CARF Accreditation

What is accreditation?

• Accreditation is official recognition that our organization is guided by internationally recognized service standards and best practices.
• CARF accreditation consists of ongoing consultation and in-depth on-site reviews to help our organization achieve the highest quality of care for our clients.
• Accreditation demonstrates that our organization has opened its service delivery and business processes to outside scrutiny to improve the quality of our programs.
• Accreditation is a public statement that our organization strives to ensure that our services are of the highest possible quality.

What does accreditation mean to persons served?

• Accreditation demonstrates to clients that our organization is committed to reducing risk, addressing health and safety concerns, respecting cultural and individual preferences, and providing the best possible quality of care.
• Accreditation demonstrates that our organization values the input of our clients and is accountable to the community.
• Accreditation demonstrates that our organization has made a specific commitment to put the needs of our clients at the center of everything we do.
• Accreditation indicates that our organization respects the rights and individuality of our clients.

What is CARF International?

• CARF International provides a framework, then consults and advises health and human service organizations to help improve their service quality.
• CARF International is a nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. Its goal is to ensure that persons served remain at the center of the service delivery process.

As part of our committment to CARF Standards, we regularly share outcomes data reports with the general public for the sake of transparency and accountability. These reports will be updated and uploaded at least once per year.

As part of our committment to CARF Standards, we regularly share outcomes data reports with the general public for the sake of transparency and accountability. These reports will be updated and uploaded at least once per year.

This is a publicly posted copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices for current and former clients of The Willow Center.

This is a publicly posted copy of our Client Rights notice for past, present, and future clients of The Willow Center.

This is a publicly posted copy of our notice of Non-Discrimination compliance for past, present, and future clients of The Willow Center.