Social Policy: Organizations/Policies

The homepage of this organization includes information available to the public, including two online directories: MFT Graduate Schools and MFT State Licensing Boards.

"The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW) provides leadership and assistance to social work educational programs and professionals in order to advocate for the integration of gerontological content in undergraduate and graduate social work education; to promote the teaching of gerontology to all social workers; and to develop short and long-term perspectives in relevant curricular developments."

"The AASWG … is a not-for-profit organization of group workers, group work educators, and friends of group work who support its program of advocacy and action for professional practice, education, research, training and writing about social work with groups."

CSWF's goal is to "promote excellence in Clinical Social Work practice through development and advancement of the profession for the benefit of clients and clinicians who serve them." Their Web page includes news, member information, schools of social work directory, Web sites of interest, and other related resources.

The IASSW is an international association of institutions of social work education, organizations supporting social work education and social work educators.

The IFSW is a "global organisation striving for social justice, human rights and social development through the development of social work, best practices and international cooperation between social workers and their professional organisations." The site includes a monthly update of activities and 12 policy statements on ethical and human right issues.

National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Online
Resources from the NASW including news, publications, professional development sources, advocacy information, the Register of Clinical Social Workers, and the NASW Code of Ethics.

Benefits.gov (formerly GovBenefits.gov) was launched in an effort to provide citizens with easy, online access to government benefit and assistance programs.

For over 35 years, the AoA has provided home and community-based services to millions of older persons through the programs funded under the Older Americans Act. You may have heard about our home-delivered meals programs or nutrition services in congregate settings, or transportation, adult day care, legal assistance or health promotion programs.

The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) proposes and implements national policy for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. OFA provides guidance to states, tribes, and others on the complex and varied issues that relate to state implementation of the TANF program.

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was created in 1986 and is one of the most significant outcomes of the 1985 Secretary's Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health. The Office is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. OMH was reauthorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148).

Federal regulation is one of the basic tools government uses to carry out public policy. Agencies create regulations (also known as "rules") when Congress provides the authority to do so.

The public plays an extremely important role by commenting on proposed rules. These comments can help shape the decisions the Department makes.

The Social Welfare History Web site is a nonprofit project designed with the goal of better informing the public about the history of American social welfare. The Web site was designed and developed by John E. Hansan, Ph.D. A Scholar’s Advisory Committee composed of distinguished social welfare historians and scholars (see below) was recruited to assist Dr. Hansan.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.