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Veterans Still Serving

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to visit the monuments to our nation's military veterans. The week before Memorial Day I traveled to Washington D.C.

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NASW Member Voices: ?Social Work Mentorship Honors the Wisdom Within Our Profession

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He was born during the bombing of Pearl Harbor while his family was living in Hawaii; perhaps an event that has inspired Nick’s lifelong dedication to serving others. He served in the U.S. I approached Nick about creating a new group for Veterans diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and he was immediately supportive.

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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

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To help you and your staff provide better behavioral and mental health services to veterans, we’ll review some of the most prevalent mental health challenges veterans face and the first steps your organization can take to helping this population. Younger veterans are at a higher risk than older veterans. deployments).

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Mobilizing Social Work’s Vision and Voice through Voting

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The right to vote was hard won and still remains tenuous for historically vulnerable and under-represented communities. If passed, such bills will have sweeping impacts on communities of color, students, veterans, LGBTQIA+ people, people with disabilities, and older adults.

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News Items – September 2, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Floyd Meshad is a member: Calls to Veterans’ Suicide Hotlines Are Up Since Fall of Kabul. Floyd “Shad” Meshad, a licensed clinical social worker and founder of the National Veterans Foundation , said soldiers and veterans are already grappling with the toll that war takes on mental health. The Daily Beast. The way the U.S.

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Members in the News – September 26, 2023

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Stamos, then a member of AFGE Local 2152, was a licensed clinical social worker at a community-based clinic in Auburn, California, which serves about 4,000 veterans. She is still jousting with HR at the VA over what kind of job they are now offering her.

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Don’t Call Us Heroes: Nursing Is a Calling — and a Profession

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A 10-year veteran of labor and delivery working beside an amazing, rapidly shrinking team of nurses, I am proud to be an advocate for my community. But Nurses are still demanding increased compensation. The massive turnover of veteran nurses leaves a huge knowledge and experience gap. I am one such nurse.