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Effective September 30, 2025, several telehealth flexibilities that were put into place during the COVID-19 pandemic expired and now require congressional actions to be renewed. As of today, lawmakers have not addressed the expirations. Clinical social workers should be aware of two expirations that may impact the way they practice: the geographic waiver and in-person requirement.

Lately, the ground has been shifting faster than we can find footing. You feel it. I feel it. Our clients live it. In the last few weeks, I’ve led beside social workers across Illinois who are exhausted by the emotional whiplash of serving through another season of instability.

NASW-IL Endorses Senator Karina Villa for IL State Comptroller

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the largest membership organization of social workers in the United States, believes - and has always believed – that few things are as important as public safety and individual health and well-being.

The Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) has begun to allow for social work licensure renewal through the IDFPR Online Services Portal. Even if you haven't received your e-mail notice from the department, all Illinois social work licenses will expire unless renewed by November 30, 2025.

Here is a roundup of the biggest mistakes we’re hearing about from our members, and how to stay out of hot water.

One of the many challenges continues to be our nation’s policy towards the unhoused. Many of you saw the NASW national statement opposing the Trump Executive Order to Forcibly Remove Unhoused People from Public Spaces.   The issue of the unhoused goes well beyond this and precedes the current administration.

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the largest membership organization of social workers in the United States, believes - and has always believed – that few things are as important as public safety and individual health and well-being.

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) strongly opposes an executive order from President Trump that would forcibly remove unhoused people from public spaces and institutionalize them. This order criminalizes poverty and does little to address mental illness, economic distress and other issues that cause homelessness.

This Tips and Tools provides a brief overview of the federal budgeting process and outlines how the law decreases older adults’ access to Medicaid, the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, long-term services and supports (LTSS), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—disproportionately affecting older immigrants and refugees—while weakening Social Security and other public programs.