Citing your accreditation
The examples on this page will help you correctly cite and publicly refer to your accreditation. Following these examples will allow you to accurately represent your accreditation to persons served and other stakeholders.
CARF (including CARF Canada)
Identify by name the specific accredited programs or services listed on the accreditation certificate. Any of these taglines are acceptable for CARF-accredited programs or services:
- A CARF (Three-Year/One-Year) Accreditation was awarded to (Name of Your Organization) for the following (programs/services): (List programs/services).
- CARF has accredited (Name of Your Organization) for its (list programs/services).
- (Name of Your Organization) has been accredited by CARF for the following (programs/services): (List programs/services).
- (Name of Your Organization) has been accredited by CARF for (number) of its (programs/services).
- (Name of Your Organization) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a CARF (Three-Year/One-Year) Accreditation for the following (programs/services): (List programs/services).
- CARF accreditation was awarded to (Name of Your Organization) for the following (programs/services): (List programs/services).
- (Name of Aging Services Network Participating Provider) is a participating provider in the CARF-accredited (Name of Accredited ASN) Aging Services Network.
- CARF has accredited (Name of Accredited ASN) as an Aging Services Network coordinating services among the following participating providers: (List ASN Participating Providers).
Please do not present your organization's CARF accreditation as follows:
- (Name of Your Organization) is CARF-accredited. (You must add "for the following programs/services" for this type of wording.)
- Programs/services at (Name of Your Organization) are accredited by CARF (unless all your programs or services are accredited).
- (Name of Your Organization) is accredited with commendation by CARF.
CARF-CCAC
Identify by name the specific accredited programs or services listed on the accreditation certificate. Any of these taglines are acceptable for CARF-CCAC-accredited programs or services:
- A CARF-CCAC Five-Year term of accreditation was awarded to (Name of Your CCRC and other programs that were specifically surveyed, such as ADS, nursing home, aging services network, if multiple programs were surveyed)
- (Name of Your Organization) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded CARF-CCAC accreditation for (Name of Your CCRC and other programs that were specifically surveyed, such as ADS, nursing home, aging services network)
- (Name of Aging Services Network Participating Provider) is a participating provider in the CARF-CCAC-accredited (Name of Accredited ASN) Aging Services Network.
- CARF-CCAC has accredited (Name of Accredited ASN) as an Aging Services Network coordinating services among the following participating providers: (List ASN Participating Providers).
Please do not present your organization's CARF-CCAC accreditation as follows:
(Name of Your Organization) is accredited with commendation by CARF-CCAC.
Options for CARF or CARF-CCAC when space is limited
When space is at a premium, you may use one of these examples:
- Ask about our (CARF/CARF-CCAC) accreditation.
- What is (CARF/CARF-CCAC) accreditation? Please ask!
- Ask what our (CARF/CARF-CCAC) accreditation means to you.
- Ask us why our (CARF/CARF-CCAC) accreditation is important to you.
If you reproduce the CARF, CARF Canada, or CARF-CCAC logo on small items such as ballpoint pens, lapel pins, or business cards, you may reproduce it alone for these isolated uses.
Please contact CARF if you have questions about whether the materials you are preparing are acceptable.