Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services first declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and advocacy organizations are providing guidance on ways to prepare individuals with Medicaid for the upcoming redetermination process. Social Work Advocacy.

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inSocialWork

JULY 12, 2022

Diaz, DSW, is an associate professor in the Human Services Department at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY. A notable figure in the reproductive justice and advocacy movement, Dr. Goldblatt Hyatt specializes in supporting people who have or need abortions, particularly people who experience later abortion.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 26, 2023

Here is an example from an infographic assignment I developed with colleagues : Purpose: This infographic assignment aims to help students practice advocacy & brokering skills as it relates to a human service issue and/or topic.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy by Rachel Forbes and Kelly Smith answers that call with chapters that include theoretical frameworks and innovative tools. 43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals by Gerald V.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Yet, unlike allied human service and behavioral health professions, social work’s ethics-related literature has not focused on the critically important issue of moral disengagement. Moral disengagement is typically defined as the process whereby individuals convince themselves that ethical standards do not apply to them.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

It’s not a full-scale class-action lawsuit, but it’s a good start: Children’s Rights is representing the Minneapolis NAACP in a formal complaint to the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights.

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Michigan Girl's Café

MARCH 1, 2021

As a profession, social workers frequently use their collective power to pass laws and establish policies that give more people access to community services and benefits, improving the quality of life for everyone. Social workers aim to improve the lives of children, the elderly, minority groups, disadvantaged populations.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Today, social work and human services professionals must be prepared to deliver knowledgeable and unbiased services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. Using the sociological framework of moral panic—periods of exaggerated public fear triggered by high-profile incidents linked to feared social groups—Michael H.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy by Rachel Forbes and Kelly Smith answers that call with chapters that include theoretical frameworks and innovative tools. 43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals by Gerald V.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

This user-friendly resource can assist in developing organizational responses to policy issues, conducting policy analysis, and working in advocacy coalitions. As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives.

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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]). SHIP (ACL).

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 7, 2023

He’s the former director of the Division of Mental Health for North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services and a former vice president of Behavioral Health for Atrium Health. People of color often face barriers when seeking treatment. We’ve invited Vic Armstrong to discuss this issue.

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Social Work Futures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As many of us seek to diminish old forms of “carcerality” in our human services/welfare infrastructures – how will these new dynamics potentially and radically deliver new forms of bias, human hierarchies, etc.? Note: What has covid-19 already taught us about this?

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As a care professional in the human services industry, you’re most likely familiar with the common risk factors and warning signs for suicide, but there are other important factors to consider, like social determinants of health (SDOH) which play a large role in substance use disorders (SUDs) and depression.

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Relias

JULY 25, 2023

When COVID-19 entered the picture, “this really very quickly and profoundly altered the way that behavioral health care services are provided,” Frankie Berger, Director of State Policy and Advocacy for the National Council for Behavioral Health, said. Training was another valuable tool.

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Michigan Girl's Café

MAY 26, 2021

nonprofit agencies, research, and government), core competencies and skills, educational and licensing requirements, best and challenging aspects of the job, compensation and employment outlook, self-assessment questionnaires and checklist to see if the job would be a good fit based on interest and skills.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services. What you need to know about the suicide prevention hotline changing to 988. KVC Health Systems. Mental health by the Numbers. 2021, December 9). Vibrant and 988. Vibrant Emotional Health. National Institute of Mental Health. Prepared by. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a scathing rebuke to Philadelphia’s family police agency, the Department of Human Services, rejecting the idea that its caseworkers are effectively exempt from the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and a similar clause in Pennsylvania’s constitution.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

She has also held senior leadership positions at the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Sanders led the organization’s federal policy analysis, regulatory and legislative advocacy and coalition building efforts.

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Michigan Girl's Café

MAY 21, 2020

administration and leadership; advocacy and organizing; community-based initiatives; policy analysis and implementation; program development for organizations and communities; and research and evaluation). CEUs are typically offered as a course, workshop, or webinar by universities, agencies, and associations.

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Relias

MARCH 12, 2024

Building resilience through communal rituals, storytelling, and advocacy can facilitate individual recovery and contribute to the collective healing process. Individual healing from collective trauma is a deeply personal journey that requires self-awareness, self-compassion, and resilience.

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Relias

JANUARY 24, 2023

Authorize $124 million in grant funding over four years for training, including scenario-based exercises and evaluative assessments.

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Relias

OCTOBER 8, 2021

WFMH’s mission is to promote the advancement of mental health awareness, prevention of mental disorders, advocacy and best practices, and recovery-focused interventions worldwide. A program of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), World Mental Health Day has been observed since 1992.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The University of Texas at Austin is coordinating the effort. This is challenging work so we have developed our plan so that every volunteer shift will have a faculty or high-level clinical social worker also on the shift to support if needed.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) established the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) to address the national health impacts of climate change. The RewiringAmerica website provides fact sheets and information for households to access savings available. In 2021 The U.S.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This is why criminal justice reform advocates find it promising that Biden has tasked the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review the marijuana scheduling policy with the intent of removing it as a Schedule I drug. A great deal of harm can be linked to this ill-advised policy.

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 12, 2021

Samuel Hickman was the moderator for the round table which included Smith, Cevallos, Dijon Stokes, an Advocacy Specialist for ACLU WV, Bill Kuhn, a Huntington resident and veteran, Chelsea Hornyak the Director of Accounts for 84 Agency, and Greg Whittington, the Criminal Law Reform Campaign Director for ACLU WV. West Virginia Metro News.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) established the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) to address the national health impacts of climate change. The RewiringAmerica website provides fact sheets and information for households to access savings available. In 2021 The U.S.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Despite having similar educational backgrounds, their job responsibilities differ depending on the services they provide to their clients. Knowing the distinctions between these roles can aid in determining the ideal career path in human services.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 25, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services. Financial resources are not available, but information on how to access benefits and assistance is easily found on the website. Prepared by. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C. Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social work. Post-traumatic stress disorder. National Institute of Mental Health.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 10, 2022

On Wednesday, the US Department of Health and Human Services released a? Wyoming is one of eight states without a law on the books to address the issue of pregnant women using drugs, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, but the advocacy group and others don’t see Oakley’s bill as the right vehicle to address the issue.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 3, 2022

21 for the National Association of Social Workers Indiana Chapter’s (NASWIN) 23rd annual Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD). The National Association Workers of Guam Chapter is also gearing up for their annual conference that will unite those on island that are dedicating their lives to human services.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 8, 2023

Human Service Quotes Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love. Advocacy Quotes If people were silent, nothing would change. If you say you cant’t you won’t. If you assume you can, you will. Be deliberate with you language, because what you say often becomes your truth.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

WITNESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, former director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? Justice Department is asking the same question. …

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Relias

JANUARY 24, 2024

They receive training on how to support others with similar concerns.

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