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Social Worker Albert Dabah is writer, director of award-winning Extra Innings

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Words on Bathroom Walls Screenwriter Nick Naveda hopes movie will give social workers, others, better understanding of disorder

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Will Francis is with NASW-TX: Baby’s death leads to foster mother’s arrest and more scrutiny for Texas care system San Antonio News-Express A year ago, state officials cited Parker after find...

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Stark racial disparities exist for teens tried as adults in Allegheny County. Can anything be done to change it? Pittsburgh CityPaper According to Vaughn’s analysis, Black youth make up about 8...

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Victor Armstrong is a member: Now Mental Health Patients Can Specify Their Care Before Hallucinations and Voices Overwhelm Them The New York Times Even skeptics of value that they let patients p...

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NASW executive director Angelo McClain is mentioned: Children entering foster care in CT down 19% since 2010 The CT Mirror The Annie E. Casey foundation, a nationally-renowned group that advises ...

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Jennifer Wells is on the Board of NASW-WV: Jennifer Wells, Stephen Smith: What if? West Virginians don’t have to fight alone Charleston Gazette-Mail (WV) The president said again last week that...

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Bill Lamb is a member: Study questions value of star rating system for adult care homes Carolina Public Press Bill Lamb, executive director of the Friends of Residents in Long Term Care, generall...

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Kimberly Street is a member: Social Workers at the Library Good Morning America The School of Social Work’s Social Work Community Outreach Services’ Social Work in the Library program with t...

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Black youth disproportionately tried in adult court, study finds The Louisiana Weekly For several years, New Orleans officials and Louisiana children’s advocacy groups have been sparring, at ti...

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Kimberly Agresta is a member: Is it OK to discipline someone else’s kid? NorthJersey.com “The general rule of thumb is it’s appropriate to discipline someone’s child whenever there’s ag...

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Jesse Bennett and Donald McDonald are members: Why doesn’t North Carolina’s Opioid Action Plan consider Medicaid expansion? The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Our General Assembly’s decision...

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Each of these victims is going to be looking at their own recovery - Social Work Professor Dan Pollack

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We have a child-care crisis in this country. We had the solution 78 years ago. The Washington Post The government resolved the quandary by swiftly amending the Lanham Act. The 1940 law, which all...

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Brook Houchen is a member: ‘We grieve together’: The Lucas Hernandez case engaged the Wichita community and beyond The Wichita Eagle Experts say it’s not surprising Lucas captured the heart...

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Julia Colangelo is a member: How Yoga Helps Anxiety, Especially When You Focus Your Practice On These 5 Poses Elite Daily Simply sitting on your mat, being in the present moment, and scanning you...

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Reeta Wolfsohn is a member: How to Practice Financial Self-Care U.S. News & World Report Unfortunately, many Americans do not view money positively. On the contrary, 62 percent count it as a sour...

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Kathy Wehrmann is the president of NASW: Illinois Lieutenant Governor hopes to break cycle of opioid addiction foxillinois.com Last September, Illinois created an opioid task force and action pla...

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Becky Fast is executive director of NASW-KS: Parents, advocates tackle issues with Kansas’ foster care system The Topeka Capital-Journal “The system’s been sorely underfunded for years,” ...

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Ron Avi Astor is a member: Here’s How To Prevent The Next School Shooting, Experts Say NPR After Parkland, there have been many calls to make schools a “harder target” — for example, by a...

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