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Update: Nursing Home Visitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Work Blog

On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated guidance to Medicare- and Medicaid-certified long-term care (LTC) facilities (commonly known as nursing homes) regarding visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. November 12 Guidance. Visitors are an essential component of this continuum.

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News Items – November 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Harris Administration Advances Equity and Opportunity for Black Americans and Communities Across the Country. Aimee Copeland is a member of NASW-GA: Aimee Copeland expands outdoor fun to the disabled community. Use of the chairs is free to individuals with a documented disability and driver’s license. The Biden-?Harris

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. Expand Medicaid: Less “neglect.” -- Based on her extensive research Prof. Another important book was released in 2023.