Beyond Advocacy
MARCH 20, 2024
With the capable Lead Organizer, Amani Desamours, and her Student Leadership Team handling Thursday’s virtual Student Advocacy Day, I had the privilege of attending the pivotal Children’s Bureau’s National Convening on Kinship Care.
Beyond Advocacy
MARCH 10, 2024
Dearman is a CRISP Fellow and assisted in organizing and managing the 2024 Student Advocacy Day events. She works in inpatient/outpatient specialty care policy and as a clinical social worker across the Veterans Administration. She was a 2021-22 Fellow in the House of Representatives and the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Social Work Blog
JUNE 27, 2023
The Administration identified 21 programs to start as pilot programs of the Justice40 initiative, and since that time, the number of covered federal programs has grown significantly. Harvard Law School maintains the Federal Environmental Justice Tracker to provide up-to-date information about federal government activity in this area.
Social Work Blog
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
As noted in a special report published recently by the nonprofit Center for Medicare Advocacy (2021), “while there is still work to do, the new Handbook makes important strides towards reversing the bias in favor of MA that was prevalent in recent editions” (p. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]).
Social Work Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Department of Health and Human Services first declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE). The Biden-Harris administration has committed to providing a 60-day notice to states before the PHE will expire. Social Work Advocacy. By Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSW. NASW Senior Practice Associate. End of the PHE.
Social Work Blog
JUNE 27, 2023
The Administration identified 21 programs to start as pilot programs of the Justice40 initiative, and since that time, the number of covered federal programs has grown significantly. Harvard Law School maintains the Federal Environmental Justice Tracker to provide up-to-date information about federal government activity in this area.
Social Work Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
In that announcement, he stated that his administration will pardon individuals who have been convicted in federal court of simple possession of marijuana. However, the Biden administration must not lose sight on the fact that unless marijuana is completely descheduled and decriminalized, the harms of prohibition will continue.
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