INDIANAPOLIS — The National Association of Social Workers’ Indiana Chapter recently presented State Sen. Michael Crider, R-Greenfield, with its 2021 Public Elected Official of the Year Award.
“Sen. Crider has seen firsthand the intersection between the criminal justice system and behavioral health systems. This has helped guide his work in the General Assembly to author some of the most innovative changes to both systems,” Katrina Norris, NASW-Indiana Chapter board president, said in a press release.
Crider received this award, in part, for legislation he authored and helped pass during the 2021 legislative session that expands the ability to diagnose and refer an individual to start mental health treatment to professionals including social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors and more.
