Blagojevich’s Health Care Program Not Yet Up
from The Associated Press via The Chicago Tribune
 A year after Gov. Rod Blagojevich outlined a plan to expand the state's health insurance coverage for sick or injured young adults, his "All Kids Bridge" program still doesn't exist. "We've been waiting and waiting, and clients keep calling wanting to know how they can sign up," said Stephanie Altman, policy director at Heath & Disability Advocates, a Chicago-based public interest group. More
Eleven Days Until the 2008 Symposium, University of Chicago, SSA Centennial
from NASW IL
Since the summer, NASW IL has had an automatic countdown ticker on its Web site indicating how many days are left until the 2008 Symposium, "Building Social Work Leadership for Tomorrow: Serving our Veterans Today," that will take place at the Alice Campbell Center in Urbana, Ill., on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. We’re now only days away! More
Brain Pacemakers Give Jolt to Hard-to-Treat Illnesses
from The Chicago Tribune
Every day during a four-year deep depression, Sean Miller thought of ending his life. Nothing relieved the emotional darkness—not therapy, not medication, not loving attention from family and friends. Then doctors in Toronto implanted electrodes in his brain and switched on an electrical current, and everything changed. Within a month, hope began to flicker. Within six months, Miller felt normal again. More
Social Workers Respond to Gov. Sarah Palin's Attack on Community Organizers
from NASW IL
The National Association of Social Workers was outraged to hear Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, one of the nation's vice-presidential candidates, malign in a live international broadcast the work of community organizers. The social work profession takes great pride in its community organizing roots and lauds the contributions of its members, and other professionals, who commit their careers to helping residents of different communities organize their resources and take social action to improve life for themselves and their families. More
Tackle What's Dragging Kids and Schools Down
from Chicago Sun-Times
Most high schools have full-time social workers, but they deal mostly with special education students. As a charter school, North Lawndale College Prep High School in Chicago spends its money as it chooses. It put money into social workers and counselors, not security. In Chicago, it's an exception. More
Acting Out Contributes to Brain Health as We Age, Study Shows
from The Chicago Tribune
For nearly 15 years, Helga and Tony Noice have been studying how acting skills can improve brain function in older people. They've documented that memory, comprehension and problem-solving skills all improve in people who apply mental exercises used by actors. And now, with a third grant from the National Institutes of Health, they'll be able to share what they've learned with a wider audience. More
Protecting Social Workers Requires Knowledge of Hazards They Face
from Huntington Herald Dispatch
The death in July of social worker Brenda Yeager while making a home visit to a couple in rural Cabell County, W. Va., has legislators and others talking about the protections that social workers need. Yeager's death was a terrible event and a rare one for this area. It was the first homicide in years in the Tri-State involving a social worker killed on the job by a person during a home visit. More
Chicago Catholic Archdiocese Offers Counseling for Families of Sex Abuse Victims
from The Chicago Tribune
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago launched an unprecedented counseling initiative last week for the loved ones of those abused by deacons and priests, a group often overlooked on the path toward healing from sexual abuse. Victims' family members are invited to attend a series of four sessions led by a licensed clinical social worker. The sessions will include open discussion and information about how the abuse affects family bonds, boundaries and the healing process. More
A 'Gravely Disabled' Mental Health Care System in Washington
from Seattle Post Intelligencer
Mental illness is an insidious form of identity theft, erasing one future and replacing it with another. But Washington’s mental health care system abets the crime. Thousands of the state’s families, dealing with mental illness, are snared in a Kafkaesque system that won't help people with serious symptoms until they are in imminent danger of harming themselves or others, or gravely disabled - standards so high they exclude many who desperately need help. More
Reinstate Three Social Workers, D.C. Told
from The Washington Post
Three of the social workers fired for their involvement in the high-profile Banita Jacks case were unjustly terminated by the mayor and should get their jobs back, according to a D.C. arbitrator's ruling. More
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