Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

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Purpose: Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) works with students at the University of Arkansas to help them solve problems that arise during any given semester. CAPS help students to understand themselves and to promote personal growth. The staff at CAPS helps students to develop more satisfying relationships with their friends, families, and peers. They also assist with other mental health issues. Population: CAPS provide services for all the students attending the University of Arkansas. The requirement for service is first is that the client is a student and is attending the University of Arkansas the semester that the services are sought out. The second requirement that each student pays for the health fee, which this semester is eighty five dollars, and make sure it is paid each semester. However there is an exception the clinic will see anyone if there is a crisis or emergency that includes harm (suicidal Ideation event) to self or someone else (homicidal ideation event). Funding: The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Program gets there funding only from the health fee of eighty five dollars that each student attending the University of Arkansas pays each semester. This is due to the way the organization is classified under the Pat Walker Health Center. The University of Arkansas Board Committee has okay expansion of the CAPS program and a increase in staff, but the CAPS program are in charge of finding financial funding to expand and increase the services provided in the future. The CAPS program day to day budget is very tight and they are only able to offer so many services and so much time per day. Functioning/Services: The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Program functions to... ... middle of paper ... ...a the first consult and the first three without fee then charge a fee which would substantially lower rate for student then the other community services of Fayetteville and the surrounding area, such as 5-20 dollars a session compared to the community average fee per session is anywhere from 50-250 dollars a session. Apply this same system to the group therapy sessions and this could create considerable revenue for the CAPS program. These funds could help to expand services that are available and increase time framework as well as the amount of students seen by a considerable amount. Once CAPS gets growth increasing they can created other services with low fees to compound this, which will allow to lower overall fees to around 5-10 dollars per session after starting out a little higher like 15-20 dollars session. Works Cited http://health.uark.edu/caps.php

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