Chapter News

UPDATED 05/18/22 NASW-Illinois Chapter As we move into another year of COVID and its variants, social workers have learned to incorporate...

National NASW News Release NASW Supports COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements and Strongly Urges All Social Workers to be Fully Vaccinated...

Ruth Lipschutz, LCSW, ACSW, and Mary Garrison, LCSW, ACSW Many social workers across the nation are wrestling with questions on how to...

NASW-IL was a partner in the Coalition to Protect Telehealth, joining together with 35 other patient, professional, and provider...

The governor's COVID-19 Executive Order No. 71 has been extended for another month through July 24, 2021. This executive order includes...

DEVELOPED BY: Melvin H. Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy Consultant National Association of Social Workers In Collaboration with:...

By Anne B. Camper, JD, General Counsel, and Elizabeth M. Felton, JD, LICSW, Associate Counsel What About Vaccination Requirements? © May...

Coalition to Protect Telehealth The NASW-Illinois Chapter was a partner in the Coalition to Protect Telehealth. Springfield—The Coalition...

NASW pleased by additional Biden executive orders to address systemic racism, improve health care access and reduce climate change...

In December 2020, two COVID-19 vaccines were approved for emergency use in the United States. NASW strongly recommends that all adults...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) commends Congress and the White House for passing a $900 billion...

The governor's executive order (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 9) which expanded telehealth services during COVID-19 has been extended for...

We are elated to announce that our efforts in advocating for the social work profession were successful, and that IDFPR has now released...

National NASW Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) today joined a coalition of more than 100...

The NASW-Illinois Chapter (NASW-IL) was just updated by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)...

Earlier this month, we published a letter from national NASW CEO Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW, to Dwight Hymans, CEO of the Association of...

As social work practitioners have begun to adjust to social work practice via telehealth platforms, a question we’ve been receiving from...

In follow up to our recent updates to (July; June) on ASWB and their administration of the LSW and LCSW examinations, please read below...

Chris Herman, MSW, LICSW NASW Senior Practice Associate – Aging Home Health: NASW Advocacy for Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic...

In an update to our last correspondence from the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) regarding testing facilities for the LSW and...