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Karla J. Abney, Chair (chosen by Governor)
Appointed by Governor: Temeka S. Bailey; Simone Bramble; June E. Cleary; Kristine R. Garlitz; Linda Houser, Ph.D.; Anna R. Mcphatter; Judy L. Postmus, Ph.D.; Emanuel L. Wilkerson.
Appointed by Senate President: Mary L. Washington, Ph.D.
Appointed by House Speaker: Robbyn T. Lewis
Appointed by Executive Director, Maryland Chapter, National Association of Social Workers;: Molly Arbogast
Herbert R. O'Conor State Office Building, 201 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, December 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Appointed by Baltimore Legacy Chapter, Association of Black Social Workers: Christa C. Gilliam, Ph.D.
Appointed by Maryland Chapter, National Association of Social Workers: Karessa Proctor
Appointed by Maryland Association of the Deaf: Judith L. Mounty, Ph.D.
Appointed by President, Association of Social Work Boards: Dale J. Atkinson, Esq.; Cara E. C. Sanner.
Appointed by President, Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work: Karla J. Abney
Appointed by President, NAACP Maryland State Conference: Philicia Ross
Ex officio: Laura M. Torres, designee of Secretary of Health; Robin L. Harvey, designee of Secretary of Human Services; vacancy, Chair, State Board of Social Work Examiners; Karen Richards, Executive Director, State Board of Social Work Examiners; Erin S. Penniston, Chair, Maryland Commission on Health Equity; Diamon Halliburton, designee of Director, Governor’s Office of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing.
Staff: Cynthia Whitehead
c/o State Board of Social Work Examiners, Maryland Department of Health
Herbert R. O'Conor State Office Building, 201 West Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2399
(410) 764-4788; 1-877-526-2541 (toll free)
e-mail: cynthia.whitehead@maryland.gov
web: https://health.maryland.gov/workgroup-swrl/pages/default.aspx
In April 2023, the General Assembly created the Workgroup on Social Worker Requirements for Licensure (Chapter 228, Acts of 2023).
For a bachelor social worker license or a master social worker license, the Workgroup was to determine whether to continue to use examinations developed by the Association of Social Work Boards as a requirement; and whether to establish a temporary license for applicants who, except for passing an examination required under current law, meet the education and experience requirements for a license to practice. If the Workgroup determined that the examinations developed by the Association of Social Work Boards should not be used or that temporary licenses should be established, it was to rcommend whether additional experience or education requirements were necessary; a timeline for phasing in such changes; and an outline and timeline for further study. Also, the Workgroup was to consider how supervision may be provided to bachelor social worker licensees and master social worker licensees at no cost to the licensees.
Further, the Workgroup examined each type of license by conducting a bias analysis of the qualifications for each type of license; determined whether each type of license is necessary; and identified alternatives to examination requirements that may be used to assess an applicant’s qualifications for each type of license. Under consideration were examination testing options, including the development of a State–based competency examination, minimum requirements for a national examination to be approved for State applicants, and the use of ranges of examination scores, and other policies to ensure a bias–free examination. The Workgroup was to identify barriers in addition to the examination that present challenges to licensure in Maryland; and circumstances under which unlicensed individuals work in State and federal government positions as social workers.
Authorization for the Task Force ended June 30, 2025.
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