Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. During the COVID-19 pandemic, social workers, like most helping professionals, ramped up quickly under intense circumstances to help individuals and families to make informed decisions about...
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![We’re Listening: Tell Us About Your Work with Clients on COVID-19 Vaccines](https://www.socialworkblog.org/wp-content/uploads/GettyImages-1362951612-1080x675.jpg)
We’re Listening: Tell Us About Your Work with Clients on COVID-19 Vaccines
Survey will help train social workers to have informed conversations with clients
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How Social Workers Can Use Words to Heal
Learn how social workers can use books, and poetry to empower clients
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Arizona House of Representatives continues to hold up Social Work Compact Bill
Bill needed to address social work shortage in the state
News
Check Out NASW Press Summer Reads and Earn CEUs Too!
NASW Press offers continuing education credits on a wide array of books via the NASW Social Work Online CE Institute. Titles range from burnout, self-care, and meditation to ethical standards in social work, digital practice, economic well-being, social...
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NASW Texas offers aid for those affected by Hurricane Beryl
Chapter also lists hurricane resources
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Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder
20 percent of patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals live with BPD
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Kudos for President Biden’s Executive Action on Mixed-Status Families and Dreamers
Decision keeps families together during permanent residency application process
Social Work Advocates Magazine
Social Workers Present at International Symposium on Elder Abuse
The Elder Mistreatment Ecosystem: Emerging Innovations and Evolving Ideas
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NASW supports Older Americans Act advocacy efforts
The Older Americans Act (OAA) funds social services and programs such as nutrition programs, family caregiver support, elder abuse prevention, and more. NASW submitted comments (bit.ly/NASW_OAA_2023comments) to the Administration for Community Living (ACL) in response...
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Prioritizing Safety: Legislation, Training Can Help Keep Social Workers Safe on the Job
By Sue Coyle In February, Lynn Stanley, LICSW, executive director of the NASW New Hampshire and Vermont chapters, testified before Vermont’s Senate Committee on Health and Welfare. Her testimony came nearly a year after a Vermont social worker—the second in eight...
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Focus on Gerontology: Managing the Aging Baby Boomers
By Peter Craig The aging baby boomer population is reaching critical mass. In 2020, according to the Census Bureau, that group numbered some 73 million—the second-largest segment of the U.S. population after Millennials—with 55.8 million of boomers, or 16.8% of the...
Advocacy
A Step Backwards for Voting Restoration for the Formerly Incarcerated
By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor The Nebraska legislature recently restored the voting rights of 7,000 people with felony convictions who have already completed their full sentences. However, two days before the law (Legislative Bill 20) was set to go into...
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NASW Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill 2024
By Rachel Boyer, MSW, LMSW Ahead of the 2024 NASW National Conference, more than 200 social workers from 36 states and one U.S. Territory attended 172 meetings with Congressional offices in both the U.S. House and Senate on June 18, 2024. The purpose of these...
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore does the right thing!
NASW praises governor for pardoning more than 175,000 people convicted of marijuana possession
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President Biden’s asylum executive order is unacceptable
Administration must continue its commitment to comprehensive immigration reform
Ethics & Law
Mental Health Groups Decry Supreme Court Decision Upholding the Criminalization People who are Unhoused
Community-based housing, mental health services are better ways to address homelessness
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In legal victory, Ohio Supreme Court extends parental rights to same-sex couples
NASW part of amicus brief that supports rights of parents in same-sex marriages
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NASW amicus brief helps lead to court ordering children removed from Louisiana Angola Prison
Despite legal victory, Louisiana has appealed ruling by Fifth Court of Appeals
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Courts Matter to Social Workers: A Call for SCOTUS Ethics Reform
The intersection of SCOTUS actions and the social welfare of marginalized Americans is unmistakable.