DoD working with occupational organizations to help military spouses with state licensing

Summary: If you’re a military spouse in Maine and you’re a social worker, you probably can’t practice in California. Your license doesn't carry over. That issue leads to a lot of headaches and financial stress for relocating military families, and puts a hole in spouses’ resumes. The Defense Department is trying to ease that burden by giving grants to professional organizations to build licensure compacts among states. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione spoke with Dan Logsdon, director of the Council of State Government’s National Center for Interstate Compacts, and with the director of DoD’s Defense-State Liaison Office, Marcus Beauregard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices