Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 26, 2023

Here is an example from an infographic assignment I developed with colleagues : Purpose: This infographic assignment aims to help students practice advocacy & brokering skills as it relates to a human service issue and/or topic.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Yet, unlike allied human service and behavioral health professions, social work’s ethics-related literature has not focused on the critically important issue of moral disengagement. Moral disengagement is typically defined as the process whereby individuals convince themselves that ethical standards do not apply to them.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As noted in a special report published recently by the nonprofit Center for Medicare Advocacy (2021), “while there is still work to do, the new Handbook makes important strides towards reversing the bias in favor of MA that was prevalent in recent editions” (p. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]). SHIP (ACL).

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 25, 2024

As the Minnesota Public Radio story explained: Haines Holy Eagle says she believes it’s possible that [the Minnesota Department of Human Services] has held onto these personal effects because they prioritized the wishes of adoptive parents over those of adoptees. Sometimes it means cutting off siblings. But as Prof.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

It’s not a full-scale class-action lawsuit, but it’s a good start: Children’s Rights is representing the Minneapolis NAACP in a formal complaint to the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a scathing rebuke to Philadelphia’s family police agency, the Department of Human Services, rejecting the idea that its caseworkers are effectively exempt from the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and a similar clause in Pennsylvania’s constitution.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

In 43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals , Gerald O’Brien provides a resource to overcome these challenges, because policy familiarity contributes to social workers’ fundamental understanding of the individuals, communities, institutions, and governments they serve.

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 20, 2024

With the capable Lead Organizer, Amani Desamours, and her Student Leadership Team handling Thursday’s virtual Student Advocacy Day, I had the privilege of attending the pivotal Children’s Bureau’s National Convening on Kinship Care.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy by Rachel Forbes and Kelly Smith answers that call with chapters that include theoretical frameworks and innovative tools. 43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals by Gerald V.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Yet, unlike allied human service and behavioral health professions, social work’s ethics-related literature has not focused on the critically important issue of moral disengagement. Moral disengagement is typically defined as the process whereby individuals convince themselves that ethical standards do not apply to them.

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Relias

OCTOBER 8, 2021

WFMH’s mission is to promote the advancement of mental health awareness, prevention of mental disorders, advocacy and best practices, and recovery-focused interventions worldwide. A program of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), World Mental Health Day has been observed since 1992.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Today, social work and human services professionals must be prepared to deliver knowledgeable and unbiased services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. Using the sociological framework of moral panic—periods of exaggerated public fear triggered by high-profile incidents linked to feared social groups—Michael H.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

This user-friendly resource can assist in developing organizational responses to policy issues, conducting policy analysis, and working in advocacy coalitions. As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives.

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 10, 2024

Dearman is a CRISP Fellow and assisted in organizing and managing the 2024 Student Advocacy Day events. She was a 2021-22 Fellow in the House of Representatives and the Department of Health and Human Services. Jones provided leadership for the Coalition for Social Work and Health.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy by Rachel Forbes and Kelly Smith answers that call with chapters that include theoretical frameworks and innovative tools. 43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals by Gerald V.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 25, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services. Financial resources are not available, but information on how to access benefits and assistance is easily found on the website. Prepared by. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C. Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social work. Post-traumatic stress disorder. National Institute of Mental Health.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

She has also held senior leadership positions at the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Sanders led the organization’s federal policy analysis, regulatory and legislative advocacy and coalition building efforts.

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Relias

JANUARY 24, 2023

Authorize $124 million in grant funding over four years for training, including scenario-based exercises and evaluative assessments.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Despite having similar educational backgrounds, their job responsibilities differ depending on the services they provide to their clients. Knowing the distinctions between these roles can aid in determining the ideal career path in human services.

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Relias

JANUARY 24, 2024

They receive training on how to support others with similar concerns.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 8, 2023

Human Service Quotes Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love. Advocacy Quotes If people were silent, nothing would change. If you say you cant’t you won’t. If you assume you can, you will. Be deliberate with you language, because what you say often becomes your truth.

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CO4Kids

JANUARY 13, 2025

Back to Blogs Community Blog January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

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CO4Kids

MARCH 3, 2025

This month, the MINDSOURCE Brain Injury Network , within the Colorado Department of Human Services, is celebrating March as Brain Injury Awareness Month, which focuses on prevention and how communities can support people living with brain injuries. MINDSOURCE supports people with brain injury in three core ways.

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University of Connecticut

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Departments of State and Health and Human Services launched a new initiative for community and private sponsorship of refugees. Libal’s interest in working with refugees began in 2007 when she and Harding initiated research to understand social work’s role in advocacy for Iraqi refugees who had been displaced after the U.S.-led

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Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services. What you need to know about the suicide prevention hotline changing to 988. KVC Health Systems. Mental health by the Numbers. 2021, December 9). Vibrant and 988. Vibrant Emotional Health. National Institute of Mental Health. Prepared by. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As a care professional in the human services industry, you’re most likely familiar with the common risk factors and warning signs for suicide, but there are other important factors to consider, like social determinants of health (SDOH) which play a large role in substance use disorders (SUDs) and depression.

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All For Kids

MARCH 12, 2025

Many social services in the United States help single-parent households, like the Health and Human Services Agency, Center for Social Advocacy, Family Resource Centers , Community Health Services, Teen Centers, Volunteers of America, the YMCA, and the Boys and Girls Club.

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Relias

MARCH 12, 2024

Building resilience through communal rituals, storytelling, and advocacy can facilitate individual recovery and contribute to the collective healing process. Individual healing from collective trauma is a deeply personal journey that requires self-awareness, self-compassion, and resilience.

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Relias

JULY 25, 2023

When COVID-19 entered the picture, “this really very quickly and profoundly altered the way that behavioral health care services are provided,” Frankie Berger, Director of State Policy and Advocacy for the National Council for Behavioral Health, said. Training was another valuable tool.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This is why criminal justice reform advocates find it promising that Biden has tasked the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review the marijuana scheduling policy with the intent of removing it as a Schedule I drug. A great deal of harm can be linked to this ill-advised policy.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services first declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and advocacy organizations are providing guidance on ways to prepare individuals with Medicaid for the upcoming redetermination process. Social Work Advocacy.

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

In the landmark 2002 case of Washington State Department of Health and Human Services v. Child Trends is promoting the creation of Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts to set aside benefits for foster care children receiving disability funds, which can be halted once the $2000 resource limit is reached.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

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. Department of Health and Human Services confirms it. In The Grio, Shereen White, director of advocacy and policy at Childrens Rights, and Prof.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

is not the right pick to become the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. NASW remains unwavering in its commitment to advocating for policies that safeguard and elevate the social work profession, bolster public health, and ensure equitable access to vital services for all communities. Kennedy Jr.

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Children’s Defense Fund

JANUARY 16, 2025

Childrens Defense Fund, the nations premiere child advocacy organization, has elected five new members to its governing Board of Directors, beginning in January 2025. At the group’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Read below to learn more about the newest members of Childrens Defense Funds Board of Directors.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The University of Texas at Austin is coordinating the effort. This is challenging work so we have developed our plan so that every volunteer shift will have a faculty or high-level clinical social worker also on the shift to support if needed.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) established the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) to address the national health impacts of climate change. The RewiringAmerica website provides fact sheets and information for households to access savings available. In 2021 The U.S.

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