Council on Accreditation (COA)

COA is an international, independent, not-for-profit, child- and family-service and behavioral healthcare accrediting organization. It was founded in 1977 by the Child Welfare League of America and Family Service America (now the Alliance for Children and Families).

In 2006 The Department of State designated the Council on Accreditation (COA) and the state of Colorado's Department of Human Services as the two entities that will accredit adoption agencies under The Hague requirements.

Related persons
People working for or related to this organization

Person	Position	Country	From	To
Beverly F. Grant	Board member
Carl Jenkins	Participates in
Jared Rolsky	Participates in		1986-01-01
Thomas Atwood	Board member
Tom DiFilipo	Board member

Related organisations (to)

Organizations this is organization is related to

Organization1	As	Organization2	Country	From	To
Council on Accreditation (COA)	Sponsor of	Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS)
Council on Accreditation (COA)	Accredited	Uniting Families Foundation
Council on Accreditation (COA)	Accredited	Alaska International Adoption Agency		2008-05-14

Related organisations (from)
Organizations that are related to this organization

Organization_1	As	Organization_2	Country	From	To
Americans for International Aid and Adoption (AIAA)	Member of	Council on Accreditation (COA)
Bethany Christian Services	Member of	Council on Accreditation (COA)
Children's Hope International (CHI)	Accredited	Council on Accreditation (COA)
Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS)	Sponsor of	Council on Accreditation (COA)
Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS)	Sponsor of	Council on Accreditation (COA)
National Council for Adoption (NCFA)	Sponsor of	Council on Accreditation (COA)
The Children's Shelter of San Antonio	Accredited	Council on Accreditation (COA)
U.S. State Department	Accredited	Council on Accreditation (COA)

Documents
News paper articles, official documents and reports filed about this organization

Document	Date
COA board members March 2011	2011-03-01
Whose Standards?	2010-11-01
Minnesota couple caught up in apparent adoption fraud	2009-12-19
Oviedo agency faces multiple complaints	2008-12-03
ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESS INTEREST IN BECOMING ACCREDITING ENTITIES	2003-12-01