Continuing Education

The 2024 Housing First Partners Conference is pleased to offer up to 21.5 hours of continuing education hours for Social Workers and Addiction Professionals through the following programs below. To receive CE hours, conference attendees must attend the full session and complete an evaluation form for each session attended during the conference. Once attendance is verified, we will send you your corresponding certificate of completion on or before May 31, 2024. To receive CE hours, you must provide upon registration your degree/field of study, professional license number and the State where your license was issued.

It is the responsibility of the attendee to determine if their licensing board will accept these CEs. The conference will also be able to provide a certificate of attendance upon request after the conference ends. For questions, please contact Maria Jacinto at mjacinto@desc.org.

NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals

DESC (Provider #174296) and Pathways Housing First Institute (Provider #239426) are proud NAADAC Approved Education Providers under NAADAC's cosponsored single training program. The approval is intended for DESC and Pathways Housing First's continuing education (CE) for the co-sponsored event 2024 Housing First Partners Conference for 15+ continuing education credits. To view organizations and boards that accepts NAADAC continuing education hours (CEs), visit NAADAC CE Approvals. NOTE: It is the responsibility of the attendee to determine if their licensing board will accept NAADAC CEs.

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886597365-8475) for 21.5 continuing education contact hours.

Please be aware:

The following states do not accept NASW’s National CE Approval Program:

  • New Jersey (Applications may be filed with the NASW New Jersey Chapter)

  • New York (Applications may be filed with the NASW New York State Chapter)

  • West Virginia (www.wvsocialworkboard.org)

The following states currently do not recognize NASW National Approval:

The following Board does not have Continuing Education Requirements:

  • Puerto Rico