Professional Partners
ACAIT is an independent corporation promoting and administering quality insurance coverages and services at competitive rates for ACA members and groups in the human development professions. Governed by a board of trustees comprised of professional counselors and insurance experts and staffed by licensed insurance underwriters and agents, the ACA Professional Liability Insurance Program for students, professionals and multidiscipline groups of professionals combines essential benefits with features that anticipate your future needs. The program offers Business Owners Package (BOP) for business owners and Directors and Officers Liability for non-profit organizations. ACAIT offers auto, homeowners, and a full line of group life and health insurance plans that includes disability income plan, business overhead expense plan, term life, customized major medical, catastrophic major medical, short term major medical, hospital protection, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, dental insurance, long term care and Medicare supplement insurance. For more information, contact ACA Insurance Trust at 800-347-6647 x284 or www.acait.com.
This independent council was created in 1981 to accredit the counseling profession's graduate-level preparation programs. As a specialized accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), CACREP promotes the development of preparation standards, provides rigorous and objective program review, and works with other credentialing organizations to ensure quality training in the counseling profession. For more information, contact CACREP at 800-347-6647 x301 or write: CACREP, 5999 Stevenson Avenue, 1st Floor, Alexandria, VA 22304-3300.
Created in 1979, the ACA Foundation enhances the counseling profession by focusing its mission in many areas such as encouraging the next generation of counselors, honoring outstanding educators and practitioners, publishing on cutting-edge topics, reaching out to elementary age children through the Growing Happy and Confident Kids project and most recently aiding fellow counselors who have been affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita by creating the Counselors Care Fund. The ACA Foundation is supported by tax-deductible gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations as well as ACA divisions and branches. For more information or to contribute, call 800-347-6647 x350, visit the ACAF page at www.counseling.org, or send an e-mail to acaf@counseling.org.
Chi Sigma Iota
The official honor society of the counseling profession, Chi Sigma Iota, an independent membership organization, recognizes outstanding individual contributions to the profession and excellence in educational achievement. For more information call (336) 841-8180 or write: P.O. Box 35448, Greensboro, NC 27425-5448; info@csi-net.org.
The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) is an independent, non-profit, voluntary, non-governmental corporation established to advance the credentialing of professional counselors. The organization monitors a national certification process; identifies counselors who have voluntarily obtained national certification; and administers a certification examination and specialty certifications for school, clinical mental health and addictions counselors. For more information, call 336-547-0607 or write: NBCC, 3 Terrace Way, Greensboro, NC 27403, www.nbcc.org.