Medicaid Expansion Advocacy Day
By Kay Castillo, NASW-NC Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation Join us! NASW-NC is partnering with other organizations that want to see North Carolina expand Medicaid! Wednesday, June 4, 2014 … Continue reading
2014 Short Session, Week 1
By Kay Castillo, NASW-NC Director of Advocacy, Policy and Legislation Legislators are back in session! Legislators were off to a quick start on Wednesday, May 14th, the first day of … Continue reading
May is National Foster Care Month Event!
By: Kay Castillo, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Legislation May is National Foster Care Month. Come celebrate with us! Join Children’s Home Society, Independent Living Resources, National Association of Social … 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
New Laws starting December 1, 2013
For a list of all bills that passed and have or will become law from July 1st, 2013 to January 1st, 2014, click here. A number of laws passed during the … Continue reading
If not Moral Mondays, what? Opinion Piece
If not Moral Mondays, what? D.G. Martin “I want to do something, something besides Moral Mondays.” A friend was asking me what he could do to stop what the New … Continue reading
Legislative Session, Week 25
Legislators finally agreed on a tax plan last week. In a quick press conference last Monday, Governor McCrory, Senate Leader Phil Berger and Speaker of the House Thom Tillis announced … Continue reading
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