A HUGE thanks Ravita Okafor with NASW-NC Chapter, Martha Turner-Quest with NC Psychological, and Valerie Arendt with NASW-NC Chapter for all of their help, guidance and hard work on the Mental Health Pros on Call phone bank happening this Thursday on WRAL from 4 to 7:30pm. You all are amazing!

#ncga budget update from the Senate side: Berger essentially told us the budget agreement is dead unless the House honors a promise to put in gambling if more than half of House Rs agree. Says Moore moved goal posts by insisting on 60+ Rs backing gambling. #ncpol

Gov. Cooper Statement on passage of state budget and Medicaid Expansion:

Congratulations Jonathan Singer 🎙️ and @Darlascoffey for being named NASW Foundation #SocialWork Pioneers! Thank you for your leadership! NASW

3 WEEKS LEFT TO REGISTER for the 2023 NASW-NC Virtual Fall Conference! You can receive 13 LIVE hours of CE. All sessions will be recorded to receive an additional 18 hours of CE via distance learning! Members save 50% on registration! ⁠Register at naswnc.org

Episode 133: Interview with NASW-Illinois Executive Director, Joel Rubin, about how the ASWB Info exam was eliminated from licensure requirements for BSW and MSW graduates of accredited social work programs in Illinois. Sounds boring? Oh, just you wait. socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2023/02/NASWIL…

NASW-NC is proud to award Jillian Riley, MSW, with the 2024 NASW-NC Myrna Miller Wellons Advocate of the Year Award! A huge congratulations to Jillian... you can read more about her accomplishments here: naswnc.org/news/663534/Ji… #naswnc #nasw #socialwork #socialworkers #msw

March is Social Work Month. Join me and my colleagues @sonyiarich Dr. Kyaien Conner and Janelle R. Goodwill, PhD for a discussion regarding the unique perspective of Black social workers in suicide prevention. #StopSuicide #SocialWorkMonth American Foundation for Suicide Prevention NASW NASW-NC Chapter Action Alliance

#SB1036 helps #veterans, their #families as well as #socialworkers & the clients we serve. Urge Matt Gress Steve Montenegro Julie Dr. Selina Bliss Patty Contreras AZ House Sarah Liguori (((Rep.Alma Hernandez))) Christopher Mathis Beverly Pingerelli Barbara Parker to vote yes on SB1036

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be a new tenure-track assistant professor at Bryn Mawr College 's Bryn Mawr GSSWSR starting in August. 🦉

Congratulations, Dr. Dawes! 🤩❤️

Today marks a milestone for #socialworkers who want an interstate licensing compact. Learn why. And kudos to #NASW chapters for pushing these bills through state governments.

NASW-NC is conducting a call for presentations for the 2024 Virtual Fall Conference, held on November 18-19, 2024. ⁠ ⁠ Submit your presentation here: naswnc.org/general/custom…⁠ ⁠ We look forward to receiving your presentation! The submission deadline is July 31, 2024.⁠

Today is National Voter Registration Day, and SOCIAL WORKERS VOTE! Are you registered to vote? Is your address and other information up-to-date? Make sure you doublecheck TODAY! Go here for more on checking your registration status and updating your info: vote.gov/register/north…

Thanks for having me speak on the importance of #socialworkers getting out the vote, even if my eyes are closed 😂 NASW-NC Chapter

Congratulations Karen Bullock 🩷🩷🩷

Beautiful portraits honoring the #NASWPioneer2024 inductees, @SusanPRobbins Goutham Menon @CharlesELewisJr Karen Bullock. These folks have made enormous contributions to @NASW and social work. #NASW #NASWF #socialworkers

We asked North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Michele Morrow to autograph her tweets calling for Obama to be killed.

Wake County Supt. Robert Taylor announces the district has received a 5-year, $14.1 million federal grant for mental health behavioral services. Taylor says Wake is the only NC district to get the grant & that it will let it hire 27 new positions. #wcpss #nced

Thank you NASW for awarding me the National Social Worker of the Year award at this year’s annual conference. I am truly honored! And thank you to Valerie Arendt, MSW, MPP and NASW-NC Chapter for nominating me. Social work is my passion. #StopSuicide American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Action Alliance CBHL