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What isn’t said enough is that rural whites are being told to blame all the wrong people for their very real problems. As we argue in the book, Hollywood liberals didn’t destroy the family farm, college professors didn’t move manufacturing jobs overseas, immigrants didn’t pour opioids into rural communities, and critical race theory didn’t close hundreds of rural hospitals. When Republican politicians and the conservative media tell rural whites to aim their anger at those targets, it’s so they won’t ask why the people they keep electing haven’t done anything to improve life in their communities.

If the rule becomes official, simply having a criminal record would not automatically or categorically deny access to or terminate someone from HUD-assisted housing—including public housing, housing choice vouchers, and HUD multifamily housing.

The housing crisis in the UK continues to deepen, and successive governments have failed to address it. There has been a significant reduction in social housing of 1.2 million homes since 1979, and there has been no serious drive to increase supply since then.

Groups monitoring organised crime warn that Turkey is becoming entry point for drugs reaching Europe

Darla Rasmussen (above) addressed hundreds of delegates as the council released the final draft of its Indigenous Women’s Justice Plan (IWJP), a plan she said comes after two years of hard work and listening to people around the province.

Members of the Mātauranga Ake team, including whānau and tamariki navigators, social workers and team leaders

The authors of new book, White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy point out that rural whites are measurably more bigoted and xenophobic than suburban or urban voters, 13 points more likely to hate on queer people, 15 points more likely to support Trump’s Muslim ban.

Four Master of Social Work students, Brandi Stokes, Christian Thompson, Kyra Spengler, and Mandi Carroll, all worked together to create a simulation at Trauma Informed Oregon’s Day of Empathy event. The simulation highlighted the communication barriers mothers and their families experienced in Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.

Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids that contains more than 20 unique compounds, including isotonitazene, which was first identified in 2019 and is known on the streets as ISO. It also includes protonitazene, metonitazene and etonitazene. Nitazenes are psychoactive substances, or “designer drugs,” that aren’t controlled by any laws or conventions but pose significant health risks to the public. These substances have recently surfaced as illegal street drugs.

A memorial to Bubba, which was unveiled on March 26, 2024. Part of the Smiths Station memorial sidewalk, the marker is located in front of the Historic Jones Store Museum, a local heritage project that he had championed and that opened in 2019.

Three and a half years after it began, we finally have the findings of Dr Hilary Cass’s review into NHS youth gender identity services. It is a damning indictment of how badly we, as a society, have let down a group of vulnerable and highly distressed children.

Roma London chairperson Toma Nikolaeff Mladenov, 58 (above). Mr Mladenov told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “We’re making a peaceful protest in front of the council because a social worker from this council took three small children [from their father].”

NT Police said officers and social workers had been involved in more than 300 interactions with young people in the no-go area during the curfew period. An “interaction” was where a young person was spoken to, to ascertain their reason for being in the curfew zone during curfew hours.

The Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing building in Dover (above). Since Interfaith was formed in 2008, the organization boasts on its website that it has helped over 3,000 homeless men. It has been contracted with the state to provide emergency transitional housing since 2011 and, in the last few years, was infused with over $5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding from the state on top of its state, federal and local government grants.

Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine said the government isn’t taking any money out of the system.

Turning Points For Children is one of two nonprofits to leave Philadelphia’s child welfare system in recent years.

Mental health social workers in Barnet, north London, are set to launch two weeks of strikes next Monday as part of a nine‑week programme of action. The workers, in the Unison union, have already struck for 27 days as they fight for a recruitment and retention payment to reduce staff turnover and patient waiting lists.

The modern obsession with textual purity stems from a misapplication of the philosophies of Wittgenstein and Derrida

In Kashmir, there’s a bit of confusion swirling around the term “Social Worker” It’s like a jigsaw puzzle where everyone seems to be fitting into this role, but not everyone might understand what it truly entails.

Kotek Wilson does not receive a salary as Oregon’s First Partner. The governor’s office confirmed that the First Lady has been sitting in on staff meetings that focus on behavioral health, which are related to Kotek Wilson’s master’s degree in social work.

By its own admission, New York is experiencing a critical shortage of social workers. A 2022 audit by the State Comptroller’s Office found that 80% of public schools in New York City could not meet the recommended client-to-social worker ratio, with over a quarter of schools lacking a social worker altogether.

People imprisoned in Camden’s county lockup say conditions there are downright inhumane. They say there are often no recreational opportunities, they have limited access to social workers, meals are inadequate and unhealthy, and there is no access to alcohol and drug addiction recovery services — even as the majority of those incarcerated at Camden struggle with addiction.

Farmers in Ontario, a minority group facing distinct challenges, are advocating for enhanced mental health services as they grapple with isolation, stigma, and occupational stressors.

The monoliths of the skylines of Central and Eastern European cities are set to change

It seems obvious that all of this is creating a climate of fear and stifling academic discourse

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed two bills on April 2, 2024, aiming to implement work requirements for individuals enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. Both bills passed along party lines in the Republican-controlled legislature.

So what do we do? How do we fight back? We asked some of the smartest people we know.

She said their study opens numerous doors for future research, chasing down possible connections between the alcohol-protective alleles and conditions that have no apparent connection with alcohol consumption. “Understanding the underlying mechanisms of these effects could have implications for treatments and preventative medicine,” Sanchez-Roige noted.

