July 2, 2024
The signing ceremony was this morning!
NH has enacted the Social Work Compact.
March 28, 2024
YOU DID IT!
The Social Work Compact (HB 1190) just passed in the NH House
We are one step closer and this was the big hurdle
Because of your advocacy, your calls and emails, we got this through with a 25 vote margin.
THANK YOU!
One more ask - please email your REPRESENTATIVE to thank them. Don't know if your Rep voted yes? Doesn't matter, we still thank them!
Dear Representative ___
Thank you very much for passing HB 1190, the Social Work Compact.
Your name & town
We are stronger together!
Lynn
March 22, 2024
Call to Action - Social Work Compact
and happy social work month!
The big ask - we need everyone to make calls
AND share this email with your colleagues, supervisors & agency managers
The House Executive Departments & Administration Committee voted the Social Work Compact "ITL" or Inexpedient to Legislate. This means we have
a lot of work to do to get it to pass on the full House floor March 28th.
We need everyone to call their REPRESENTATIVES and ask them to
- vote NO on the ITL
- then vote YES on the Ought to Pass
on HB 1190 - the Social Work Compact
This is a workforce issue - if you are the employer of social workers we REALLY need for you to make calls, especially to our Republican Representatives. The SW Compact will mean your social workers newly employed from other states will be more likely to start right away rather than waiting until they are licensed in NH.
When you call your Representatives (or leave a message)
Share your name, where you live, you are a social worker (or employer of social workers or allied professional), and that you are asking them to pass HB 1190 - The Social Work Compact
Then share what might be applicable to you:
- Clients have continuity of care when traveling or if they move
- Clients have continuity of care if you happen to be out of state
- College aged clients have continuity of care when they go to college or return home during breaks
- You are part of a military family that is subject to frequent moves
- Ability to provide crisis care to out of state clients
- You have a specialized scope of practice or your client would benefit from a specialized scope of practice
- You practice near the border and an interstate compact would save you money and time as you will only need to maintain your New Hampshire relicensure requirements
- You are a social work student and want to be able to stay in New Hampshire
- If you hire social workers - this will enable your new from out of state social workers to start working immediately if they come from an interstate compact state
The psychologists and the mental health counselors already have their compacts in New Hampshire!
Please circle back to me with names and responses - we are keeping track!
NASW NH Members - some of you will be receiving a special email from me because you are in an identified district.
Feeling nervous? Completely understandable, but remember they are YOUR elected officials. They want and need to hear from their constituents and calls are the most effective way to share your perspective. Want to practice or need a pep-talk? Give me a call - 603.496.0994
Thank you so much for your advocacy and please forward this email to your colleagues, employers, fellow social workers, social work students, or anyone else!
Working together,
Lynn Currier Stanley, LICSW
Executive Director
NASW NH
exec.naswnh@socialworkers.org
603.496.0994