In case you missed it, listed below are a number of the options within the latest issue of Social Work Advocates:
Grand Challenges for Social Work: Eliminating Racism Becomes 13th Challenge as Initiative Evolves
The Grand Challenges initiative, launched in 2016, continues to evolve to fulfill society’s wants—together with the addition in 2020 of the thirteenth Problem to Remove Racism.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Helps Social Workers, Others With Student Loan Debt
NASW has been energetic in advising and alerting social staff concerning the PSLF program, and advocating for pupil mortgage debt aid.
Because the 2022 midterm elections method, we discover ourselves going through probably the most consequential election season in trendy historical past.
From the CEO: Don’t Forget About the Opioid Crisis
The opioid disaster is taken into account a public well being emergency, with 136 deaths per day and climbing. Final yr,107,000 folks died from opioid overdose. Opioids are a consider 83% of overdose deaths.
Extra within the October – November 2022 digital version:
- Editor’s Observe: Social Work’s Grand Challenges Evolve to Meet Altering Wants
- Social Employees within the Public Eye: Be taught what social staff are saying as specialists quoted in mainstream media tales.
- Affiliation Information
- Colleges of Social Work
and more.
