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Accreditation
Accreditation refers to a process by which an agency is determined to be delivering services according to nationally recognized standards of best practice.
Accreditation of Child Welfare Organizations
Morison (2005)
In Child Welfare for the Twenty-first Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs
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Explores the accreditation of child welfare organizations, including the benefits of standard setting and self-examination, values embedded in accreditation, and the process.
Accreditation of Public Child Welfare Agencies (PDF - 582 KB)
Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1994)
Explains the concept of accreditation and its application to public child welfare agencies.
Council on Accreditation (COA)
An international, independent, nonprofit child- and family-service and behavioral health care accrediting organization. COA currently accredits 38 different service areas, including family strengthening programs, child protective services, foster care, substance abuse treatment, residential services, and intercountry adoption.
Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption: Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000: Accreditation of Agencies: Final Rules (PDF - 531 KB)
United States Department of State (2006)
Final rule on the accreditation and approval of agencies and persons in accordance with the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children in Co-operation and Respect of Intercountry Adoption and the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000.
Healthy Families America Credentialing Manual
Prevent Child Abuse America & Healthy Families America (2004)
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CD ROM explaining the credentialing process for home visiting programs.
Joint Council on International Children's Services
An affiliation of licensed, nonprofit international adoption agencies that subscribe to established standards of practice designed to protect the rights of children, birth parents, and adoptive parents.
National Children's Alliance (NCA)
A nationwide, nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to promote and support communities in providing a coordinated investigation and comprehensive response to victims of severe child abuse. NCA accredits children's advocacy centers.
Standards for Victim Assistance Programs and Providers (PDF - 436 KB)
DeHart (2003)
Includes three sets of standards.
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