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Conway, S.C. — CARF International announced that Waccamaw Center for Mental Health has been accredited for a period of three years for its Case Management/Services Coordination: Mental Health (adults), (children and adolescents) Outpatient Treatment Integrated AOD/MH (adults) Outpatient Treatment (adults), (children and adolescents) programs. This latest accreditation is the fourth consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to Waccamaw Center for Mental Health.

This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable and accountable.

Waccamaw Center is one of 17 state-run Community Mental Health Centers, with offices in Conway, Georgetown and Kingstree.  It has been providing outpatient mental health services in Horry, Georgetown and Williamsburg counties since 1967.

CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.

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