Author: Stephen Cummings

Updated fact sheet on separated children and the welfare system.

The Center on Children and the Law, Women's Refugee Commission, and the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare put together this FAQ on the status of separated children caught in the immigration process. I'm providing it here for reference. #MacroSW participants may know that I moderated a Twitter chat on this topic back in June. … Continue reading Updated fact sheet on separated children and the welfare system. →

Medicare Open Enrollment: Programmatic and Policy Concerns. October 11, 2018 #MacroSW Chat

This chat is tonight, and close to my professional heart (as a former hospital social worker.)

#MacroSW 10/4 at 9pm EST with NASW: The Color of Youth Transfer: Policy and Practice Recommendations

The National Association of Social Workers will be joining us for this week's chat. Thanks to Karen Zgoda, who is planning and hosting this one!

StephenCast Friday: Can we really ever “leave it at the door”?

I should probably skip today's StephenCast, but I figure this is about self-care in a helping profession, so I'll try to walk that talk today. Listen here. Articles, posts, stuff: Constance Grady writes about how the definition of sexual assault has changed: The rape culture of the eighties, as explained by Sixteen Candles: https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/9/27/17906644/sixteen-candles-rape-culture-1980s-brett-kavanaugh My friend and … Continue reading StephenCast Friday: Can we really ever “leave it at the door”? →

The Disappearing Calendar: #StephenCast Friday for 9/21/18.

For this Friday, I'm expanding on the calendaring discussion from last week, and zoning in one of the biggest problems with modern calendars. As someone who went from a static paper calendar to my Palm Tungsten in the early 2000s, to my smartphone with an integrated work calendar, I welcome how I can share my … Continue reading The Disappearing Calendar: #StephenCast Friday for 9/21/18. →