Relias

MAY 28, 2025

It came up over and over again in our national survey of direct support professionals ineffective supervision results in frustrations among experienced DSPs and dissatisfaction with their job. Certainly, supervision in intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services is challenging. Providing IDD services is often a personal and intimate experience, and it can be difficult to quantify the characteristics so important to person-centered care respect for the individual, kindness, empathy,

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

MAY 29, 2025

As a clinical social worker and supervisor in a hospital setting, I once assumed that professional advancement naturally reduced the need for oversight. After years of providing clinical care, coordinating interdisciplinary responses, and supervising social workers who support wounded, ill, and injured service members, I believed that experience would protect me from professional blind spots.

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CCRC

MAY 27, 2025

Just as important as our physical health is our mental health, yet many children and adults in the U.S. dont address their mental health concerns. May is Mental Health Awareness Month; its a time to bring attention to mental health conditions and ways to support our psychological well-being for overall health. In the U.S., more than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness.

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Child Welfare Monitor

MAY 29, 2025

by Emily Putnam-Hornstein (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Sarah Font (Pennsylvania State University), and Brett Drake (Washington University in St. Louis). I am honored to publish this post by three of the leading academic researchers in child welfare. As often is the case in this blog, they are writing about the flawed use of data to support the user’s claims about a policy or program.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement

There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how

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Relias

MAY 27, 2025

Substance use among adolescents continues to be a critical concern for healthcare providers, educators, and behavioral health professionals. Early identification is key to prevention and intervention but traditional screening tools designed for adults often fail to capture the unique risks and behaviors of younger populations. Thats where the CRAFFT screening tool comes in.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

MAY 29, 2025

In the previous post, we looked at the patterns of couples interactions that we most commonly see when the partners are in conflict. Now we turn to how we address their patterns therapeutically. In Neurodynamic Couples Therapy, our treatment is not focused on directlyresolvingtheir conflicts. In fact, tolerating theunresolvedstate of the conflicts providesin real time a perfect opportunity for both partners brains to experience and give voice to unmetabolized emotions from the past.

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Michigan Social Work

MAY 29, 2025

Last month, Professor Katie Edwards was featured on CNNs One Thing to discuss the effects of federal cuts to health research. Edwards whose research focuses on preventing and responding to sexual violence among LGBTQ+ and highly vulnerable populations has had six NIH grants cancelled this year. During the conversation, she specifically detailed the gut-wrenching process of shutting down a clinical study.

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Relias

MAY 28, 2025

In the Relias 2025 DSP Survey Report , we asked direct support professionals about the traits that make a good supervisor. Across the board, DSPs told us that one of the most valuable supervisor traits is holding all staff accountable in an equal manner. Additionally, the longer a DSP has worked in the IDD field , the more important this supervisory trait becomes to them.

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The New Social Worker

MAY 26, 2025

Social workers will find The Grieving Body a valuable resource for the development of bereavement interventions on micro, macro, and mezzo levels. Read The New Social Workers book review.

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CCRC

MAY 29, 2025

The month of May is recognized as Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, a time to recognize the contributions and achievements of the AAPI community, as well as a period of reflection for the historic and ongoing discrimination they face. May was chosen for AAPI Heritage Month because it commemorates the immigration of the first Japanese people to the United States on May 7, 1843.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Michigan Social Work

MAY 29, 2025

Professor Todd Herrenkohl, Associate Professor Katie Maguire-Jack and Assistant Professor Rebeccah Sokol published an article in The Conversation on how the current proposed cuts to the 2026 federal budget would slash vital services to an array of programs that support low-income families and keep children fed, housed and safe. Our research has shown that increasing access to programs that support low-income families decreases child abuse and neglect while improving parents well-being, they wrot

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 27, 2025

The Imprint reports on a new study from the National Indian Child Welfare Association. The study finds that Tribes have redefined and tailored U.S. laws governing foster care cases to match the priorities of their unique communities and cultures. Also in The Imprint , Stephane Jeffcoat writes about California legislation that would make it less likely that children lose all contact with their parents when those parents are in jail.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 29, 2025

By Maren Dale Divorce is far more than a legal eventits an upheaval that reshapes the lives of everyone involved. For children of divorcing parents, it can bring feelings of confusion, loss and even self-blame as their family dynamic shifts in ways they cannot control. For social workers, the challenge is both immense and urgent: How do you help guide families through divorce while protecting children from becoming casualties of conflict?

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CCRC

MAY 27, 2025

A new CCRC program will help address substance use within families and help them recover while supporting their children. The Road to Resilience offers screenings, assessments and connection to community resources. This initiative is funded by the Office of Child Abuse Prevention and is available to expecting parents or those with a child up 18 months of age, specifically families with a history of or risk of substance use in the Victor Valley and Big Bear areas.

