By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor President Trump's recent executive order (EO) on homelessness, which seeks to forcibly remove unhoused individuals from public spaces and redirect them into institutional treatment, represents a troubling shift away from...
Action is a giant step backwards regarding policies and treatment of unhoused people living with a mental illness
[Updated Below] The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has joined as an official partner of the Poor People's Campaign (PPC). The guiding principles of the PPC include a commitment to the preservation of democracy, to lifting up and deepening the leadership...
NASW supported student survivor Mackenzie Brown, who seeks to hold the University of Arizona responsible for its failure to address sex-based harassment under Title IX.
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.
Join us for a Virtual Congressional briefing on the School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act (H.R. 7037). The legislation recognizes the critical need for more school social workers to help improve student success. WHEN: Wednesday, March 30 from 11 to noon...
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.