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Share Clear Messaging During Birth Defect Awareness Month to Help Prevent Lifelong Effects
Substance use during pregnancies is more common than you think

NASW Supports Gun Violence Prevention in Schools
School social workers are integral part of safety strategy

Enhancing Financial Security: A Comprehensive Review of Our Retirement Plan
Why employers should periodically benchmark their plans
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Celebrate Black History Month with NASW Press: 15% Off Select Books and eBooks!
The plight of Black male children who are removed from their families and placed under the care and supervision of public agencies is driven by historical vulnerability to racist and discriminatory policies, practices, and systems in this country. They face chronic...

Advance Your Career in the New Year with The Social Work Career Guidebook
Learn a systemic approach to improve your career

Share Clear Messaging During Birth Defect Awareness Month to Help Prevent Lifelong Effects
Substance use during pregnancies is more common than you think
Social Work Advocates Magazine
Veterans in Crisis: A Social Worker’s Guide to Suicide Prevention
By Maren Dale Every day, 17 veterans die by suicide. The number is tragic. At the same time, it can get lost in the volume of data social workers interact with every day. It also can be hard to fully grasp the scope of what that figure means. So, consider this for a...

Intimate Partner Violence: Understanding Motives and Methods of Abusers Helps With Treatment and Prevention Efforts
Despite growing awareness, intimate partner violene remains a scourge

Social Media Addiction and Teens
Algorithms analyze user behavior to lure them back

The Need for Bilingual Social Workers Grows as U.S. Becomes More Diverse
By Raju Chebium Maria Rangel earned her MSW in May from Loyola University Chicago and already has a job. The 50-year-old native of Mexico, who is fluent in Spanish and English, was offered a full-time job by the community service agency where she did one of two...
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NASW against Kennedy confirmation to be Health and Human Services Secretary
There are concerns about Kennedy’s record on public health, vaccine policy, and adherence to evidence-based practices

NASW’s Appalled by Executive Order Ending DEI In Federal Government
Order will worsen our nation’s racial divide
Ethics & Law
In Supreme Court Case, NASW pushes for rights of people who are transgender
Highest court considering case to uphold gender-affirming care ban in Tennessee

Mental Health Groups Decry Supreme Court Decision Upholding the Criminalization People who are Unhoused
Community-based housing, mental health services are better ways to address homelessness

In legal victory, Ohio Supreme Court extends parental rights to same-sex couples
NASW part of amicus brief that supports rights of parents in same-sex marriages

NASW amicus brief helps lead to court ordering children removed from Louisiana Angola Prison
Despite legal victory, Louisiana has appealed ruling by Fifth Court of Appeals