POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

ECI is a membership organization. Enrolment for Training Toward Certification Procedure. Specific information and enrollment materials can be obtain by call or email your request to the office.  Potential trainee or client may call the office to schedule an assessment or locate time and schedule of upcoming workshops in their respective community.  All official enrollments require the following:

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 *  A complete trainee or counseling   assessment  portfolio application
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A validation of high school diploma, GED, or equivalent
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Official transcripts of all  prior training
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Non-refundable  basic application fee of $45.00
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Initial Assessment fee of $45.00 and the minimum of three sessions to read $35.00 each
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*  If found acceptable applicant may received their Assessment Portfolio Application Package after  paying their initial assessment fee of $75.00
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An applicant may request the Assessment portfolio Application Package if they choose not to participate in the initial interview.  However, they will still have to pay the fee which is non-refundable. The package will be mail one the fees are paid without any further cost.
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Once the applicant has received and complete their Portfolio Package they will need to return the completed package with the necessary fees and documents that are called for in the package.  An appointment will follow in person or by telecommunication to complete the process of assessment.

Upon completion of all items, a trainee file will be processed and complete instructions and recommendations will be mail within 10 to 14 days of our final decision of the assessment committee.

* NOTE:  ECI is a membership organization.  Our Portfolio and Assessment Package is for members in good standing with a desire of receiving Certification as a Faith-Centered Alcohol and other Drug Counselor.  The Assessment Package contains all the necessary information to complete the process.  To obtain your package you must submit your request with a fee of $75.00 money order payable to the Ecumenical Counseling Institute.

TRAINING AND FINANCIAL POLICIES:   Current tuition, assessment and counseling fees are listed within our course program forms and applications.  These fees are subject to change without notice.  Enrollments of trainees and clients are subject to the financial and training/counseling policies in effect on the date of their official enrollment or initial contact with ECI office.

All fees for assessment, examinations, counseling, training, books, and supplies must be paid in United States currency, checks, cash and or money orders.



REFUND POLICY: 
There is no refund on initial assessment or counseling fees once the applicant signed and agreed to participate in the initial session.  However, if payments are paid in advance and no paper work is completed the applicant will received their full deposit. 

A trainee or a learner must notify the Institute in writing of their intention to withdraw.  The withdrawal date will be the date of the notification is received by the Institution.  And this date will be used in calculating the amount of tuition refunded.   All application fees and assessment feed and interviews fees are non-refundable.

RETURNED CHECKS:
  A processing fee of $45.00 will be added to a trainee or learners account and any check return unpaid by any bank.   The institution will not accept any post-dated checks.  Any trainee or learner who failed to honor a return check with the added processing fee will not be permitted to continue in any of their training sessions until all fees are paid off in cash or money order.

MAKE PAYMENTS AND SHIPMENTS TO:
The Ecumenical Counseling Institute, Inc.
6422 7th Street, NW, Suite 102
Washington, DC 20012
 

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