About Texas Social Work Resource Center

At Texas Social Work Resource Center, we believe in the transformative power of social work to strengthen individuals, families, and communities across the Lone Star State. Armed with the right education and resources, Texas social workers make profound impacts in the diverse communities they serve. Since navigating the social work education and licensure landscape can be complex, especially within Texas’s unique regulatory framework, we’ve created straightforward, accessible guides so you can focus on what matters most – helping Texans thrive.

Our Focus Areas

Texas Licensure – We research and simplify the various Texas social work license requirements so you don’t have to. The Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners website can be challenging to navigate, so we’ve developed clear guides for LBSW, LMSW, and LCSW licensure pathways specific to Texas requirements.

Education Pathways – From BSW programs at Texas universities to advanced MSW and doctoral options, we outline the educational journey that aligns with your career goals. Our resources help you understand which programs meet Texas requirements and how to select the path that best suits your professional aspirations.

Texas Career Resources – The social work landscape in Texas offers diverse specialization opportunities that connect with your personal mission. We provide comprehensive career guides on various social work roles across Texas, from child welfare specialists working with CPS to healthcare social workers serving in Texas’s rural hospitals.

Texas Community Services – Texas social workers address unique challenges including immigration support, disaster recovery, rural healthcare access, and support for military families. We’ve created resource pages on these Texas-specific issues that you can use with your clients and communities.

Financial Support – Social work education is an investment in your future and Texas’s communities. We’ve compiled Texas-specific scholarships, loan forgiveness programs for practitioners serving in high-need areas, and funding opportunities exclusively available to Texas social work students.

Editorial Team

Brandon Williams
Brandon is the Managing Editor of Texas Social Work Resource Center. He has done content strategy and worked for various health-focused organizations and has a passion for child welfare, addiction treatment and recovery. He has vast experience in higher education, both as a student and as an enrollment specialist for students looking to become social workers, and he brings that knowledge to our center.

Maria Hernandez – Partnerships
Maria shares a passion for social work, having grown up with a mother for a social worker. She’s done lots of work with the homeless community and worked with countless shelters, and brings that passion to our resource center. Maria sets up any partnerships we have with schools, trying to find great quality programs that are CSWE-accredited for our site visitors to learn about.

Expert Contributors

Karyn Bandy Master of Education, Counseling and Human Services
Karyn has worked in Child Crisis and Child Welfare over the past two decades. She’s worked with children, parents, schools, mandatory reporters, foster care applicants and with the court system to decrease child abuse and neglect. Her experience includes training foster care applicants and community members and parental supervision with court ordered services to determine child safety. Karyn has done hundreds of successful child placements and has coordinated services among various members of the child welfare team.

Data Sources

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Salary.com
IPEDS
Pew Research
National Association of Social Workers
Council for Social Work Education