{"id":18899,"date":"2023-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18899"},"modified":"2023-07-15T06:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T06:48:25","slug":"justice-department-reinforces-federal-protections-for-servicemembers-and-their-spouses-in-letter-to-state-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18899","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department reinforces federal protections for servicemembers and their spouses in letter to state officials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON (AFNS) — \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Justice Department announced July 14 that it has\u202fissued\u202fa letter<\/strong><\/a> to all state licensing authorities about new employment-related federal protections for military families. The letter informs state licensing authorities about Congress\u2019s recent amendment to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act that allows servicemembers and their spouses to use their professional licenses or certificates in new jurisdictions if they are relocating because of military orders and meet certain other requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cServicemembers and their families should not face unnecessary barriers to employment because of the sacrifices they make in service to our country,\u201d said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThe\u202fguidance we are issuing today reflects the Justice Department\u2019s commitment to honoring our nation\u2019s servicemembers and their families not just with words, but also with action.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cServicemembers bear great burdens to protect and advance our democracy and families of these dedicated military professionals often make sacrifices on our behalf, including frequent moves, child-care challenges and interruptions or barriers to employment,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke<\/strong><\/a> of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division. \u201cThe resources that we are making available should empower many servicemembers and military spouses with professional licenses to better navigate the burdens that can result from frequently moving around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January 2023, Congress added a new provision to the SCRA \u2014 a law that provides servicemembers and their families with a wide variety of financial and housing protections \u2014 to make it easier for servicemembers and military spouses to have their professional licenses recognized when they relocate to another state due to military orders. The new SCRA license portability provision provides that servicemembers and military spouses can have their out-of-state licenses recognized as valid in the new state while they are stationed there so long as they meet certain requirements.\u202f<\/p>\n

The letter to state licensing authorities explains how the SCRA\u2019s license portability provision reduces the administrative hurdles that servicemembers and their spouses face when they move across state lines. The documents explain the requirements servicemembers or their spouses must meet to have their license or certificate recognized as valid under this new law. The department is also releasing a fact sheet about the SCRA\u2019s license portability provision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — \u00a0 The Justice Department announced July 14 that it has\u202fissued\u202fa letter to all state licensing authorities about new employment-related federal protections for military families. The letter informs state licensing authorities about Congress\u2019s recent amendment to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act that allows servicemembers and their spouses to use their professional licenses or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18901,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18899\/revisions\/18901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}