How we verify SWLC status

1. Primary sources only

The load-bearing source for whether a state has joined the compact is the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission’s own list of member jurisdictions at https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/. We read that page, transcribe the member states, and record the date we did so. Where a state’s situation is genuinely in motion (for example, legislation under review or a bill that has not passed), we link the relevant primary record instead.

ASWB, CSWE, and NASW publish useful context, but we use them only as cross-checks — never as the citation a status rests on. When a secondary source disagrees with the Commission, the Commission wins and we footnote the difference rather than quietly average them.

2. Unknowns are shown, not guessed

If we cannot confirm a state from a primary source, we mark it unverifiedand say so plainly. We never assert a status we cannot cite, and we never generate a state’s status from memory. For example, where one third-party tracker reported more member states than the Commission’s own page enumerated, we published the Commission’s figure (30) and noted the discrepancy instead of inventing which states the extra count referred to.

3. Dates on everything

Every state row, and the compact-wide facts, carry the date we last verified them (currently June 16, 2026). The compact officially launched on April 12, 2024 but is not operational — no multistate licenses are being issued yet. That can change state by state, which is why dates matter.

4. Re-verification cadence

The Social Work Licensure Compact is rolling out in stages. We periodically re-check the Commission’s jurisdictions page against our last-recorded snapshot; when it changes, we re-verify the affected states from primary sources, update the data, and record the change on our update log. We’d rather be a little behind and correct than fast and wrong.

5. Limitations

We are not a licensing authority, not the Commission, and not your state board. This site is an informational summary. Eligibility rules for the privilege are still being written by the Commission and are not yet in force. Before you make any decision about your license, confirm the current rules directly with your state’s social work board and the Commission.