<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div class="WordSection1"> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p> Christine Suniti Bhat, Ph.D., L.P.C, L.S.C.<o:p></o:p> Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Counselor Education, <o:p></o:p> Faculty Advisor, Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota,<o:p></o:p> Department of Counseling and Higher Education,<o:p></o:p> The Patton College of Education, OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Office: McCracken Hall, 374<o:p></o:p> Phone: 740-593-4425; Fax: 740-593-0477; Email: bhatc@ohio.edu<o:p></o:p> Website: http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/<o:p></o:p> Media: http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"> From: Jenny Gunderman [mailto:jgunderman@cacrep.org] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 10:27 AM To: alan.demmitt@udayton.edu; jmcgloth@kent.edu; richardb@xavier.edu; slsteen@gwu.edu; bherlihy@uno.edu; mkocet@bridgew.edu; tonya.balch@indstate.edu; angela.mcdonald@uncp.edu; Bhat, Christine Subject: VA Medical center Opportunity<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Dear CACREP Liaison,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Exciting news<o:p></o:p> We want to make you aware of an opportunity that may be available to students in your program.  The Veteran’s Administration (VA) has announced a pilot program offering funded pre-degree internships for Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselors for the 2015-2016 academic year. The application has to come from a VA Medical Center, but the interns must be students from CACREP accredited programs.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> What you should do<o:p></o:p> Not all VA Medical Centers will be eligible because there are a number of criteria for participation so that every center may not qualify.  Here is a link to a list of VA Medical Centers in the US <o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.va.gov/directory/guide/division_flsh.asp?dnum=1">http://www.va.gov/directory/guide/division_flsh.asp?dnum=1</a><o:p></o:p> Contact your local facility and find out if they are eligible to apply.  If they are not eligible now, let them know that your program and interns are interested and available and maybe they will qualify next year.  Building a relationship with your local facility will enhance the chances that they will hire Professional Counselors and be eligible for this opportunity in the future.    <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The details<o:p></o:p> Thanks to advocacy efforts by the National Board for Certified Counselors and other counseling organizations   like AMHC and ACA, this opportunity was opened to Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselors as well as Marriage and Family Therapists.  NBCC is working to expand the funding across the VA system in the future.  Please read the Memorandum and the Request for Proposal from the Department of Veterans Affairs for details:  <a href="http://www.cacrep.org/news/va-medical-centers-eligible-for-paid-counseling-interns/">http://www.cacrep.org/news/va-medical-centers-eligible-for-paid-counseling-interns/</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The deadline for VA Medical Centers to submit letters of intent is April 17, so please act quickly.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> If you do contact your local VA Medical Center, please let the CACREP Office know the results so that we can evaluate and continue these advocacy efforts.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jenny Gunderman<o:p></o:p> Managing Director<o:p></o:p> Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)<o:p></o:p> 1001 North Fairfax Street, Suite 510<o:p></o:p> Alexandria, VA 22314<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> phone: 703.535.5990<o:p></o:p> fax: 703.739.6209<o:p></o:p> email: <a href="mailto:tkimbel@cacrep.org"> jgunderman@cacrep.org</a><o:p></o:p> web: <a href="http://www.cacrep.org/"> http://www.cacrep.org/</a><o:p></o:p> Like us on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CACREP/93750738623"><img border="0" width="31" height="32" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D07378.D9F3AEC0" alt="Description: facebook"></a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> CACREP is a recognized accrediting agency by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and holds full membership status with the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA) and the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> DISCLAIMER:  This email message is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above.  This message may contain information that is privileged and confidential.  If you are not an intended recipient, or the agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message.  If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email and delete the original message.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>

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