The Military and Veterans Programs (MVP) is a center within the USC Suzanne Dworak School of Social Work that focuses on research, education, practice and policy with service members, veterans and their families. The MVP includes the USC Epstein Family Foundation Center for Veterans Policy and the Center for Innovation for Research on Military Veterans and Their Families (CIR). The USC faculty of the MVP are recognized as global and national leaders in shaping military and veteran research and policy. The MVP drives impact through the following strategic activities:

• Serve as senior level experts on global, national and local panels, committees and advisory boards.
• Bring people together to enhance collaboration, share knowledge and innovations, and increase engagement by leveraging extensive national and global networks.
• Develop innovative theoretical and conceptual frameworks for the testing of and application to the experiences of military populations.
• Conduct truly innovative and pioneering research to provide evidence to support leap-ahead knowledge and understanding of the experiences of service members and veterans.
• Translate and disseminate scientific findings for policy and practice changes at the local, state, and national levels.
• Educate and train the next generation of experts focused on service members, veterans and their families.
• Build deep, trusting and lasting relationships with local, state and national policy makers.