Current Issues
- VOTER ID BILL
NASW WI opposes the proposed Voter ID bill, Senate Bill 6. For a copy of our position statement, click Voter Identification Bill 2011 Senate Bill 6 NASW WI Position statement. For a copy of the alert to social work students click Voter ID alert to social work students - CONCEAL CARRY LEGISLATION
NASW WI and the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Education Effort (WAVE) have recently formed a statewide coalition to oppose and/or obtain training and exemptions to expected legislation that would allow Wisconsin residents to carry a concealed weapon. If you would like to help efforts to oppose conceal carry legislation, or if you would like to see an exemption so that a concealed weapon cannot be taken into your agency, please contact either Marc Herstand at the NASW WI office at marcherstand@tds.net or by phone at 608-257-6334 or contact Heidi Rose or Jeri Bonavia at WAVE in Milwaukee at (414) 351-9283 or wave@WaveEdFund.org
Action Items
- Support the Child Victim's Act! - 11/23/2011
Ask your State Senator and State Representative to sign on as a sponsor to the Child Victim’s Act. This legislation, introduced by State Senator Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point) and State Representative Sandy Pasch (D-Whitefish Bay) would protec...
- OPPOSE CUTS TO MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES! - 08/17/2011
NASW WI urges you to contact Joint Finance Committee members and ask them to vote no on the Department of Health Services’ proposed changes to Medicaid. These changes will make it much more difficult for many low income individuals and families to ...
- Support the recall elections! - 07/08/2011
Are you concerned about the drastic cuts in public education, transportation, health care for the poor, and other programs for the poor and middle class in the recently passed state budget? Are you concerned about one party rule in Madison? Are you...
- Fight the Conceal Carry Legislation! - 05/17/2011
Please contact your State Senator and State Representative and ask them to vote no on the conceal carry legislation, Assembly Bill 126 and Senate bills 90 and 93. These bills are expected to come up for a vote in the State Assembly and State Senate i...
- FIGHT BILLS UNDERMINING MENTAL HEALTH PARITY! - 04/22/2011
Please contact your State Senator and State Representative and ask them not to sign on to two bills (LRB 1529 and LRB 0373) that would undermine insurance coverage of mental health parity, autism spectrum disorder, contraception, cochlear implant...
- LOBBY DAY: APRIL 13, 2011 - 03/18/2011
Come to NASW WI’s 2011 lobby day and fight the draconian cuts in the 2011-2013 state budget! Lobby day takes place on April 13, 2011 at the Madison Masonic Center and the State Capitol. You can register online on this website (click advocacy on the...
- Oppose Budget Repair bill! - 02/16/2011
NASW WI’s Legislative Social Policy Committee urges you to call your State Senator and State Representative immediately and ask them to vote no on Governor Walker’s Budget repair bill. A vote is expected on this bill as early as Thursday. To fi...
- Voter ID bill - 02/01/2011
The proposed Voter ID Bill, Senate Bill 6 and Assembly Bill 7, could disenfranchise students around the state and create new barriers to voting for minority and elderly voters. Please contact your State Senator and State Representative, the bill cosp...
- NASW WI Fights Insurance Companies on Implementation of Mental Health Parity - 12/27/2010
NASW WI has been made aware that some insurance companies are now charging consumers a large “specialty” copay for mental health services as a result of the mental health parity law. It is our understanding that insurance companies cannot charge ...