However, the Voice Award that Acosta received on Aug. 22 in Los Angeles from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is his first award for reaching out to others despite battling a mental illness himself.

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Social workers featured in national news: Darla Spence Coffey, Gail Gunter Hunt, Ellen Grant, Carolyn Messner, Suzanne Fields, and Paolo del Vecchio.

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Discovering South Africa’s social work voice was the theme of the People to People delegation trip in August, which included NASW CEO Elizabeth J. Clark and 10 NASW members from various roles in interdisciplinary care.

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Featured: NASW meeting on maternal and child health practice and leadership; NASW West Virginia Chapter.

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A social worker in Congress announced she will lead the next Social Work Caucus after its founder and chairman, U.S. Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns, D-N.Y., retires this year.

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First in the series is “NASW Salary Guidelines,” offering social workers a guide that lists suggested annual salary ranges in the social work field as it relates to years of experience and education.

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Smith said she knew then that she wanted to make a difference, and that early recognition led her to her current position as head of the NASW Ohio Chapter. At 25, Smith is NASW’s youngest chapter executive director nationwide.

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NASW leaders joined social workers from around the world at the Joint World Conference of Social Work and Social Development, held in July in Stockholm.

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As a member of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, which represents a coalition of more than 200 national organizations advocating for social justice and human rights, NASW strongly supports the law’s reauthorization.

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Social workers featured in the national news: Paula Taylor, Stephen Gorin, and The Council on Social Work Education.

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