Narrative: d. 2. I. i. II. a.

The State Agency Office of Human Capital maintains relationships with the local universities that have rehabilitation counseling programs. There are currently two programs in the District of Columbia, one at the University of the District of Columbia and one at George Washington University. In addition, the Deputy Director sits on the Advisory Committee for the rehabilitation counseling program at Coppin State University, and has provided letters of support for the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES), to receive grant funds to support its program, from which a number of current DCRSA counselors have graduated. During FY 2015, the agency had interns from both UDC and George Washington University. The agency has hired recent graduates from GW, UDC and UMES. The internship coordinator for the agency works closely with both institutions to coordinate internship opportunities. In addition to fostering this relationship as a means of recruiting new staff, the agency’s training coordinator works with these institutions to coordinate continuing education opportunities for staff, in order to help them maintain their CRC, or to identify appropriate classes for our staff who have outstanding course work in order to sit for the CRC exam. The agency remains committed to assisting all current staff to become eligible to sit for and obtain their CRC, and continues to provide as part of this plan sufficient funds to pay for staff to take the CRC exam, and for staff with remaining course work, to take three credits per semester. Table 19: RSA Student Enrollment