The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is encouraging its members to comment on an important proposed rule to strengthen nondiscrimination protections in health programs through Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. NASW will be submitting comments and...
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Comment on proposed rule to strengthen non-discrimination protections in health programs
NASW members are encouraged to comment on an important proposed rule to strengthen nondiscrimination protections in health programs through Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
NASW Iowa statement on shooting deaths of police officers Justin Martin and Anthony “Tony” Beminio
The National Association of Social Workers Iowa Chapter (NASW Iowa) condemns the killing of two local police officers in apparent ambush-style shootings and will continue its work with police and community organizations to improve the relationship between law...
Social Workers for Hillary
The National Association of Social Worker's Political Action for Candidate Election Committee has endorsed Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. NASW has released a Social Workers For Hillary logo (social-workers-for-hillary-logo) that social workers can...
NASW supports Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest against pipeline project
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) supports the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline Process. NASW is encouraged the Obama administration has intervened and stopped construction but realizes this is a temporary pause in...
Voting Rights Update
The national elections are just over a month away. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) supports voting rights and is part of a coalition pressing Congress to restore voting rights dismantled by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. NASW is also part of a Rock the...
In aftermath of North Carolina, Oklahoma shootings NASW calls for policing reforms
National Association of Social Workers Statement on Police Shootings in North Carolina, Oklahoma: In what seems to be an unending national dilemma, the country is again grappling with the shooting deaths of black men during encounters with law enforcement officers. In...
NASW Sets Social Justice Priorities for 2017
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has set five social justice priorities to address over the next year -- voting rights, criminal justice reforms, juvenile justice, immigration reform and economic justice and equity. Within this set of social justice...