By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorHaiti on Aug. 14 was hit with a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 12,000. The true scope of the disaster is unknown and the death toll will likely rise in coming...
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorHaiti on Aug. 14 was hit with a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 12,000. The true scope of the disaster is unknown and the death toll will likely rise in coming...
NASW Submits Recommendations on EHB On January 31, NASW sent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recommendations to strengthen the Essential Health Benefits (EHB). NASW made a strong appeal for a comprehensive, uniform set of national health benefits, and...
The minimum wage is typically regarded as gender neutral, but there’s another aspect to this issue: workers whose tips are part of their overall compensation. From that point of view, women are doing considerably worse than men. The federal minimum wage for tipped...
A recent Op-Ed in the NY Daily News, “When social work is a felony” paints a fearful and distorted picture of an issue NASW-NYS has dedicated a considerable amount of energy and resources, in conjunction with the NYS Education Department- Office of the Professions,...
The White House Champions of Change program highlights the stories and examples of citizens across the country that represents President Obama’s vision of out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building the rest of the world through projects and initiatives that moves...
NASW rejoices in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling striking the California Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional in Perry v. Brown, available at http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/opinions/. Read NASW’s amicus brief, coordinated by the NASW...
In December 2011, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued a bulletin on the Essential Health Benefits (EHB), an important component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see 12/21/11 blog posting). This week, NASW submitted its comments...