Opinion
Our Assessment of ESSA: Every Student Succeeds Act
By Jose Castaneda, Lorrie Marino, Stephanie Panchig, Teresa Robles, Maggie Sebastian As a matter of equality and social justice, we...
Broken Bridges
LTSS integration with HMOs cannot succeed without addressing the funding gap which prevents transitions to community-based care settings. By...
The Opportunity for Collaboration through Mobile Technology
By Stephen Shrank One of the biggest strengths of social work is the vast amount of workers...
Laura’s Law: What Should We Know?
By Cal State Long Beach, MSW Graduate Students: Brian Janairo, Sarai Rubio, Juan Luis Villa, and Valerie Wilson Laura’s...
What’s in a Word? Bureaucracy
By Al Murdach, LCSW (retired) This column explores some of the meanings of words that today have a significant...
What’s in a Word: Empathy
By Al Murdach, LCSW (retired) This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus...
What Is HIPAA? Why Is It Important in the Health Care System?
By Janette Garfias, Nancy Lemus, Daisy Gomez, Donna de Loera In 1996 the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...
Do We Know Enough of the ACA to Repeal?
By Irma Hernandez, Mercedes Costello, Nancy Aleman, Aliza Gonzalez, Ary Nassiri The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly...
New Bill AB 456: Mental Health Professions Parity
This bill would Allow Social Workers to Begin Accruing Hours Toward Licensure Soon After Graduation By Noriela Flores, Gabriela Gomez...
What is the Future of Preventive Care for Minority Children?
By Nancy Lemus, Daisy Gomez, Donna De Loera and Janette Garfias, Advance Social Policy Students, California State University,...
