H.R. 5447

• Send a letter to your Representative in support of H.R. 5447!
• H.R. 5447 Congress "Dear Colleague" letter
• H.R. 5447 Congressman Towns Press Release
• NASW H.R. 5447 Press Release
• H.R. 5447 Tools and Resources

HR 5447 Hill Press Event

Dr. Dorothy I. Height, one of this nation's greatest champions of social justice, joined U.S. Congressman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) February 27, 2008 in announcing their support for the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act. H.R. 5447 will address recruitment, retention, research and reinvestment in the social work profession, and is designed to help the nation's 600,000 social workers better serve families and communities in need.

• Statement of National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Executive Director Dr. Elizabeth Clark in Support of H.R. 5447, "The Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act"
• Press Release 2/27/2008 - Efforts to Recruit, Retain and Research Nation's Social Workers Gain Bipartisan Support in Congress
• Social Work Reinvestment Press Event Remarks
• Media Alert 2/26/08 – Civil Rights Icon, Dorothy Height Will Support Bi-Partisan Bill to Help Nation’s Social Workers, Communities
• Biographies
  • Dr. Dorothy I. Height
    • National Council of Negro Women
  • Whitney M. Young, Jr.
  • Congressman Edolphus Towns
• Press Event Pictures
• Press Event Video
  
  
  
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