SIKESTON, Mo. -- Bootheel Counseling Services has earned the highest level of accreditation possible by CARF International, the premier accreditation body of health and human service organizations. Bootheel Counseling Services has been accredited for a period of three years on the following programs:
* Community Integration: Mental Health (Children, Adolescents and Adults)
* Crisis Intervention: Mental Health (Children, Adolescents and Adults)
* Health Home: Comprehensive Care (Children, Adolescents and Adults)
* Outpatient treatment: Mental Health (Children, Adolescents and Adults)
CARF is an independent, non-profit accrediting body whose mission is 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. Founded in 1966, as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.
This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization's substantial conformance to the CARF standards.
An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable and accountable.
"The accreditation received from CARF communicates to our community and clients that Bootheel Counseling Services staff meet international standards for quality and consistently work toward excellence in providing programs and services to our consumers, " said Cheryl Jones, Executive Director of Bootheel Counseling Services & Family Medical Clinic.
"We are very proud to share the accreditation results with our consumers and our community."
Bootheel Counseling Services & Family Medical Clinic is a private, not for profit charitable organization committed to providing excellent comprehensive behavioral and primary health care to residents in Scott, Stoddard, Mississippi and New Madrid County. Bootheel Counseling Services has been providing mental health services to our community since 1976 the Family Medical Clinic has been providing physical health care since 2011 helping residences in our community to lead healthier, happier, more productive lives.