Jennifer Hero and son, Wells at their Brooklyn home. Photo courtesy of New York Times.

Kudos to New York Times reporter Jennifer Mascia for her article “The Neediest Cases: After Katrina, Struggle for High Ground.”

The story demonstrates how social workers change lives for the better. The advice of an unnamed social worker helped New Orleans evacuee Jennifer Hero get rent assistance and money to train to launch a new career.

For more information on how social workers help people recover from crisis visit the National Association of Social Workers “Help Starts Here” Mind and Spirit Web page.