Social and Human Service Assistant Licensing

States Licensed

1

of 50 states and D.C.

×

Burden Rank

17th

for average burdens 1st is worst

=

Combined Rank

98th

for states licensed x average burdens 1st is worst

VT NH MA CT RI NJ DE DC MD
Change from 2017 to 2022, if any:
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Burden increased
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Burden decreased
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Mixed burden change
N
New license
E
Eliminated license
2022 Licensing Burden Rank
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Definition

Social and human service assistants assist professionals from a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation or social work, in providing client services, including support for families. They may assist clients in identifying and obtaining available benefits and social and community services.

2022 Snapshot

  • 50 unlicensed states
  • Days lost are 730
  • Fees are $64
  • 0 states require exams
  • 0 states set minimum age
  • 0 states set minimum grade

Changes Since 2017

  • No licenses created or removed
  • Ohio, the only state with a license, increased fees while eliminating exams
  • Burden rank and combined rank worsened 1 spot, largely because of increased fees

2022 Licensing Burden in Detail

N New License
E Eliminated License
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Data Notes: 2022 data collected between February 3, 2020, and March 18, 2022. Fees include charges for application review and license issuance; exams; background checks, credit reports and fingerprinting; recovery fund contributions; third-party certification; and certain fees for training courses. Calendar days lost were estimated based on required education and experience; except for amounts smaller than one day, days lost are rounded to whole days and thus may not reflect very small changes between 2017 and 2022. Appendix A details methods for estimating days lost and calculating burden ranks. Complete data, including revised 2017 data, are available at https://ij.org/report/license-to-work-3/ltw3-data/.

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