Social Work

Gena Bigler: Practicing the Art of Financial Social Work

Don McNay | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Working Mothers, Working Women, Gena Bigler, Personal Finance, Social Work, Financial Social Work, Impact News
Don McNay

Mostly, Gena has unqualified love for the less fortunate. Although she has written letters and organized protests, what she really does well is use the tools of the financial world to help people better themselves. She calls the concept "financial social work."

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Life After Death (Almost): An Inspiring Story of Recovery

Kaylee Scottaline | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Recovery, Strength, Overcoming Fear, Social Work, Colorado, Inspiration, Coma, Fearlessness, Inner Strength, Denver, Denver News
Kaylee Scottaline

Last year, Rachael Popejoy, now 28, bought her first house and a new car. While these might not seem like extraordinary accomplishments, it was only five years ago that doctors told Rachael's family she wouldn't survive the weekend.

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Faith In The Back Row

Mark Osler | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Art, Church, Christianity, Painting, Sermons, Social Work, Religion News
Mark Osler

When a preacher speaks to the "back of the room," that should refer to more than just the volume of the speaker's voice -- it should direct the sermon to those with doubt, those who are challenged, and the rest of us who sit humble and weary.

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Melissa Jeltsen

At Occupy Boston, Social Workers Address Mental Health Needs

HuffingtonPost.com | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Social Workers Occupy Boston, Occupy Wall Street, Dawn Belkin Martinez, Occupy Boston, Simmons College, Social Workers Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Boston Social Workers, Social Work, Business News

BOSTON -- After some gentle prodding, the woman paused at Occupy Boston's medic tent spilled her worries. She was losing her home in Mattapan, thanks ...

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College Graduates Starting Wages Drop In Last Decade: EPI [GRAPH]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Education, Video, Unemployment Rate, Economic Policy Institute, College, Wages, Compensation, Wall Street Journal, Engineering, College Degree, Social Work, Business News

Despite remaining the safest road to financial prosperity, a college degree isn't earning the recently graduated quite as much these days. The ave...

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Death Toll Mounts

Christine James-Brown | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Foster Care, Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Children, Cwla, Foster Child, Child Fatality, Child Neglect, Child Protection, Child Protective Services, Social Work Children, Child Abuse Prevention, Social Work, Impact News
Christine James-Brown

It seems week after week news of other child fatalities permeates the media. Coverage of high-profile cases illustrate our collective inability to keep children -- and even those who protect them -- safe.

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The New Generation of Activists: How Social Workers from RISE are Restoring Social Justice to their Profession

Fernanda Diaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Social Justice, Organizing, Activism, New York City, Youth Activism, New York University, Kate Barrow, Social Workers, Nyu, Rise Conference, Rise Social Work, DREAM Act, Social Work, Rise, Impact News
Fernanda Diaz

The Social Work community looked within and instead of figuring out ways to get respect and validity from outside, they devised new ways to adapt their own behaviors.

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Help Wanted: Child Welfare Heroes

Christine James-Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Illinois, Workforce, Child Welfare, Children, Jane Addams, Cwla, Social Workers, Social Work, Politics News
Christine James-Brown

My commencement message was devoted to child welfare practice. Currently, the public child welfare systems and agencies across the country are experiencing a severe workforce crisis.

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Room To Grow Revolutionizes Child Care Philanthropy

Michael Macher | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Poverty, Charity, Michael Macher, Philanthropic Organization Child Care, A Room to Grow, Uma Thurman, Parenting, Christie's, Room to Grow Nyc, New York City, Social Work, Ken Burns Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Room to Grow, Child Psychology, Ken Burns, Single Parents Living on Low-Income, Low-Income Families, Fundraiser, Impact News
Michael Macher

As America's middle class struggles to adjust to the myriad inconveniences of a shifting economic reality, low-income parents face a far more dire challenge--that of providing their children with basic care.

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