What is CARF?
How is CARF important to REC?
BH & Housing
Answering the Surveyor
Policies to Remember
100

What CARF stands for

What is the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities?

100

The primary funder that requires CARF accreditation to receive grants.

What is the federal government?

100

This counselling program is being reaccredited at this review.

What is Behavioral Health?

100

The date REC was founded.

What is 1999?

100

It's what IR stands for.

What is an incident report?

200

The action or process of officially recognizing someone as having a particular status or being qualified to perform a particular activity.

What is accreditation?

200

According to CARF's mission statement, these individuals are the principal decision-maker throughout the course of a program/service. 

What are person's served?

200

What other REC program is being accredited by CARF?

What is Housing Services?
200
The CARF surveyors could interview this person as part of the audit.

What is you?

200

If a staff person has a question about his insurance benefits, this is the department to contact.

What is human resources?

300

The reason accreditation is important

What are:

1. required by funders?

2. demonstrates that REC is a high-quality program?

3. helps measure REC's program performance and outcomes?

300

(T/F) Only staff in either behavioral health or housing will be involved in the CARF process.

False - staff from other departments will be asked to talk about the interaction between their department and BH/Housing

300

This is the best way to refer a client for housing assistance.

What is reaching out to Luke?

300

(T/F) There is a formal method of referring youth and families between programs or departments.

False - a format has not be implemented

300

(T/F) If someone is injured and needs to go to the hospital, it is okay to transport them in your car.

False - never do this!

400

The two REC programs being accredited. 

What are Behavioral Health and Housing?

400

The person in charge of the CARF process at REC

Who is Staci Hirsch?

400

Type of treatment used by BH therapists when working with children and youth who have experienced trauma and abuse.

What is trauma-informed treatment (or care)?

400

Who is in charge of the CLQ program?

Kathie Griffin-Futch

400

The term for the staff mandated to contact MDHHS if they suspect a vulnerable person is being abused, neglected, or exploited.

What is a Mandated Reporter?

500

People that conduct this review or survey REC.

What are surveyors?

500

If any portion of the survey is in-person, it's the buildings where the survey will take place.

What is all of them?
500

The two types of files the surveyors are highly likely to be audited.

What are client and staff personnel files?
500

These three forms in an open client's file are likely to get special attention from the surveyors.

What is the assessment (intake information), service plan (IPOS), and (case/progress) notes.

500

The department manages youth or staff grievances.

What is quality assurance?