We’re Re-accred­it­ed by The Joint Commission

August 15, 2025

Ken­neth Young Cen­ter has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval^® for behav­ioral health care and human ser­vices by demon­strat­ing con­tin­u­ous com­pli­ance with the Joint Commission’s per­for­mance stan­dards. The Gold Seal is a sym­bol of qual­i­ty that reflects a health care organization’s com­mit­ment to pro­vid­ing safe and qual­i­ty patient care. 

Ken­neth Young Cen­ter under­went a rig­or­ous onsite review in May 2025. Dur­ing the vis­it, a team of Joint Com­mis­sion review­ers eval­u­at­ed com­pli­ance with behav­ioral health stan­dards span­ning sev­er­al areas.

The Joint Commission’s stan­dards are devel­oped in con­sul­ta­tion with health care experts and providers, mea­sure­ment experts, and patients. They are informed by sci­en­tif­ic lit­er­a­ture and expert con­sen­sus to help health care orga­ni­za­tions mea­sure, assess, and improve per­for­mance. The sur­vey­ors also con­duct­ed onsite obser­va­tions and interviews. 

“As a health­care accred­i­tor, The Joint Com­mis­sion works with health­care orga­ni­za­tions across care set­tings to inspire safer and high­er qual­i­ty of care that is more equi­table and com­pas­sion­ate,” says Ken Grubbs, DNP, MBA, RN, exec­u­tive vice pres­i­dent of Accred­i­ta­tion and Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Oper­a­tions and chief nurs­ing offi­cer, The Joint Com­mis­sion. ​“Through col­lab­o­rat­ing on inno­v­a­tive solu­tions and evi­dence-based resources and tools, The Joint Com­mis­sion helps dri­ve improve­ment while main­tain­ing account­abil­i­ty through our lead­ing sur­vey meth­ods and stan­dards. We com­mend Ken­neth Young Cen­ter for its com­mit­ment to advance safe­ty, qual­i­ty, equi­ty and com­pas­sion for all patients.” 

We’re hon­ored to offer the high­est qual­i­ty care to the com­mu­ni­ties we serve.

For more infor­ma­tion, please vis­it The Joint Com­mis­sion web­site.

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