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- Accreditation Guidelines
- Policies and Procedures
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- Updates
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- Solutions to FAQs
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WHO IS ACCREDITED?

Private Organization Accreditation
Germaine Lawrence is a residential treatment center for girls ages 12-18 with complex behavioral, psychological and learning challenges. Girls live at our programs while receiving special education, individual, family and group therapy; psychiatric and primary medical care; and a wide variety of therapeutic activities and interventions.
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ORGANIZATION TESTIMONIAL
Family Services of the North Shore
Kathleen Whyte, Manager of Human Resources / Accreditation Coordinator
Family Services of the North Shore is about to enter our third accreditation cycle with COA. Accreditation has provided us with a framework that enables us to demonstrate accountability to our clients, our funders and our donors. There is no question that the accreditation process and COA have benefited our agency.
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Purpose
Through sound administration and effective management, the MFR program achieves its vision, mission and strategic goals; assures appropriate use of resources for the good of customers; and remains responsive to the needs of the military community.
MIL-AM 6: Ethical Practice
The program earns and sustains the public trust through:
- honest, truthful, and responsible relationships with its stakeholders; and
- delivery of services in an honest, ethical, and objective manner.
Table of Evidence
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MIL-AM 6.01
Staff adhere to the DoD standards of conduct including policies and/or procedures related to:
- conflict of interest;
- making appropriate referrals; and
- confidential channels for reporting suspected misconduct or questionable practices by an employee, volunteer, or contractor and the policies that protect staff from employment-related retaliation after coming forward.
Interpretation: The adopted policy should define what constitutes a “conflict of interest.”
Interpretation: The confidential channels for reporting suspected misconduct may be different for contractors. -
MIL-AM 6.02
Professional staff are appropriately licensed, if required, and know and follow the code of ethics of their respective professions.
NA None of the MFR program’s services require staff with professional licensure.
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MIL-AM 6.03
Before research is conducted involving the MFR program’s customers, the MFR program ensures:
- proper written authorization has been obtained; and
- the rights of customers are being protected in accordance with DoD and Service policy and guidelines.
NA Research is never conducted involving the MFR program’s customers.