I am delighted to inform you that Youth Homes has achieved accreditation through the Council on Accreditation (COA). As a valued contributor to our organization, we wanted to share the immense value that COA accreditation will add to all aspects of our operations. Accreditation will maximize your support through accountability and improvement measures while increasing our capacity to continue delivering high-quality services.

Founded in 1977, COA is an independent, not-for-profit organization that partners with human service organizations worldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by developing, applying, and promoting appropriate best practice standards. COA Standards reflect current best practices in the field as determined through extensive literature reviews and a rigorous, multi-stage development and vetting process. 

Although the formal accreditation process has been completed, our work is far from over; COA accreditation is not an end in and of itself. Rather, it is a process by which our organization can consistently strive for and achieve new levels of excellence.