The final installment of our speaker series features Olivia Watts, MSW, a P4P-NY organizer. She urges the legislature to support Bill #S7894 #A9379, emphasizing that #SocialWorkers support NY's constituents and are the backbone of this state—it's time for the budget to reflect that. 🏛️ #NYSPolitics
#SocialWorkers are essential, and their labor has value! 🗽
@DaringlyMyself.bsky.social from the @Payment4Placements.org -NY Coalition took the mic at @NASWNY.bsky.social Capitol Action Day (Feb 10) to support #S7894 #A9379. This bill would establish a Paid Field Work Pilot Program for MSW students.
"We need more people to be in social work from various backgrounds...and we need to find a way to encourage them by making it easier to attend graduate school." AM @JoAnneSimonBK52.bsky.social (the lead Assembly sponsor of Bill A.9379/S.7894) explains why this bill is essential. #SocialWork #P4P
#SocialWorkers are essential, and their labor has value! 🗽
@DaringlyMyself.bsky.social from the @Payment4Placements.org -NY Coalition took the mic at @NASWNY.bsky.social Capitol Action Day (Feb 10) to support #S7894 #A9379. This bill would establish a Paid Field Work Pilot Program for MSW students.
"We need more people to be in social work from various backgrounds...and we need to find a way to encourage them by making it easier to attend graduate school." AM @JoAnneSimonBK52.bsky.social (the lead Assembly sponsor of Bill A.9379/S.7894) explains why this bill is essential. #SocialWork #P4P
Why should I be worried? I’m a U.S. citizen, after all. Because the reality is that that never mattered to them. And if you believe that your “citizenship” will protect you, you’re a fool.
The ASWB has $40M in the bank while #SocialWorkers face massive barriers. Meanwhile, repeat test-takers outnumber first-time examinees. 🚩
Join us for a discussion on exam reform and alternative pathways to licensure.
🗓 Tuesday, Jan 27 | 7pm ET
🔗 bit.ly/p4p-advocacy-mtg-jan2026
#StopASWB #P4P
Promotional flyer for a webinar on ASWB exam reform and alternative pathways, featuring images of three guest speakers and event details for January 27, 2026, at 7:00pm ET. The registration link is: bit.ly/p4p-advocacy-mtg-jan2026
P4P Advocacy Alliance Meeting: Jan 27 @ 7pm ET! 📢
Spotlight: Dr. Matthew DeCarlo, Dr. Mary Nienow, & Will Doyle, LICSW discuss the ASWB Exam Pass Rate Analysis and the fight for equitable entry into social work.
Open to all! 💫
Link: bit.ly/p4p-advocacy-mtg-jan2026
#StopASWB #SocioEconomicJustice
Take a stand for a healthy workforce! Stop making students choose between their degree and their basic needs.
📽️ Watch the full testimony on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/@PaymentforP...
#MentalHealth #NYSAssembly #EndUnpaidLabor (3/3)
With a 30-40% vacancy rate in the workforce, NY is in crisis. Pilar’s testimony highlights the barrier to entry: 900 hours of unpaid labor.
Students shouldn't be skipping meals or facing homelessness to become providers. It's time to prioritize funding for bill S7894/A9379. (2/3)
#S7894 #A9379
NO MORE UNPAID LABOR 🛑
#SocialWorkers are the backbone of NY’s mental health system, yet they are forced into 900+ hours of unpaid labor just to graduate.
@daringlymyself.bsky.social from P4P-NY, just took the floor at the NYS Assembly to demand change—and won a new sponsor for Bill S7894! 🧵 (1/3)
Live now: I’m co-chairing a joint hearing w/ @philsteckny.bsky.social on NYS Behavioral Health Workforce. W/ vacancy rates as high as 40%, the Assembly Mental Health & Alcohol & Drug Abuse Committees are hearing testimony on how we can improve recruitment, retention, and access to services.
Social Workers were in the room!
Watch our testimony from December 10! NASW NY testimony begins at 1:31:00.
https://loom.ly/PPvkTH4
This applies in Ireland too and is absolutely necessary to make courses accessible to those who cannot attend college without some form of employment throughout their degree/masters
Sign the #Payment4Placements Unpaid is Unfair: A National Call to Pay Student Interns Petition today! actionnetwork.org/petitions/un...
