<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
</head>
<body dir="auto">
<div>There are 10 facilities within 55 miles of Athens.<br>
<br>
Tracy C. Leinbaugh, PhD, NCC, PCC-S
<div>Associate Professor Emerita of Counselor Education</div>
<div>Department of Counseling and Higher Education</div>
<div>The Patton College</div>
<div>Ohio University</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Sent from my iPad</div>
</div>
<div><br>
On Apr 10, 2015, at 10:29 AM, "Bhat, Christine" <<a href="mailto:bhatc@ohio.edu">bhatc@ohio.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christine Suniti Bhat, Ph.D., L.P.C, L.S.C.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Counselor Education,
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Faculty Advisor, Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Counseling and Higher Education,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Patton College of Education, OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: McCracken Hall, 374<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 740-593-4425; Fax: 740-593-0477; Email: <a href="mailto:bhatc@ohio.edu">
bhatc@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Website: <a href="http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/">
http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Media: <a href="http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292">
http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292</a><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Jenny Gunderman [<a href="mailto:jgunderman@cacrep.org">mailto:jgunderman@cacrep.org</a>]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 10, 2015 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:alan.demmitt@udayton.edu">alan.demmitt@udayton.edu</a>;
<a href="mailto:jmcgloth@kent.edu">jmcgloth@kent.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:richardb@xavier.edu">
richardb@xavier.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:slsteen@gwu.edu">slsteen@gwu.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:bherlihy@uno.edu">
bherlihy@uno.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:mkocet@bridgew.edu">mkocet@bridgew.edu</a>;
<a href="mailto:tonya.balch@indstate.edu">tonya.balch@indstate.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:angela.mcdonald@uncp.edu">
angela.mcdonald@uncp.edu</a>; Bhat, Christine<br>
<b>Subject:</b> VA Medical center Opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear CACREP Liaison,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Exciting news<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>What you should do<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>The details<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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:
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">
<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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>The deadline for VA Medical Centers to submit letters of intent is April 17, so please act quickly.<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">Jenny Gunderman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">Managing Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">1001 North Fairfax Street, Suite 510<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">Alexandria, VA 22314<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">phone: 703.535.5990<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">fax: 703.739.6209<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">email: <a href="mailto:tkimbel@cacrep.org">
<span style="color:#0070C0">jgunderman@cacrep.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">web: <a href="http://www.cacrep.org/">
<span style="color:#0070C0">http://www.cacrep.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0">Like us on Facebook: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CACREP/93750738623"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none"><image001.gif></span></a><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#0070C0">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></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0070C0">DISCLAIMER:</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">
</span></i><span style="color:#0070C0">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.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br>
<span>Counselor_Educ mailing list</span><br>
<span><a href="mailto:Counselor_Educ@listserv.ohio.edu">Counselor_Educ@listserv.ohio.edu</a></span><br>
<span><a href="http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/counselor_educ">http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/counselor_educ</a></span><br>
</div>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>