In-home help for life’s little stuff
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
At Visiting Angels, which boasts a licensed clinical social worker on staff and provides in-home care for seniors with a variety of health conditions, services for healthy clients range from basic companionship to changing linens, cleaning, garbage and similar domestic chores.

Public divided on CVTC and group homes
Lynchburg News and Advance
A vivid warning also came from a Lynchburg social-work supervisor who described dangers and neglect that he’s investigated in some community-based homes. Heidi Dix, who oversees a division of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in Richmond, said the hearing was held because the General Assembly created a $30 million trust fund this year to reduce the occupancy of training centers.

GLAAD Calls On NPR To Correct Its “Ex Gay” Therapy Broadcast
Instinct Magazine
The American Psychiatric Association; The American Psychological Association; The American Medical Association; The American Counseling Association; The American Academy of Pediatrics; The National Association of Social Workers — These are IMPARTIAL expert groups that shape the way the country learns and thinks about our well-being, have all stood up against this type of “counseling.”

Vouchers provide housing for homeless vets
Lebanon Daily News
The program is making a difference in the lives of homeless veterans in Lebanon County, said Joe Getway, a licensed clinical social worker and HUD-VASH program coordinator at the Lebanon VA Medical Center.

Strengthening military marriages
Fredericksburg.com (blog)
The Virginia Wounded Warrior Program for Health Planning Region I, in partnership with the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work, is presenting “Mission: Healthy Relationships” in Fredericksburg. This weekend relationship enrichment workshop for military veterans and their spouses will be held Aug. 26-28 at the Fredericksburg Hospitality House and Conference Center.

Child welfare workers to get extra pay for hazardous duty
The Advocate of Baton Rouge, LA
The state Civil Service Commission on Wednesday approved a hazardous duty pay supplement for child welfare workers investigating abuse and neglect complaints.

Office Stress Expert: West Virginia Social Workers Risking Burnout
Public News Service
Jennifer Powell is both an attorney and a licensed social worker. She says it is most important to recognize that sometimes those in professions such as social work can find their job overwhelming. “It’s the end result of unrelenting stress.

NH Groups: Debt Ceiling Debate Over, More Drama to Come
Public News Service
Steve Gorin is the executive director of the New Hampshire Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). “One of the things I’m concerned about in this whole debate is that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are all lumped together as ‘entitlements.’ Many people think that we face an ‘entitlement’ crisis in this country, but we don’t. We face a health care crisis, a health care cost crisis.”

Why Social Media Matters to Therapists
PsychCentral.com
By Julie Hanks, LCSW You’re in the mental health field because you want to make a difference and make a living, right? Technology and new media now allow therapists to educate and interact with worldwide audience and to talk directly to ideal clients…for free.

Stranded in ‘food deserts,’ hundreds of thousands of NJ residents lack access to health, fresh food
NJ.com
Shanique Coleman, 21, lives in a food desert in Somerville. She has to rely on a social worker to shuttle her twice a month to neighboring Raritan to get groceries at a Stop & Shop for her two young children. Without the ride, she would have to rely on her grandmother in New Brunswick, nearly a half-hour away, to give her a lift.