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Michigan Social Work

MAY 29, 2025

Clinical Assistant Professor Ayesha Ghazi Edwin spoke with MLive about the effects federal cuts will have on Food Gatherers, the lead agency for hunger relief in Washtenaw County. Our county also happens to be experiencing one of the fastest rising rates of homelessness in our history with specific effects to older adults, she said. These challenges werent created overnight and they wont be solved by one action, but they do call us to act locally when federal support falls short.

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Child Care Aware

MAY 28, 2025

Child care is essential infrastructurefamilies rely on it so they can work, children rely on it for stability and care, and entire communities depend on it to function day to day. During disasters, the child care system faces a unique set of challenges that can disrupt care quickly and make recovery difficult without strong support.

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Community Care

MAY 29, 2025

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The government has boosted Social Work England’s budget by 25% to enable it to tackle fitness to practise backlogs. Its revenue budget for 2025-26 is 26.7m, up 5.2m on the 2024-25 (21.5m), with the increase coming entirely in the form of additional funding from the Department for Education (DfE), one of the regulator’s two sources of income, alongside social worker registration

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CCRC

MAY 29, 2025

The celebration of Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the day enslaved Black people living in the south were freed, more than two years after slavery had been abolished. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation took effect in 1863, it wasnt implemented in places still under Confederate control. On June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas to take control of the state and guarantee all enslaved people were freed.

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Relias

MAY 30, 2025

Even when organizations dont directly engage with trauma, they are touched by it. The effects of trauma are present when employees call in sick. They are present when tensions build between staff and clients. And they are present when high turnover occurs and stretches budgets. Trauma-informed organizations change these painful patterns by acknowledging both the far-reaching effects of trauma and the many paths to heal it, becoming more effective in the process.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MAY 27, 2025

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National Casa Gal

MAY 28, 2025

Read More. The post Child advocate and author, Joan Ulsher, inspires book club forum with story of strength and survival appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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CCRC

MAY 29, 2025

Pride Month is a time of celebration, visibility, and advocacy for the LGBTQIA+ community. The acronym stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual. The plus sign holds space for the expanding understanding of sexual orientations and identities. Throughout June, Pride Month serves as a powerful reminder of the progress made in the fight for rights, while also acknowledging the ongoing struggles and discrimination that many still experience.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Relias

MAY 29, 2025

Wound care providers are entering a new compliance landscape, which will impact 10.5 million Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. with chronic wounds. Starting on January 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement new Local Coverage Determinations (LCD), which will affect the use of cellular and tissue-based products (CTPs), also known as skin substitute grafts, for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and venous leg ulcers (VLUs).

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The New Social Worker

MAY 28, 2025

Self-determination is messy, frustrating, and beautiful. Its about giving peopleincluding yourselfthe freedom to make mistakes, take risks, and ultimately, shine in their own way.

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National Casa Gal

MAY 30, 2025

Our top priority is service and support to the CASA/GAL network, and we will do whatever necessary to continue to advance our mission. Read More. The post National CASA/GAL responds to funding cuts and continues service and commitment to nationwide network appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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CCRC

MAY 30, 2025

Many families are struggling to afford the rapid increases in cost for everything from gas to groceries and some families arent aware that they may be eligible for help with one big expense: child care. Through the Alternative Payment program, CCRC is now working to enroll 25,000 new families in subsidized child care. Click here to apply! CCRC was recently featured in a report by U.S.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

Community Care

MAY 30, 2025

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Parents are increasingly making covert recordings of social workers in child protection cases due to a lack of trust or for use in subsequent court proceedings, family justice leaders have warned. However, despite the ease with which such recordings can now be made through smartphones, and their increasing frequency, guidance for practitioners on how to respond was “extremely sparse&#

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Children’s Defense Fund

MAY 30, 2025

By Marian Wright Edelman The bread that is cast upon these waters will surely return many thousandfold. What a sense of achievement, and what great pride, and how happy that will make all of us who love America feel about this undertaking.This is how President Lyndon B. Johnson concluded the speech from the White House Rose Garden 60 years ago in May 1965 officially announcing the establishment of Project Head Start.

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National Casa Gal

MAY 29, 2025

Our top priority is service and support to the CASA/GAL network, and we will do whatever necessary to continue to advance our mission. Read More. The post May is National Foster Care Month appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 30, 2025

By April Ferguson, LCSW-C As we wrap up mental health month, NASW acknowledges the school social workers role in supporting mental health in the school system. School social workers provide prevention and early intervention services that promote student mental health and academic success. There is currently a crisis in youth mental health, and it is increasingly important that students and families have mental health support accessible within their school communities.

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