Advocacy Update: Final Veto Override, No Senate Budget, Foster Care, and Medicaid Reform
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation Senators pushed back their release date for their proposed budget by a week and we expect it to be released today, … Continue reading
Advocacy Update: Slow week and budget developments
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation Legislators took things very slowly this week with few bills on the calendar and hardly any committee meetings. Most work was … Continue reading
Advocacy Update: Senate Bill Filing Deadline and Social Work Advocacy Day
Advocacy Update, March 30th, 2015 Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation What a week! We had over 500 social workers attend Social Work Advocacy Day on Wednesday, March … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 11
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation Last week at the General Assembly saw more action from the Senate than the House. Senators have been meeting in Rules … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 10
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation, NASW-NC What a week at the General Assembly! The Senate decided to work on bills that were sitting in the Senate … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 8
By Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation, NASW-NC Social workers found victory during the eighth week of the legislative short session! On Monday night, the last day of … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 6
By Kay Castillo, NASW-NC Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation Week 6 of the short session started off with a new regulatory reform bill that created controversy for many House … Continue reading
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