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SUPPORTING SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE.
The social work profession is based on three essential principles: education, research, and practice. Through research and education, we ensure that the social workers who address critical individual, family, community, and societal needs are thoroughly trained and highly qualified. With this goal in mind, NASWF supports a variety of programs, including the following:
TOP PRIORITIES
- Social Work Public Education Campaign: Enhancing the public's understanding of the social work profession, and promoting the profession's ability to improve people's lives, through an aggressive multi-media campaign based on research and strategic marketing plans
- The NASW Foundation Fund: Providing essential funding for social work-related programs, to enhance the well-being of individuals, families, and communities
- L.E.G.A.C.Y. Project: Promoting and preserving NASW's rich history
SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS
(For a complete program list, visit www.naswfoundation.org)
- Social Work Month Gala: In March 2003, the NASW Foundation hosted the second annual Social Work Month Gala, honoring child welfare social workers, in Washington , DC . Douglas W. Nelson, president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, was the keynote speaker. The third annual Social Work Month Gala will honor health care social workers, with a special emphasis on the role of genetics in social work.
- Disaster Preparedness Fund (formerly the 911 Fund): Helping social workers assist with rapid response to national crises
- Partners In Program Planning for Adolescent Health (PIPPAH): Addressing adolescent health issues through a cooperative agreement with the federal government's Maternal Health Bureau of the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA)
- HIV/AIDS Spectrum: Mental Health Training and Education of Social Workers Project: Providing the necessary HIV and mental health practice skills for people working in social work, mental health, and substance abuse fields to enhance and promote culturally competent practice with individuals, families, and communities affected by HIV/AIDS. (The target audience includes social workers, allied mental health care providers, and students in schools of social work.)
- Ruth Fizdale Chapter Research Program: Underwriting NASW Chapter research projects that link practice and policy issues with relevant social work issues at the state and local levels
FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
- Jane B. Aron Doctoral Fellowship
- Eileen Blackey Doctoral Fellowship
- Consuelo W. Gosnell Memorial Scholarship
- Verne LaMarr Lyons Memorial MSW Scholarship
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS PROGRAMS
- Knee/Wittman Health & Mental Health Achievement Awards
- International Rhoda G. Sarnat Award
- NASW Social Work Pioneer Program
For more information, visit the NASW Foundation Web site at www.naswfoundation.org
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