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National Employment Counseling Association (NECA)

The National Employment Counseling Association (NECA) finds its historical parents in the professional vocational and career guidance movement and the U.S. Department of Labor. NECA's roots include the 1898 beginning of education and career counseling assistance for high school students and the founding of the National Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA) in 1913, which through merger, evolved into today's American Counseling Association (ACA).