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• Quality across the lifespan®

  Areas of accreditation

  CARF annually accredits thousands of health and human service programs across the continuum of care, serving children to seniors. The services include many types of living and care options, including addiction and substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation after an injury or disease, employment for persons with a disability, home and community services, and retirement living. Given the diverse needs of the various populations, programs that CARF accredits are organized into eight standards manuals—one for each area of accreditation. Additional standards serving the unique needs of persons served are available online.

  Read more about Aging Services or view the program descriptions (PDF)  from the standards manual, or view the program descriptions for CCRC (PDF) .

  Read more about Behavioral Health or view the program descriptions (PDF)  from the standards manual.
  

  Read more about Child and Youth Services or view the program descriptions (PDF)  from the standards manual.

  Read more about Employment and Community Services or view the program descriptions (PDF)  from the standards manual.

  Read more about Medical Rehabilitation or view the program descriptions (PDF)  from the standards manual.

  Read more about Opioid Treatment Programs or view the program descriptions (PDF)  from the standards manual.

  Read more about Vision Rehabilitation Services or view the program descriptions (PDF)  from the standards manual.

  Additional standards

  DMEPOS* (PDF)  

  Employment Services Centres in Canada (PDF)  

  One-Stop Career Center (PDF)   

  Supplement for Networks* (PDF)  

  *Some standards are developed specifically to be used as a supplement to the program sections of other CARF standards manuals. These standards are available as complimentary PDF downloads on the Online Standards page.

  Service providers may request blended surveys that combine programs from two or more standards manuals into a custom accreditation to meet their unique circumstances. For information about any of the CARF programs, please call (888) 281-6531 and ask to speak to a resource specialist.

• ASPIRE to Excellence® video

  View the ASPIRE to Excellence® video (Flash, 2 1/4 min.) to learn about CARF's framework for business practice standards. Or read the script.

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• Conversations with industry leaders

  In the following videos, CARF-accredited providers and surveyors were interviewed about their experiences with CARF.

   

  Video - The benefits of choosing CARF accreditation

   

  Video - Recommending CARF to colleagues

   

  Video - The global value of CARF

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• Suicide Prevention Resources

  CARF wishes to sustain and raise the bar for accredited organizations to ensure clinical and service workforce preparedness as it relates to suicide prevention.

  Standards manual supplement - comprehensive suicide prevention programs (PDF)
  Standards and survey preparation questions applicable for comprehensive suicide prevention programs.

  Quality Practice Notice on Suicide Prevention (PDF)
  Background information, direction, and resources.

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