Unpaid social work internships? NO MORE! 🚫 The P4P-NY Coalition &
@NASWNY.bsky.social hosted "The Case for Paid Placements" with @SalazarSenate.bsky.social, Tyree Grant, Olivia Watts, & moderator @DaringlyMyself.bsky.social Link to full discussion: youtu.be/AMPgWz4NIJQ
🗣️ Unpaid internships are shutting out future #socialworkers. Join NASW-NY C.A.R.E.S. & P4P-NY Coalition with @SalazarSenate.bsky.social to talk about the movement for Paid Placements!
We'll discuss NYS bill S.7894 and how to get involved.
🗓️ Oct 21, 2025 | 6 PM ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/P4P-NY
"After we win in November, we do not demobilize. The rich and corporate interests who tried to buy this election with the millions they stole from our pockets will want to see us fail.
We won’t let them." - Chi Ossé
A NASW-NY C.A.R.E.S. EVENT: Can We Afford to Shut Out Future Social Workers?: The Case for Paid Social Work Placements
OCTOBER 21, 2025 – 6:00 - 7:30 P.M. ET
REGISTER: https://loom.ly/r805xzU
Please note: This event does not offer CE contact hours.
Event flyer for "Following the Money in Field," a virtual P4P Advocacy Alliance meeting on Sept 24, 2025, at 7:00pm ET about stipends in field education; registration link included.
Join the P4P Advocacy Alliance meeting on Sept 24th at 7 PM ET! 🗣️
Christian Adeleke will discuss his research on factors influencing stipends for social work students. Don't miss this crucial conversation on compensation feasibility in an anti-DEI era.
🔗 bit.ly/p4p-advocacy...
#SocialWork #P4P
Event flyer for "Funding the Future: Calculating Endowment Needs for Paid Placements," scheduled for June 25, 2025, at 7:00pm ET, with registration and Zoom link details.
Our speaker will use Arcadia University's strategy for funding graduate counseling interns as a case study.
This session is perfect for advocates, faculty, and administrators looking for a practical model to bring social and financial justice to their institutions. #Advocacy #SocialWork #HigherEd
Event flyer for "Funding the Future: Calculating Endowment Needs for Paid Placements," scheduled for June 25, 2025, at 7:00pm ET, with registration and Zoom link details.
How much endowment funding is needed to pay student interns? Join the P4P Advocacy Alliance on June 25th at 7pm ET to find out. Our session, "Funding the Future," features CFP® Joy Slabaugh, who will share a custom spreadsheet & framework for calculating endowment needs.
🔗 : bit.ly/p4p-advocacy...
✨The P4P Advocacy Alliance is open to non-student advocates that are just as invested in getting social work students paid for their degree-required unpaid internship.✨
Meeting Highlights:
💫 Network Building
💫 Resource Sharing
💫 Community Building
We hope you have a summer full of rest and recovery. 😎 We're looking forward to seeing you!
Amber will share insights from their advocacy work in New Mexico - one of several states that have introduced legislation to fund paid social work placements - as well as provide a national overview of state-level policy efforts related to P4P.
⭐️ Advocacy Spotlight:
This meeting will feature Amber Vilas, current member of the Alliance and former organizer with P4P New Mexico.
📆 DATE: Thursday, June 12th
⏰ TIME: 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT / 5:00pm MT / 4:00pm PT
📍 LOCATION: ZOOM
🔗 Link: bit.ly/p4p-advocacy...
🌟 Now that you are no longer a student, the P4P Advocacy Alliance would like to invite you to join us for our upcoming two-part series: Advocacy in Action! 🌟
Part 1: State Legislative Funding for Paid Social Work Placements
Promotional flyer for a meeting on June 12, 2025, discussing state funding for paid social work placements and featuring guest speaker Amber Vilas.
📢 Calling all recent graduates! 🎓
You did it! 🎉 Congratulations on an incredible achievement! 🎉 We know how hard it is to make it through school, and we are so excited to see how you impact people, communities and the world for the better.
Red and white flyer for Ohio State University Day of Giving. Highlights donations to fund OSU social work students in field placements. Features QR code and an image of a heart in a hand.
Gifts given TODAY ONLY are able to be matched by the $190k matching pool!
DONATE TODAY! Link: buckeyefunder.osu.edu/project/45953
