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
A coalition of states led by California and the U.S. House of Representatives have stepped in to defend the ACA, as the Trump Administration has declined to do.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 4 will begin hearing arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia concerning the rights of gays and lesbians to foster children. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and several other child welfare/adoption organizations,...
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) officials joined a Joe Biden for President Campaign Zoom Call campaign fundraiser event on Oct. 29. NASW CEO Angelo McClain, NASW Deputy Director of Programs Anna Mangum, and Director of Public Policy Sarah Butts took part...
October 23, 2020 About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the...
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today voted to confirm of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court and advance it to the full Senate for a floor vote. It is almost assured that the Senate will vote in her favor. The National Association of Social Workers...
By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBANational Association of Social Workers Human Rights and Social Justice ConsultantNominating a candidate for a lifetime appointment to this nation’s highest court during this electoral period undermines the democratic process. With polls showing...