By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA America, seemingly suddenly, finds itself in the middle of the most existentially threatening crisis of racism and intolerance since the events leading up to and including the Civil War. As was the case over 160 years ago, the present-day...
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Worsening Systemic Intolerance is an Existential Threat to our Nation | NASW Member Voices
By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA America, seemingly suddenly, finds itself in the middle of the most existentially threatening crisis of racism and intolerance since the events leading up to and including the Civil War. As was the case over 160 years ago, the present-day...
NASW Staff Attends Hearing on Capitol Hill Examining Failed Implementation of PSLF Program
By Dina Kastner On Thursday, September 19, staff from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), attended an oversight hearing on implementation of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Held by the House Education and Labor, Higher Education and...
Act Now to Increase Social Work Reimbursement!
Thank you for your outreach last week to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding their proposed cuts in reimbursement for clinical social workers (CSWs) participating in Medicare. More than 6,000 advocates contacted CMS and expressed their...
NASW Opposes Changes in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
By NASW Director Public Policy Sarah Christa Butts, LMSW Given the social work professions’ values and primary mission to enhance human wellbeing and help meet basic human needs, especially of people who are vulnerable and living in poverty, the National Association...
Voice your opposition now to stop Social Worker payment cuts!
September 25, 2019 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed two reductions in reimbursement for clinical social workers (CSWs) who are Medicare providers. These proposed cuts include a four percent cut in 2020 for code revisions or a seven...
NASW Attends White House Meeting on Veterans’ Suicide
By Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH NASW was invited to participate in a meeting last Friday, Aug. 23, at the White House to discuss the President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS) initiative. NASW Chief Executive Officer Angelo...
For NASW official, Trump’s comments draw uncomfortable parallels to white supremacist leader
By Maxine Thome, LMSW, PhD, MPHExecutive Director, NASW Michigan ChapterI want to share with you an experience I had while working on my MSW at Michigan State University in the early 1970s. Another social work student asked me if I would go with her to interview...