Quick facts about CARF

Mission: To promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served.

Moral owners: Persons served (the primary consumers of services, who may be classified as clients, participants, or residents. When these persons are unable to exercise self-representation at any point in the decision-making process, persons served is interpreted to also refer to those persons willing, able, and legally authorized to make decisions on behalf of the primary consumer).

Acronyms:

CARF, for Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

CCAC, for Continuing Care Accreditation Commission

 Offices:

CARF International
6951 East Southpoint Road
Tucson, AZ 85756, USA
(520) 325-1044 or toll free (888) 281-6531 voice/TTY
(520) 318-1129 fax

CARF Canada
1400-10020 101A Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB T5J 3G2, Canada
(780) 429-2538 voice or toll free (877) 434-5444
(780) 426-7274 fax

CARF-CCAC
1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 410
Washington, D.C. 20036, USA
(202) 587-5001 or toll free (866) 888-1122 voice
(202) 587-5009 fax

CARF website address: www.carf.org  

CARF International established: 1966

CARF Canada established: 2002

CARF-CCAC established: 1985

Status: Nonprofit, independent organization

Primary business: Accreditation. CARF officially recognizes health and human service providers as having met standards for quality of service.

Secondary business: Education, research, publishing

Fields served: Aging services, behavioral health (including opioid treatment programs), child and youth services, employment and community services (including vision rehabilitation), and medical rehabilitation (including durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies) 

Regions served: North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa

Accredited providers: More than 6,000 service providers with more than 48,000 accredited programs and services at more than 21,000 locations

Persons served: More than 8 million persons served annually by CARF-accredited service providers

Surveyors: Close to 1,500 throughout North and South America and Europe

Accreditation outcomes:

CARF and CARF Canada: Three-Year Accreditation, One-Year Accreditation, Provisional Accreditation, Nonaccreditation, Preliminary Accreditation

CARF-CCAC: Five-Year Term of Accreditation, Nonaccreditation  

Revenue sources: Survey fees from applicant service providers, registration fees from seminars and conferences, sales of publications, contributions from International Advisory Council (IAC) members, grants from public and private agencies

CARF governance: 11-member Board of Directors

2011 Board Chair: Cathy Ellis, PT

President/CEO: Brian J. Boon, Ph.D.

CARF Canada governance: Board of Directors