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Association of Housing Counselors
The Association of Housing Counselors (TAHC) is a membership
organization of housing counselors and other professionals committed to
promoting housing counseling. TAHC's mission is to increase the
availability of resources and training opportunities for counselors,
thereby increasing the number of qualified counselors and enhancing the
quality of service delivery to clients.
It certifies Housing Counselors in North and South Carolina. TAHC was
originally organized in 1994 in North Carolina as an outgrowth of a
housing counseling task force that was convened to develop a housing
counseling training program. Participants who successfully complete two
20-hour classes and pass the two exams are designated as certified.
From its inception, more than 2000 persons have attended Tracks A and
B. There are currently more than 400 individuals with the active
certified status providing services across the Southeast. TAHC also
provides continuing education opportunities to enable certified Housing
Counselors to maintain their two-year certification.
Certification Process
TAHC's Certification program ensures basic proficiency in housing
counseling concepts and techniques. Certification requirements include
participation in the Basic (Track A) and Advanced (Track B) Housing
Counseling Workshops and successful completion of written certification
exams for both Tracks. Certification trainings are offered four times a
year. For more information on certification and upcoming training
schedules, please contact Felicia
Jordan.
Continuing Education
In today's housing market, it is important for housing counselors to
stay abreast of changes in the industry and to continually strengthen
their skills. To that end, TAHG has implemented a continuing education
program that enables counselors to renew their certification every two
years. To maintain certification, Housing Counselors are required to
take 32 hours of continuing education over a two-year period. Sixteen
of those hours must be TAHC sponsored continuing education workshops.
Opportunities for continuing education hours are provided periodically
by other partner organization conferences. Many members take advantage
of the continuing education credits offered by attending workshops at
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