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The Value of Accreditation

Findings from Our External Evaluation

In 2020, TEPHINET Accreditation underwent an external evaluation which found, overall, that the accreditation process is “thorough, objective, and effective in assessing the strengths of FETPs and offering paths to improvement in gap areas.” All stakeholders involved in the evaluation found the accreditation process to be complex and challenging but highly worthwhile. There was considerable agreement among all stakeholders that accreditation leads to an increase in status for an FETP.

Many programs reported that the process led to improvements in their management and operations. The majority of programs that received an accreditation site visit reported finding the site visit to be highly productive and useful in terms of better understanding their own programs and seeing opportunities for improvement.