Opinion
Choosing Your Second-Year Field Placement
By S. Jolene Hui, LCSW, NASW-CA Membership Coordinator Choosing your second-year field placement is not a task to be taken lightly. You’ve...
The Oscars and Being a Social Worker
By Cheryl Blankenship Kupras, MSW, LCSWWith the Academy Awards fast approaching, I was thinking about the wonderful movies I have been...
The Importance of Mentoring Programs for Foster Youth
By Amy L. Huang, MSWIt is important for foster youth to have mentors as a lack of a caring and...
Introducing Restorative Justice in Schools
By Amy L. Huang, MSWDuring the school year, one student from the Long Beach Unified Student District (LBUSD) is suspended...
What Every CCRC Resident Should Know About CAOC
Consumer Attorneys of California Co-sponsored AB 2171 (Wieckowski)By Lillian L. Hyatt, MSW, Resident of a CCRC and AARP Policy Specialist...
OPINION: A Shaky Foundation
Design flaws with the assisted living waiver create an unstable base for SNF diversion/transition to RCFE programs in the future....
Stuck in the Station
What is Happening With Long Term Support and Service Rebalancing in California?By Jason BloomeProviding long term support and services (LTSS)...
Can Seniors Choosing to Live in Continuing Care Residential Communities Lose Their Autonomy?
A reading of the Herriot case (8/26/2008) makes clear they can. AB 2171 (Wieckowski) will make sure that will not...
Opinion: The Importance of a Macro/Micro Blend
By S. Jolene Hui, MSW, NASW-CA Membership CoordinatorSummer is almost over which means it is almost fall and time for...
Changing Times: Reducing Stigma within Mental Health in California
By Ashley Jones, MSW InternOn January 1, 2015, AB 1847 will take effect in California, seeking to humanize those Californians...
