NASW - New Mexico

Welcome to NASW-NM

What’s New

News & Alerts

The New Mexico Social Work Summit, a forum created by NASW to allow social workers to voice their concerns and be active in identifying issues of concern to them, has identified loan forgiveness and the cost of graduate education as a major professional concern.

New GLBT Task Force

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Task Force is a committee focused on insuring all association work promotes and collaborates on including LGBT issues. We will plan programs that address ways to eliminate homophobia and transphobia particularly in relation to social work practices and policies in the Southwest. For more information, please contact Jordon Johnson at jordon.johnson@yahoo.

Continuing
Education

Guns, Gangs, Graffiti and Interventions - December 11

Early registration for the conference is no longer available. If you have not registered you can attend early onsite registration on Tuesday Feb. 23 from 4:00-6:30 at Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid hotel in the Taos room. You may also register onsite Wed. 2/24 (please note the lines will be long so give yourself enough time).

Click HERE to check to see if you are registered for the conference. If you have pre-registered and your name is not on this list, please call the office at 505-247-2336

Conference materials now available! Visit the annual conference page.

HIPAA Breach Notification – September 23, 2009 Effective Date

New HIPAA requirements for identifying and notifying clients of breaches of unsecured, patient-identifying information are effective as of September 23, 2009. Basic information about the privacy breach notice standards is contained in the Legal Defense Fund article, HITECH HIPAA for Social Workers, available at https://www.socialworkers.org/ldf/legal_issue/2009/200903.asp. The complete text of the Interim Final Regulations is available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-20169.pdf

Save The Date

NASW-NM 30th Annual Conference
February 24-26, 2010
Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North Hotel

On Any Given Day, Social Workers Help

Congratulations NASW-NM 2009 Awards Recipients!

Top Row (Left to Right)
Cindy Anderson; Gina; Juliette Applegate; Elizabeth Thomson

Bottom Row (Left to Right)
Paula Sandoval; Kathryn Jones; Georgia Sanchez

Social Worker of the Year-	Cindy Anderson & Paula Sandoval
Social Work Student of the Year-	Juliette Applegate & Gina Bryant
Public Citizen of the Year-	Elizabeth Thomson
Social Work Pioneer-	Kathryn Jones
Rose Praisner Memorial Award-	Georgia Sanchez

NASW-NM
2444 Louisiana Blvd. NE, Suite 211
Albuquerque, NM 87110
TEL: 505-247-2336 FAX: 505-243-1472
Email: info@naswnm.org