The research group closely collaborates with other research groups in the research centre and it has close ties to the (fellow) initiators of the research group: the Oranje Fonds and the NVMW. A staff member of the NVMW has been assigned to the research group, creating easy access to the social workers’ work field. The research group collaborates with the University of Utrecht and the University of Amsterdam, with a number of universities of applied sciences and research centres, such as Movisie, the Centre for Addiction Research and the Reception Service Federation. Additionally, the professor and the lecturers/researchers are on the editorial boards of the Tijdschrift voor Sociale Vraagstukken (TSS), Tijdschrift voor Sociale Interventie (TSI) and Maatwerk.