By Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW When I was young, I loved a gloomy ballad sung to perfection by R&B crooner Luther Vandross. The piece had a haunting refrain which is also the title of the song, "A House is Not a Home." April is Fair Housing Month and as always it is...
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We need social workers to help fix our housing issue | NASW Member Voices
Over 50 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968, securing safe, affordable housing is still a problem.
NASW Supports Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s Plan to Hire 75 Social Workers at DHS
Salem, Oregon – Gov. Kate Brown has announced a bold plan to improve the lives of Oregon’s foster children. Gov. Brown has called on the legislature to spend $14.5 million this biennium to hire 185 new staff members at the Department of Human Services (DHS), including...
Biblio/poetry therapy used in numerous settings
By Alison Laurio, News contributor Humans understood the power of words to heal long before they could write them. The holy men of primitive peoples chanted poetry for the good of their tribes and its members. Later in human history, in the fourth millennium B.C. in...
In aftermath of school shooting, NASW Florida Chapter offers resources, action items social workers
Dear NASW Member, The National Association of Social Workers - Florida Chapter (NASW-FL) offers its heartfelt condolences to the students, staff and families of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. We share your loss and grief at the senseless...
More states consider physician-assisted death
By Alison Laurio, News contributor "Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love. Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer that has taken so much from me ... but would have taken...
NASW Illinois Chapter Statement on the death of Pamela Knight
The NASW-Illinois Chapter expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Pamela Knight. Ms. Knight died last week as a result of injuries suffered during an attack on her in September 2017 while working to protect children in her capacity as an investigator for...
NASW attends first pain care policy congress
By Paul R. Pace, News staff A key step in implementing solutions for the opioid overdose epidemic was reached in San Diego in October where days later the opioid crisis was officially declared a national public health emergency. Seventy representatives from more than...