By NASW Public Policy Associate Rachel Boyer, MSW, LMSW The 119th Congress is considering passage of an agenda proposed by President Trump to extend and expand tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals. Currently, that looks like strip-mining health care and...
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NASW Virtual Congressional Advocacy Day By Lee Westgate, MSW, MBA, LCSW-C NASW Manager of Policy and AdvocacySocial work is sometimes divided into two seemingly disparate worlds: policy and practice. In truth, these are not separate domains. Sound social policy is...
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorThe U.S. District Court in Houston on July 16 issued a decision that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program is unlawful, thereby partially halting it. The decision declaring DACA unlawful is based...
NASW on July 7, 2021, co-hosted an exclusive executive briefing with the White House which brought together key Biden-Harris Administration officials and social work leaders.
By Sam Hickman, MSWExecutive Director of the National Association of Social Workers West Virginia Chapter The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) West Virginia Chapter, and the other state advocacy groups, are cognizant of our state’s unique position in...
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorJust days after the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021(MORE Act) was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Amazon, the nation’s second largest private employer, announced it...
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the rest of the Civil Rights and Social Justice community should be elated that the nation now has a seasoned and committed head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights division. On June 25th, the Senate...