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NASW Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill 2024

Social Work Blog

By Rachel Boyer, MSW, LMSW Ahead of the 2024 NASW National Conference, more than 200 social workers from 36 states and one U.S. The day began with a briefing to participants on NASW’s priority legislation including a state of play of top-level issues facing each branch of government. House and Senate on June 18, 2024.

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Macro Social Workers Gather at the Brown School

Beyond Advocacy

Perry, MSW, PhD, and Melissa Draughn, LMSW, at the Senior Housing Preservation-Detroit Coalition. This year’s awardees are Tam E.

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Three)

Social Work Blog

Government. Dr. Bouie-Haynes implemented NASW Chapter communications and outreach in Mississippi on behalf of Connect to End COVID-19 and hosted a MI-SBIRT Training (2022) in collaboration with the UT Austin HBRT team. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $3.3

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part One)

Social Work Blog

In Part One, an interview with Gwen Bouie-Haynes, PhD, LMSW—Executive Director, NASW MS Chapter and NASW Alabama Chapter ; and, Project Coordinator, Connect to End COVID-19 Special Populations. Government. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $3.3

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

After graduation I plan to take the test to get my LMSW and eventually work to get my LCSW. As part of this analysis, I am looking at the role that community volunteers and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) play in an attempt to fill in the gaps left by governments for services related to health and wellbeing.

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Two)

Social Work Blog

Follow this link to Part One in the series : an interview with Gwen Bouie-Haynes, PhD, LMSW—Executive Director, NASW MS Chapter and NASW Alabama Chapter; and, Project Coordinator, Connect to End COVID-19 Special Populations. Government. Journal of Social Work, 23(1). __ Stay tuned for Part three of this three-part series in September.

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Federal Initiatives on Environmental Health, Justice, and Climate

Social Work Blog

Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSW Senior Practice Associate June 2023 Increasingly, social workers are recognizing the impact of environmental health and climate change on the individuals and communities they serve.