EMQ FamiliesFirst earns prestigious accreditation from COA

Jul 22 2010

EMQ FamiliesFirst http://www.emqff.org has earned a prestigious accreditation from the Council on Accreditation (COA) http://www.coanet.org. COA defines comprehensive standards for mental health/foster care agencies that provide services, and world-class standards for business operations and personnel management.

“The achievement of this important milestone demonstrates our commitment to providing the highest quality services for our kids”

"The achievement of this important milestone demonstrates our commitment to providing the highest quality services for our kids," said Darrell Evora, president and CEO http://www.emqff.org/about/agency/bio_evora.html of EMQ FamiliesFirst. "We are a stronger agency for having undertaken this significant initiative." EMQ FamiliesFirst is the largest children's services agency in California.

The accreditation not only recognizes the agency's current standards of practice, but provides a roadmap of ongoing improvements to make over the next four years.