Take a deep dive into these resources to to find information beyond the websites of your agencies and organizations.
Use Mergent Intellect to find out the financial status of your provider and/or agency/organization. Most of the listings include financial and leadership information as well as relationships to other organizations.
Does the agency have a required license and is it current? Use the State of Washington's database to confirm the status of their licenses for all of their programs and services. Does they have any "Enforcement Actions" against them?
Does the agency/organization have the required accreditation and are they in good standing with the required accreditation standards? Use the resources below to confirm their accreditation status.
Behavioral Health Agencies Directory
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
National Organization for Human Services
What do former and current employees have to say about the Agencies? Use the Company Reviews in Indeed.com to ready what employees have to say.
Use these two library databases to look for news information about your provider, agency, and/or organization. Have they been in the news? If so, what have they done, what has been said about them, and how does that information impact your interest in completing a practicum at their site.
Current Edmonds College students, faculty and staff can access library databases from off-campus using their Triton ID.
1. Go to the Edmonds College Library website
2. Under Library Resources, click on the Search Databases: Books, eBooks, Articles, and Films link and search alphabetically or by subject for the database you wish to use (Newsbank, ProQuest, etc.)
3. Click on the name of the database and a login page will appear asking for your Triton ID and password (see example below). Faculty and Staff - Please login using your campus credentials (firstname.lastname/password; please note that some faculty and staff may have a network username that's 8 characters long, typically first initial and 7 characters of their last name).
If you have difficulties accessing the resources, try our troubleshooting tips for possible solutions or contact me or chat with a librarian 24x7.