On Thursday, October 10, 2024 CARF International announced that Glade Run Lutheran Services (Glade Run) has earned and been awarded its highest achievement, accreditation for a period of three years.
This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be given to an organization, and demonstrates Glade Run’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An
organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has gone through a rigorous peer-review process, and has demonstrated 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.
“We have been working toward this day for the last 5 years” shares Glade Run President and CEO Steven T. Green. “Accreditation is not mandated. We collectively felt this voluntary accreditation would continue to drive us towards excellence and enable us to better serve those in our care. We add this CARF accreditation to our current Sanctuary Certification and PBIS accomplishments as evidence of the quality programming we deliver to children, adults and families in our region.”
CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services 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 persons served. 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.
Glade Run has been serving the community for 170 years with a continuum of services that address the continually changing and challenging needs of individuals and families. The agency’s historic Zelienople campus was established in 1854, and it serves the Butler and surrounding communities with program locations in downtown Butler, Beaver Falls, New Castle, Greensburg, Rochester, West View, Wexford, Pittsburgh and Utica, PA. For more information about our innovative and impactful services, please visit gladerun.org.