Young workers least likely to find help, yet suffer deepest scars: Teen sexual harassment
The Oregonian
“Students hear from classmates, ‘Hey baby, you’re really looking hot,’ and other bad language that denigrates women,” said Susan Fineran, a University of Southern Maine professor who has done three studies about teen workers and sexual harassment. “Teens get normalized to these behaviors,” she said, “so in the workplace they don’t have the expectation of being treated better.”

NASW-PA Rallies for Change
FYI by PLS
The National Association of Social Workers Pennsylvania Chapter (NASW-PA) hosted a rally today where social work students and professionals joined together to inform the public that social workers strengthen the fabric of society and change futures. Justin Fleming, Director of Government Relations, NASW-PA, thanked the advocates for attending the rally.

Call for Performance-based Child Welfare Contracts in Los Angeles
The Chronicle of Social Change
The dean of the University of Southern California School of Social Work is pushing the Los Angeles County Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Protection to consider performance-based contracting and to retain relationships with community-based service providers as part of its final recommendations for the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. “We’re tracking inputs and processes, but we’re not monitoring the overall program,” said Marilyn Flynn, who is one of ten commissioners. “We know how it translates because when we look at how kids are functioning, it’s horrible. Not uniformly horrible, but it’s deeply troublesome for some groups of kids. Tracking outcomes for kids is not currently part of the contract.”

Examining rape culture
The Shorthorn (UT-Arlington)
Phrases such as “she deserved to be raped” or “‘no’ sometimes means ‘yes’” have influenced people in recent months to reconsider the norms of a mindset coined almost 40 years ago. The phrases reflect rape culture, which is defined as the norm that says it’s acceptable for men to rape women and that women are prey to be taken, said Beverly Black, School of Social Work Ph.D. program director.

Maine House passes human trafficking bill
KeepCurrent.com
The many organizations supporting the bill included the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, the Maine Women’s Lobby, the National Association of Social Workers-Maine, the Concerned Women for America of Maine and the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Program links social work interns with patients
Northwest Indiana Times
Students working toward a master’s degree in social work at Indiana University Northwest in Gary have a new internship option. Prompt Ambulance Service has partnered with the university’s social work program in the past, and an internship opportunity developed out of that relationship, said Ron Donahue, director of business development for the Highland-based business.

Rutgers alerts vulnerable populations to post-disaster scams
mycentraljersey.com
The scamming often begins hours after the event and can extend for months and years, as it has following superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina. Now, a first-in-the state initiative is underway to provide preventive education and training to stop exploitation of vulnerable adults in New Jersey. The Department of Human Services’ Adult Protective Services, a unit of the Division of Aging Services, has awarded a grant to Doug Behan, director of continuing education for the Institute for Families with the Rutgers School of Social Work to develop and deliver a curriculum about exploitation following a disaster.