Annual Membership Report:

• Membership grew by one this year! 🥳🎉
• Although we show <12> Professional Members compared to last month's report, it appears many moved to Retired Professional, yielding a total growth in Professional Membership of 18 year-over-year.
• Overall, we lost 31% of our membership over the 12 months; however, we gained one back through recruiting new members, including both new and returning recruits.
• The number of certified members remained essentially the same.

 

Annual Membership Report:

• The certification numbers declined by just under 2%.
• We gained 24 new CPBDs in 24/25, we recertified 420, with 32 entering into suspension.
• The total number of individuals in the CPBD program dropped from 759 to 730. However, the pool of Applicants and Candidates remained relatively unchanged.
• The dividing line is Apl/Mar, when a large portion of our CPBDs allow their certification to lapse. Last year, the Net CPBDs Suspended line went from 14 to 35, and the year before from -10 to 20. 
• Scroll below the reports for a detailed analysis of how long it takes for an individual to move from Applicant -> Candidate -> Certified.

Analysis of Time Between Application, Enrollment, and Initial Certification

Sample

The sample above includes years that were audited and years before we instituted an auditing process.

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Below, is a new sample, beginning January, 2021, with results after an auditing process was in place.

Sample:

279 CPBDs with initial certification dates from today to January 4, 2021.

In this study, Application Date → Enrollment Date improved substantially, Enrollment Date → Initial Certification Date is slightly worse, and Application Date → Initial Certification Date remained about the same.

The key takeaway from one report to the other is the Maximum days. NCBDC policy allows the following:

• Application Date→Enrollment Date= 12 months (*possibly 12.12 months).
• Enrollment Date→Initial Certification Date= 36 months (*possibly 36.12 months).
• Application Date→Initial Certification Date= 48 months (*possibly 48.12 months).

• Application Date→Enrollment Date= 1588 days (4.35 yrs) to 396 days (1.085 yrs)
• Enrollment Date→Initial Certification Date= 1771 days (4.85 yrs) to 1135 days (3.11 yrs)
• Application Date→Initial Certification Date= 1770 days (4.85 yrs) to 1456 days (3.99 yrs)

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