By Courteney Stuart The COVID-19 pandemic cast a dark cloud across children’s lives, interrupting education and socialization. For the poorest families in the U.S., however, there was a silver lining. The unprecedented global crisis created the political will to...
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Unprecedented Experiment: Pandemic Initiatives Provide Roadmap to Ending U.S. Child Poverty
By Courteney Stuart The COVID-19 pandemic cast a dark cloud across children’s lives, interrupting education and socialization. For the poorest families in the U.S., however, there was a silver lining. The unprecedented global crisis created the political will to...
Therapist Turns Game-Creation Hobby Into Full-Time Business
Jessica Marcrum, MSW, LSW, has put her private practice on hold as she focuses on building her tabletop game-design hobby into a business.
Palliative Care: Social Workers Help Ensure Patients Have Access, Find Satisfaction
Social workers play an important role in health care, even more so as health care services become increasingly integrated.
American Epidemic: From First Response to Research, Social Workers Tackle Gun Violence
When Brenda Mitchell’s 31-year-old son Kenneth was gunned down in 2005, she took on the role of raising his three young children amid her own devastation.
Library Social Work: Meeting People Where They Are
Libraries represent an opportunity to place social workers with a full range of skills in proximity to people in need of social services.
ChatGPT and Social Work: Be Excited, Curious, and Skeptical
Social work, welcome to the new world with ChatGPT.
Social Emotional Learning Model Prioritizes Critical Components for Student Mental Health
Social workers and teachers need cultural competencies to help end the school-to-prison pipeline for students of color, says Shawntelle L. Fisher, MSW, MDiv, LCSW.