Quality across the lifespan®
Areas of accreditation
CARF annually accredits thousands of health and human service programs across the continuum of care, serving children to seniors. The services include many types of living and care options, including addiction and substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation after an injury or disease, employment for persons with a disability, child welfare services, home and community services, and retirement living. Given the diverse needs of the various populations, programs that CARF accredits are organized into standards manuals—one for each area of accreditation. Additional standards serving the unique needs of persons served are available online.
Read more about
Aging Services or view the
program descriptions (PDF)
from the standards manual, or view the program descriptions for
CCRC (PDF)
.
Read more about
Behavioral Health or view the
program descriptions (PDF)
from the standards manual.
Read more about
Child and Youth Services or view the
program descriptions (PDF)
from the standards manual.
Read more about
Employment and Community Services or view the
program descriptions (PDF)
from the standards manual.
Read more about
Medical Rehabilitation or view the
program descriptions (PDF)
from the standards manual.
Read more about
Opioid Treatment Programs or view the
program descriptions (PDF)
from the standards manual.
Read more about
Vision Rehabilitation Services or view the
program descriptions (PDF)
from the standards manual.
Additional standards
Employment Services Centres in Canada (PDF)
Supplement for Networks* (PDF)
*Some standards are developed specifically to be used as a supplement to the program sections of other CARF standards manuals. These standards are available as complimentary PDF downloads on the
Online Standards page.
Service providers may request
blended surveys that combine programs from two or more standards manuals into a custom accreditation to meet their unique circumstances. For information about any of the CARF programs, please call (888) 281-6531 and ask to speak to a resource specialist.