Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman sits behind her desk. Sex therapist and social worker Stefani Goerlich sits in her office in Detroit. Goerlich says her ...

The compact will establish a single license allowing social workers with a college degree or clinical license to serve patients across state lines (within each compact state), including through ...

Currently, social workers must restart the licensing process to work in Florida.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Social workers are limited to the states they're licensed in, but in the next two years those workers may only need one license to cross state lines and practice. “They get ...

Kansas has the unfortunate distinction of being America’s ninth worst state for mental health care. More than 50% of youths with depression and nearly 36% of adults with a mental health illness do not ...

The Department of Health and Human Services will give $2.5 million to expand the reach of professional interstate licensure compacts, it announced Tuesday at the Health Resource Services ...

Carolyn A. Romano, assistant professor of practice, urged lawmakers to vote in favor of the Social Work Licensure Compact, a multi-state agreement that would allow licensed social workers to practice ...