What is the Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services ?

The Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services (CAPRSS) is a private organization that provides asset-based accreditation ™ of addiction peer recovery support services (PRSS) provided by recovery community organizations (RCOs) and qualifying programs. CAPRSS promotes the quality, value, and optimal outcome of PRSS through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served.

At present time, CAPRSS is the only accrediting body in the United States for recovery community organizations and qualifying programs offering addiction peer recovery support services. CAPRSS offers a recovery-oriented, peer-infused accreditation system that:

• helps emerging and established RCOs and peer programs to build capacity;
• improves the performance of organizations and programs providing peer services by setting and measuring the achievement of standards; and
• increases accountability of peer services providers to funders, the public, and the field.
  

CAPRSS takes an “accreditation plus” philosophical approach, viewing accreditation as more than the evaluation and approval of organizations or programs based on a set of standards. Offering a process that promotes capacity-building and the achievement of excellence within organizations from beginning to end, CAPRSS offers services for:

• emerging organizations seeking information and resources to develop their programs;
• established organizations looking to improve depth, breadth, scope, and quality of the peer services they provide, and preparing to seek accreditation;
• “accreditation-ready” organizations applying for accreditation;
• accredited organizations; and
• state and other governmental entities seeking to support and assure the quality of peer recovery support services within their jurisdiction.
  

*The mission of the Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services is to identify and support excellence in the delivery of peer recovery support services and other activities by recovery community organizations (RCOs) and qualifying programs.

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