September 2024 - Chicago District Update

Jasmine Chandy, MSW, LCSW, Chicago District Chair

Can you be-leaf it’s September already?! 

We are welcoming fall later this month with a Chicago District Member Appreciation event at the Harold Washington Library on September 30th from 6:00-7:30pm. The event will offer opportunities to network, hear about chapter updates, and engage in fall activities.  

To register, click here: https://naswil.wufoo.com/forms/43030-093024-cd-member-appreciation-ip/

NASW-IL Chicago District Chair Jasmine Chandy, MSW, LCSW (she/her)

We hope to see you all there as we welcome a new season of good work and collaboration. 

NASW Illinois Chapter Updates 

Registration Open! 2024 NASW Chapters Virtual Conference: Empowering Social Workers

Early Bird Deadline: Sept. 27, 2024

Save $30 right now on early bird rates! Good through September 27th.

This year's annual conference will take place on Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8, 2024, and offer up to 8.0 remote CEUs, including CEUs fulfilling requirements for clinical supervision, cultural competency, or implicit bias in Illinois, or diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) or suicide prevention in Nevada. Join NASW-Illinois and our sibling chapters in Nevada and North Dakota for two days of virtual training! More information and registration info at: naswmeets.org

IDFPR Updates on Licensure Process in Illinois

Read through our brief update on some significant progress we've made with our partners at the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) as a result of our collective advocacy to address the historic delays in obtaining social licensure in the state: https://www.naswil.org/post/updates-regarding-licensure-process

For more news, go to the NASW-Illinois Chapter News page: https://www.naswil.org/blog

Take good care,

Jasmine