With your participation, we had one of the most successful Legislative Education and Advocacy Day events ever! But there is still work to be done to get this bill to … Continue reading ACTION ALERT: Call your Senator and ask them to pass bill S.263 and ban conversion therapy in NYS! →

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Kania Ponto, MSW 518-463-4741 ext 22 kponto.naswnys@socialworkers.org   NYS SOCIAL WORKERS AND STATE LEGISLATORS UNITE AT THE CAPITOL IN FINAL PUSH TO BAN CONVERSION THERAPY … Continue reading FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NYS SOCIAL WORKERS AND STATE LEGISLATORS UNITE AT THE CAPITOL IN FINAL PUSH TO BAN CONVERSION THERAPY →

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                      Media Contact: Kania Ponto, MSW NASW-NYS 518-463-4741 ext 22 kponto.naswnys@socialworkers.org   New York State Ends 14-Year Licensure Exemption and Brings State Agencies into Compliance with Licensing … Continue reading FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York State Ends 14-Year Licensure Exemption and Brings State Agencies into Compliance with Licensing Laws →

  Dear Members,  Your immediate action is needed. Though we have made great strides to end the licensure exemption, our fight is far from over. As you are reading this, calls … Continue reading ACTION ALERT: CALLS needed to counter requests to extend the social work licensure exemption! #INVESTINSOCIALWORK →

Mental disorders have become all too common among children. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly one in five children from the ages 13 to 18 currently have … Continue reading ACTION ALERT: Call your legislators TODAY and tell them to invest in school social workers for safer schools!  →

NASW-NYS Executive Director Samantha Howell provided testimony at the Joint Budget Hearing on Mental Hygiene that focused on the need to end the social work licensure exemption and requesting a … Continue reading NASW-NYS Provides Testimony on Social Work Investment Initiative →