News
Public Notice of Accreditation Decisions: January 2023
The Board met on January 12-14 , 2023 and made the following January 2023 Accreditation Decisions. Read More
IRCEP is seeking a part-time Program Coordinator
The International Registry of Counsellor Education Programs (IRCEP) is seeking a part-time Program Coordinator. The IRCEP Program Coordinator executes the vision and mission of IRCEP and maintains the International Registry of Counsellor Education Programs. The Program Coordinator promotes and provides global support for the professionalization of counseling and quality assurance in counselor education. This is a contract position and may... Read More
CACREP is seeking nominations for its national awards programs
The Martin Ritchie Award for Excellence in Advocacy recognizes individuals who engage in superlative advocacy efforts on behalf of CACREP and its vision, mission, and values, which ultimately serve to advance the counseling profession through quality and excellence in counselor education. Nominees for the Martin Ritchie Award may include but are not limited to counselor educators, students,... Read More
Updates to Digital Delivery Reports
CACREP mandates that all accredited programs complete a CACREP Board-prescribed Digital Delivery report. Templates were posted in Spring 2022, and the first round of reviews of Digital Delivery Reports have been completed. Based on these first reviews, the digital delivery documents have been updated for future reports. The updated documents are located on the CACREP... Read More
New CACREP Board Members Selected
Welcome to the three new Board members who were elected at the January meeting. Their terms will begin July 1, 2023. Carlos Del Rio is a Counselor Educator who teaches in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree program at Bellevue University in Nebraska. Counselor Educator Aaron Mertes teaches in the Rehabilitation Counseling degree program at Montana State... Read More
Annual Report from January 1, 2019- July 30, 2021
In Fall 2018, CACREP changed the reporting period for our Annual Report to coincide with the academic year rather than a calendar year. We fully expected to have an Annual Report the next year, but the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a reprioritizing of our resources to meet the unexpected demands the pandemic brought.... Read More
Free Webinar on Veteran Suicide Prevention available from VHA
Lethal Means Safety Education and Counseling for Providers is a free, online, self-paced course for healthcare providers serving Veterans in their community provided by the VHA Train. Click here for the online training webinar: Lethal Means Safety Training Recording – VHA TRAIN – an affiliate of the TRAIN Learning Network powered by the Public Health... Read More
Table Talk Session Summary
CACREP conducted a series of five Table Talk sessions between September 28, 2022 and November 13, 2022 and shared the same information at each session. Click here to read a summary of the information shared. Read More
Automatic COVID Extensions End
The COVID-related automatic extension of time to accreditation for programs in site visit planning will end on July 15, 2022. CACREP will revert to its usual practice of handling extensions administratively and of programs formally submitting to the CACREP Board a request for an extension of time to accreditation. Read More
Online Definitions in Directory
CACREP is making changes in the directory listing for some programs. Traditionally, CACREP defined an online program as one in which over 50% of the coursework could be taken in an online format. With more students looking for remote learning options, we have changed our online program characteristics to include only those degree programs that... Read More