In light of the recent devastation of Hurricane Florence, the American Red Cross is implementing the Health Professionals Direct Deployment Process for volunteers to support Disaster Mental Health (DMH) and Disaster Health Services (DHS), inviting health and mental health professionals to volunteer in communities that have been affected.
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The Social Justice Priorities Chart represents priorities adopted by the National NASW Board of Directors. The priorities will be reviewed and revised annually.
This year’s priorities include one major revision- the addition of Environmental Justice. By including Environmental Justice, NASW will be addressing one of the country’s top social justice imperatives. NASW ..Read More…
Zander Keig (center at end of table) a Coast Guard veteran and a board member for the Transgender American Veterans Association, attends its meeting in Washington.
“It now feels as though I am on my own,” says Zander Keig, 52, who is from San Diego and a NASWCA member.
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In a quiet nook in the small city of La Verne, small cottages topped with Spanish tile are spread across a sprawling green campus.
Long ago, it was an orphanage; now it’s a group home for foster kids. Recently, it also became one of several shelters in the Los Angeles area that quietly ..Read More…
NASW CEO Angelo McClain was interviewed for an Associated Press article on the horrible Trump Administration policy of separating immigrant children from parents.
“There are no principles of good child welfare that are being used in this process,” McClain said.
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NASW has released a statement on an egregious zero immigration policy that would prosecute families that attempt to cross the border and separate children from parents. NASW will push Congress to rescind this Trump Administration policy.
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Sacramento – Only 11 days into the country recognizing the month of May as “Mental Health Month,” Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. is making mental health history in California. In his May Revise State Budget for 2018-19 released earlier today, Governor Brown has proposed millions in new state funding investments for community ..Read More…
Stephon Clark (Photo courtesy of Stevante Clark)
The National Association of Social Workers California Chapter is deeply troubled by the death of Stephon Clark. Clark, an unarmed African American man, was shot to death by police in his grandmother’s backyard. The entire Sacramento community, including law enforcement, is saddened and shocked by ..Read More…
