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I’m back on the Hill in the office of Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge. Rep. Fudge represents Cleveland and Akron, Ohio and currently serves as chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus. Rep. Fudge sits on the Committee on Agriculture and the …
The American Adoption Congress
is an international organization comprised of individuals, families and groups committed to adoption reform, and represents those whose lives are
touched by adoption or other loss of family continuity. While the organization tends to lean toward issues …
In my previous blog post, I noted that former Congressman and social worker Ron Dellums stressed that social work was in need of a big idea that would galvanize the entire profession. It has been brought to my attention by …
Last week, members of the board of directors of the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (CRISP) had the privilege of sitting down with former congressman and mayor of Oakland, California Ronald V. Dellums to get his views …
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are waiting with bated breath to see the eventual outcome of the controversial legislation. Needless to say, opponents of the law which they derisively refer to as “Obamacare,” are seizing any and every opportunity …
______________________ When Dr. Ramona Bishop walked into her office on April Fool’s Day in 2011, the Vallejo schools had hit rock-bottom: The system had been in receivership since 2004. Its 14,000 students were racking up nearly 80,000 referrals, suspensions, and …
Apologies go out to my readers for my lack of postings these last couple of weeks. My wife and I have been swamped moving back into our home – a 1917 cottage on a hillside above Fairfax, California – that …
Federal policies frequently have profound effects on how social workers are able to provide services to children and families yet many practitioners and consumers are often unaware of the policies that are impacting them. Policies come in the form of …
Having spent the better part of my life as a resident of New York City, I was very much interested in the September10rd Democratic primary that resulted in Public Advocate Bill de Blasio winning the Democratic nomination and the right …
I was reading a review this morning of the new movie “Jobs,” an account of Steve Jobs’ career. Now I’m a Mac guy and a big fan ofJobs, but even his biggest fans would acknowledge that he was a genius …
