Philadelphia’s Ten Year Plan: A Working Model to End Homelessness Tuesday, November 08, 2011 NASW Social Worker Members Can Register Now 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET Credit Hours: 1 CEU(s) In 2005, the city of Philadelphia and partners completed the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness: Creating Homes, Strengthening Communities, and Improving Systems. This webinar will discuss the planning process, the data analysis and... 

Please join the Center for American Progress, the Family Equality Council, and the Movement Advancement Project for a special presentation: All Children Matter: How Legal and Social Inequalities Hurt LGBT Families October 25, 2011, 10:00am – 12:00pm Introduction: Winnie Stachelberg, Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Center for American Progress Opening remarks: Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland... 

Social Work Webinar Lunchtime Series Social Workers and Family Law Issues for Same-Sex Couples Tuesday, October 04, 2011 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET Credit Hours: 1.5 CEU(s) This presentation will review the fast-changing area of family law as it pertains to social workers who provide services to gay and lesbian couples who are thinking of marriage, planning a family or raising children. It will review state laws... 

NASW Professional Education and Training Center Social Workers helping children and families may be interested in these courses being offered: •Couples in Crisis: Strategies for High Conflict Relationships •Families in Crisis: Strategies for Defusing, Defining & Problem Solving •Attachment & Trauma in Children & Families: The Latest Prevention, Assessment & Treatment Strategies Visit http://nasw.inreachce.com... 

NASW Professional Education and Training Center It is a new school year, School Social Workers may be interested in these courses being offered: •Resolving Chronic Misbehavior at School and Home •Bullying: 10 Key Coping Skills To Bully-Proof Your Client •Difficult & Defiant Adolescents: 70 High-Impact Strategies & Techniques Visit http://nasw.inreachce.com to view the NASW Professional Education and Training... 

Let us know what keywords you use when you are searching out information on your social work practice area. We are looking for keywords in these practice areas: administration/supervision, aging, ATOD, child welfare, children and families, courts, health, mental health, private practice, school social work and social justice/advocacy.  Read More →

On Monday, July 25, NASW staff attended a congressional briefing on Strengthening the Rights of Older People held at the Dirksen Senate Building.  The Briefing was led by the International Federation on Ageing in collaboration with the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People and hosted by the Senate Committee on Aging.  Speakers called for recognition of the rights of older people at the family, community, and... 

NASW, in collaboration with the PEPFAR Orphans and Vulnerable Children Technical Working Group and other key stakeholders, was asked by USAID to help convene a conference focusing on strategies to strengthen the social welfare workforce in Africa with the aim of improving the well-being and welfare of children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. Click here to see the conference report.  Read More →

The 2010 Affordable Care Act created a new category of health care provider – the accountable care organization (ACO).  ACOs represent a paradigm shift from traditional fee-for-service health care.  These organizations will receive financial incentives to improve the coordination and quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries, while reducing costs.  The emergence of ACOs reflects the health care industry’s shift... 

The National Institute of Senior Centers announces its twentieth annual Research Award to recognize outstanding research in the senior center field. Submission deadline is by close of business day Friday, May 27, 2011. Only research published after January 1, 2009-including journal articles, dissertations, books, and other research documents — pertaining to the administration, operation, or programming of senior...