of how to proceed? This webinar will offer tips on how to craft effective, insightful reviews. Register here: uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In our latest March 2025 issue, Kitty Stewart and colleagues examine the effects of the UK's "two-child limit" policy on labor market engagement and family well-being. 📖 Read for free now! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

🚨 New Issue Alert 🚨 The March 2025 issue is live and available online now! Check out the latest articles covering: Child Benefits in the UK Antidrug Social Work in China Pre-K Expansion in Wisconsin And more! Explore the full issue today: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ssr/curr...

We’re excited to share a recent op-ed from Bruce Fuller, building on findings from an article in our current issue on who benefited from the expanded child tax credit. Check it out now! www.baltimoresun.com/2025/02/06/t...

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 Bruel Prize for the best paper published in SSR: Kristen Brock-Petroshius (@4heartsnminds.bsky.social) for her article “Race Talk to Change Carceral Attitudes: A Field Experiment on Deep Canvass Organizing.” www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ssr...

🚨Introducing SSR Special Collections! What is a special collection? It is a curated selection of articles, chosen by a guest editor(s), that showcase work published in SSR on a specific topic. All articles chosen are free to read for 6 months! www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ssr...

Check out this great new paper, free to read in our December issue! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

This year's SSWR conference was full of great research, and we know that there’s even more excellent work that didn’t get in. As you think about where to submit those papers, consider SSR! We've published thought-provoking original research for over 95 years.

Want a copy of SSR? Maybe some fabulous merch, like an SSR pen? Swing by the UChicago Press display in the exhibition space!

As #SSWR2024 begins, we wanted to flag these two sessions with our editor, Jennifer Mosley (@jenmosley.bsky.social), on Thursday at 3:15 and Friday at 5:30. Hope to see you there!

As #SSWR2024 begins, we wanted to flag these two sessions with our editor, Jennifer Mosley (@jenmosley.bsky.social), on Thursday at 3:15 and Friday at 5:30. Hope to see you there!

Today, December 20th, is Games Day! In honor of the occasion, take a look at this 1970 SSR article on the functions of games and why they are meaningful to cultural life. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Looking forward to seeing everyone and sharing tips about success in publishing at @socservreview.bsky.social!

Going to SSWR? Mark your calendar now for 2 sessions with SSR Editor @jenmosley.bsky.social. Thursday, 3:15: Invited Journal Editors Workshop, Marquis Ballroom Salon 12 Friday, 5:30: How Are Social Work Journals Advancing Social Justice & Scholarship in Changing Times? Marquis Ballroom Salon 8

In our current issue, John Mathias, Amy Krings, & Samantha Teixeira examine the logics undergirding efforts to advance environmental social work. They argue that environmental justice offers the best paradigm for adhering to social work ethics. Read it at www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Today is International Volunteer Day! Check out this 2020 article in SSR that studies how volunteering in the US has changed over time.

Well, this is a lovely affirmation to start the workweek! Thank you @socservreview.bsky.social ! We always check each issue for the open-access articles, which are shared widely and read widely among our staff!

How do undocumented residents navigate the contradiction of being counted by a government committed to their forced removal? That's what Hannah Obertino-Norwood and Angela Garcia ask in a study of how Chicagoans responded to the 2020 Census. Read more at www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

While SSR is an academic journal, part of our mission is to inform and engage with social work practice. So we're thrilled when groups like NLEN read and share our work!

We’d love to build up this account as an alternative to Twitter. If you know academics or practitioners who might be interested, please spread the word!

The prize pays tribute to Professor Frank R. Breul’s career as an educator, administrator, and editor of SSR. The Breul Prize is awarded annually for article judged by the editor, after seeking input from the editorial board, to be the best published in SSR in the preceding year. Congratulations!

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Bruel Prize: Jessica Pac, Sophie Collyer, Lawrence Berger, Kirk O’Brien, Elizabeth Parker, Peter Pecora, Whitney Rostad, Jane Waldfogel, and Christopher Wimer. Their winning article is linked below, with open access.

When cash assistance programs offer more adequate levels of support, how does that impact the demand for predatory payday lenders? That's what Megan Doherty Bea, Mariana Amorim, and Terri Friedline ask in our current issue. Read about their findings at www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Social Service Review is proud to welcome four new members to our External Review Board: Alejandra Ros Pilarz, Zach Parolin (@zparolin.bsky.social), Odessa Gonzalez Benson, and Abigail Williams-Butler. We're excited to work with all of you!

#SocialWork colleagues! Are you at #CSWE23? Surrounded by great ideas and thinking about the next article you'll write? When you're ready, consider submitting to us at Social Service Review! Information for authors is at the link. #APM23

Does public housing provide greater protection from eviction than the private housing market? That's what an OPEN-ACCESS article in our current issue sought to find out, with a study of two housing authorities in Ohio. Check it out at www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

As we reach the end of our first full week on BlueSky, the SSR team wants to take a moment to thank our new followers on here. And we ask that you please spread the word. Building up a new network on here takes time, but we're confident that it can be done. Please let colleagues know we're here!

An *open-access* article in our current issue draws on qualitative interview data from three states to understand the impact and experience of eviction moratoria earlier in the pandemic, and how racism may have shaped policy effects. Read more at www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Can we schedule posts here? Doesn't look that way... So stay tuned tomorrow for a post of an open-access article from our current issue, about experiences of eviction moratoria earlier in the pandemic.

Now that we're here, it seems like a good time to share some content--like our new issue, published in September! Five articles, two of which are open-access. A couple of great book reviews as well! Check it out at the link below.

To introduce ourselves (and tag relevant feeds)... Social Service Review is an academic journal of social welfare research--the oldest in the US. Our authors hail from a range of disciplines: #socialwork, #sociology, political science, econ, history, policy, and more. 🌐📈

Social Service Review has joined BlueSky! If you are looking for innovative and rigorous research on social issues, social welfare policy, administration, or practice, please give us a follow. More to come!