CACREP/CORE Merger Information
July 2017 Announcement
Leaders from both the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) completed the final paperwork to merge the two organizations, bringing to a close the multi-year alignment process for the two counseling accrediting bodies. Effective July 1, 2017, CACREP has assumed responsibility for continuing the mission and vision of CORE through its accreditation process, which has now officially includes the review of graduate level rehabilitation counselor education programs. CACREP sends a warm welcome to all of the Rehabilitation Counseling programs, faculty, and students who are now a part of CACREP.
October 2016 Announcement
As part of the merger agreement between the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) and the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), the two organizations have appointed a special task force to explore and recommend how disability concepts will be infused into CACREP’s 8 common core curricular areas in its next revision. Click here for the full press release.
April 2016 Announcement
At the spring conference of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE) held in Newport Beach, California, CACREP and its affiliate CORE announced plans to accept one final round of applications from CORE-accredited programs that wish to seek dually-accredited status as both a Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. Click here for the full press release.
October 2015 Announcement
As part of the merger agreement between the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) and the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), doctoral level programs in rehabilitation counselor education (RCE) that prepare faculty to teach in vocational and clinical rehabilitation counseling programs are now being offered an opportunity to seek CACREP accreditation under an expedited process. Click here for the full press release.
FAQs about Doctoral Level Rehabilitation Counselor Education and CACREP Accreditation
July 2015 Announcement
On July 20, 2015, the counseling profession’s two major accrediting organizations – the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) and the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) – signed a Plan of Merger Agreement. Click here for full press release.
FAQs about the CACREP and CORE Merger
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the CACREP/CORE Merger.