at Brentwood Country Club
100 Pennsylvania, Ave, Brentwood, NY 11717
11:00AM - 3:00PM
Please join us at the upcoming 2019 Suffolk Division Social Work Awards Brunch, where we will be honoring this year's award winners and recipient of the 2019 Suffolk Division Social Work Student Scholarship.
Event Price: $50 NASW-NYS Members | $60 Non-Members | $30 Student
NASW-NYS Executive Director Samantha Howell will be a guest on The Social Workers radio talk on Thursday, February 28, at 10AM. Tune into WCDB 90.9FM to hear Samantha speak to co-hosts Dr. Eric Hardiman and Alyssa Lotmore, LMSW, on why advocacy is a vital component of social work. Samantha will also be discussing about our upcoming Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) on March 5, which aims to educate social workers to how to get involved in legislative advocacy and public policy, while providing hands-on experience at the NYS Capitol. Visit https://naswnys.org/LEAD for more information on 2019 LEAD!
Registration for the 2019 NASW-NYS (EM)POWER UP Conference is now open! Early bird pricing is available from now until March 31, 2019. Click the button below to get started!
Why attend?
This three-day conference will consist of acclaimed keynote presenters, continuing education workshops, networking opportunities, award ceremonies, and more! Taking place in Saratoga Springs, NY, the 2019 conference will connect you with the newest trends, innovations, and practices, while giving you a rare opportunity to network with other social workers across all professional levels. Here are just a few reasons to join us for this year’s exciting event:
Earn up to 15 continuing education credit hours
Hear dynamic keynote speakers representing the vanguards of the social work profession
Make new, important connections with social workers and agencies across the state
Take advantage variety of workshops and continuing education opportunities tailored to social workers of all professional levels, including licensing test prep course
Explore beautiful Saratoga Springs, NY, and all that the area has to offer from downtown to outdoors, natural mineral springs, historic downtown, premiere shopping and restaurant districts, and more!
For more information about the 2019 NASW-NYS (EM)POWER UP Conference, please visit https://naswnys.org/conference
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 NASW-NYS Westchester Division Social Work Awards!
Mona Swanson, LCSW
The Children’s Village
Andrea Harewood, LCSW-R
Lincoln Hall Boys’ Haven
Karl Bertrand, LMSW
Program Design and Development, LLC
Stephanie Marquesano
The Harris Project
Awards dinner registration is now open! Please join us in honoring our award winners on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at Woman’s Club of White Plains/C.V. Rich Mansion.
2019 NASW-NYS Westchester Division Celebration of Social Work Awards Dinner
5:45 p.m. cocktail hour, 6:45 p.m. dinner
at The Woman’s Club of White Plains/C.V. Rich Mansion
305 Ridgeway, White Plains, NY 10605
Reservations must be in by March 15, 2019!
In Memoriam: Desiree “Desi” Benet
December 27, 1950 – December 27, 2018
It is with great sadness we inform you that NASW-NYS Genesee Valley Chair and longtime NASW-NYS member Desiree “Desi” Benet, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 27, 2018, following a seven-year battle with breast cancer.
A graduate of Monroe Community College and Rochester Institute of Technology, Desi held a Licensed Master of Social Work, which she earned at the University of Toronto. She served as a Child Protective Case Worker with Monroe County for almost 30 years and has remained active with the Social Workers Union Retirees and the Democratic Party’s 23rd Legislative District Committee. Following her retirement, she worked with Catholic Family Services of Toronto for five years as a Child Protective Team Supervisor.
In her third career, she has been a faculty member with the Distance Learning Division of SUNY Empire State College since 2013, where she passed on her knowledge teaching human services to Bachelor level students. In 2018, she was appointed as Genesee Valley Division Chair of the National Association of Social Workers – New York State Chapter, a role she embraced enthusiastically.
Desi was an advocate for recruiting students into the social work field and during her time as the Division Chair, she worked on events that would bring awareness to what social workers do in the Genesee Valley region.
We are grateful to have had Desi serve as a leader in our Chapter and will miss her leadership dearly. We extend our most heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the family and friends of Desi during this challenging time.
Read Desi Benet’s full obituary at https://www.crawfordfuneralhome.com/notices/Desiree-Benet
A recent Forbes article highlights a new student loan repayment program that can help you repay student loans of up to $75,000.
In an effort to combat the nation’s growing opioid crisis, the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, launched the NHSC Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program (SUD Workforce LRP). This new student loan repayment program offers up to $75,000 to qualified health care professionals for three years of full-time service at an approved substance use disorder site, particularly in “health professional shortage areas.” There is also a part-time option for three years that awards up to $37,500 for student loan repayment.
To apply to the NHSC Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program, you must meet several requirements, including that you must be working, or have accepted an offer of employment by the date you submit an application, at an NHSC SUD Workforce LRP-approved service site. Complete set of requirements and instructions are available on their website and in the NHSC SUD Workforce LRP Application and Program Guidance (APG) document. (Download – PDF)
Application deadline is February 21, 2019, at 7:30PM EST. Please direct all questions and inquiries regarding the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program to NHSC.
Source: Zack Friedman, “This New Program Will Pay $75,000 of Your Student Loans.” Forbes. February 7, 2019.