The Department of Defense announced Friday the approval of a series of grants that will help military spouses with the issue of professional license portability.
Through a cooperative agreement with the Council of State Governments, grants will allow selected professions to work with CSG’s National Center for Interstate Compacts to develop model interstate occupational licensure compact legislation, addressing license portability affecting transitioning military spouses, along with other practitioners in the profession.
The five selected professions are teaching, social work, cosmetology, massage therapy, and dentistry/dental hygiene.
This is the first time the department has provided this kind of grant.