Michigan Social Work
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Clinical Assistant Professor Ayesha Ghazi Edwin spoke with CBS Detroit about a new “right to sit” ordinance she introduced in her role as Ann Arbor City Council Member. MSW student Jessica Riley’s participation in the public comments is included as part of the story. The ordinance will be voted on in October.
Community Care
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The self-reported rate of disability among care leavers is double that recorded by councils, research has found. Meanwhile, recorded disability rates among children in care and care leavers differ widely between local authorities, according to the report, published this week by Coram Voice.
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Michigan Social Work
OCTOBER 4, 2024
U-M’s Anti-Racism Collaborative, an initiative of the National Center for Institutional Diversity, has announced the 2024 Anti-Racism Grants. Professor Joseph Himle and Associate Professor Addie Weaver have received an Anti-Racism Grant for their project FARWell: The Formula for Anti-Racist Wellness and Therapy. This project — a community-university partnership between My Brother’s Keeper, Formula 734, and social work researchers at U-M and The Ohio State University — will support the developme
Community Care
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Eight per cent of social workers had completed key tasks required for retaining their registration at the end of the first month of the renewal period, the regulator has said. Social Work England said practitioners’ progress on completing their registration renewal form and meeting CPD requirements as of 30 September 2024 was lagging slightly behind the position at the same point in 2
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Michigan Social Work
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Assistant Professor Fernanda Cross spoke with WXYZ Detroit about how her own experience as an immigrant inspired the creation of the Latinx Youth Empowerment Series, also known as YES, which connects immigrant students at Ypsilanti Community High School with mental health services. “Immigrating is difficult. The children are having to do a lot of the navigating the new culture.
Children’s Defense Fund
OCTOBER 4, 2024
There is now just one month to go until Election Day in the United States, and in some states early voting and mail-in voting has already begun. In others, deadlines to register to vote or make sure a voter registration is current and correct are approaching over the next few weeks. This means the time for all eligible voters to make sure they have a plan to vote is now !
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Michigan Social Work
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Professor William Elliott III spoke with San Francisco’s KQED about how children’s savings accounts can provide hope and change perspectives. “You are giving families access to an institution that allows them to build wealth that’s coupled with a change in attitude and reflecting on what’s now achievable for them,” Elliott said.
Michigan Social Work
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Associate Professor Xiaoling Xiang is the principal investigator of a recently-funded federal grant from the Administration for Community Living’s National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. The three-year study will focus on evaluating the real-world effects of the Empower@Home program on social participation among older adults with disabilities.
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