Policy statement topic areas -- Foreword / by Jeane W. Anastas and Elizabeth J. Clark -- Public and professional policy statements. Adolescent and young adult health -- Adolescent pregnancy and planning -- Aging and wellness -- Affirmative action -- Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs -- Capital punishment and the death penalty -- Child abuse and neglect -- Civil liberties and justice -- Community development -- Confidentiality and information utilization -- Crime victim assistance -- Cultural and linguistic competence in the social work profession -- Deprofessionalization and reclassification -- Disasters -- Drug testing in the workplace -- Early childhood care and services -- Education of children and youths -- Electoral politics -- Employee assistance -- End-of-life care -- Environmental policy -- Family planning and reproductive choice -- Family policy -- Family violence -- Foster care and adoption -- Gender-, ethnic-, and race-based workplace discrimination -- Genetics -- Health care policy -- HIV and AIDS -- Homelessness -- Hospice care -- Housing -- Immigrants and refugees -- International policy on human rights -- Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention -- Language and cultural diversity in the United States -- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues -- Long-term care -- Mental health -- Parental kidnapping -- Peace and social justice -- People with disabilities -- Physical punishment of children -- Poverty and economic justice -- Professional impairment -- Professional self-care and social work -- Prostituted people, commercial sex workers, and social work practice -- Public child welfare -- Racism -- Role of government, social policy, and social work -- Rural social work -- School truancy and dropout prevention -- School violence -- Slavery and human trafficking -- Social services -- Social work in the criminal justice system -- Sovereignty, rights, and the well-being of indigenous peoples technology and social work -- Transgender and gender identity issues -- Voter participation -- Welfare reform -- Women in the social work profession -- Women's issues -- Youth suicide -- NASW Code of Ethics.