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...
STAR Act would create student scholarship
The National Association of Social Workers supports National Voter Registration Day on September 22. More than six million Americans did not vote in 2008 because they missed registration deadlines or did not know how to register to vote. On September 22 volunteers,...
The National Association of Social Workers has joined a coalition of 2,500 national, state and local organizations that are protesting Congressional budget cuts in nondefense discretionary programs. NDD-funded programs benefit millions of Americans, providing...
Social workers play a key role in suicide prevention. As the nation commemorates National Suicide Prevention Week (September 7-13) the National Association of Social Workers talked to three of its members about why the language people use regarding suicide is so...
Julian Bond, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement, passed away on Aug. 15. Ironically, Bond died less than 10 days after the 50th Anniversary of the Voters Rights Act. Bond fought for voting rights from the time he emerged as a national figure during the mid 1960's...
After the mass shooting on June 19 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) issued a statement saying it would support initiatives to end racism in our nation, enact sensible gun control...
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) applauds the U.S. Supreme Court for a ruling today that clears the way for same-sex couples to marry in all 50 states. In a 5-4 majority opinion written by Justice Kennedy in Obergerfell v. Hodges, the court held that...