Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management is ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation's top three policy and human services schools. The Heller School has three premiere research and policy institutes:

• The Schneider Institute for Health Policy,
• The Institute on Assets and Social Policy, and
• The Institute on Child, Youth and Family Policy.

Each of the institutes has affiliated centers that conduct research and policy work in areas such as hunger and poverty, behavioral health, developmental disabilities (both mental and physical), health care and child development.

Through its affiliation with the Institute on Assets and Social Policy, CVS/pharmacy and the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust are able to ground their initiative, CVS Caremark All Kids Can, in the knowledge and experience of Heller School scholars and national practitioners in the field.

About The Heller School
Since its founding as Brandeis University's first professional school in 1959, The Heller School has been committed to developing new knowledge and insights in the fields of social policy and health and human services management. Through the education of students and pursuit of research, The Heller School is actively engaged in examining policies and programs that respond to the changing needs of vulnerable individuals and social groups in our society.

As a graduate school and research institution, The Heller School has pioneered in a variety of policy areas including health; mental health; substance abuse; children, youth and families; aging; international and community development; mental retardation and developmental disabilities; poverty and hunger; and work and inequalities.

The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454-9110

http://heller.brandeis.edu
http://assetinstitute.org