{"id":88224,"date":"2017-05-23T07:51:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T12:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=88224"},"modified":"2017-05-23T07:51:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T12:51:38","slug":"carf-accredits-westwood-bhc-for-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/05\/23\/carf-accredits-westwood-bhc-for-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"CARF accredits Westwood BHC for 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CARF International announced that Westwood Behavioral Health Center, Inc. has been accredited for a period of three years for the following programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Case Management\/Services Coordination: Integrated: AOD\/MH (Adults)<\/li>\n<li>Case Management\/Services Coordination: Integrated: AOD\/MH (Children and Adolescents)<\/li>\n<li>Outpatient Treatment: Integrated: AOD\/MH (Adults)<\/li>\n<li>Outpatient Treatment: Integrated: AOD\/MH (Children and Adolescents)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest accreditation is the fifth consecutive three-year accreditation the international accrediting body, CARF, has given to Westwood Behavioral Health Center Inc.<br \/>\nThis accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be given to an organization and shows the organization\u2019s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a three-year accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process, demonstrating to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit its commitment to offering programs and services that are measurable, accountable, and of the highest quality.<br \/>\nWestwood Behavioral Health Center Inc. is a private not-for-profit organization with offices located at 1158 Westwood Drive in Van Wert, 501 McDonald Pike in Paulding, and 150 N. Jefferson St., Suite 2, in Delphos.<\/p>\n<p>Westwood has been providing mental health and substance abuse services in Van Wert County since 1976, expanding to Paulding County in 2007 and the city of Delphos in 2015.<br \/>\nCARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process and continuous improvement services that center on enhancing the lives of the persons served.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF International, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the accreditation process, visit the CARF website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carf.org\/\">www.carf.org<\/a>.<br \/>\nFor additional information, contact Westwood Behavioral Health Center Inc. at 419.238.3434.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information CARF International announced that Westwood Behavioral Health Center, Inc. has been accredited for a period of three years for the following programs: Case Management\/Services Coordination: Integrated: AOD\/MH (Adults) Case Management\/Services Coordination: Integrated: AOD\/MH (Children and Adolescents) Outpatient Treatment: Integrated: AOD\/MH (Adults) Outpatient Treatment: Integrated: AOD\/MH (Children and Adolescents) The latest accreditation is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 23:09:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}