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Social Work Licensure Compact

Is your state in the Social Work Licensure Compact?

30 states have enacted the SWLC. It is not operational yet — no multistate licenses are being issued. Find your state to see where it stands, what the privilege would enable, and what to do next — each answer linked to its primary source.

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Informational only — not legal or licensing advice. Nothing you type is logged.

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  • 30 member states
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Compact snapshot

Member states
30
Pending / under review
3
Issuing licenses yet?
Not yet

Verified against the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission on June 16, 2026.

The map

Find your state

Search or filter the full 50-state + DC picture. Select a state for its four-card answer and primary-source links.

SWCompactMap provides informational summaries of Social Work Licensure Compact status by state. Compact participation and eligibility depend on individual licensing history and state-specific rules that are still being finalized. Verify with your state's social work board and the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission before relying on anything here. Not affiliated with the Commission, ASWB, CSWE, NASW, or any state board.

Member — enacted into law (30)Legislation in progress / under review (3)Not a member (17)Unverified (1)See the full table

How it works

A clear answer, traceable to the source

No accounts, no email capture, no countdown timers. Just the status, the source, and the date.

  • Find your state

    Search the 50-state + DC map. Each state is tagged member, pending, not a member, or unverified.

  • Read the four-card answer

    Membership, whether you can use it yet, what the privilege would enable, and what to do next.

  • Follow the source

    Every status links to the exact primary source — the Commission's page or a state record — with the date we verified it.

  • Check back as it rolls out

    The compact goes operational in stages. We re-verify against the Commission and log every change.

A compact connects jurisdictions

One license, intended to reach across member states

A multistate license (the compact “privilege”) is intended to let a social worker who holds a license in good standing in their compact home state practice in other member states without obtaining a separate license in each one — similar to how the nursing and physical-therapy compacts work.The bridge isn’t built yet — the compact is not operational — but the member states are lining up.

How we keep it accurate

Questions

Common questions

Professional review

A licensed clinical social worker with multi-state licensing experience (or an ASWB-credentialed regulator) is being recruited to review this site’s content. Until that review is in place, status data is sourced and dated against primary sources, and we flag anything we cannot verify. We do not list a reviewer we do not have.

SWCompactMap

See where your state stands

Member, pending, or not yet — with the primary source on every answer.

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Informational only. Verify with your state social work board and the Commission before relying on anything here.