Reps. Andrea Salinas (D-OR) and Marc Molinaro (R-NY) on September 12 introduced legislation to help grow the nation's mental health and behavioral workforce to address a mental health and substance use disorder crisis. The Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery...
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Bill introduced to grow nation’s mental health and behavioral workforce
STAR Act would create student scholarship
Unfortunately, mass shootings are small part of the America’s larger gun violence problem | NASW Member Voices
These catastrophes have now become commonplace. During 2022, there have been 617 mass shootings.
NASW Ohio Chapter demands legislature drop bill that would let other professions become licensed social workers
The National Association of Social Workers Ohio Chapter (NASW Ohio) is demanding the state legislature not pass legislation that could seriously harm thousands of Ohioans who are experiencing mental health struggles. The Ohio Senate on Nov. 30 amended Substitute HB...
Eliminating Racism Becomes 13th Challenge as Initiative Evolves | Social Work Advocates Magazine
Here are some of the featured stories in the October – November 2022 issue of Social Work Advocates magazine.
Democratic Coalition that delivered Midterm Elections Successes Must Stay Intact for 2024 | NASW Member Voices
The true takeaway is that many Americans made an affirmative statement with their vote. They affirmed that they will not passively allow out of control autocrats and White supremacists to destroy 244 years of a flawed but mostly successful experiment in democracy called America.
Biden Administration should eliminate, not expand, Title 42 to prevent further harm to migrant children
By Hannah LiuImmigration and Immigrant Families team, Center for Law and Social PolicyFor more than two years, children and families fleeing danger have been turned away at the U.S.-Mexico border without a chance to seek asylum under a misguided policy called Title...
Will America be America Again? | NASW Member Voices
We are social workers, and we labor in a world of brokenness. We are surrounded by so much death, which makes me question my social work practices.