Arizona Social Work Action Alliance (ASWAA) offers advocacy, consulting, and continuing education opportunities designed to strengthen Arizona’s social work workforce and advance policies that improve community well-being. We partner with social workers, agencies, coalitions, and decision-makers to translate practice realities into actionable policy solutions, grounded in ethics, evidence, and lived experience. Through trainings and professional development offerings, ASWAA also supports social workers in deepening their knowledge, strengthening advocacy skills, and meeting continuing education needs relevant to practice, policy, and leadership.

CEU Opportunities

• Offer continuing education programs: Connect policy, ethics, advocacy, leadership, and emerging practice issues to the real-world needs of Arizona social workers and organizations.

• Workshops and trainings: Develop customized trainings for agencies, nonprofits, students, and professionals on topics such as legislative advocacy, ethical practice, policy analysis, community engagement, and systems change.

• Practice-to-policy learning: Create educational experiences that help participants translate frontline practice knowledge into broader advocacy strategies and organizational action.

Advocacy Services

• Legislative monitoring and analysis: Track bills and administrative actions affecting social work, behavioral health, child welfare, education, and public benefits; provide concise policy briefs and impact summaries.

• Testimony and public comment support: Develop testimony points, one-pagers, and messaging for hearings, boards, and rulemaking; coach individuals and organizations on effective, values-aligned advocacy.

• Coalition strategy and mobilization: Convene stakeholders, build shared agendas, and coordinate advocacy campaigns, including grassroots engagement and partner communications.

• Ethics-forward advocacy guidance: Support advocacy that reflects the Social Work Code of Ethics, protects client rights, and centers equity and anti-oppressive practice.

Consulting Services

• Policy and program consulting: Assist agencies and nonprofits with policy development, implementation planning, and evaluation strategies tied to measurable outcomes.

• Advocacy infrastructure: Build internal systems for government relations—workflow, calendars, rapid response protocols, and staff training for sustainable engagement.

• Stakeholder engagement and facilitation: Lead listening sessions, community forums, and cross-sector convenings; synthesize themes into clear recommendations.

• Communications for policy impact: Create advocacy toolkits, fact sheets, op-eds/letters to the editor, and audience-specific messaging for community partners and policymakers.

ASWAA’s goal is simple: help organizations and professionals turn concern into coordinated action while building the knowledge and skills needed for long-term impact—amplifying the social work voice, protecting ethical practice, advancing evidence-informed policies, and supporting Arizona’s families and communities.