ABSTRACT

This article chronicles the development and implementation of the John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Social Work Initiative–a grantmaking program with total funding of $22 million, as of December, 2001. The Foundation aims to improve the care of older adults by increasing the capacity of social workers to care for them. The article describes a variety of grants to improve the gerontological training of future social workers. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: < https://www.HaworthPress.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.HaworthPress.com > © 2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]