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NASW Updates on Hurricane Harvey and Irma

NASW Updates on Hurricane Harvey and Irma

NASW TEXAS CHAPTER: In accordance with section 418.016 of the Texas Government Code, the Office of the Governor temporarily suspends all necessary statutes and rules to allow health care providers employed by a hospital and licensed and in good standing in another...

NASW seeking experts to serve on policy review panels

NASW seeking experts to serve on policy review panels

More than 100 social workers participated on expert panels to revise and/or develop 25 NASW policy statements over the last two years. These statements were recently voted on and approved by the National Association of Social Workers' (NASW) key policymaking body, the...

NASW Ohio Chapter: Alleged Facebook killer is not a Social Worker

NASW Ohio Chapter: Alleged Facebook killer is not a Social Worker

We are deeply troubled by the killing of Robert Godwin, Sr. in Cleveland and extend our heartfelt condolences to his family. We're now hearing that local news media have referred to the shooter, Steve Stephens, as a social worker. While Stephens is a case worker at...

Read Metari Garza’s Social Work Month Poem “Stand Up”

Read Metari Garza’s Social Work Month Poem “Stand Up”

Social Worker Metari Garza has been serving veterans for seven years. She is also a writer of poetry and a spoken word artist. During Social Work Month Garza, LCSW, CCM, shared her poem "Stand Up" with other staff at the VA North Texas Health Care System. The chief of...