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Federal Early Childhood Advocacy Day

CCRC

CCRC will be part of the 2025 Federal Early Childhood Advocacy Day on capitol hill in Washington D.C. The agencys Government Relations team will meet with congressional offices staff and brief them on the needs of children and families. on March 11.

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Mobilizing Social Work’s Vision and Voice through Voting

Social Work Blog

Social workers have a long tradition of social justice and political advocacy – to include working to expand and protect voting rights and promote voter registration. Voter disengagement is a combined result of the cumulative effects of concerted voter suppression and the erosion of trust in government. Getty Images.

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The $20 million boondoggle that perfectly illustrates the banality of child welfare thinking

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But it’s hard to imagine anything that more perfectly captures the banality of child welfare thinking than this waste of $20 million: Five organizations will spend this federal grant money to create a “Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency.” And the government could still achieve the alleged purpose of this grant.

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NASW Press Reads for Policy, Advocacy, and Impact!

Social Work Blog

This thought-provoking and reader-friendly text prepares students for class engagement, lobbying activities, meeting with legislators, and serving their local communities. Such evidence can be crucial for justifying budgets, projecting needs, and writing grant proposals.

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Behind the Poor Pay and High Turnover Rates of Direct Support Professionals

Relias

In response, many local and state governments are raising their lowest wages above the federal minimum wage set in 2009. The State of Medicaid Programs and the Need for Grassroots Advocacy. These issues bring the importance of grassroot advocacy to the forefront for DSPs and IDD organizations. Secondly, engage in the system.

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Liberty Protection Safeguards certain to be delayed but no word on new timeframe

Community Care

The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) is certain to be delayed again, with the government yet to consult on how to put the scheme into practice. However, the government is yet to confirm that it will need to delay LPS again. Regulations can then take up to 40 days to become law. ” Importance of code for understanding.

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Making the World a Better Place

Beyond Advocacy

We are trying through our work at CRISP to influence as many social workers as possible to become more engaged in the political arena where our skills, knowledge, and values are in short supply. There are a few of us engaged in this work and I would like to believe we are making progress. We need more.