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NASW Iowa Chapter Releases New Assessment of Iowa Labor Force

Kim Simpson / Wednesday, November 13, 2019 0 310

The NASW Iowa Chapter (NASW-IA) worked with the NASW Foundation and the University of Iowa School of Social Work, in 2018-2019, to assess the Iowa social work labor force. The initiative was funded by a generous $50,000 grant from the Telligen Community Initiative. “We wanted to gather information in a concise and organized way that would allow us to make the case that we need more professional social workers in the state of Iowa and how professional social workers...

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Fri 15 May
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Wed 21 Nov
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Tue 13 Nov
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