Wv Certification Board for Addiction & Prevention Professionals

10/01/2025

Please be patient and courteous with our staff. If your certification has lapsed calmly, email or call us, we will help you. We know it can be alarming to get that notice so let’s work together to get the issues resolved now.

Yelling at our staff and volunteers won’t unlapse you any faster.

10/01/2025

📢 Important Notice for Credentialed Entities

The West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction & Prevention Professionals has now reviewed and communicated the status of all applications received during this renewal cycle as of 12:54 am on 10/1/2025.

✅ If you have not heard from us, we do not have your application.

⚠️ If you have heard from us but have outstanding deficiencies or owe fees, you must complete these by December 31, 2025. Until then, your credential is considered lapsed and:

• You may not use the credential
• You may not seek reimbursement for services that require certification.

Please note: Reinstatement may take up to two weeks. To avoid lapses in the future:

• Submit your application before August 30 of the year your recertification is due
• Ensure all fees, including any late fees, are paid in full

We have sent direct emails to individuals whose credentials have lapsed, and we will be communicating this information to the State tomorrow.

You may check the certified entities tab located on our website to confirm your status. 

If you have not paid outstanding fees and/corrected any deficiencies by December 31 of 2025, your credential will be considered expired and you must start an initial application, including the exam to become recertified.

Thank you for your attention to this matter and for your continued professionalism in serving West Virginians.

10/01/2025

We are continuing to process applications tonight if the late fee rush processing has been paid. Notably, this is the reason we have a late fee. Applications with deficiencies that have not been corrected will lapse at midnight. Please check your status on our website. 

09/30/2025

At this time, the board office will be pausing responses to phone calls and emails so that we may focus fully on processing recertification applications. Please note that we cannot review any part of your application until both your application fee and the rush processing fee have been received.

Additionally, the grant funding for Peer Recovery Support Specialist fees has now closed and is no longer available.

To avoid future delays, please submit your applications as early as possible. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work diligently to finalize recertifications.

If you would like to know the status of your application, the easiest way to check would be on our website under the certified entities tab and look at your renewal date. If your renewal date says 2027 you have been processed and approved. 

09/30/2025

📢 Certification Renewal Notice – Action Required 📢

Certifications that are not renewed after today will be considered lapsed.

➡️ Once lapsed, you have until December 31, 2025 to meet all renewal requirements — including payment of all fees — to return to active status.
➡️ After December 31, 2025, any certification still lapsed will be considered invalid, and you must reapply as a new applicant and retest to regain your credential.
➡️ Once your certification lapses, you may not use your credential after your name until your certification has been reinstated.

⚠️ Important: All applications received after August 30, 2025 should have included the rush processing fee. Applications submitted without this fee will not be processed. Please note: We will not be waiving any rush processing (late) fees for any individual or agency.

📩 Once your application is approved, you will receive a letter via email confirming approval. Please note:
✔️ You must then wait for your card and sticker in the mail.
✔️ We will not be emailing cards or stickers.

For those who were asked to provide additional information with your certification application:
✔️ We will be re-processing any new information received.
✔️ If the updated information still does not meet requirements, your certification will be placed on lapsed status.

💳 Payment notice: If you paid your fees by check and we have not yet received it, your application will not be processed today. Processing will only occur once payment has been received.

👩‍💻 Please note: Our two volunteer reviewers will be working until 7:00 PM today, reviewing recertification applications only, in order to complete as many as possible.

📨 On October 2, 2025, we will be sending a list of all lapsed certifications to Medicaid.

⏳ To avoid this in the future, please do not wait until the deadline to renew. You may renew as early as January of the year your credential is due.

We encourage you to complete your renewal today to avoid interruption of your credential status.

— West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction & Prevention Professionals

09/27/2025

The PRSS grant has expired. All applications must include payment. We have submitted the necessary paperwork to facilitate reimbursement disbursements. Please be patient.

09/25/2025

🚨 FINAL NOTICE: PRSS Fee Reimbursement Grant Ends Tomorrow (September 26, 2025) 🚨

Attention candidates and certified professionals:
The grant that has been covering Peer Recovery Support Specialist (PRSS) application, testing, and recertification fees ends tomorrow – September 26, 2025.

🔒 Reimbursement Applications CLOSED
• The deadline to submit a reimbursement request has passed (the last day to apply was September 24, 2025).
• No new reimbursement requests will be accepted.

🗓️ Still Time to Use the Grant for New Fees
• You may still use the grant to pay for PRSS-related fees (applications, testing, recertification, etc.) through September 26, 2025. BUT NOT LATE FEES

💰 Processing of Requests
• All reimbursement requests already received will be processed once grant funding is received.

Thank you to everyone who utilized this opportunity and to our partners who made it possible.

— West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction & Prevention Professionals (WVCBAPP)

09/17/2025

PRSS UPDATE: Please note that the grant covering PRSS exam, application, and recertification fees will expire on September 27, 2025.
After this date, applicants must submit payment with their applications, exam registrations, and recertifications. For further information, please email us or refer to the instructions on our website.
Please be aware that the grant does not cover late or rush processing fees.

This announcement does not affect the reimbursement request process. Once payments have been processed, refunds will be issued; however, the timeline for this process is currently unknown. Applicants do not need to submit an additional request. 

09/17/2025

Please ensure that you settle your late fees when submitting applications after 8/30/2025 to avoid processing delays and certification lapse.

09/03/2025

📢 Attention Certified Professionals

If you did not complete your recertification by August 30 (as indicated by the date on your application submission), your certification is now considered late.

It can take 30 days to process applications as we are all volunteers.

➡️ A late fee is required to process your recertification.
➡️ Late fees can be submitted directly through our website: www.wvcbapp.org

PRSS grant DOES NOT cover the late fee.

We encourage you to complete this step as soon as possible to avoid further delays in processing your certification. Thank you for your attention to this important matter!

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08/30/2025

Please ensure that your recertification application is submitted by 11:59pm tonight. Late/rush processing fees will commence on 8/31/2025. No exceptions will be made. We require sufficient time prior to the expiration date to conduct a thorough review, and you need adequate time to address any deficiencies before the expiration date.

06/20/2025

Please be advised that we will be closed from June 25 through July 2. No online applications will be processed between June 20th and July 5th, because even we need a summer break.