Change is Inevitable: Executive Leadership Transition
A big thank you to Peer Reviewer and Executive Director of Champions for Children, Inc. Amy Haile for this
READ MOREAlternative Family Services wins COA’s 2020 Innovative Practices Award
COA would like to congratulate Alternative Family Services (AFS), a Resource Family Agency and mental health service provider serving Northern California, as winner of the 2020 Innovative Practices Award for its “Enhanced Visitation Model: Foster
READ MOREStandards panelists wanted
COA is looking for providers, agency leaders, and subject matter experts in the fields of behavioral health and child welfare to sit on two standards development panels that will be convening virtually this
READ MORESocial Distancing and COVID-19 Safety at Work: A Roundup of Resources
As we head into winter with the pandemic still raging, we wish our entire COA community health and safety. We know that many of our organizations provide essential services and have quickly implemented practices to reduce the spread of COVID-19. On
READ MOREUPDATED: Help, I’m Mandated! Now What? Choosing an Accreditor
Note: This post was originally published in 2017. Now that it's 2020, we decided to give it an update. The core information remains the same. Social service agencies across the world have voluntarily risen to the challenge of
READ MOREProfiles in Accreditation: Presbyterian Home for Children
Welcome to the Council on Accreditation (COA) blog post series Profiles in Accreditation! The organizations that COA accredits are diverse in both the communities they serve and their reasons for seeking accreditation (or
READ MORE10 Resources for your Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts
We at COA love what we do because we are passionate about promoting practices that will serve the greater good. Equity, diversity, and inclusion (or, as someone at COA recently put it, “belonging”) are critical components of that. We cannot
READ MOREBusiness Continuity Planning: Taking it from the Backburner to Front and Center
A big thank you to Whitney Claire Thomey from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center for this guest post! Certain aspects of the risk management discipline are more compelling than others. It’s easy to see how Enterprise Risk Management
READ MOREHow Nonprofits are Navigating the Uncertainty of the Pandemic
The most vulnerable members of society have also been the hardest hit by the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. The work of nonprofit organizations serving those populations continued largely uninterrupted over the past several
READ MOREHow the Human and Social Service Community Navigates COVID-19
Over the past few months, COVID-19 has forced many challenges and changes to the forefront. Our ability to meet them depends on the strength of our community. In that spirit, COA reached out to our Sponsoring Organizations
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