Elevate Continuing Education has received direct blanket approval through the DC Board of Social Work to offer continuing education. In addition, the DC Board of Social Work accepts Association of Social Work Board (ASWB) CE Credits.  

NEW for 2025 renewals - the DC board has modified their in-person training requirment and will now accept live interactive online webinars for the same credits as in-person continuing education credits. The statement from the board on this new rule is as follows: "The Board has voted and  determined that going forward - during the current licensure term from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2025 - the CE requirement will return to the original requirement, in effect prior to the pandemic, with the following modification:  “Live-interactive, webinars” will be accepted and will count as “In-person” CEs.  Note that pre-recorded, online presentations will not count as In-person CEs.  Only “LIVE-INTERACTIVE, WEBINARS” in real-time WILL BE CONSIDERED as “IN-PERSON, CEs.  Thus, no more than twelve (12) hours of the required CE may be obtained through pre-recorded, remote methods - be they pre-recorded on-demand internet course; pre-recorded home studies; or pre-recorded distance learning.  The remainder of the required, forty (40) hours of CEs (28 remaining hours) must be live, in person, CEs, to include “Live-interactive webinars” 

This announcement/policy statement may be read in full here: https://dchealth.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/service_content/attachments/Policy%20Statement%20-%20Modification%20-%20BoSW%20Guidance%20on%20Suspension%20of%20Face-to-Face%20Continuing%20Education%20Requirement%201SEPT2023.pdf    

Please note that the 6 hours of ethics required must be a live interactive webinar, but the 2 hours of LGBTQ training may be online/pre-recorded.  

Elevate Continuing Education, #1816, formerly Maryland CEU Institute is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.