At Tacoma library, accessing social services is as easy as checking out a book

Tacoma Public Library has invested in social-work staff to help connect people with the assistance and programs they need. The program started with one employee but has expanded with help from interns ...
Cowboy State Daily

Wyoming Librarians Also Have To Be Tech Savvy And De-Facto Social Workers

The job of librarian has changed. Now you have to wear a lot of hats, from explaining tech tools like 3D printers to ...
St. Louis American

Meet a social worker at the library

St. Louis County Library (SCLC) is the first library system in the St. Louis region to offer social workers. SLCL launched the Community Resource Initiative in partnership with the St. Louis County ...
WGHP

High Point Public Library social worker, peer support specialist connect people to mental health services

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s been just ...
WSPA

Why Union County Library System hired a social worker

UNION COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – The Union County Library System’s annual operating budget for its four branches is around $700,000, according to Executive Library Director Taylor Atkinson. About $70,000 ...
The Conversation

Program at Hamilton Public Library shows how libraries can expand the social services they provide

Nicole Dalmer receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Bridget Marsdin and Leora Sas van der Linden do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...
Lansing State Journal

Library patrons come for answers to food, housing, employment issues. Here’s how CADL helps

LANSING — At 11:17 a.m. on a cold Thursday in February, Ingham County Central Dispatch sent an ambulance to the downtown Lansing library. Two minutes later, they sent police to assist the "delta ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake City downtown library’s new social worker has already helped thousands

A public library is one of the last few free places a person can go, and that means they often attract people who can’t afford to go anywhere else. That doesn’t mean libraries are always best equipped ...
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Clayton Community Spotlight: Q&A with SLCL social worker DeNyne Carter

A social worker at St. Louis County Library’s Mid-County Branch in Clayton, DeNyne Carter helps guests find more than just books. “When we can help a family in need, it brings me great joy,” says ...