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2020 National Career Development Summit

Recently, the American Counseling Association Government Affairs team attended the annual National Career Development Summit (NCDS) this January.  The NCDS, hosted by the Coalition for Career Development (CCD), was held for the purpose of ...

House of Representatives Passes the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 2745)

The House passed its appropriations bundle, which was made up of two legislative packages that included all 12 fiscal year 2020 funding bills. The appropriation packages, products of bipartisan negotiation, now head to the Senate for approval. ...

Senate Finance proposal could extend funding for Community Behavioral Health Clinics

The Senate Finance Committee recently proposed to extend and expand the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) program. If enacted, the legislation would extend funding for the CCBHC program for an additional two years and expand ...

National Suicide Hotline Designation Act (S. 2661) approved by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Your voices have been heard and the American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Government Relations Team would like to thank the dedicated counselors and advocates that continue to work on behalf of suicide prevention. Today, ACA is happy to report ...

ACA Celebrates The Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019 Reaching 100 Bipartisan Cosponsors

We did it! With your help, we’re one big step closer to Medicare reimbursement for professional counselors!Due in part to your advocacy and support of The Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2019 (H.R. 945), the bill today has a total of 100 ...

ACA Announces Support for Bill to Strengthen Career Counseling in Middle and High Schools

This week, Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), co-chairs of the Congressional Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, introduced the Counseling for Career Choice Act. This bipartisan legislation amends the ...

Legislation for Licensed Professional Counselors in Michigan Signed Into Law

HB 4325 clarifies that counselors can continue to diagnose and offer psychotherapy

The American Counseling Association Foundation Offers Grants of Up to $500

The American Counseling Association Foundation is seeking proposals from American Counseling Association members for grants of up to $500.

ACA Foundation Awards Seven Grants

The American Counseling Association Foundation Board of Trustees provided grants in the amount of $500 to seven American Counseling Association members to further counseling-related projects they created to benefit their clients and communities. The ...

Counselor Researchers Contribute to 'Psychotherapy Relationships that Work'

The first-ever chapter from counselor researchers is included in the new edition.

Urgent: Contact the Iowa Licensure Board About New Regulations

The Iowa Board of Behavioral Health is considering changes to its Educational Qualifications for Mental Health Counselors. In the Professional Orientation curriculum, the Board proposes to replace the American Counseling Association with the American ...

ACA Co-Hosts the Asia Pacific Rim Confederation of Counsellors Conference

The American Counseling Association, in partnership with the Australian Counselling Association and the Asia Pacific Rim Confederation of Counsellors, is co-hosting the sixth Asia Pacific Rim Confederation of Counsellors Conference.

Join 700 of Your Colleagues On Capitol Hill in September

Here’s your chance to advocate for counseling, mental health, and Medicare reimbursement in Washington, DC!  The American Counseling Association is teaming up with the National Council for Behavioral Health for their Hill Day – which ...

Statement from the American Counseling Association on our National Crisis of Gun Violence

Professional Counselors care, are concerned, and can help WASHINGTON, D.C.—The following is ACA’s statement on our national gun violence crisis and the trauma caused by these heinous acts (esta declaración también está ...

Advocating for Medicare Reimbursement: Professional Counselors Take on DC

More than 100 members of the American Counseling Association scaled Capitol Hill last week in 96-degree heat to advocate for legislation that would enable licensed professional counselors to be reimbursed by Medicare. The counselor advocates came from ...

Apply Now: Mental Health Demonstration Grant Program

Our nation’s schools should be safe and secure settings where children can learn and grow to their full potential. However, over the last few years, violent acts inside and outside our schools—as well as a growing rate of student ...

Heather Trepal Begins Term as 68th President of the American Counseling Association

Heather Trepal, Licensed Professional Counselor and Board-Approved Supervisor (LPC-S, Texas), is the 68th president of the American Counseling Association.

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS

TIME IS RUNNING OUT: LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS Application Process Announced: New SUD Student-Loan-Forgiveness Program for Rural Opioid Response Workers The Health Resources and Services Administration ...

DEMAND A SEAT AT THE MEDICARE TABLE

If you haven’t taken action, your legislators are waiting to hear your story. Don’t delay! Contact your Members of Congress today and ask them to support the: MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS IMPROVEMENT ACT Tell them YOUR STORY: “140,000 ...

House Bill Would Remedy Mental Health Workforce Shortage

The American Counseling Association needs your help!                                                        ...