By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor In a sweeping and provocative move, President Donald Trump initiated a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department in August 2025, citing a “crime emergency” -despite data showing a significant drop...
Public safety is not improved by the military, but a well-funded social safety net
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, which recognizes the importance of families, providers, and communities working together to strengthen families to prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment. Social workers are play a key role in supporting families...
The case is a class action on behalf of public school students in South Carolina and the Carolina Youth Action Project, challenging South Carolina’s “disturbing schools” and “disorderly conduct” laws.
NASW’s Texas Chapter released a statement and NASW’s national office released a statement in support of transgender youth and their families.
The ACLU requested a temporary restraining order in district court to prevent Texas DCPS from conducting a child abuse investigation on a family who sought gender affirming health care for their trans child.
Here are some organizations offering relief to Ukrainian refugees.
A message from National Association of Social Workers (NASW) President Mildred "Mit" Joyner "NASW condemns Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s direction of the Department of Family and Protective Services to implement Attorney General Ken Paxton’s opinion and to actually treat...