Social Work Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

NASW CEO Anthony Estreet, PhD, MBA, LCSW-C, was part of a special Father’s Day segment hosted by WVON-AM radio in Chicago that focused on Black fatherhood. Studies indicate Black fathers, even when absent from the home, tend to be more engaged with their children than fathers of other groups. However, Estreet said Black fathers can experience mental health stressors that other groups do not and it is important they seek out therapy, including from clinical social workers. “Black men

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Michigan Social Work

JUNE 14, 2024

Professor Daphne Watkins is the principal investigator in a new R01 research grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute titled “Addressing Structural Racism in Heart Failure Care and Outcomes: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of The Social Structure of Care Delivery.” The goal of the project is to develop a comprehensive understanding of structural barriers as well as facilitators for equitable care and outcomes, and to develop a best practices toolkit to address structural racism and di

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

The Older Americans Act (OAA) funds social services and programs such as nutrition programs, family caregiver support, elder abuse prevention, and more. NASW submitted comments ( bit.ly/NASW_OAA_2023comments ) to the Administration for Community Living (ACL) in response to a proposed rule that would update federal regulations for programs that receive OAA funding; NASW supported the proposed rule and offered recommendations to strengthen the regulations.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The Labour Party has made no funded commitments on social care in its general election manifesto, published yesterday. While the party said it would introduce a fair pay agreement for adult social care workers and indicated it would implement the current government’s adult social care charging reforms, it did not allocate any resources to either, prompting criticism that the policies

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

NASW Social Work Pioneer® and Maryland Chapter member Sandra Edmonds Crewe and Chris Herman, senior practice associate at NASW, were among the seven social workers invited to present at the USC Judith D. Tamkin International Symposium on Elder Abuse. The theme was The Elder Mistreatment Ecosystem: Emerging Innovations and Evolving Ideas. In the photo, from left, are Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho, postdoctoral fellow, USC Keck School of Medicine, Sandra Edmonds Crewe, dean at Howard University School of

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The Guardian

JUNE 14, 2024

From Labour’s free school breakfast clubs to the Lib Dems’ focus on social care, what do those who work in these areas think of what’s promised? UK general election live – latest updates Labour launched its election manifesto on Thursday, focusing on economic growth and the offer of a fresh start after 14 years of Conservative rule. Here, six people who work in education, health and social care share their views on the pledges made by the UK’s political parties.

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