CEU APPLICATIONS FEES AND DEADLINES

All of the below is applicable as of 1/1/2025

DEFINITIONS:

Sponsor: A group, educational facility, agency, organization, individual practitioner or other entity hosting a training for providers (e.g. NEAFAST, CFINE, PESI).

Individual: A single provider seeking retroactive MFT continuing education credit.

Event: A single training program (can contain break out sessions or take place on multiple concurrent days). 

Series: An event which will take place over multiple sessions on non-concurrent days. 

Repeat Program: An event which has been approved for LMFT CEUs within the last year. (In the cases of series or multi-day conferences this would be one year from the program start date.)

Multiple Event Submission: Up to four non-series programs submitted on the same form for CEU approval.

Late Applications: Applications submitted less than six weeks prior to program date. 

Retroactive CEUs: CEUs for a program which has already begun, or has been completed, and LMFT CEUs were not applied for prior to the start date of the training (regardless of if the training is a single day, series, or on-demand training). 

FOR ALL APPLICANTS:

All payments MUST be received before an application will be processed. All applications MUST be submitted through our online portal found at (use correct link when it exists). NEAFAST only accepts electronic payments. Allow 6 weeks processing time for all applications. 

Please be aware, due to the volume of CE applications in renewal years, submissions made after November 15th of odd number years [e.g. 2025, 2027, etc] may not be approved prior to the January 1st renewal deadline. 

You may request CE approval be expedited for an additional fee. NEAFAST attempts to process all expedited applications within two weeks of receipt. However, this does not guarantee approval or approval prior to the January 1st deadline of a renewal year.

SPONSOR PRE-APPROVAL CE FEES AND REQUIREMENTS:

Applications must be submitted at least six weeks prior to the program start date to avoid late-application fees. As NEAFAST processes pre-approval CE applications in the order in which they are received, we encourage sponsors to apply for CEs as early as possible, especially on renewal years. Additionally, sponsor pre-approval applications will be prioritized over sponsor retroactive applications received at the same time. 

Per Allied Board regulations (262 CMR 7.04) It is each sponsor’s responsibility to maintain records for CEUs distributed for 5 years. It is each sponsor’s responsibility to distribute CEU certificates to attendees. CE certificates must show the name and license number of the registrant, the certification number provided by NEAFAST along with the number of contact hours granted, the title of the activity, instructor(s) name, date(s) of attendance, and sponsoring organization. The certificate should be signed by an authorized representative of the sponsor.  The approved wording for the certificate is “This activity has been certified by the New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy, Inc., for professional continuing education. Certification # ______.”

Approved programs must administer an evaluation form to each attendee in order for CEUs to be distributed. NEAFAST WILL NOT provide CEs to any attendees who do not complete and submit their program evaluation or receive a certificate from the sponsor. 

Expedited applications will be processed in order in which they are received and applicants will be notified of approval or denial within 3 weeks of application. 

For more detailed information about NEAFASTs CE event approval criteria including content areas and instructor qualifications please visit THIS LINK. 

FEES:

REPEAT PROGRAMS:

Applications for repeat programs must be for a program held within the same calendar year.  In the case of a series, the calendar year is dictated by the start date of the program. If a program is being repeated outside of the same calendar year it will require a new application. Repeat programs are subject to the same 6 week processing time and late application fee as other sponsor programs.

ON DEMAND/HOME STUDY PROGRAMS:

If you are a sponsor applying for an approval for an upcoming training event that will be offered as a home-study or on-demand CE event, please use the "Single Event CE" application. You will be able to select On-Demand/Home-Study once you begin the application process. Events are approved for one year from the training date (e.g. if the event takes place on 2/1/2025, the approval period would be 2/1/2025-2/1/2026). 

If you are a sponsor applying for approval for a past training event and wish to have it approved for LMFT CEUs as a home-study or on-demand CE event please use the Retroactive CE Application and choose the relevant application. You will be able to select home-study or on-demand event during the application process. Approved events may be offered for one year from the listed start date of the activity.

ADVERTISING:

Should a program receive approval, it can be advertised as:  This program has been approved by NEAFAST for __ credits for LMFTs. If an application has been submitted, but has not yet been approved, the program should be advertised as: Application has been submitted to NEAFAST for __ credits for LMFTs. Please contact us (your organization’s information) for an updated status of approval.

Under no circumstances should a program be advertised as offering continuing education units for LMFTs when approval has not been received. 

NEAFAST offers the opportunity to advertise on our website and our newsletter.  For more information about this program click HERE.

SPONSOR RETROACTIVE CE FEES AND REQUIREMENTS:

All applications for retroactive CEUs MUST be submitted within 90 days of the training delivery date, as determined by the start date of the program. In the case of a series, this is 90 days from the initial date of training. If you are submitted an application for a CE program that has already begun, and you have not yet applied for LMFT CEUs, please use the Retroactive CE Application. All sponsors seeking retroactive LMFT CEUs MUST provide a program evaluation from attendees to be approved. If attendees are seeking LMFT CEUs after this 90 day time frame, they will have to submit as individuals seeking retroactive LMFT CEUs. 

FEES:

All approval decisions are final.  If you believe an error was made in the application process that affected approval please send an email to [email protected] with corrected information. 

Please review the above criteria carefully as NEAFAST does not offer refunds for application fees in circumstances where programs are rejected for not meeting the continuing education requirements.

If you have any questions not addressed above please contact [email protected]

Please Complete the Correct Application Below:

Single Event

Multiple Events (up to 4)

Single Event Retroactive

Multiple Events Retroactive (up to 4)