Having adequate licensed staff is critically important to competent service delivery in the behavioral health arena.  We are fortunate to have an  excellent graduate program in Clinical and Counseling Psychology at Radford University. This program produces highly qualified professionals, who are often interested in remaining in the area. Southwest Virginia is in need of qualified professionals. We have several graduates of this program on staff, licensed previously, who provide quality services. However given the recent interpretations of the licensing Board, many new graduates are no longer staying in Virginia, but taking their training and expertise and moving out of state, where they are able to be licensed.  This is a genuine loss to the citizens of the Commonwealth. Please consider amending the regulations to more broadly allow licensing for non-CACREP graduate programs.