Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Examples of macro social work include: policy analysis and advocacy, community organising, program evaluation, developing and managing community-based programs, working with government agencies, and conducting research. What are some theories used in social work? What skills do macro social workers need?

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2025

Workforce shortages, administrative burdens, and restrictive scope-of-practice laws continue to challenge the full realization of nurse-led care models. Advocacy and policy influence: Nurse leaders are pushing for policies that support workplace safety , better staffing ratios , and mental health resources for nurses.

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Beyond Advocacy

JULY 30, 2024

I was proud to be in the company of someone with influence and respect at the highest level of New York state government. As Commissioner of the New York State Division for Youth (now the Office of Children and Family Services), he was the highest-ranking black official in the administration of Gov. Mario Cuomo.

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Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I had done mental health advocacy work on a national scale for years before beginning to work on Breakdown and was very inspired by advocates’ tragic stories. Emergency programs doing bed searches could report to the government and units could be closed if discrimination is not resolved. .

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 18, 2024

In that context, it is hoped that the federal government will follow Moore’s signal by fully decriminalizing marijuana within the federal system— instead of its current policy of retaining marijuana on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Schedule as a Schedule III drug.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Two years ago, New York City’s family policing agency, the Administration for Children’s Services, commissioned a study of racism in the agency. There’s been so much news since the last round-up that I’m dividing this one up into two parts. Part two, tomorrow, is just for stories about Florida. ? ACS’ response: Don’t release the report!

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Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 6, 2024

These Fellows, part of a cohort of a dozen government and nonprofit sector dignitaries, are on an 18-day visit to the United States. She is responsible for promoting and protecting human rights, including advocacy, investigations, and monitoring visits to places deprived of liberty. Department of State.

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Community Care

JULY 10, 2024

Labour’s return to power last week was greeted with a chorus of welcomes from adult social care organisations in England – along with a chorus of demands of the new government. In its 2021 white paper, People at the Heart of Care, the government concluded that the full spirit of the Care Act had not been realised.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

From 1950 until his death in 1973 he was the professor of social administration at the London School of Economics. His work has had a significant influence on government policy in relation to disability rights and access to services. In 2019, she was recognised as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs for her advocacy work.

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Children’s Defense Fund

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

T]he notion of work constitutes compensated labor in factories, the military, government agencies, office buildings, public service, and private homes. In the next administration, President Harry S. Truman responded to continued advocacy with the executive orders ordering the desegregation of the federal workforce and the military.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In other cases, the Post reported, “children’s advocacy centers have tried to reach children in new ways, slipping messages into supply bags or into homework lessons.” This is all coming due to us at some point,” said the head of a trade association for “Children’s Advocacy Centers. Later in 2020 came phase two of the messaging.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Sometimes one small detail from a government document tells a huge story especially when a good reporter adds a little context. And the head of a trade association for childrens advocacy centers, where many such exams are performed, says the real problem is agencies arent doing enough of them. So now theres another lawsuit.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The “door could be open to the abuse and neglect” of disabled children due to the government’s cost-driven decision to shelve a planned expansion of advocacy for the group.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued an emergency call for social workers and other volunteers to assist at the border in meeting the needs of hundreds of migrant children. The Biden Administration has been struggling to accommodate the huge influx of children—many unaccompanied by parents or adults.

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Children’s Defense Fund

JANUARY 16, 2025

Education, Philanthropy and Community Development champions extend governance legacy for youth Media Contact: John Henry, jhenry@childrensdefense.org, CDF Media Relations Manager, 708-646-7679 WASHINGTON, D.C. Strong governance is vital to our work of building community so young people grow up with dignity, hope, and joy, noted Rev.

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Community Care

APRIL 8, 2025

The government has committed 25m to boosting foster care recruitment and support in England from 2026-28. The money was announced in the government’s spring statement last month , when the Treasury said it would be used to recruit a further 400 fostering households.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Adviser The Trump Administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members is both legally and morally questionable. That said, it must be noted that the Trump Administration has admitted many of those apprehended do not have criminal records.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

The absence of comprehensive planning for families and children raises fears of a return to cruel family separation policies seen during the Trump Administration. In line with a growing movement toward states’ rights in governing , SB 4 is one of a number of Texas challenges to constitutional boundaries regarding immigration.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

The Administration identified 21 programs to start as pilot programs of the Justice40 initiative, and since that time, the number of covered federal programs has grown significantly. Harvard Law School maintains the Federal Environmental Justice Tracker to provide up-to-date information about federal government activity in this area.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

The Administration identified 21 programs to start as pilot programs of the Justice40 initiative, and since that time, the number of covered federal programs has grown significantly. Harvard Law School maintains the Federal Environmental Justice Tracker to provide up-to-date information about federal government activity in this area.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

With a slim majority in the House, Republicans need only to win a handful of seats to flip the House which would stall the Biden-Harris Administration’s agenda and reinvigorate Trump’s influence over our government. Thus, the need for social workers and others to provide support to Congresswoman Lee.

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Beyond Advocacy

JANUARY 22, 2022

Once in control of the government, only those loyal to Trump would get beneficial treatment. Truth and facts would be those declared by the administration. No right to a free press, no right to peaceably assemble or to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Forget about your First Amendment guarantees.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

Given the costs to government agencies of managing the coronavirus, government agencies are experiencing job cuts and hiring freezes. Although the Association of Social Boards has been working on interstate licensure advocacy for years , little progress has been made. I know many are less ok than her.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 24, 2025

The Trump administration has followed through with its not-so-secret threat to eliminate the Department of Education. These actions mimic Project 2025’s blueprint for eliminating DOE , It should be noted that the administration cannot eliminate DOE using an executive order Congress has to approve such actions.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. The Bronx Defenders is suing New York City’s family police agency, the Administration for Children’s Services, over such a case.

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Children’s Defense Fund

MARCH 11, 2025

Under the first Trump administration, documented abuse and neglect at family detention facilities included lack of adequate medical care, sexual harassment and assault of detainees by guards, and threats to separate children from their parents if they misbehaved. Trudy Taylor Smith, Esq.,

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

By Ja’Bree Harris, MSW, NASW Public Policy and Advocacy Manager Today, we pause to remember Trayvon Martin – a young life full of promise, extinguished too soon. The failures of our government are not just policy missteps; they are moral failures. This is not just a personal reflection; it is a national reckoning.

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Beyond Advocacy

JULY 8, 2024

They seem to have forgotten that democracy is a system of government wherein the will of the people prevails. We appreciate the transformative things the Biden Administration has accomplished, but he’s aging and slipping through no fault of his own. After all, it was just one night.

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Beyond Advocacy

JUNE 12, 2024

It hosts many federal government facilities, including Joint Base Andrews and the U.S. In November 2024, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced plans to locate the new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, MD , in the heart of PG County. It is the largest and second most affluent African American county in the United States.

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Beyond Advocacy

JANUARY 10, 2023

A standoff and failure to lift the debt ceiling would bring the government to a grinding halt. A significant focus of the Republican’s agenda in the new Congress is to “provide oversight on the Biden Administration,” which includes his son Hunter Biden who is not an employee of the White House staff or federal government.

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Beyond Advocacy

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

What a pathetic display of governance. Things are not looking any better for Haley for the February 24 South Carolina primary, where Trump is leading Haley 58 percent to 32 percent, the state where Haley spent six years as governor before joining the Trump administration as United Nations Ambassador.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 24, 2025

By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor Among the almost 100 executive orders enacted during President Trump’s first day in office, the administration included an order that has rolled back all federal programs promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I).

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