"As a provider of non-residential services,
I was reluctant at first to join MARFY... I can honestly say that the benefits (access to government and elected officials, technical assistance, the peer network and specialized training for staff) our organization received may be the single most important reason for CCYD's enduring success...
(These benefits) can't be found anywhere else."
~ Ivan Leshinsky, ED Chesapeake Center for Youth Development

MARFY Training Information

For more information about our Training Academy, please call our Director of Training and Special Events, Ms. Virginia Holt, at 410-312-3161, ext. 4 or email vholt@marfy.org

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Essential Learning and MARFY Partner on E-Learning Initiative

Essential Learning is very excited to partner with Maryland Association of Resources for Families and Youth (MARFY) to offer online courses for its new e-learning page, www.cequick.com/marfy and discounts to MARFY members on individual courses and learning management systems. We will also develop MARFY cutting-edge content, paired with continuing education credit, in to a user-friendly, convenient on-line format for the busy behavioral health professional.

Essential Learning (EL) is dedicated to meeting the training needs of behavioral health providers and currently serves 300 organizations in 47 states. Through its web-based e-learning management system and extensive course library, EL has provided nearly one million hours of training online.

Individual courses and Learning Management Systems will be available at a 10% discount to MARFY members! Go to www.cequick.com/marfy or www.marfy.org for more details.

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MARFY Training Academy Policies & Procedures
(approved by MARFY’s Board of Directors on January 14, 2010)

REGISTRATION POLICY

Registrations for Training Academy workshops WILL NOT be accepted over the phone. The hard-copy registration form may be submitted via fax (410-312-3163) or email (vholt@marfy.org), or registrations may be completed using the online registration form (http://marfy.org/Forms/trainingregistration.html).
Registrants are responsible for confirming registration status. MARFY will send two emails to training registrants. The first will be an acknowledgement email to acknowledge that the registration was received; this email will be sent no later than 3 business days after the registration has been processed. The second email will be a confirmation of attendance. This email will be sent on the day following the registration deadline of the workshop. If a registrant does not attend a workshop for which they registered because they claim they did not receive a confirmation email, they will be charged the full registration fee for that workshop.
Registration deadlines, unless otherwise specified in the MARFY Training Academy Catalog, are one calendar week prior to the date of the workshop. Registration forms received after the deadline are subject to a penalty fee of 20% of the registration fee for each individual registering after the deadline.
Registrants must indicate the method of payment and list a valid email address for registrations to be considered complete. Confirmations and communications regarding MARFY training workshops will be sent via email. Registrants are responsible for providing a valid email address and for checking for communications from MARFY via email.
NonMembers are required to pay in advance with a credit card or by submitting a check with their registration forms. No registration forms will be accepted from NonMembers if payment is not included.

CANCELLATION, TRANSFER, SUBSTITUTION, AND REFUND POLICIES

Individuals who miss a workshop without proper notification as required by these policies must pay for the training workshop in full.
CANCELLATION: Cancellation requests must be made in writing PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS (5:00 p.m.) on the day of the registration deadline for the workshop in question (please fax requests to 410-312-3163 or email to vholt@marfy.org). If a cancellation request is received after the registration deadline for a particular workshop, the registrant has the option to have another person from that agency attend in his or her place with no penalty fee. If no substitution is made, the registrant will be charged or billed accordingly.
TRANSFER: Transferred registration requests are only allowed for workshops repeated on multiple dates (e.g. CANS workshops). Such requests must be made in writing PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS (5:00 p.m.) on the day of the registration deadline for the workshop date in question (please fax requests to 410-312-3163 or email to vholt@marfy.org). Transferred registration requests submitted after the registration deadline for the originally-requested date will be subject to a $25 transfer fee.
SUBSTITUTION: Participant substitutions from the same agency may be made at any time. To make substitutions, please call us as soon as possible at (410) 312-3161, ext. 4. Substitution requests must also be made in writing (please fax requests to 410-312-3163 or email to vholt@marfy.org).
REFUND: No refunds will be issued for transferred registrations or for late cancellations. If payment was previously received by MARFY for a registration that was later transferred, no refund will be made and the payment will be credited to the transferred workshop. If a cancellation occurs prior to the registration deadline and payment was already made, MARFY will refund the payment or credit the payment for future training use as requested. If the training workshop is cancelled by MARFY, all fees received (or charged) will be refunded and notification will be made via email.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs):

MARFY Training Academy workshops have been approved for CEUs by the State of Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners and the Maryland Board of Professional Therapists and Counselors. This program meets the basic criteria of the Maryland State Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Administrators for 91 CEUs. You will be issued a CEU certificate upon completion of each course. A record of CEUs earned will be retained by MARFY.
Individual training workshops are approved for amounts of CEUs as noted. One CEU is issued for each hour of training received. Certificate of Attendance: If no CEUs are required by the participant, a Certificate of Attendance will be issued.
Participants must arrive on time and stay until the end of the workshop in order to receive full CEU Certificates. If a participant arrives late or leaves early, their CEUs will be adjusted accordingly.

GENERAL TRAINING POLICIES & PROCEDURES

If schools are closed for inclement weather in the county in which the workshop is being held, the workshop will be cancelled or postponed. If schools in that county start late, the program will take place as scheduled.
Lunch and refreshments are served for Full Day Workshops only.
Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start time of a workshop in order to sign-in an collect training materials.
Payment may be made via credit card (Visa or MasterCard), personal or business check, money order, or MARFY-issued credit voucher. If a registrant would like to use a previously-issued credit voucher as payment or partial payment for a workshop, a copy of the voucher must be attached to the registration form. MARFY Members are granted the privilege of being billed after the workshop date.
MARFY reserves the right to cancel, postpone, or reschedule a workshop for any reason. MARFY also reserves the right to refuse registration to any person for any reason.

(Please make additional copies of these Policies and the Registration Form as needed)

If you have any questions, please contact Virginia Holt at (410) 312-3161 ext. 4 or by email at vholt@marfy.org

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