News Items – March 30, 2023

Sandra Butler is a member of NASW-ME; Katherine Marble is an
associate member of NASW-ME:Social
workers on front lines ask lawmakers for support, reinforcementsThe Portland Press HeraldThe social worker shortage is driven by low wages, low MaineCare
reimbursement rates and high student loan debt, said Sandy Butler, the
director of the University of Maine’s School of Social Work, one of the
state’s two social work programs. “Maine can ill afford the loss of these
workers,”