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Medicare Open Enrollment: What’s New for 2022 and How You Can Help Your Clients

Social Work Blog

Medicare is integral to the economic security and health of people with disabilities and older adults. Beneficiaries may also obtain unbiased information regarding Medicare options from the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), which is funded by the Administration for Community Living (ACL, an operating division of the U.S.

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President Biden intends to appoint social worker Mia Ives-Rublee to Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

Social Work Blog

Ives-Rublee is currently director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. She is a well-known advocate for disability justice and inclusion at nonprofit organizations and businesses in the United States. She earned her master’s in social work at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

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Update: Nursing Home Visitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Work Blog

According to an alert by the Center for Medicare Advocacy (hereafter, the Center)—a national nonprofit organization with which NASW collaborates closely on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries—CMS stated in its December 23 FAQs: “‘The bottom line is visitation must be permitted at all times’” (para. Center for Medicare Advocacy.

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Guess which child welfare “scholars” are in the group defending a “race realist” law professor beloved by Tucker Carlson

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

From the Times: [A] Black law student who had attended UPenn and Yale said that the professor told her she “had only become a double Ivy ‘because of affirmative action,’” according to the administration. Department of Justice for possible discrimination against disabled families. But is the line always bright and clear?

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41+ Famous Social Workers You Need to Know About

Social Work Haven

From 1950 until his death in 1973 he was the professor of social administration at the London School of Economics. Mike Oliver , an English disability rights campaigner and author, is widely recognised as the founder of the social model of disability. He was made a CBE in 2009 for his services to disabled people.

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Foster Children Deserve Federal Benefits

Beyond Advocacy

This request for information comes from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Administration on Children and Family (ACF) to inform internal policy decisions. It is strongly recommended that comments be made online using the Federal eRulemaking portal.

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NASW Brings Awareness to the Importance of Mental Health

Social Work Blog

The association is committed to improving mental health services and advocates for public policy advocacy to improve the quality of care, access, reimbursement, research, and education in mental health. May 16, 2022. 5 th Annual Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day Symposium. This event is co-sponsored with the U.S. August 11, 2022.