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The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is a professional organization of social workers in the United States. NASW has about 120,000 members. [ 1 ] The NASW provides guidance, research, up to date information, advocacy, and other resources for its members and for social workers in general.
Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) is a nonprofit health insurer in the state of Hawaii. HMSA was founded in 1938, is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association , and is the largest insurer in the state of Hawaii serving more than 700,000 people.
The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) was created in 1934 by science journalists and reporters. The mission of NASW is "to to improve the craft of science journalism and to promote good science reportage". [1] It has been called, "the nation's oldest and largest professional association for science writers". [2]
Dec. 23—Just in time for Christmas, the state told 492 Hawaii health care workers this week that it will pay off their student loans—up to $100, 000—in return for a two-year commitment to ...
Loretta Jean Fuddy (April 12, 1948 – December 11, 2013) was an American health official and social worker from the U.S. state of Hawaii.Fuddy served simultaneously as the Director of the Hawaii Department of Health and the Mayor of Kalawao County from 2011 until her death. [1]
Hawaii (/ h ə ˈ w aɪ. i / ⓘ hə-WY-ee; [9] Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland, 3,800 miles (6,100 km) southeast of Japan, and 4,700 miles (7,700 km) northeast of Australia.
Whitney Moore Young Jr. (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, he spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights organization into one that aggressively worked for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the ...
The history of Hawaii is the story of human settlements in the Hawaiian Islands. Polynesians arrived sometime between 940 and 1200 AD. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Kamehameha I , the ruler of the island of Hawaii, conquered and unified the islands for the first time, establishing the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1795. [ 3 ]