Ohio Children's Alliance, On Behalf of CABH COE, Announces Telehealth Certification Opportunity

On behalf of the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (CABH COE), the Ohio Children’s Alliance announces the availability of 50 scholarships for qualifying behavioral health providers to receive the Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider credential (BC-TMH). Scholarship funding will be in the form of reimbursement and will include 9 CEU hours of training through the New STAR Institute as well as the cost of the exam.

For the purpose of this funding, qualifying behavioral health providers include:

• Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC)

• Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC)

• Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors (LCPC)

• Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors of Mental Health (LPCC)

• Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors (LCMHC)

• Licensed Mental Health Practitioners (LMHP)

• Licensed Social Worker (LSW)

• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW)

To apply for this scholarship, click here. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and scholarship awards are limited to no more than two (2) practitioners per agency. The application deadline is February 18, 2022.

The Ohio Children’s Alliance will release agreements to scholarship recipients’ organizations on February 25 to be signed and submitted by March 8. Agencies will be responsible for paying for the trainings and the exam, and will be reimbursed by the Ohio Children’s Alliance upon the recipient’s approval from the testing organization to take the exam. Both the trainings and notification of approval to take exam must be completed by June 1, or the reimbursement may be forfeited.

All questions regarding this opportunity can be directed to Lauren.Barco@ohiochildrensalliance.org.