congressional social work caucus Archive
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 …
The war hawks were circling the White House after Syrian President Bashar Assad’s apparent use of chemical weapons against civilians on August 21. As pressure mounted on President Obama to make good on his threat that using chemical weapons would …
I started writing this post by raising the question whether Congress was failing the American people. But I realized at most it would be a rhetorical question. With an 83 percent disapproval rating in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, …
Congressional Social Work Caucus Chair Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA13) joined with House colleagues Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA28) and Mike Quigley (D-IL5) recently to successfully shepherd an amendment through the House Appropriations Committee that added $3 million in funding for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) …
by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer The Congressional Social Work Caucus will be hosting a briefing, Children at Risk: Optimizing Health in an Era of Reform. The event will take place on October 19th in Washington D.C. …
by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer It has been announced that after Rep. Ed Towns retires this January Rep. Barbara Lee will take over leadership of the Congressional Social Work Caucus. Rep Lee is currently up for …