child welfare

Child Welfare Social Workers are Essential Workers

Child Welfare Social Workers are Essential Workers

By Maxine Benitez, Lauren Chagoya, Eileen Ching, Velma Raza-Acuna, and Jessica Varela The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world in many ways.  Since its beginnings, many individuals have been laid off or have been furloughed, due to businesses shutting down...

Child Welfare Social Workers are Essential Workers

By Maxine Benitez, Lauren Chagoya, Eileen Ching, Velma Raza-Acuna, and Jessica Varela The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world in many ways.  Since its beginnings, many individuals have been laid off or have been furloughed, due to businesses shutting down...

Take Action – "We Can Do Better" Campaign

Background The nation's child protection system is stretched too thin. From 2001-2007, 10,440 children died at the hands of their caretakers. In fact, there was a 35 percent increase in child maltreatment deaths during 2001-2007.  Unfortunately, despite the best...

Support The Child Welfare Workforce Improvement Act (S. 2837)

Take Action! S. 2837, The Child Welfare Workforce Improvement Act, was recently introduced by Senator Lincoln and aims to improve the child welfare workforce for the thousands of children and families who depend on this system every day. NASW lobbyists worked for many...

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Testimony (CAPTA)

To read the testimony click here. On November 5, 2009, NASW submitted testimony in collaboration with the National Child Abuse Coalition, Washington, D.C., to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of...

Are we all precious? On the movie “Precious”

On October 22, NASW participated in an advance screening panel for a powerful new movie called Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire.  This film chronicles the harrowing journey of an obese, abused and illiterate teenager in New York City who seeks a better...

Slumdog Millionaire hires social worker to protect child actress

A trust established by the makers of Best Picture Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire told EW via a statement today that it was looking after the welfare of the film's child stars. The statement from the Jai Ho Trust comes in the wake of reports that the father of...

Social Work in the News – January 7, 2009

Source: Google News Veterans Seek Financial Help KFDA - Amarillo, TX ... which we can help other veterans that do not meet the other benefit packages as a veteran," said Maxine Brandon, VA Hospital's Social Work Executive. ... Study: Need for standardizing creds Iowa...