Allison Jackson is a member:
Speaker: To Boost Public Health, Count The ACES
Public News Service (WV)
To improve public health, count the ACEs – the Adverse Childhood Experiences. That’s the message coming to a social workers’ conference in Charleston. Virginia social worker Allison Jackson comes backed with a lot of new research and a compelling personal story. She says a list of 10 kinds of childhood trauma, such as violence, abuse or addiction in the home, can predict health problems.

Helen Hunter is a member:
Social worker raises alarm on elder abuse
New Jersey Jewish News
Some 85 caregivers employed by 11 agencies of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ heard a geriatric social worker declare that the problem of senior abuse is growing, within and outside the Jewish community. “The number of people aging is increasing, and they are living longer,” said Helen Hunter, an independent geriatric social worker consultant and trainer from Middlesex Borough who has worked with senior citizens for 34 years. “Many are being cared for at home, and possibly some caregivers are not trained to know how to deal with folks who are in bad condition.”

Gary Bailey, former NASW President, wrote this article:
The AIDS Walk: More Than 30 Years Later, Why It Still Matters — Especially For Black, Gay Men
WGBH
At the risk of being dismissed for wallowing in ‘AIDS nostalgia,’ I want to explain why I’m participating in this year’s AIDS Walk Boston, a good 35 years after the first AIDS cases were discovered. In the spring of 1986, I found myself in the intensive care unit at Tufts Medical Center. I was the only person visiting a dear friend who just five days prior had been diagnosed with pneumocystis pneumonia. At the time, this type of pneumonia was known as a difficult to treat opportunistic infection. It was also an indicator that my friend had AIDS.

Devon Hyde is a member:
University of Maryland, Baltimore and Guidewell Financial Solutions Announce New Financial Well-Being Partnership in West Baltimore
timesunion.com
University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) recently began a partnership with nonprofit Guidewell Financial Solutions (also known as Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland Delaware, Inc.). This joint effort is designed to help campus and local community members to improve their financial well-being by developing practical money management and housing knowledge and skills.… This recent partnership is a natural step for Guidewell Financial’s involvement in other University financial stability initiatives. As a UM School of Social Work (SSW) graduate, Guidewell’s Director of Business Development Devon Hyde, MSW, is an active participant in the SSW’s Financial Social Work Initiative (FSWI) and the National Association of Social Workers Maryland Macro Social Work Committee.

Jodi Flick is a member:
Stopping the Stigma
Endeavors (UNC Research)
Every other Thursday, Jodi Flick walks into the library at the United Church of Chapel Hill on Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, sits down, and waits. A stack of self-help books sits next to a box of tissues on a nearby table. People slowly filter in past the bookshelves and find a seat amongst a circle of upholstered chairs. After the group has gathered, Flick (or one of the other five facilitators) lights two candles and says, “We light this first candle to remember the light that our loved ones brought into our lives. And we light this second candle to remind us that we are still alive. We can best honor our loved ones by embodying their light in the world.” Then, each person shares their story about how someone they love died by suicide.

Carolyn Meyer-Wartels is a member:
Magazine For Young Girls Comes Under Fire For Swimsuit Article
CBS Miami
Experts say the problem is the article suggests girls have something wrong with their bodies. “Telling girls you should feel uptight or uncomfortable about these body parts, and this bathing suit will help disguise it or cover it up,” said Carolyn Meyer-Wartels, a licensed clinical social worker. The feedback back the swimsuit feature has been so negative the publisher of Discovery Girls Magazine admitted their mistake in an open letter on Facebook.

Nancy Harazduk is a member:
Hospitals scramble to offer mental health care for depressed physicians
STAT
And at Georgetown University Medical Center, young doctors attend a retreat at the start of their residency, followed by monthly support group meetings where they learn to use techniques, such as meditation and journaling, to manage stress. “We teach them self-care,” said clinical social worker Nancy Harazduk, who started the Georgetown program three years ago. “But what is really important is the connection. They can feel alone, as if they are the only one. But in the groups, they share a lot of what is going on.”

New York Community Trust Gives One Million Dollars to Help Train Social Workers
Social Work Helper
The New York Community Trust (NYCT), one of the nation’s largest community foundations, has renewed a grant through the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to educate and train more social workers to strengthen the delivery of health care services in the United States. NYCT will award the two social work organizations $1 million over the next two years to continue the Social Work HEALS initiative. Part of the grant will be used to bring two fellows to Washington, D.C. to directly engage in health care policy work on Capitol Hill.

NC mental health cuts hurting the vulnerable
The News & Observer
Because N.C. legislators made a $262 million budget cut last session, even fewer North Carolinians with mental health conditions, intellectual/developmental disabilities and substance use disorders will have access to services.

Kay Castillo is Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation for NASW-NC:
Lawmakers should do more to truly protect N.C.’s children
The News & Observer
North Carolina’s Republican leaders say the negative publicity and economic losses brought on by House Bill 2 are justified by the need to protect children from sexual predators. But when they were asked last year to do more to help children who’ve suffered from sexual abuse and to prevent more children from falling prey to it, they showed little interest. That request came in February 2015 when the North Carolina Coalition for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse delivered the findings of a study requested by the legislature “to identify statewide goals to prevent child sexual abuse.” The 11-member study group included educators, pediatricians and child welfare advocates. It made six recommendations. No legislation resulted. “I think we had a good group looking at the issue and it just kind of dead-ended from there, which is kind of frustrating,” said Kay Castillo, a member of the study committee and a lobbyist for the North Carolina chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

NASW CEO Angelo McClain is interviewed:
[Audio] Social Work Month
WFME-1560AM
As part of Social Work Month NASW CEO Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW, did a national radio tour in March and April. NASW used the radio tour to spotlight the contributions of social workers, the role of NASW in supporting the profession and build momentum for legislation we support. One of the last interviews was with talk show host Jay Tralese at WFME-AM 1560, which covers New York City and parts of Connecticut and New Jersey. The interview went live on May 14.