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This week we found out the Government is looking at using people accessing mental health services as a cash cow for their mates. The social Read More

Does a stronger safety net mean a healthier community? Apparently so, according to recent research. It’s a well-known fact that the...

Adolescents from high-poverty neighborhoods tend to face many mental-health challenges, but the solution lies not in finding another place to live, according to published research…

Marcelo Hernandez stepped into his job as a bilingual case manager at Clatsop Community Action in summer 2020.

UnityPoint Health has launched “Together We Care,” a new social services tool to help individuals find assistance with food, housing, transportation and employment, among other resources.

Epic Health Services shares an amazing story and shows how in-home care can allow parents to parents and not just caregivers!

Tech companies provide an untapped well of volunteers who need better guidance on how they can help, according to this Philly Tech Week panel featuring Broad Street Ministry and Not in Philly.

13 free resources available to help pass the time.

Social workers think of themselves as empathetic individuals—after all, they went into social work specifically to help people. But empathy isn't a perfect motivator. Terence Fitzgerald, a clinical associate professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work who studies institutional racism and child welfare, found that an "empathy gap" among white social workers can hurt the services received by people of color. He shares his recent research.

A wellness center in an area with a lot of older adults can help them attain exercise and social goals, experts say.