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In California, “child welfare’s” ACEs evangelists are saying the quiet part out loud

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

On the contrary, he spent decades working with Physicians for a National Health Program , a group calling for “a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program” – in other words, a version of what Bernie Sanders wants: Medicare for all.

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Alumni Honored with SSW Distinguished Alumni Awards

Michigan Social Work

He has been the editor for the journal Child Welfare, director of the Michigan State University School of Social Work, and has served in Michigan on the Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect. Diego Bernal, MSW ‘01 Representative, Texas House of Representatives. Bernal was born in South Texas and raised in San Antonio.

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New Peripartum Depression Study Shows Gap Between Screening and Outcomes

Relias

Research cited in our study showed that screening occurred in less than two-thirds of mothers, with considerable variation depending on race, income-level, and Medicaid/Medicare status. It also emphasized that identification and treatment of PPD are important to avoid its potentially devastating effects.

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NASW against Kennedy confirmation to be Health and Human Services Secretary

Social Work Blog

Members of our profession also provide frontline services in mental health, substance use treatment, child welfare, and elder care – many of which fall under HHS programs such as Medicaid and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).