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Have 8 Minutes? Share Your Thoughts on Client Substance Use
Your Input Can Help Us Better Train and Educate Social Workers
Affordability and Waste and Abuse are Key Child Care Issues
Some States Taking Action to Address Affordability Crisis
3 Travel Tips That May Improve Mental Health
Merely the Thought of Travel Can Be Anxiety-Producing
News
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A Social Workers’ Surf Yoga Beer Adventure
Social Workers of TikTok
The platform takes viewers on episodic adventures in the field of social work
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Social Work Advocates Magazine
Exploring the Emerging Field of Travel Social Work
By Heather Rose Artushin, MSW, LISW-CP Travel social work has been gaining popularity in recent years. A travel social worker operates in much the same way as a travel nurse – social workers assume short-term contracts, typically around 13 weeks in duration, in order...
Moving Ecosocial Work Forward: Trump Administration’s Actions Make Uphill Battle Even Steeper
By Sue Coyle, MSW As the understanding of human impact on the environment has grown, so too has the understanding of the environment’s impact on humans. Everything about the climate—from the day-to-day conditions of the air, water and soil to the frequency of extreme...
Loneliness and Isolation: Physical and Mental Health Could be at Risk
By Jaimie Seaton In May 2023, social isolation and loneliness were declared an epidemic. The declaration, made in a report from the U.S. surgeon general at the time, Dr. Vivek M It would be logical to attribute the findings in the report to the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Cutting the Social Safety Net
With Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Social workers Must Know Impact on Communities and Families
Advocacy
Trump Administration’s FY2027 Budget: Epitome of Inequity
This Budget Is Not Motivated By A Sense Of Obligation To Improve The Well-Being of Marginalize and Vulnerable Citizens
What Social Workers Need to Know About the Supreme Court’s Decision in Chiles v. Salazar
Ruling Raises Dignificant Implications For How Social Workers Navigate Ethical Practice, Client Care, and Mental Health Services
Immigrant Detention Facility Plan Raising Human Rights, Child Welfare Alarms
NASW to Offer Deeper Analysis Soon
Mass Deportation Policy, Misinformation, and the Tragic Shooting of Renee Nicole Good
The fatal incident demands unequivocal condemnation
Ethics & Law
What Social Workers Need to Know About the Supreme Court’s Decision in Chiles v. Salazar
Ruling Raises Dignificant Implications For How Social Workers Navigate Ethical Practice, Client Care, and Mental Health Services
NASW Joins Amicus Brief That Opposes Laws That Bar Transgender Girls and Women From Sports Teams
Exclusionary Policies Reinforce Stigma and Harm Mental Well-Being of Youth
SCOTUS conversion therapy case could affect ability of states to enforce standards of care
No matter the outcome, NASW will remain steadfast in its support of the LGBTQIA2S+ community
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