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Indiana Social Worker Kimber Nicoletti-Martinez is 2017 Social Worker of the Year

May 17, 2018

Nicoletti-Martinez dedicated career to preventing sexual violence, particularly among marginalized groups

The New York Community Trust renews Social Work Healthcare Education and Leadership Scholars (HEALS) grant

Apr 25, 2018

Decision to renew the grant will allow the program to run its full five years

NASW opposes citizenship question on 2020 Census

Apr 05, 2018

Including citizenship as one of the questions on the 2020 Census questionnaire is extremely worrisome. NASW will work with allies to reverse this decision.

NASW applauds senators for introducing Improving Access to Mental Health Act

Mar 27, 2018

Legislation would boost public access to social worker mental heath services, offer clinical social workers more adequate reimbursement

NASW Highlights the Growing Need for School Social Workers to Prevent School Violence

Mar 27, 2018

NASW standards call for at least one social worker per 250 students in schools

NASW supports young people who are advocating and protesting for laws to curtail nation's gun death epidemic

Feb 23, 2018

Often it is young people who lead adults to do the right thing. NASW stands ready to support and work with them to make our nation a safer place.

NASW grieves for families of Florida school shooting, urges President Trump and Congress to declare gun violence public health crisis

Feb 16, 2018

Public health crisis declaration would mandate officials to develop strategies to reduce gun-related deaths and injuries.

Social Work Month in March to put spotlight on vital role of social workers in improving our society

Feb 05, 2018

The theme of this year’s Social Work Month is “Social Workers: Leaders. Advocates. Champions."

NASW opposes President Trump’s Revocation of Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for Immigrants

Jan 19, 2018

Association condemns President's racist comments toward Haiti, El Salvador and African nations

NASW says Trump Administration should refrain from word censorship

Jan 04, 2018

NASW was deeply troubled when it was widely reported that budget employees for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were told by their leadership that in preparing their fiscal 2019 budgets, they could not use seven specific words and phrases. The offensive words include vulnerable, entitlement, diversity, transgender, fetus, evidence-based, and science-based. This is extremely problematic because the targeted words help to describe populations and quality control standards that are essential for managing threats to the nation’s public health and well-being.

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