Toria N. Pettway, LMSW, a psychiatric social worker for the UAB Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery, has been named the 2025 recipient of the UAB Social Work Partnership in Community Service Award ...

In 2023, the City Council required all homeless shelters for families with children to provide one mental health professional for every 50 families.

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Social Security is a lifeline for millions of retirees today. If you're still working, you should know that the program is not going to disappear, and that benefit cuts may even be preventable ...

Contrary to popular belief, grief doesn’t unfold in 5 neat stages. Yet, when loss is traumatic, it can take a heavy emotional and physical toll, leaving mourners and their supporters overwhelmed ...

The demands on first responders have evolved from criminal and life-threatening duties to safety calls of a different nature.

Angela Piazza Turley, social worker and activist who fought for fair housing in Uptown, dies at 97 Mrs. Turley was not shy about confronting slumlords.

Each year, a cost-of-living adjustment — or COLA — is intended to help recipients keep up with inflation and maintain their standard of living.

More than three-quarters of Americans fear Social Security won't provide enough to live on when they retire, AARP study finds.

Social security benefits may not be enough to retire comfortably in some cities. Here's how much Social Security covers in Ohio's major cities.

If you owe the government money due to previous overpayments on your Social Security checks, expect to see much smaller payments next month.