By S. Jolene Hui, MSW, LCSW
NASW-CA Membership Director
Crystal Anthony is a voice for her community. And now she is a voice for social workers in the state of California.
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker and NASW member, Anthony was recently appointed by Governor Newsom to serve on the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. ..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…
NASW recently announced two new Practice Alerts for Clinical Social Workers:
Attention Clinical Social Workers: Avoid Medicare Claim Rejections in 2020, https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=a1dfNrzpsEI%3d&portalid=
2020 Updates on Medicare and Other Matters for Clinical Social Workers in Private Practice,https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=VzxTiIzRHcs%3d&portalid=0
From the National Immigration Law Center:
1. The U.S. Supreme Court announced on June 28, 2019, that it decided to review the DACA court cases during its next term.
The Court is likely to hear oral argument about DACA in early 2020 and could decide on the future of DACA sometime between January and June ..Read More…
NASW-CA’s Virtual Peer Support Group meets once every month! If you have questions, and would benefit from peer support regardless of the area you’re in, join us for our next meeting! We’ll be meeting on February 10th, 2020, from 7pm-8pm!
Register by going to www.naswca.org! Go to Events tab on the right side of ..Read More…
Come meet seasoned API social workers to learn about their career paths and experiences!
This event will be held on Thursday, January 30th, from 6-8:30pm at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs API Caucus and the NASW API Social Work Council of Southern California are hosting a ..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…
NASW-CA’s Virtual Peer Support Group meets once every month! If you have questions, and would benefit from peer support regardless of the area you’re in, join us for our next meeting! We’ll be meeting on February 10th, 2020, from 7pm-8pm!
Register by going to www.naswca.org! Go to Events tab on the right side of ..Read More…
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 the National Immigration Law Center:
1. The U.S. Supreme Court announced on June 28, 2019, that it decided to review the DACA court cases during its next term.
The Court is likely to hear oral argument about DACA in early 2020 and could decide on the future of DACA sometime between January and June ..Read More…
CSU Northridge’s Department of Social Work invites you to “WE ARE POWER” Community In Action Conference on February 29th, 2020.
This event is free and will be from 8:30am – 3:30pm. If you have any questions please contact wearepowercommittee@gmail.com
A downloadable PDF version is provided below. Please share with your colleagues and students:
NASW Members, as part of our mission to advocate for the clients we serve, it is our civic duty to do what we can to help get the word count and get everyone counted in California. As you may know, every ten years our federal government conducts a census to count everyone living in the ..Read More…
