After the compact kickoff meeting in May 2021, the Council of State Governments and the Association of Social Work Boards developed and convened the Technical Assistance Group. The group included state legislators, members and administrators of state social work boards, licensees, educators, attorneys, and other stakeholders. The group met regularly and reviewed state licensure policies, […]

Live session held May 20 drew hundreds of attendees.

Compacts were not where ASWB and our members started with mobility, but compacts can coexist with endorsement provisions.

The news arrived March 15 that the Council of State Governments, in partnership with the Department of Defense, had selected the social work profession to receive technical assistance to develop an interstate compact for occupational licensing portability.

The issues of states’ rights, uniformity of criteria, and mobility and portability related to the regulation of the professions are not new.