By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW This year marks the second anniversary of the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. The former police officer responded to a call that a customer was suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy a pack of cigarettes...
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The Power to Take Life | NASW Member Voices
This year marks the second anniversary of the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
NASW Strongly Condemns Recent Police Misconduct
Two recent incidents of apparent police misconduct have received national attention that NASW finds to be deeply problematic.
Social Worker appointed to CDC’s Community Preventive Services Task Force
Social worker Michael Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH, has been appointed to the Centers for Disease Control's Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) for a five year-year term starting in 2022. Lindsey is executive director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty...
Bill to reduce suicides in rural areas passes Congress
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is thrilled that the Seeding Rural Resilience Act, which we endorsed, has passed Congress and will go to the President's desk for signature. The bill is crucial in reducing the high rate of rural suicides. NASW is...
President-Elect Biden chooses Social Worker Meg Kabat to lead VA transition
President-Elect Joe Biden has tapped social worker Meg Kabat to lead his administration's transition at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to an article in MeriTalk. Kabat, LCSW-C, CCM, is currently a senior director at the Atlas Group consultant...
NASW joins physician and health care provider groups in protesting new final 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has joined other organizations in criticizing the final 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services failed to provide relief from a significant shift in physician and...
Election 2020: Wins All Around!
December 1, 2020 About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the...