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LEWISTON — Tri-County Mental Health Services has achieved national accreditation through the New York-based Council on Accreditation. Tri-County provides services for outpatient counseling, substance use disorder, residential, child and family, assertive community treatment, behavioral health homes, integrated primary care, and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Organizations pursue accreditation to demonstrate the implementation of best practice standards in the field of human services. COA evaluated all aspects of Tri-County programs, services, management and administration.
COA accreditation is an objective, independent and reliable validation of an agency’s performance.
The COA accreditation process involves a detailed review and analysis of an organization’s administration, management, and service delivery functions against international standards of best practice.
The standards driving accreditation ensure that services are well-coordinated, culturally competent, evidence-based, outcomes-oriented, and provided by a skilled and supported workforce.
COA accreditation demonstrates accountability in the management of resources, sets standardized best practice thresholds for service and administration, and increases organizational capacity and accountability by creating a framework for ongoing quality improvement.
To achieve COA accreditation, Tri-County Mental Health Services first provided written evidence of compliance with the COA standards. Thereafter, a group of specially-trained volunteer Peer Reviewers confirmed adherence to these standards during a series of on-site interviews with trustees, staff and clients.
Based on their findings, COA’s volunteer-based Accreditation Commission voted Tri-County Mental Health Services had successfully met the criteria for accreditation.
Founded in 1977, COA is an independent, not-for-profit accreditor of the full continuum of community-based behavioral health care and social service organizations in the United States and Canada. Presently, COA has a total of 47 service standards applicable to over 125 different types of programs. To learn more about COA, please visit www.COAnet.org.
For nearly 70 years, Tri-County Mental Health Services has provided innovative programs and services addressing mental health, substance-use disorders, developmental disabilities, and more to thousands of children, adults, elders, and families each year. Tri-County Mental Health Services’ philosophy of building toward recovery and sensitivity to the traumatic experiences of consumers gives hope to individuals, families, and communities in Androscoggin, Northern Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford and York counties.
For more information, visit www.tcmhs.org.
