The West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction and Prevention Professionals (WVCBAPP) is an organization which is instrumental in determining the standards and credentialing process for addiction and prevention professionals in the State of West Virginia. As a credentialing body, we believe that both experience and training are vital components of having an addictions-field workforce which is skilled in providing service.

Why pursue certification in the State of West Virginia?

• To gain recognition for basic and consistent standards for competence
  
• To increase the credibility of the addictions profession with consumers, employers, and other institutions/systems
  
• To provide standards for the evalution of persons seeking employment in the addictions field
  
• To obtain a certification which is heavily based on both knowledge and demonstrated competency

Certification identifies those individuals recognized by their profession as qualified to serve the public. The purpose of establishing standards and a voluntary system for professional certification of addiction and prevention professionals is threefold:

• For the client: To promote the availability of competent service providers
  
• For the public at large: To provide competent professionals who have met those standards required for third party underwriting; to promote effective treatment and prevention services for persons with chemical and behavioral dependencies and their families; and to promote effective prevention services in a variety of target areas.
  
• For the professional: To provide a method whereby the highest professional standards can be established, maintained, and updated, through a system of competency based testing and approved training; to enable the professional to easily obtain reciprocal credentials in other states, territories and countries.
  

The 2007 Board of Directors for the WVCBAPP is made up of the following individuals:

Jim Baker, Past President
Rt 3 Box 300
Princeton, WV  24740
Home: 487-1931
FAX: 425-1332
Jab24740@yahoo.com

Cathy Coontz, Prevention
Rt 3 Box 237-11
Buckhannon, WV 26201
Home: 472-6268
Cell: 613-8836
coontz@marshall.edu   

David Bailey
PO Box 336
Athens. WV  24712
Home: 384-8842
Cell: 921-1881
Bailey74@marshall.edu

Nancy Georges, Ethics
115 Rosebud Lane
Wheeling, WV  26003
Work: 233-8045
Cell: 215-5017

Angela Bartle, Recertification/President-Elect
410½ Douglas Avenue
Princeton, WV
24740
Home: 425-2613
Work: 487-8404
Cell: 952-4580
angelamercerdrc@frontiernet.net jim_angie_us@yahoo.com

Paul Howell, Treasurer
Rt 1 Box 180
Bluefield, WV  24701
Home: 487-1626
Work: 920-4132
howellp@marshall.edu

Peter J. Callahan, LICSW, CAC-S, CCFC
President
Callahan, PLLC
PO BOX 1074 * 336 S. Queen St
Martinsburg, WV 25402-1074
(304) 886-4118
DocPinch@aol.com

Kay Lambert
PO Box 34
Pineville, WV  24874
sandralambert@shcmhc.com

Lisa Carper, CEU
PO Box 714
Shepherdstown, WV  25443
Home: 876-3359
Work: 728-9235
LISACARPER2000@yahoo.com

Tammi Lewis, Certification/Secretary
5305 Big Tyler Road #9
Cross Lanes, WV 25313
Cell: 545-1163
tlewis68@suddenlink.net

Chuck Conner
2541 Charleston Road
Spencer, WV  25276
Home: 927-1665
Work: 927-2211
cconner@wvrhep.org

Rebecca Stacy, CCJP
Rt 1 Box 57-B
Meadow Bridge, WV  25976
Work: 438-6188 x1081
Cell: 575-3632
beccastacy@hotmail.com
rwstacy@rmchealth.org