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Ask your Senators to Restore Funding for the HIV/AIDS and Mental Health...
Mental health services are an important pre-requisite for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. The mental health practitioner’s role has become more meaningful as the complexities surrounding treatment...
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Join Veterans Affairs #BeThere Campaign during Suicide Prevention Month in...
Photo courtesy of the Department of Veterans Affairs. September is National Suicide Prevention Month. The Department of Veterans Affairs, one of the largest employers of social workers, this month is...
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NASW ALERT: Act Now! Urge Senate to Vote No on Affordable Care Act Repeal
Sen. Lindsay Graham (left) and Sen. William Cassidy introduce the bill. Photo courtesy of Politico. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised a vote next week to repeal the Affordable Care...
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Statement: NASW Nevada Chapter will work to meet challenges in aftermath of...
Concert goers flee shooting in Las Vegas. Photo courtesy of Slate.com. Our nation grieves after yet another horrific mass shooting. This one has occurred close to home at an outdoor concert on our Las...
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The Affordable Care Act open enrollment period is shortened. Please share...
Photo courtesy of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The open enrollment period for the health insurance marketplace is significantly shorter this year — from November 1 to December 15, 2017....
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Pennsylvania Social Worker pushing initiative to recognize the value of...
Social worker Rufus Sylvester Lynch is working to ensure fathers get more support to be involved with their children. Social worker Rufus Sylvester Lynch says one out of three children in our nation...
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NASW closely monitoring President Trump’s actions to undermine health...
President Trump signs executive order to stop payments on health care subsidies. Photo courtesy of AP. Last week, President Trump took steps to further undermine the health security of millions of...
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NASW STATEMENT: Legislation, policies needed to prevent and end culture of...
Photo courtesy of ThinkStock. The United States over the past few weeks has been engaged in a national discussion stemming from accusations about sexual harassment and sexual assault against women....
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NASW joins nation’s leading researchers on aging, work and family issues in...
During National Family Caregivers Month in November the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is joining the nation’s leading researchers on aging, work and family issues to send a...
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In aftermath of church mass shooting, NASW calls for sensible gun control...
ThinkStock WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation once again is grieving over the deaths of innocent people in a mass shooting. Last Sunday 26 churchgoers from the small Texas town of Sutherland Springs were...
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NASW welcomes introduction of International Violence Against Women Act
STATEMENT: The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has joined other members of the Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls Globally to welcome the introduction of the International...
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On World AIDS Day, NASW again says it is committed to preventing new...
The theme for World Aids Day 2017 on December 1 will be “Increasing Impact through Transparency, Accountability, and Partnerships.” In elaborating on the theme Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, the U.S....
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Call Congress today to stop the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act!
Photo from Thinkstock. On December 2 the Senate passed its version of H.R. 1: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (51 Republicans voted in favor, while all Senate Democrats and Republican Senator Bob Corker (R-TN)...
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NASW files amicus brief in same-sex marriage cake case, supports legal...
Thinkstock The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) partnered with the American Psychological Association on the amicus brief in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission....
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Women’s March Witness: “It was immediately clear the participants had a sense...
March participants gather in front of the White House. Photo by Mel Wilson. Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA, social justice and human rights manager at the National Association of Social Workers, attended the...
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New study shows large number of children exposed to alcohol before birth
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is a partner with the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) on a campaign to raise awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and...
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NASW Illinois Chapter Statement on the death of Pamela Knight
Pamela Knight The NASW-Illinois Chapter expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Pamela Knight. Ms. Knight died last week as a result of injuries suffered during an attack on her in September...
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In aftermath of school shooting, NASW Florida Chapter offers resources,...
Thinkstock Dear NASW Member, The National Association of Social Workers – Florida Chapter (NASW-FL) offers its heartfelt condolences to the students, staff and families of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...
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NASW Maine Chapters testifies in support of ban on gay conversion therapy
NASW CEO Lori Gramlich testifies at hearing. Photo courtesy of Equality Maine. The Maine Legislature on February 14 held a hearing on a bill to ban gay conversion therapy. The National Association of...
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Apply for MassHealth Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Loan Repayment...
We are excited to announce that applications for MassHealth Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP)’s Loan Repayment Program and Workforce Development Program are now open! Both of these...
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