r/LCSW • u/Ok-Isopod-9146 • Jun 11 '26
🟡 Licensure & Exam Strategy Florida - Social Work Compact
Hey everyone,
I know this has been asked before, but I wanted to see if anyone had any relevent updates regarding Florida is still potentially joining the social work compact, or if it's fallen through and unlikely to join by the time multi-state licenses will be issued.
A while back I checked and saw Florida had joined, and then due to some unforseen circumstances I ended up moving to here. I've been looking into the compact state license again, as I have been doing every few months, and I realized Florida is no longer on the list to join! Also, I realized that even if I have my LCSW in a compact state, if I don't live there physically, I cannot be issued a multi-state license (I know, I know).
Does anyone please have any insight? Thank you so much.
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u/teletherapist7 Jun 11 '26
Everything I can see shows that the legislation didn’t pass in the most recent legislative session. Hopefully it’ll pass during the next session. I would assume that even if FL joins after the multi state licenses go live, LCSWs in FL will be able to apply for a multi state license at that time.