Social Work in the News - January 30, 2008

Molina’s skid row crusade
Los Angeles Times - CA
Los Angeles county social workers said 3-month-old Mikeal Wah-hab looked well-fed, healthy and safe when they examined him at a skid row mission. …

Interaction groups to reach more families
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign, IL
“We feel like families don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from a group like this,” said Laura Swinford, a licensed clinical social worker and program …

Social worker decries increasing number of street children
The Tide - Port Harcourt, Niger Delta, Nigeria
A social worker, Rev. Dele George has urged the various tiers of government to evolve a mechanism for the rehabilitation of street children in Nigeria. …

Hazardous waste causing trouble on East side
UT The Daily Texan - Austin, TX
The UT School of Social Work and the Center for Social Work Research hosted the first of a series of open seminars highlighting issues of health disparity …

McCorkle ending 30-year career working with children at DFCS
The Times-Herald - Newnan, GA
Along the way, McCorkle furthered his education and training in the area of social work because he felt strongly about the department’s mission of helping …

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