Steps Forward: The Medi-Cal Asset Limit Will Change in July 2022
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From Micro to Macro: Interning with NASW-CA
By Alan Young When I started as an intern with the NASW California chapter in 2021, I was extraordinarily nervous. ...
Innovating Medicare: The Choose Home Care Act could allow 700,000 seniors each year to receive rehabilitation at home instead of at skilled nursing homes
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What is Title Protection and why does California need Title Protection for all social workers?
“The title ‘social worker’ invokes the shared history, training, ethics and practices of a 115-year-old profession... We need to ensure ...
Stress in California’s Parents
By: Michelle Pineda-Espinoza, MSW Candidate & Janaki Santhiveeran, Ph.D., Full Professor, School of Social Work, CSULB Who is experiencing the ...
Putting Action Behind Your Words: Reflections on 2022 Lobby Days
As a team leader, I was fortunate enough to attend this year’s Legislative Lobby Days, hosted by the California Chapter ...
Priming the Pump: Strong Fiscal Incentives Are Needed to Ensure CalAIM’s success
By Jason Bloome On January 2022 California embarked on their ambitious California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program: a 5-year ...
OPINION: In Peer-on-peer Child Sexual Abuse, States Differ on Who’s a Peer
By Daniel Pollack and Lori Kornblum The phrase “peer on peer child sexual abuse” is well known. It implies an ...
OPINION: The Closure of Schools and the Decline of Child Abuse Reporting Due to COVID-19 — A Perspective from Five Social Workers
By: Rosie Wolfrum, Edlin Vazquez, Maria Fonseca, Ivonne Martinez, and Adriana Sandoval With the recent news that LAUSD will not ...
Open Bridges: CalAIM and the Use of In Lieu of Services Offers Hope For Thousands of the Elderly Who Could Benefit From Skilled Nursing Facility Diversion/Transition.
By Jason Bloome California is currently requesting stakeholder input for their CalAIM proposal, an ambitious undertaking which will streamline the ...
