University of Michigan School of Social Work • July 27, 2022 • "Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed Michigan Senate Bill 1012 into law. The legislation provides for the creation of a Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Retention and Training grant program (SMART), paying graduate social work students $25 an hour for their field education in public schools settings."

The San Diego Union-Tribune • By Elana B. Metz and Sarah K. Fox • March 21, 2022 • "Each year, hundreds of social work students enter the front lines of San Diego County’s mental health crisis, providing vital services for the area’s most vulnerable residents in schools, prisons, hospitals and outpatient facilities and on our streets."

The Michigan Daily • By Madison Kraft • January 27, 2022 • “Students in the University of Michigan School of Social Work drafted a Payment for Providers petition calling for Masters of Social Work students to be financially compensated for field work. A similar version of the petition was drafted in 2017, but the majority of field work positions through the SSW remain unpaid.”