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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
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