WCU Tradition Counseling Program Receives Grant
The William Carey University Tradition Campus counseling program has received a National Board for Certified Counselors & Affiliates (NBCC) grant to assist in initial Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP) accreditation.
The grant, awarded to the program's clinical mental health and school counseling tracks, was one of 15 given from an applicant pool of 59 institutions nationally.
"We were honored to receive this funding that will pay for each of our remaining phases of accreditation and will include funding for planned site visits sometime in the spring of 2015," said Dr. Carol Jones, director of psychology and graduate counseling at the Tradition Campus.
The grant application was evaluated on criteria including the general understanding of the CACREP process; the feasibility of the program's timeline, goals and challenges; and the potential of the program to graduate counselors who will serve underserved populations in need.