A Kinder, Gentler Eviction Process for Cook County
from The Chicago Tribune
 On a quiet street lined with neat homes and trim lawns, squad cars pull up to a suburban Chicago house where the owners have fallen behind on their mortgage payments. Sheriff's deputies pour out of the vehicles but not to force the people out of their homes − yet. This visit is one of three now required before residents are evicted. They knock loudly, but nobody answers. Minutes later, they are gone, leaving only a paper glued to the door. More
Opening Day 2009
from The Chicago Tribune
 If you do a simple google search on basball and social work, not a great deal comes up. However if you are a social work student or baseball player, you will be interested in the The Bruce Malpass Baseball & Lois Malpass Social Work Scholarship. More
'Lord, Don't Let Him Pull the Trigger'
from the Detroit Free Press
When a 17-year-old student rushed through the metal detectors at Westside Academy in Detroit holding his waistband, social worker Idris Herring glimpsed what looked like the butt of a gun. In the split second he had to think, he didn't. Without a word, Herring, 41, wrestled the teen to the ground. The teen was concealing a sawed-off shotgun. More
Economy's Retreat Trapping Jobless Vets
from The Chicago Tribune
Combat left Stephen Krol battered and broken, but it wasn't until the Iraq War veteran returned home that he officially hit bottom. He was approaching 40 and nursing a broken hip and a slipped disk in his back. With bills piling up and little money coming in, Krol became homeless and his once structured life seemed in free-fall. With nowhere else to turn, he entered a state program that helps veterans get back on their feet. A year later, Krol is healthy and determined. But despite holding an engineering degree, he has found his return to civilian life stymied by an American job market in ruins. More
Chicago Mayor Halts Closure of Mental Health Clinics
from The Chicago Sun-Times
Mayor Richard M. Daley said yesterday that he’s putting his $1.2 million plan to close four of Chicago's 12 mental health centers “on hold” until he gets to the bottom of a flawed billing system that triggered the cuts. One day after a noisy City Hall demonstration that included a brief sit-in at the mayor’s office, Daley gave at least some measure of hope to mental health advocates who want the clinics to remain open indefinitely. More
Michigan Man Runs 100 Miles a Month for 25 Years
from The Chicago Tribune
Kim Halladay recently reached a milestone. He was running along Fitch Street in Chicago, heading back home from Stearns Park beach on a 4-mile run when he quietly entered a realm surely few have traveled. He hit a 100-mile-run-per-month mark for 25 consecutive years. Halladay, who has his doctorate in social work and master's in public administration from the University of Denver, never skipped a step when he reached the milestone. He just continued his pace as he does daily. More
Small Steps to Giant Strides: Woman’s Career Expands as She Works to Prevent Child Abuse
from The Patriot Ledger
Suzin Bartley of Milton, Mass., has carried the job advertisement in her leather case for 15 years, a reminder of the revelation that shaped her life. A social worker, she needed a break from treating abused children when her husband gave her the classified section. More
Recession Means House Calls for Creative Social Worker
from WDAF-TV
For decades, Kansas City social worker Bridget Byrne has walked her clients through life's rough spots. Then, like thousand of others across the nation, she lost her job. Hear why the social worker calls the recession an odd, but good gift that has turned the old-fashioned house call into a new future. More
Raising Grandchildren in a Recession
from The New York Times
Every family struggles in a tough economy, but the recession poses unique problems for people raising their grandchildren. Some six million kids, representing about 8 percent of American children, live with their grandparents, according to the U.S. Census bureau. The recession is hitting these "grandfamilies" especially hard. More
It's Not Baby Fat: Among 4-year-olds, Nearly 1 in 5 is Obese
from CNN
Nearly one-fifth of American 4-year-olds are obese, and children of color are at higher risk, according to new research. Researchers calculated the body mass index from a sample of 8,550 Hispanic, black, white, Asian and Native American 4-year-olds. The children were born in 2001, and in 2005, their height and weight were measured −18.4 percent of them were obese. More
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