Advocacy Update: Suicide Prevention, Welfare Reform, Occupational Licensing Boards
Monday, June 20, 2016 By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation Legislators are making progress to end the legislative session. Last week, most budget subcommittees worked on their … Continue reading
Advocacy Update: First Week of Session
Monday, May 2, 2016 By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation Legislators are back in town! The first week back was marked by protests for and against House … Continue reading
Legislators Return to Raleigh!
This post originally went out last week to social workers subscribed to our Advocacy Alerts and Updates. Click here to sign up to receive these alerts. Wednesday, January 14, 2015 … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 5
By Kay Castillo, NASW-NC Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation Week five of the short session at the North Carolina General Assembly brought us the House budget. Unlike the Senate, … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 4
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation Last week at the legislature was a whirlwind and it was great that many of you showed up to advocate! On … Continue reading
Preparing for the Legislative Short Session
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation, NASW North Carolina Many social workers fear the idea of being involved in policy. You may think that policy has nothing … Continue reading
Celebrate Social Work Month in North Carolina!
The nation’s largest group of social workers, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), begins its month-long celebration of the profession in March. Social workers in hospitals, clinics, schools, universities, … Continue reading
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