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CATHOLIC CHARITIES
Brooklyn & Queens
REACCREDITED

Robert Siebel, Executive Director/CEO of Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens is pleased to announce that the agency has received notification of reaccreditation from the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children (COA). This recognition attests that an organization meets the highest national standards and is delivering the best quality services to the community it serves.

COA is an international, independent, not-for-profit accrediting body of social and behavioral healthcare services. Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens joins COA’s Community of Excellence, which includes over 1,000 private and public organizations that serve over 6 million children, individuals and families. The accreditation process involves an in-depth examination of agency standards, including a full array of child, family and behavioral healthcare services, financial management, employee assistance, mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, foster care, and a host of other service areas.

Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens sponsors 170 programs throughout the boroughs of Brooklyn & Queens, providing humane social services to support families and individuals. These services cover the entire cycle of life from daycare, Head Start, after-school programs and teen peer groups, residences and services for families, seniors and persons with mental and developmental disabilities to community centers, crisis intervention, homeless services, food pantries and bereavement services.

Robert Siebel states, “Catholic Charities is gratified to have met the highest standards in its delivery of services to the communities of Brooklyn & Queens. This accreditation is a testament to the excellence of services with which we seek to serve our neighbors throughout the diocese.”

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