Greensboro, NC (PRWEB) June 25, 2013
The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), not too long ago selected Michael S. Jones of Searcy, Arkansas, for the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program (NBCC MFP). As an NBCC MFP Fellow, Mr. Jones will obtain funding and instruction to assistance his education and facilitate his service to underserved minority populations.

The NBCC MFP is created feasible by a grant awarded to NBCC by the Substance Abuse and Mental Overall health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in August 2012. The Foundation is contracted by NBCC to administer the NBCC MFP, as properly as coaching and collaboration activities that will be open to all National Certified Counselors. The goal of the plan is to strengthen the infrastructure that engages diverse individuals in counseling and increases the number of professional counselors offering effective, culturally competent services to underserved populations.

The NBCC MFP has distributed $ 20,000 education awards to Mr. Jones and the 23 other doctoral-level counseling students chosen to receive the fellowship award. Michael Jones is a graduate of Freed Hardeman University, Ashland Theological Seminary and Harding University. He is currently enrolled at Regent University, exactly where he is pursuing a doctoral degree in counselor education and supervision. Mr. Jones has been a psychotherapist for 11 years and has encounter in substance abuse counseling, counselor education, clinical supervision and neighborhood-based mental health. He presently functions for Well being Resources of Arkansas as a youngster therapist. His objective as an NBCC MFP Fellow is to make use of this fellowship to support him in his investigation with adult biracial kids.

The Foundation plans to open the next NBCC MFP application period in December 2013. To understand a lot more about the NBCC MFP and its fellows, please pay a visit to http://www.nbccf.org/mfp.

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About the NBCC Foundation
The NBCC Foundation is an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), based in Greensboro, North Carolina. NBCC is the nations premier professional certification board devoted to credentialing counselors who meet standards for the general and specialty practices of skilled counseling. Presently, there are a lot more than 52,000 National Certified Counselors in the United States and much more than 50 nations.