Human Services
Arline Revilla, Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Office Clerk; New York's Civil Service Employees Association/Local 1000
When a family needs assistance, a worker needs to learn new skills or find employment, or a child is abused, AFSCME members are there. We are proud to serve those in need, to support and protect children and families, and to help build a more fair and just society.
Human Services Employees Online Network
Join your brothers and sisters in the AFSCME Human Services Employees Network. We’ll discuss shared concerns, learn about what’s going on around the country and exchange information and ideas.
What's Hot
- Pennsylvania rocked by 'jailing kids for cash' scandal
As scandals from Wall Street to Washington roil the public trust, the justice system in Luzerne County, in the heart of Pennsylvania's struggling coal country, has also fallen prey to corruption. The county has been rocked by a kickback scandal involving two elected judges who essentially jailed kids for cash. Many of the children had appeared before judges without a lawyer. - Turnover Rate Improves for Child Services Caseworkers
The turnover rate among the front-line workers responsible for Milwaukee County's abused and neglected children improved during the first six months of 2009, according to a report presented Monday at the semi-annual Community Meeting on Child Welfare. Turnover is a chronic problem in providing consistent child services, and child welfare officials promised this year to do something about it. - Last Year’s Poverty Rate Was Highest in 12 Years
In the recession, the nation’s poverty rate climbed to 13.2 percent last year, up from 12.5 percent in 2007, according to an annual report released Thursday by the Census Bureau. The report also documented a decline in employer-provided health insurance and in coverage for adults...In another sign of both the recession and the long-term stagnation of middle-class wages, median family incomes in 2008 fell to $50,300, compared with $52,200 the year before. This wiped out the income gains of the previous three years, the report said.
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Resources for Members
- Safety Net for Sale: The Dangers of Privatizing Social Services
In the past decade there has been an aggressive effort to privatize much of our country's safety net.