CARF® accreditation templates

CARF®-aligned documentation you can start customizing right away

Ready-to-customize CARF®-aligned policies, procedures, forms, and templates for behavioral health organizations, opioid treatment programs, addiction treatment centers, and human services providers preparing for accreditation.

  • Assisting organizations since 2003
  • Built for CARF® survey readiness
  • Behavioral health and OTP focused

Prepare for the documentation side of CARF® accreditation

Accreditation Now helps teams organize the policies, procedures, forms, and supporting tools they need while preparing for CARF® accreditation or maintaining accreditation readiness.

Behavioral health providers

Use structured policy and procedure resources to support behavioral health accreditation documentation and ongoing compliance work.

Opioid treatment programs

Access resources built with opioid treatment standards and survey preparation needs in mind.

Addiction treatment centers

Start with sample forms and templates your team can customize to match your program and services.

What your subscription includes

Use Accreditation Now as a central resource while preparing documentation, training staff, collecting feedback, and maintaining accreditation-related records.

  • Open access to many CARF® policies and procedures consistent with meeting CARF® accreditation standards.
  • Online interactive training tools to assist with behavioral health and opioid treatment training requirements.
  • Anonymous personnel, client or patient, and community stakeholder feedback survey tools.
  • Electronic critical incident reporting, corporate compliance reporting, and grievance reporting tools.
  • Policy upload, online review support, document management, and job description maintenance/review resources.

A focused path from templates to survey readiness

Accreditation documentation can take hundreds of hours when teams begin from a blank page. Accreditation Now gives your organization a practical starting point, then your team customizes the materials to your program, services, applicable laws, and current standards.

Common questions

Quick answers for teams comparing CARF® accreditation documentation options.

Are these CARF® accreditation templates ready to use as-is?

They are designed to be ready to customize. Each organization should review and adapt policies, procedures, forms, and templates to its own program, services, applicable laws, and current accreditation standards.

Is this only for behavioral health providers?

No. Accreditation Now supports organizations across multiple CARF® accreditation areas, including:

  • Aging Services
  • Behavioral Health
  • Children and Youth Services
  • Employment and Community Services
  • Medical Rehabilitation
  • Opioid Treatment Program
  • Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
  • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program
  • Substance Use Disorder
Does Accreditation Now include more than documents?

Yes. The subscription also includes tools for training, surveys, reporting, document management, job description review support, and annual standards-change review support.

Can we see the system before subscribing?

Yes. Schedule a demo to see how Accreditation Now can support your accreditation documentation and survey preparation process.

Accreditation Now is a documentation and online tools resource. It is not a substitute for legal advice, program-specific compliance review, or a measured accreditation preparation process.

Ready to prepare with less blank-page work?

See how Accreditation Now supports CARF® survey readiness