Social Workers Speak

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Melina Brann is director of policy and advocacy for NASW-MI: Shirkey’s long sought-after mental health legislation defeated in bipartisan vote. Melina Brann is director of policy and advocacy with the National Association of Social Workers’ Michigan chapter , which also opposed the bills. Michigan Live. View on Youtube.]. New Day Post.

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Mental Health Social Worker Advocacy Addiction 40

Social Workers Speak

JULY 7, 2023

Ohio city rewrites abortion ban, advocacy groups end lawsuit The Hamilton Spectator The lawsuit by the National Association of Social Workers and the Abortion Fund of Ohio argued that the law, passed in May 2021 , represented an “extraordinarily broad” infringement on the constitutional rights of due process and free speech.

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Therapist Mental Health Social Worker Advocacy 52

Social Workers Speak

JULY 28, 2023

Elze, PhD, associate professor emeritus in the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, a “Social Work Pioneer,” one of the profession’s highest honors. We’re never going to build out an infrastructure if the going rate for therapy is $150 on the private market and it’s $70 on our Medicaid system.”

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Social Workers Speak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

So we’re in hospitals, we’re in schools, we’re doing policy, we’re in D.C. With the help of American Rescue Plan funds, today all schools in America have reopened, and virtually all remain open every school day with the supports they received from the Biden-Harris Administration providing crucial protections for students, staff, and families.

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