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Maximizing Mission-Driven Profits

Maximizing Mission-Driven Profits

By Sekou "Koe" Murphy, MBA, BBA What are mission-driven profits? It simply means that an organization doesn’t generate profits for profits’ sake, but those profits are generated for a higher ideal. Such as being used to expand services to the needy, invest in its...

Social Work Organizations Oppose Efforts to Repeal Affordable Care Act

Social Work Organizations Oppose Efforts to Repeal Affordable Care Act

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) transformed our health care system and extended health insurance coverage to over 20 million individuals. Steps are in place to undo the progress we have made. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and...

Social Work Photos from Women’s Marches Around the Nation

Social Work Photos from Women’s Marches Around the Nation

Hundreds of National Association of Social Workers members attended the Women's March on Washington on Jan. 21, 2017, and companion marches around the nation. Some wanted to share photos from the event. Here they are:              ...

North Carolina social workers get positive outcome in Piro v. McKeever

North Carolina social workers get positive outcome in Piro v. McKeever

A recent court decision issued by the North Carolina Supreme Court is a positive outcome for social workers in North Carolina. In Piro v. McKeever, Ms. McKeever, LCSW, fulfilled her duty to report suspected child abuse when she reported sexual abuse allegations to...

Women’s March on Washington Recollections

Women’s March on Washington Recollections

National Association of  Social Workers Senior Field Organizer Dina Kastner, MSS, MLSP, helped bring hundreds of NASW members to Washington, D.C. for the Women's March on Washington on January 21. She decided to write about her experiences: On Saturday, January 21,...