The need for mental health care services today is incredibly high. Americans deserve access to qualified mental health providers such as Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs). Reducing barriers to licensure portability and supporting MFTs in their ability to work is a key way to maximize support and care. 

The Access MFTs plan utilizes a model of licensure portability that allows for flexibility to address unique challenges and environments in each state. With this strategy, the goal is rapid advancement for the MFT profession, addressing areas where MFTs are working and want to work as a priority.

AAMFT Staff Present Access MFTs to KY Licensure Board

By Portability AAMFT posted 16 days ago
As the Access MFTs effort moves forward, AAMFT staff were invited to present the initiative and answer questions at the latest Kentucky licensure board meeting on November 16. MFTs, staff, and government affairs representatives continue to work in all ...
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Access MFTs Adds Arizona to Phase 1 States

By Portability AAMFT posted 16 days ago
Access MFTs is pleased to announce Arizona has been added as a phase 1 target state, rounding out the ten states being worked on in 2024. To support the efforts, AAMFT has contracted with Cornerstone Public Affairs, a bipartisan lobbying and political ...
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Access MFTs Attends KY Committee Hearing

By Portability AAMFT posted 25 days ago
Last month, lobbyists in Kentucky had the opportunity to testify before the Kentucky Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations about the Access MFTs initiative. This represents and important first step in the process in Kentucky that must ...
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2023 Session Wrap-up: Portability

By Portability AAMFT posted 09-18-2023
With emergency orders related to COVID expiring and the continuing demand for mental health services with many states experiencing provider shortages, easing portability barriers remained a key topic in many 2023 legislative sessions. The following states ...
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Access MFTs Announces Upcoming Work in Maryland and Kentucky

By Portability AAMFT posted 09-18-2023
Access MFTs is pleased to welcome Metro MFT to the effort to advocate for increased MFT portability in Maryland in 2024. To support the efforts, AAMFT has contracted with Public Policy Partners, a firm with a proven track record of working with health ...
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CAMFT and AAMFT Offer Comments at Recent California BBS Meeting

By Portability AAMFT posted 08-21-2023
Access MFT partners the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) joined together in giving comments at the California Board of Behavioral Science (BBS) meeting ...
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Access MFTs Adds New Industry Partners and Supporters

By Portability AAMFT posted 08-11-2023
The Access MFTs Portability Effort continues to gain momentum. Staff has met with leaders, regulatory board representatives, and lobbyists in 25 states in the process of finalizing the selections for phase 1 states (action in 2024) and those for phase ...
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CAMFT Joins Access MFTs Effort

By Portability AAMFT posted 07-27-2023
AAMFT is pleased to announce that the California Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) has joined as a partner in Access MFTs, the AAMFT-led strategic portability initiative launched in fall of 2022. Designed to reduce barriers ...
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Understanding Licensure Portability

By Portability AAMFT posted 03-31-2023
What does a strategic portability effort entail? Licensure portability is the ability to take an individual’s qualifications for a license in one state and apply them for licensure in another state. There can be many barriers that cause difficulty ...
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AAMFT Board of Directors Adopts Strategic Portability Plan

By Portability AAMFT posted 01-01-2023
During its Fall 2022 meeting, AAMFT’s Board of Directors voted to move forward with a strategic portability effort that will identify barriers to license portability and work to mitigate them, with the goal of creating a much easier process for those ...
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