Matthew Shafer

Las Vegas| Ceasar’s Palace | June 19-21 You’re invited! The National Occupational Licensing Meeting is the culmination of a four-year collaboration between The Council of State Governments and National Conference of State Legislatures to reduce barriers to licensed occupations. Join us as we share the research and lessons learned from our work with the states and feature new and emerging trends in this important workforce topic. Specifically, you will learn about best practices in occupational… Read More »National Occupational Licensing Meeting

Aug. 24, 2021: The Council of State Governments hosted a kickoff meeting to launch the dentistry and dental hygiene interstate compact project. Through funding from the Department of Defense, The Council of State Governments (CSG) is partnering with the American Dental Association (ADA) and the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) to develop an interstate compact for licensure portability. Recognizing both the importance and complexity of dentistry and dental hygiene licensure, CSG gathered a team of… Read More »Recording of the Dentistry & Dental Hygiene Compact Kickoff Meeting

June 24, 2021: The Council of State Governments hosted a kickoff meeting to launch the teaching interstate compact project. Through funding from the Department of Defense, The Council of State Governments (CSG) is partnering with the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) to develop an interstate compact for licensure portability. Recognizing both the importance and complexity of teacher licensure, CSG gathered a team of leaders and experts from the teaching… Read More »Recording of the Teaching Compact Kickoff Meeting

May 25, 2021: The Council of State Governments hosted a kickoff meeting to launch the social work interstate compact project. Through funding from the Department of Defense, The Council of State Governments (CSG) is partnering with the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), Clinical Social Work Association (CSWA), and National Association of Social Workers (NASW) to develop an interstate compact for licensure portability. Recognizing both the importance and complexity of social work licensure, CSG gathered… Read More »Recording of the Social Work Compact Kickoff Meeting

May 24, 2021: The Council of State Governments hosted a kickoff meeting to launch the cosmetology and barbering interstate compact project. Through funding from the Department of Defense, The Council of State Governments (CSG) is partnering with a coalition of state cosmetology and barbering boards to develop an interstate compact for licensure portability. Recognizing both the importance and complexity of cosmetology and barbering licensure, CSG gathered a team of leaders and experts from the beauty… Read More »Recording of the Cosmetology & Barbering Compact Kickoff Meeting

May 18, 2021: The Council of State Governments hosted a kickoff meeting to launch the massage therapy interstate compact project. Through funding from the Department of Defense, The Council of State Governments (CSG) is partnering with Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards to develop an interstate compact for licensure portability. Recognizing both the importance and complexity of massage therapy licensure, CSG gathered a team of leaders and experts from massage therapy organizations to discuss the… Read More »Recording of the Massage Therapy Compact Kickoff Meeting

The Council of State Governments (CSG), in partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD), is developing four new interstate compacts for occupational licensing portability. To formally launch these new compact projects, CSG is hosting kickoff meetings for each profession: massage therapy, cosmetology & barbering, social work, and K-12 teaching. The professions were selected through a competitive proposal process to receive technical assistance with the development of an interstate compact. At each kickoff meeting, participants will… Read More »JOIN US FOR COMPACT KICKOFF MEETINGS

CSG Announces Selected Professions in Partnership to Develop New Interstate Compacts for Occupational Licensure Portability The Council of State Governments (CSG), in partnership with the Department of Defense, announced five professions selected to work with the CSG National Center for Interstate Compacts to develop model legislation to help military spouses and other practitioners gain professional license portability. Through this cooperative agreement, the CSG National Center for Interstate Compacts will work with the Department of Defense… Read More »NEW COMPACTS ANNOUNCED

In his 2019 State of the State address, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, former CSG Toll Fellow, urged the Legislature to pass legislation granting universal recognition for occupational licenses, saying “workers don’t lose their skills simply because they move to Arizona.” HB 2569 which was signed into law by Gov. Ducey in April, makes Arizona the first state in the country that allows an individual licensed in another state to receive a comparable license upon moving… Read More »Understanding Arizona’s Universal Occupational Licensing Recognition Bill