Editorial: Returns – We all benefit when dropouts come back.
Fayetteville Observer
The Cumberland County schools are hiring five social workers with federal Race to the Top funding that encourages educational innovation. They’ll be doing some serious detective work, trying to track down about 650 former students who appear to have become dropouts.

New Milford Clinical Social Worker Pays $210000 to Settle Alleged False Claims …
Litchfield County Times
Joseph Ubaghs, a licensed clinical social worker who lives in New Milford, has entered into a civil settlement with the federal and state governments in which he will pay $210000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act and common law, according to an announcement today by United States Attorney David B. Fein, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane.

Local Residents Still Struggling with Bad Job Market
Patch.com
Jill Brown, a licensed clinical social worker based in West Caldwell, says job seekers can restore a sense of purpose and belief in themselves by doing volunteer work or other similar activities. 

Tips For Helping Your Aging Parents
Patch.com
“We can help you locate appropriate programs such as driving assessments for your elderly parents,” Lori Zimmerman, MSW, LCSW, with ElderLink St. Louis, said, “as well as home safety and memory assessments.”

Social worker’s performance at issue in Danieal Kelly trial | Philadelphia …
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Joseph A. Slobodzian The lawyer for the former Philadelphia social worker assigned to investigate neglect reports involving the disabled Danieal Kelly this morning fought to rehabilitate his client’s image before the Common Pleas Court jury.

UW Students Receive Tillman Military Scholars Awards
University of Wyoming News
They are underclassmen Nichole Juliano, a mathematics major from Mill Village, Pa.; Meghan Lucas, international relations/political science, Wichita, Texas; and Robert Niezwaag, master’s degree candidate in social work, Riverton.

Boise State University to offer new certificate program focused on refugee …
The Republic
Butch Rodenhiser heads the university’s School of Social Work and says the program was created in response to a need in the region. More than 800 refugees from 17 different countries were resettled in the Boise area last year.

Social worker or social worker
Blinq
“If this worker is not a social worker,” wrote Christina Mortensen, LSW, the communications director for the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, “a caseworker is the term that is most appropriate. Social workers legally have title protection in Pennsylvania.”

In Westchester, catering to the graying market
Westfair Online
Anne Pagano in Yonkers is a geriatric care manager who helps seniors manage their daily lives. Pagano, who is also a licensed clinical social worker, said professional geriatric care managers assist seniors and their families to navigate a complex and fragmented array of services.