The Birdwoman Scholarship is a monetary grant awarded to Native American/Native Alaskan master’s or bachelor’s social work degree candidates in California. Birdwoman Scholarship recipients in the past have worked or volunteered in both public and nonprofit agency settings.
For the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting each of our scholarship recipients for 2019.
William Feather ..Read More…
By Janlee Wong, NASW-CA Executive Director
In 2013, Gabriel F. died from severe physical abuse. Although Gabriel’s case was closed at the time, he was known to Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) since 2011. In 2016, felony child abuse and falsification of records charges were filed against four DCFS workers (two ..Read More…
No Possible Reason For Violating Confidentiality
As professional social workers, and our professional association NASW are shocked and outraged that the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and ICE have violated the confidentiality of mental health records to use information from therapy sessions to try and deport those held in detention and seeking asylum.
Professionals ..Read More…
Voting is Social Work
The National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign works to integrate nonpartisan voter engagement into social work education and practice.
The National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign began in 2016 with the first launch of the VotingIsSocialWork.org website crafted by Influencing Social Policy, the Nancy A Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work ..Read More…
The Healthcare Workforce Division (HWDD) administers programs that improve access to health care in underserved areas of California. The programs support individual students and graduates with scholarships and/or loan repayment, and educational training programs that show a commitment to increasing the number of primary care healthcare providers in California. HWDD acts as the State’s Primary Care Office (PCO) ..Read More…
The American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare (AASWSW) tackled a scientific review to bring focus for our social work profession’s actions; allowing us to see the most compelling and critical social issues of our day (https://grandchallengesforsocialwork.org/). Each of the 12 grand challenges is a broad but discrete concept where social work ..Read More…
By Jason Bloome
California is currently requesting stakeholder input for their CalAIM proposal, an ambitious undertaking which will streamline the delivery of Medicare and Medi-Cal services with the ultimate goal of transitioning the state to Managed Long Term Support and Services (MLTSS). One component of CalAIM, the use of In Lieu of Services (ILOS), will ..Read More…
SAVE THE DATE! The Inland Empire Unit in Region F will be hosting a Social Work Month Celebration on March 2nd, 2020 in Fontana! Registration link coming soon! In the meantime, you can also download a PDF version of the flyer. Please share with your colleagues and students!
Originally published on January 14th, 2020 in USC News
By Eric Lindberg
Photo caSarah Gehlert will join USC in April.
(Photo/Courtesy of Sarah Gehlert)
Experienced researcher and university administrator Sarah Gehlert will lead the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work as dean, university officials announced Tuesday.
Gehlert has served as dean of ..Read More…
From Child Welfare Information Gateway:
Stay Current on Your State’s Child Welfare Statutes
Every state has their own laws and statutes to protect children and youth. Learn what you need to know about your state and find out what other states are doing. Read and share the State Statutes series!
The following state statute summaries ..Read More…
Please join us on Wednesday, March 4th for Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors Meeting. We would like to get as many social workers as we can for a big show of support! Supervisor Hilda Solis will be making a Proclamation to designate March as Social Work Month! Social workers from Region I will also ..Read More…
Please join us on Wednesday, March 4th for Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors Meeting. We would like to get as many social workers as we can for a big show of support! Supervisor Hilda Solis will be making a Proclamation to designate March as Social Work Month! Social workers from Region I will also ..Read More…
