Goals and programs:

• Growing Happy and Confident Kids program provides resources to elementary school age children in order to increase their emotional literacy and better equip them to handle life's challenges. In its second year of program operations GHCK offers more than 30 works of children's literature with counselors in 50 schools, community and counseling centers.
• Supporting students in graduate counseling programs by underwriting scholarships to the ACA annual conference and a graduate student lounge at the conference, offering an annual essay contest involving more than 1,000 counseling students airing their opinions through this competition; the annual Glen Hubele National Graduate Student Award, and providing a list of funding resources.
• Counselors Care Fund has raised more than $53,000 which has provided more than 40 grants that have helped counselors rebuild their offices, practices and lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
• Counseling Corner is a weekly educational column which is currently being carried in more than 225 newspapers across the USA and Canada. to increase public awareness of the counseling profession.
• Recognizing Outstanding Counselor Professionals by bestowing five annual awards: David K. Brooks Award, Don Dinkmeyer Social Interest Award, Courtland C. Lee Multicultural Excellence Scholarship, Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person, and the ACA Professional Development Award.
• Increase Awareness of The Foundation and its Goals by creating a presence at the ACA annual conference that educates, encourages, and acknowledges donors and prospective donors.
• Publishing Books and Other Materials which fill important information gaps for counselor professionals and advance the counseling profession.
• Entering into Partnerships with Other Organizations that advances the counseling profession.
• Seeking Additional Opportunities to advance the counseling profession.

About Our Director

Robert A. "Skip" Hansen, D.Min. CFRE
Director of Development ACAF
shansen@counseling.org

I come to this position after spending 18 years as a fund development professional serving organizations such as; The Presbyterian Church (USA),The Salvation Army, The American Bible Society, The Medical Benevolence Foundation, Hospice, Kairos Prison Ministry, and The Waterman Communities Foundation. I have helped these organizations raise over $18 Million.

I hold a Doctor of Ministry degree (D. Min.) from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago; a Master's degree (M. Div.) from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary; and a B.A. from Salem University in West Virginia. I have been a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) since 1995.

For the first 13 years of my professional life I served three congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA) as a pastor. Much of my ministry was spend in counseling and providing spiritual direction to many who were on a journey to deepen their understanding of themselves and God.

With my experience and background I feel well prepared to direct the fund development efforts for the ACA Foundation into the next decade. I look forward to meeting many of you in the future.