Accreditation
Founded in 1963, Starfish Family Services is a nonprofit human service agency dedicated to championing children and families in metro Detroit who face limited access to essential resources like education, healthcare, and economic opportunities.
Starfish Family Services is an Accredited Organization
OUR MISSION
Starfish is fully accredited through the Council on Accreditation (COA). COA is an independent, nonprofit organization that partners with human service organizations (like ours) worldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by developing, applying, and promoting appropriate best practice standards.
Is COA accreditation a one-time achievement?
- Accreditation is conducted in 4-year cycles.
- COA’s highly experienced professionals review all aspects of our organization’s programs and services and provides a Final Accreditation Report (FAR), a valuable document that details observations and recommendations.
- If standards are not fully implemented, they must be addressed through a performance and quality improvement process.
How does COA help strengthen Starfish?
- It has improved the way we deliver services to the community.
- It helps us establish tangible strategies for continual improvement in the years to come.
- It spurs Starfish to consistently strive for and achieve new levels of excellence.
Starfish Family Services
30000 Hiveley
Inkster, MI 48141
734.728.3400
starfish@sfish.org
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