CARF Accreditation
Volunteers of America Alaska has been awarded a three year
Accreditation from CARF International. This has been given for the
following programs:
Intensive Outpatient Treatment: Integrated: AOD/MH (Children and Adolescents)
Outpatient Treatment: Integrated: AOD/MH (Children and Adolescents)
Residential Treatment: Integrated: AOD/MH (Children and Adolescents)
CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to
promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a
consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the
persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of
Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body
establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and
improve the quality of their programs and services.
This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that
can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial
conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year
Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has
demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs
and services are of the highest quality, measurable, and accountable.
This accreditation is valid through May 2014.