Jeane Anastas, PhD, LMSW, NASW President Social work is a re-emerging profession in Tanzania, which is in East Africa, and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is lending a hand. Through the NASW Foundation’s Social Workers Across Nations (SWAN) initiative, NASW partners with social work associations overseas to help them develop as organizations, so they in turn can develop social work and social welfare... 

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 101 – Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Choose the following dates for an Interactive Conference Call Discussing the Benefits and Provisions of the Affordable Care Act:  • Tuesday, August 23, at 8 pm ET • Wednesday, August 31, at 12:30 pm ET • Wednesday, September 14, at 12:30 pm ET The Affordable Care Act expands... 

NASW Professional Education and Training Center Social Workers helping children and families may be interested in these courses being offered: •Couples in Crisis: Strategies for High Conflict Relationships •Families in Crisis: Strategies for Defusing, Defining & Problem Solving •Attachment & Trauma in Children & Families: The Latest Prevention, Assessment & Treatment Strategies Visit http://nasw.inreachce.com... 

NASW Professional Education and Training Center It is a new school year, School Social Workers may be interested in these courses being offered: •Resolving Chronic Misbehavior at School and Home •Bullying: 10 Key Coping Skills To Bully-Proof Your Client •Difficult & Defiant Adolescents: 70 High-Impact Strategies & Techniques Visit http://nasw.inreachce.com to view the NASW Professional Education and Training... 

Congressional leadership has made their selections for the Super Committee created by the Budget Control Act (the debt limit legislation). The co-chairs of the Committee will be Senator Patty Murray and Representative Jeb Hensarling. The Senators on the Committee will be Max Baucus, John Kerry, Jon Kyl, Pat Toomey and Rob Portman and the Representatives will be Dave Camp, Fred Upton, James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra, and... 

9/11 Day of Service Announcement Mental Health Professionals:  Help our Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Combat the Psychological and Emotional Effects of War Give an Hour™ is joining with Points of Light and the HandsOn Network and partnering with the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the National Association of Social... 

The U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with United Way Worldwide, National PTA, SEDL, and the Harvard Family Research Project, is seeking participants for its webinar entitled, “Achieving Excellence and Innovation in Family, School, and Community Engagement”  on August 18, 2011, from 2-3:30 p.m. This webinar will highlight promising approaches for evaluating family engagement strategies, address challenges... 

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The United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals, on July 6, 2011, upheld a ruling that the federal government cannot force HIV/AIDS-prevention grant recipients to certify their agreement with the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act’s anti-prostitution statement.   Often referred to as the “anti-prostitution pledge,” it reads: ‘No funds made available to carry out this Act...