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Labor Day Legacy: Social Workers Shaped Workers’ Rights and Employee Wellness

Labor Day, celebrating workers and their contributions, began during a period of swift U.S. industrial growth with limited worker rights. In the late 19th century, many Americans, especially those experiencing profound poverty and those who had recently immigrated...

Sonya Massey’s shooting is a national shame

Her death underscores need for major policing reforms

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All NASW Press eBooks on Sale: 15% Off

All NASW Press eBooks on Sale: 15% Off

Going beyond clichéd self-help advice, Self-Care in Social Work, 2nd Edition applies a cognitive coping framework to social work activities to support practitioners in preventing or reducing burnout, secondary trauma, and vicarious trauma. This framework is woven into...

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Check Out NASW Press Summer Reads and Earn CEUs Too!

Check Out NASW Press Summer Reads and Earn CEUs Too!

NASW Press offers continuing education credits on a wide array of books via the NASW Social Work Online CE Institute. Titles range from burnout, self-care, and meditation to ethical standards in social work, digital practice, economic well-being, social...

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Understanding Today’s Housing Crisis

Understanding Today’s Housing Crisis

By Sue Coyle More than 650,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States on one night in 2023. Those were the results of the 2023 Point-in-Time Count, an annual count of individuals experiencing both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness required by...

NASW supports Older Americans Act advocacy efforts

NASW supports Older Americans Act advocacy efforts

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...

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A Step Backwards for Voting Restoration for the Formerly Incarcerated

A Step Backwards for Voting Restoration for the Formerly Incarcerated

By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor The Nebraska legislature recently restored the voting rights of 7,000 people with felony convictions who have already completed their full sentences. However, two days before the law (Legislative Bill 20) was set to go into...

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