Resources to get you started

Schools of Social Work and Field Education

Below are some helpful resources to get you started.  See the our Research page for suggested research, news articles, books and digital materials on voting and voter turnout.

• Webinar: National Social Work Voter Mobilization Introduction
• Fact Sheet: Social Work Education’s Role in Voter Turnout
• Fact Sheet: Agencies Role in Voter Turnout
• Download our Voting is Social Work presentation for your class, field instructor training and/or professional development workshop.
• Field directors and faculty can use this Sample letter to Field Agencies to share your school's voter engagement initiative. 
• Know Your Elected Officials: Use this worksheet to find your local, state and federal representatives. 
• Nonpartisan voter engagement is legal, ethical and professional. Know the facts: Nonprofit Vote’s 501(c)(3) Fact Sheet.
• Build students' confidence and political efficacy: Sample assignments for class and field education. Students can also complete the Voting in your state worksheet to learn more about the rules and deadlines that apply.
• Twenty Ways to Make Voting Matter! Twenty examples students provided from an urban school of social work for a policy assignment about their agencies' practices related to voter engagement.

Social Service Agencies and Community Organizations

Nonpartisan voter registration, education and outreach is legal, ethical and professional! Agencies and organizations can support clients, staff and communities to vote by giving people the information and encouragement they need to be informed voters.

1. Share our fact sheet:Agencies Role in Voter Turnout
2. Download our Voting is Social Work presentation and train staff and colleagues on why voting matters to your mission and impact.
3. Nonpartisan voter engagement is legal, ethical and professional. Know the facts: Nonprofit Vote’s 501(c)(3) Fact Sheet 
4. Remind people to vote!  Connect clients and colleagues to TURBOVOTE.org to receive text messages and reminders to vote before elections.
5. Help people look up their registration status (very important in highly mobile communities.    Vote.org has a voter registration look up tool and links to your state's rules.
6. Know the rules in your state on voting with a felony conviction.  NonprofitVote.org and Sentencingproject.org

Additional Resources shared with the Campaign

Download Voting_A Supplemental Aid To Mental Health (Webinar Version)

If you have resources that could contribute to the Campaign, please contact us at info@votingissocialwork.org