Archive for September 2025

Corporatized media outlets fixate on the flames, conveniently eliding the systems of detention, occupation, and death that occasioned the protest in the first place.

For three years, funding for the school district’s social workers came from the AWARE grant, which provides funding for schools to implement mental health programs and allows educational agencies “to build or expand their capacity to advance wellness and resiliency in education.” Unfortunately, the AWARE grant is a three-year program and is reportedly set to expire next year.

The GAO analysis, which does not include all the Pathways administrative expenses detailed by the news outlets, shows that as of April the Georgia program had spent $54.2 million on administrative costs since 2021, compared to $26.1 million spent on health care costs. Nearly 90% of administrative expenditures came from the federal budget, the report concluded, meaning that Georgia’s experiment is being funded by taxpayers around the country. Federal spending will likely increase given that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved $6 million more in administrative costs not reflected in this report because it was published before the state submitted invoices.

A few years ago, Keshia MacDonald took a leap of faith and enrolled in the inaugural class in the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program at Cape Breton University (CBU).

Professor Kim Gryglewicz (left) and Associate Professor Susanny Beltran (right) hold Sully the Seal, the College of Health Professions and Sciences’ first PARO therapeutic robot, being studied to help older adults with dementia feel less lonely and more connected.

Public school officials in Las Cruces have found success in curbing chronic absenteeism through a program partially staffed with social work students from New Mexico State University. The partnership between NMSU’s School of Social Work and the Las Cruces Public Schools began in 2021 under the Attendance for Success program. As part of the program, NMSU students analyze and monitor daily attendance data and work directly with families and students to identify root causes of chronic absences.