Immigration raids conducted by local police, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol in recent years have ha...

Kally Fayhee was 6 when the water became her safe place.   After her family moved to its suburban Chicago home,...

Most people meeting Marian Tripplett of Benton Harbor would never guess the road she traveled to get where she is today....

?%NASW – Michigan Flint Water Disaster Task Force Recommendations   As the water disaster in Flint continues...

    Grand Rapids, MI. March 1, 2016 – D.A. Blodgett – St. John’s has been named the March 2016 Non-Pro...

    It is with a very heavy heart that I announce that former NASW-Michigan Board President, Jacqueline “J...

An intense mobilization effort the past two weeks by public mental health organizations, counties and advocacy groups to o...

One positive aspect of the Flint water crisis has been the thousands of people from across Michigan, and around the countr...

During a humanitarian crisis, social workers are among the first responders of community health, mobilizing quickly to hel...

Notes from an afternoon with water volunteers in Flint     Two water-bearing volunteers knocked at the...

University of Michigan-Flint Social Work students and faculty members teamed up with Flint-area residents last Friday to...

State has fewer goals to end child welfare system oversight   Associated Press 6:30 p.m. EST February 2, 2016&...

School districts battle challenges of poverty in education   By MICHELLE MERLIN mmerlin@record-eagle.com Jan 3...

by Deanne Puca    KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two Western Michigan University faculty members will be honored for inn...

      As early as October of 2014, General Motors announced that it would...

National Collegiate Athletic Association releases new guidelines on dealing with the mental health of college athletes, an...

Michigan’s House District 6 includes River Rouge, Ecorse and a portion of Detroit. These communities are home to some of t...

  NASW Member Appreciation Night  Philadelphia Flyers vs. DETROIT RED WINGS Wednesday, Apr. 6 at 8:00...

LANSING, Mich. – The Syrian conflict is a monumental humanitarian crises with decades of social and human development lost...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN — The Charlevoix County, Otsego County and Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area community foundations have been...

Waterford Township – James Berendzen was encouraged to become a sign language interpreter by his high school teacher. Aft...

Kalamazoo Vice-Mayor Don Cooney says there is reason to be concerned about hiring or providing housing to someone with a c...

DETROIT - Because their Catholic faith is against same-sex marriage, Bryan Victor and Thomas Molina-Duarte made their wedd...

Feeling stressed? The holidays will do that to even the best of us. Unfortunately, we sometimes lash out to those close to...

The military has its own culture — these courses prepare you to serve them.   NASW- Michigan has partnered...

Each year NASW-Michigan has the privilege of awarding exceptional students with the Student Leadership in Diversity Award...

On Sunday, Nov. 22, two members of our community wrote “white power” and drew a swastika in the snow on a car. Many member...

   NASW group outside of famous Cuban artist José Fuster’s “Fusterlandia” Playa, Havanna. ( Back L-R :...

    “These forums were an important first step in mobilizing social workers to work towards ending rac...

Mary-Jo Hartman’s doctor told her she probably won’t live to see Christmas.     But she doesn’t plan to...

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released economic data covering 2014. One Lansing policy analyst says it shows recent...

These continue to be heavy times in our country and around the world. The acts of terrorism continue to destroy the lives...

It wasn’t until Haley Moraniec had taken several classes in her social work program at Eastern Michigan University that sh...

Most fail $29 food challenge   Posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:36 pm By BRIAN McGILLIVARY bmcgilliv...

Social Work Students Inspired by Advocacy Conference   BY CHRISTY CAPELIN NOVEMBER 18, 2015   So...