Council on Accreditation Announces the Winners of the Spring 2011 Innovative Practices Award

July 13th, 2011

Community Autism Intervention Program of Brewer Porch Children’s Center Awarded as Runner-Up

The Council on Accreditation (COA) congratulates the recipients of its Innovative Practices Award:

  • The Children’s Village, Dobbs Ferry, NY, Permanency for Teens
  • Allendale Association, Lake Villa, IL, Relational Re-Enactment Systems Approach to Treatment (REStArT)
  • Andrus Children’s Center, Yonkers, NY, The Sanctuary Model

Runners-Up:

  • Catholic Charities Spokane, Spokane, WA, Urban Plunge
  • Brewer Porch Children’s Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, Community Autism Intervention Program

The COA Innovative Practices Award was created to acknowledge accredited and first time applicant organizations that implement new and forward thinking practices that enhance the quality of services provided to vulnerable children, youth, adults, and families and are consistent with theory, practice, wisdom, and expert consensus reflected in current professional literature. COA’s Innovative Practices Award is designed to provide organizations the opportunity to share and be rewarded for uniquely meeting the needs of a service population and/or implementing distinctive methods for improving organizational capacity.

COA is extremely proud to recognize The Children’s Village, Allendale Association, Andrus Children’s Center, Catholic Charities of Spokane, and Brewer Porch Children’s Center for their creative work and innovative use of resources, and is honored that they are part of the COA family.

The Community Autism Intervention Program’s Preschool Demonstration Program at Brewer-Porch Children’s Center of the University of Alabama employs a holistic, eclectic approach to comprehensive treatment. This unique program employs the use of positive, research-based interventions and best practices which are essential in meeting the needs of children with a medical diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Steadily increasing prevalence rates in the Autism population necessitate the need for services. The program follows the research depicting the most intensive services at the youngest age possible will assist the child’s progress and encourage independence at an earlier age.

COA invites you to review the award recipients’ submissions as well as all of the commendable Innovative Practices case studies posted at http://www.coanet.org/front3/page.cfm?sect=53&cont=4829. We invite you to use these case studies as a resource for your own organization’s continued pursuit of excellence.

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Brewer-Porch Children’s Center Has Been Accredited by the Council on Accreditation

July 9th, 2010
COA Logo     The Council on Accreditation (COA) is delighted to announce that Brewer-Porch Children’s Center has been accredited. COA’s commitment to maintaining the highest level of standards and quality improvement is designed to identify providers that have set high performance standards for themselves and have made a commitment to their constituents to deliver the highest quality services. COA is proud to recognize Brewer-Porch Children’s Center as one of these outstanding providers.    
COA accreditation is an objective and reliable verification that provides confidence and support to an organization’s service recipients, board members, staff and community partners. The COA accreditation process involves a detailed review and analysis of both an organization’s administrative operations and its service delivery practices. All are “measured” against national standards of best practice. These standards emphasize services that are accessible, appropriate, culturally responsive, evidence based, and outcomes-oriented, In addition, they confirm that the services are provided by a skilled and supported workforce and that all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

The Council on Accreditation, in its letter informing Brewer-Porch of the outcome of the accreditation process, stated “Because COA reviews and accredits the entire organization, not just specific programs, you can have confidence in the credibility, integrity and achievement of your entire organization.”

COA congratulates Brewer-Porch Children’s Center for their hard work and wonderful achievement and is proud to have it as part of COA’s Community of Excellence.

Founded in 1977, COA is an independent not-for-profit international accreditor of the full continuum of community-based behavioral health care and human service organizations. Today, over 1800 organizations—public and private—are either COA accredited or are in the process of seeking accreditation. These organizations serve over 7 million of our most vulnerable individuals each year!

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