All students have potential, but access to support and opportunity is not equally distributed. As a high school principal for 10 years, I encountered well-intentioned teachers...
Several articles in response to the shootings in Minnesota, New Orleans, and Dallas point fingers at PTSD and mental illness. Although these issues are valid, there...
Immigrant families to Canada and the United States can face many issues complicating their adjustment to the new host culture. Often unconsidered is the implications for...
Foundations for Tomorrow is a community initiative that provides a tiny home community where Huntsville’s homeless can reside whilst transitioning back into society. This unique initiative...
Did you know that 1 in 4 American people suffer a mental illness? That is an estimate of 56% of the population[2]. Creating awareness is a...
With poverty and inequality being extremely prominent in the media recently, the Global Citizen’s Festival is well timed to advocate on behalf of their goal to...
Playing in online worlds is a growing phenomenon and children and young people are being exposed to many online games, social media apps and other community...
Just like there are laws we have to abide and adhere to everyday, it is also a similar set of rules and code of conduct within...
Time to get digitally competent In an age where information technology is growing rapidly in our everyday personal and professional lives, there is a growing expectation...
Foster care alumni abandoned by the educational system often become the inmates at youth detention centers and adult prisons across the country. They are the experts...
The Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE) was signed into law by the President on December 19, 2014. Tax-free savings accounts can now be built...
Over the last decade, certainly in Australia, funding for human services organisations has undergone significant change. The days of filling out an annual evaluation report and...
This week, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a law that will bring about the highest minimum wage of any U.S. state, and the bill raises the...
The human services field is a broad one, and it encompasses various organizations that meet the needs of individuals and families in our society using an...
In the city of Austin Texas a group of people have come together and begun to build small mini pod homes for homelessness individuals in the...
According to researchers working on the American Cities Project, a study sponsored by the PEW Charitable Trust, many cities across the United States are experiencing significant...
Addiction can be both a physical and mental illness that can destroy lives and common type of drugs that people are becoming addicted to is painkillers....
I’ve dreamed of one day moving home again to have my future children surrounded by their family, but I also fear living with those who constantly...
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.”~ Mahatma Gandhi Sticks and stones may break our bones, but...
As social workers involved in community development, we all know and understand that funding bodies, sponsors and management committees wish to see “objectives and outcomes”, but...