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 ...

Kansas ranked last in the “State of Mental Health in America 2023” report. The need for improved mental health care is impossible to ignore. Kansas took an important step to create social worker jobs ...

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 ...

A licensure compact for social workers would enable health systems and hospitals to expand telehealth outreach and include social workers in more programs. A new licensing compact could help health ...

May 28—Stefani Goerlich, a certified sex therapist and social worker with a private practice in Detroit, sees several dozen clients a month, most of them from underserved and minority backgrounds. She ...

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

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine is set to become the latest state to join an interstate compact for social worker licensure. The proposal is designed to make it easier for social workers to practice in ...