People with drug felonies on their criminal record are uniquely excluded from receiving benefits in Missouri from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, after they are released from prison. This deprivation of SNAP benefits is solely because of their categorization as a former drug felon. This treatment of people charged with drug crimes — and not people with any other type of criminal record — is inconsistent with other ways in which Missouri promotes public safety in aiming to reduce recidivism post-incarceration.

At the general assembly of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) held in Panama, Azerbaijan’s mine problem was brought to the agenda… Representatives from 153 countries participated in the hybrid event.

Ruth brings a distinguished background to her new role as president. After a long career in social work practice, development and leadership, Ruth joined the British Association of Social Workers as Chief Executive. She is a member of the Executive committee of IFSW Europe and has a long commitment to IFSW and international social work. She brings commitment to our principles of social justice, transparency, accountability, responsibility, participation, responsiveness and inclusion in all we do.

DWP is forcing tens of thousands of people looking after relatives to repay huge sums after buildup of erroneous overpayments. MPs have called for an overhaul of the carer’s allowance, saying it was wrong that carers were being treated like fraudsters for mostly inadvertent errors.

New systematic review pieces together findings on cortical thickness, growth factors, and more, zeroing in on what may make ECT effective.

“For years, a mysterious figure preyed on gay men in Atlanta. People on the streets called him the Handcuff Man—but the police knew his real name.”

First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson is not a paid state employee and she does not hold outside employment. She has a master’s degree of social work from Portland State University, and Kotek’s office confirmed Kotek Wilson has attended behavioral health meetings, attends weekly meetings related to the governor’s schedule and travel, and occasionally attends events on behalf of the governor’s office. Above: Gov. Tina Kotek and First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson admire Oregon artwork

The document alleges failures in multiple aspects of Leach’s leadership, including fostering a culture of fear, retaliation and intimidation; poor communication with faculty; and what the resolution says are “misallocated resources.” The resolution said senior leaders in Leach’s office, Academic Affairs, have “a pattern of governance by administrative fiat,” handing decisions down. It later accuses the leaders of “unprofessional conduct.”

Wen-Jui Han, Ph.D., from the Silver School of Social Work at New York University in New York City, examined how employment patterns throughout working lives, based on work schedules, may shape health (sleep hours and quality, physical and mental functions, and the likelihood of reporting poor health and depressive symptoms) at age 50 years. The analysis included longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 with employment patterns starting at age 22 years (approximately 7,336 participants).

The issue here: in most states, foster kids receive their care for free. The only children who are singled out to pay for their own care are those receiving federal benefits, either because they are disabled, or have a deceased parent.

The Cameroon-born former asylum seeker, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, is a grandfather-of-two who has also worked as a youth pastor, housing officer and teacher. The tribunal, which continues, has heard he has been a Christian since the age of four and believes in the literal truth of the Bible.

In the latest Academic Freedom Index, Hong Kong scored 0.24 out of 1 in terms of the extent to which academic freedom was respected in the city in 2023. It marked a significant decrease compared to 0.69 recorded in 2013.

In a cross-institutional collaboration from Mass General Brigham’s founding members, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, researchers examined the number of nights and people potentially affected by the sound of nighttime versus daytime gunshots and the relationship between the sound of nighttime gunshots and median household income in the United States.

SS is a former youth in care who is grateful for improved support services from the province, but says youth are still confused about what is available to them and how to access it.

The family has a long history of forced displacement. John Spence (Gros Ventre/Sioux) is a child of boarding school survivors, and he and his descendants were robbed of their lands and livelihoods under the 1956 Indian Relocation Act. In the 1970s he found a way to overcome, becoming steeped in “guerilla social work,” which Spence’s memoir describes as “unconventional actions from the heart and fearless advocacy for the poor.”

John McGowan, General Secretary of the SWU, said: “While politicians try to kid themselves that the cost of living crisis is over, the reports from our members show just how dangerous this winter has been.”

Professor Julia Waters will tell the annual conference of the National Education Union (NEU) she is worried that those who can bring about change with the watchdog could be “paying lip service” and she will demand faster action from the Government and Ofsted. Ofsted has come under greater scrutiny in the past year following the suicide of headteacher Mrs Perry.

Significant reforms in U.S. health care and economic policies are needed to mitigate the stark disparities in perinatal mental health diagnoses and treatment that place women of color at greater risk of mortality and morbidity, according to Social Work Professor Dr. Karen Tabb, the senior author of a paper published in Health Affairs.

The growing power in the counsel’s office can have negative consequences. Caution about legal vulnerability can lead campuses to overreact to restrictive laws, or even shield allegations of abuse from public scrutiny. It has led to the prevalence on college campuses of what one critic calls “repressive legalism.”

With most jobs, our looks should be regarded as irrelevant to our suitability and remuneration. What matters is that we have the skills for the job and put them to good use. Yet appearance discrimination, or ‘lookism’, is pervasive and consequential in the workplace. Can lookism in employment ever be justified? And, when it can’t, should we legislate against it?

This push for evidence to back up teaching methods has become particularly strong in the past ten years. The movement has been driven by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), a charity set up in 2011 with funding from the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government to provide schools with information about which teaching methods and other approaches to education actually work.