On March 10, 2010 NASW attended a fundraiser for the Honorable Chaka Fattah (D-PA) seeking his support for the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act (H.R.795). Representative Fattah is a Member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee and without fail, embraces the mission of social work especially social service administration to underserved populations. During the event, Representative Fattah spoke with conviction about the importance of social work to his congressional district (2nd) and the measureable outcomes due to intervention that have dramatically improved the lives of many. The Congressman also discussed his commitment to NASW’S education agenda.
Understanding Today’s Housing Crisis
By Sue Coyle More than 650,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States on one night in 2023. Those were the results of the 2023 Point-in-Time Count, an annual count of individuals experiencing both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness required by...
