Social workers are at a "bare bones" level in NY. Many speculate that it is the rate of pay. Check out this story of how NY is trying to tackle this issue. https://t.co/gerkNtZm2i
Central Illinois is battling a shortage of hospital social workers, many of which are leaving the field for private practice. Check out the story here: https://t.co/mITAzP2pqr
Alabama has sent a bill to the governor's desk to allow licensed social workers to diagnose mental illness in an effort to fight the state's mental health crisis? Could a bill like this soon come to other states? https://t.co/jZvNCJD3j7
Cole Glosser is our staff OADEIA award winner! Cole initiated a project to review TTAP outreach materials to ensure they're LGBTQ+ friendly & to develop a resource about LGBTQ+, disability, and assistive technology intersectionality. Congratulations; we appreciate your EIA work!
Congrats to our faculty OADEIA award winner, Monica Faulkner & the team at the Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing! Their Compassionate Caregivers campaign was designed by parents to humanize foster and birth parents so kids stay connected to their families & culture
Congratulations to our MSSW student OADEIA award winner, Shannon Doyle! She has fought for LGBTQ+ rights and health access for Texans through legislative advocacy. She also spoke at SWAD on paid practicums, championing the P4P movement statewide. We appreciate your work for EIA!
Meet our BSW student OADEIA award winner, Fabiola Amaya! Fabiola has developed a system to help disabled students get around campus and promotes disability justice on her advocacy Instagram account fabiola.advocacy. Congratulations and thank you for your advancements in EIA!
Libraries are an underutilized space for traditional social work. Check out the efforts in Seattle to bridge the two worlds together and honor the work many libraries have already been doing. https://t.co/vgN6I1n05H
The landless workers movement in Brazil is a modern twist on Robin Hood. They aim to repurpose unused land from the rich. Check the story out here: https://t.co/Xn5aJcDhDl
Congrats to all of our graduating social workers! @SSW_OADEIA supports you in all your future endeavors! What has started here at Steve Hicks School of Social Work will change the world.
Maine has a new bill on the ballot that would offer loan forgiveness for social work students in order to expand the care that rural communities receive. Check them out here. https://t.co/FgTeEgrCJA
Kent State University is starting a social work degree program to help address the gap in mental health services for rural Ohio communities. Check out their important work below. https://t.co/CyJlkps2Cs
Social work is such a diverse field. Check out this article regarding how the Innocence Project uses a social work team to support Exonerees in regaining their autonomy. https://t.co/PIxWlEgi8k
Student needed to work on their InQuizitive. They were able to complete the assignment during the session. They have a paper due next week that they need to work on.
Toni Morrison, the acclaimed author who became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, will be memorialized on a Forever stamp, which was unveiled Tuesday by the United States Postal Service. https://t.co/CTmbFCo4x5