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Health Care Apprenticeship Consortium Substance Use Disorder Professional Apprenticeship
Sponsored by Health Care Apprenticeship Consortium · Substance Use Disorder Professional
This route explains how verified access begins; it does not guarantee selection, placement, employment, certification, or licensure.
What families should know
A Washington statewide behavioral health Registered Apprenticeship route with 560 classroom and lab hours plus 4,000 work hours.
Decision facts
What we could verify
Registration confirms a program relationship. It does not, by itself, confirm that an employer is currently accepting apprentices.
- Service area
- Washington employer partners participating in the Health Care Apprenticeship Consortium behavioral health program.
- Listed location
- WA This may be a sponsor, training, or service region, not a work site.
- Delivery mode
- hybrid
- Who the verified information describes
- Adults seeking a substance use disorder professional apprenticeship with a participating Washington employer partner.
- Eligibility
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- Be at least 18, have a high school diploma or equivalent, be able to work a 40-hour week, and meet HCAC's stated English and math prequalification levels.
- HCAC says interested candidates must undergo Department of Health background review to receive SUDP-T and encourages early application; confirm timing and issuance with the Department of Health.
- Compensation
- HCAC says apprentices earn while they learn in full-time work; no current wage amount was verified.
- Duration
- 560 classroom and lab hours plus 4,000 hours of work experience; HCAC describes the education program as two to 2.5 years depending on prior experience.
- Credential
- The page describes a National Certified Addiction Counselor Level I exam upon program completion that permits Washington SUDP certification; exam, trainee credential, and certification outcomes are not guaranteed.
Next action
What happens next
Submit the official interest form, select Substance Use Disorder Professional Apprenticeship, and wait for recruiter routing; contact does not guarantee a matching employer interview, offer, trainee credential, or enrollment.
Fit and tradeoffs
Questions to resolve before applying
- Employment and onboarding with an employer partner must come before apprenticeship enrollment; HCAC encourages early SUDP-T application but does not establish a broader enrollment-order rule for that credential.
- A two-year post-graduation service commitment agreement applies; background review, prequalification, recruiter matching, and cohort capacity can limit access, and the listed February cohort is tentative.
Sources and review details
Where these details came from
Quan Pathways keeps evidence for registered apprenticeships and other structured pathways separate from current availability sources and displays the date each source was checked.
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Supports: identity, registration, duration, compensation, credential, eligibility, availability. Observed Aug 26, 2026.
The page confirms the registered program, employer-first sequence, two-year post-graduation service commitment, background review, and SUDP-T process but does not guarantee an interview, job offer, SUDP-T issuance, enrollment, exam result, or certification result.
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Supports: availability, applicant-action. Observed Aug 26, 2026.
The page lists monthly 2026 behavioral health information sessions but attendance does not guarantee recruiter matching, an interview, employer offer, or enrollment.
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Supports: availability. Observed Aug 26, 2026.
The cohort page gives Substance Use Disorder Professional a tentative February start without establishing a job opening or an individual seat.
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Supports: applicant-action, applicant-scope. Observed Aug 26, 2026.
The form collects interest for Substance Use Disorder Professional Apprenticeship and says HCAC will contact applicants; it does not guarantee an interview, employer offer, trainee credential, or enrollment.
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