NASW Mississippi Legislative Agenda 2020
Adopted August 24, 2019 NASW MS Board of Directors
- Maintain our Social Work licensure with current language in the law.
- Oppose changes in composition of the MS Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage & Family Therapists.
- Support continuation of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion to meet the healthcare needs of the people in Mississippi.
- Support adequate funding for all services that affect the well being of at risk population and increase funding where cuts were made to appropriate levels, ensuring proper, effective service delivery.
- NASW, MS acknowledges the current flag creates division among large number of Mississippians, we support a new state flag that reflects the MS of today.
- Change the wording of the state law to absolutely require full funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), using language that the MS Supreme Court could use for ruling.
- Support student loan forgiveness programs for social workers entering public service.
* NASW MS Advocacy Day at the MS State Capitol February 27, 2020
National Association of Social Workers, Mississippi Chapter
MS PACE Candidate Endorsements 2019
MS Senate
Juan Barnett, Heidelberg
Barbara Blackmon, Canton
David Blount, Jackson
Hob Bryan, Amory
Albert Butler, Port Gibson
Hillman Frazier, Jackson
John Horhn, Jackson
Sampson Jackson, Jackson
David Jordon, Greenwood
Sollie Norwood, Jackson
Derrick Simmons, Greenville
Sarita Simmons, Cleveland
Angela Turner-Ford, West Point
Tammy Felder Witherspoon, Magnolia
MS House of Representatives
Jeramey Anderson, Escatawpa
Otis Anthony, Indianola
Willie Bailey, Greenville
Earle Banks, Jackson
Edmond Blackmon, Jr., Canton
Christopher Bell, Jackson
Cedric Burnett, Tunica
Bryant Clark, Pickens
Alyce Clarke, Jackson
Angela Cockerham, Magnolia
Ronnie Crudup, Jr., Jackson
Oscar Denton, Vicksburg
Jarvis Dortch, Raymond
Bob Evans, Monticello
Michael Evans, Preston
John Gary Faulkner, Holly Springs
Debra Gibbs, Jackson
Karl Gibbs, West Point
Jeffry Harness, Fayette
John Hines, Greenville
Steve Holland, Plantersville
Gregory Holloway Sr., Hazelhurst
Kevin Horan, Grenada
Abe Hudson, Shelby
Lataisha Jackson, Como
Robert Johnson, III, Natchez
Kabir Karriem, Columbus
Carl Mickens, Brooksville
Tom Miles, Forest
Soloman Osborne, Greenwood
Orlando Paden, Clarksdale
Tracey Rosebud, Tutwiler
Thomas Reynolds, II, Charleston
Omeria Scott, Laurel
Rufus Straughter, Belzoni
Cheikh Taylor, Starkville
Kenneth Walker, Carthage
Percy Watson, Hattiesburg
Sonja Williams-Barnes, Gulfport
Charles Young, Meridian