The Accreditation Cycle
This is the total number of years an APWA Accreditation remains valid before an agency must apply for re-accreditation.
What is 4 years?
This core document contains all the recommended management practices used to evaluate a public works agency.
What is the Public Works Management Practices Manual?
In this first phase, an agency reviews its own internal policies against the APWA manual to find gaps.
What is Self-Assessment?
This acronym stands for "Full Compliance," meaning the agency meets every part of a practice's requirements.
What is FC?
Jeanette Klamm, Nicole Showmaker, Wendy Springborn & Liz Gill make up this team.
Who is the Accreditation Team?
What are Mid-Term Reports?
For initial accreditation, an agency must submit all practices in these specific chapters, which cover basic management and administration.
What are Chapters 1 through 10?
During this phase, a team of trained peers from other agencies visits to verify documentation and interview staff.
What is Site Evaluation?
During initial accreditation, an agency is allowed to have "Substantial Compliance" on no more than this percentage of practices.
What is 5%?
The total number of chapters in the 11th Edition.
What is 40?
This is the typical timeframe, in months, most agencies take to move from the initial application to final accreditation.
What is 18 to 24 months?
This specific chapter, titled "Asset Management," became a mandatory requirement starting with the 10th Edition of the manual.
What is Chapter 10?
This phase involves the agency formally signing a contract and paying the required fees to start the clock.
What is Application?
When applying for re-accreditation, the allowed percentage for "Substantial Compliance" drops to this amount.
What is 3%?
The number of years the accreditation program has been active.
What is 29 years?
If an agency cannot meet its evaluation deadline, it may apply for this specific length of time as an extension.
What is one year?
When a practice is so well-documented it can serve as a template for others, it is honored with this "Status."
What is a "Model Practice" status?
This is the phase where an agency writes new SOPs or updates old ones to meet the APWA standards.
What is Improvement?
These are the individuals, usually volunteers from other accredited cities or counties, who conduct the compliance review.
Who are Site Evaluators?
The number of years allowed to prepare for the evaluation once the application is submitted.
What is three years?
This is the official name of the body that reviews the site visit report and casts the final vote to grant accreditation.
What is the Accreditation Council?
To achieve initial accreditation, an agency must meet a minimum of "Full Compliance" for this percentage of applicable practices.
What is 95%? (Note: All practices must be met at either Full or Substantial level).
This final phase is the celebration of the achievement and the beginning of the next 4-year cycle.
What is Accreditation?
Accreditation fees are not flat; they are calculated based on these two factors of the applicant agency.
What are Population and Number of Chapters?
The City of Greeley, CO and the Village of Schaumburg, IL are known for what.
What are the first two accredited agencies?