For Immediate Release                                                

 

Date:   December 6, 2006

 

To: News Editor

 

From:  The National Exchange Club Foundation, 3050 Central Ave., Toledo, Ohio 43606

800-XCHANGE, 419-535-3232, Fax: 419-535-1989, www.nationalexchangeclub.org

 

Contacts: Karen Rich Askew, Director of Child Abuse Prevention Services, National Exchange Club Foundation 800-816-4570; Tina Bartleson, Program Specialist, National Exchange Club Foundation 770-324-0630;   Lydia Pettijohn, Executive Director, Exchange Club Family Center of Mobile, Alabama, 251-479-5700

 

 

Exchange Club Family Center of Mobile, Alabama

 Receives Accreditation

by the National Exchange Club Foundation

 

The National Exchange Club Foundation (NECF) recently accredited the Exchange Club Family Center of Mobile, Alabama. The NECF coordinates the largest network of Parent Aide programs in the United States, with more than 100 sites throughout the country. 

The Exchange Club Family Center was founded in 1992 with support from local Exchange Clubs, and has been providing Parent Aide services to families in the community for 14  years. Parent Aides are trained, professionally supervised individuals, volunteer or paid, who assist parents under stress and those whose children are at-risk of abuse or neglect.

 

The Exchange Club Family Center was accredited at the AAA level, the highest awarded by the Foundation, for compliance with its Standards of Operation and Practice.  Accreditation demonstrates to funders and others that the organization is in compliance with national level criteria for quality programs and sound business practices. This accreditation reflects the center’s compliance in six areas:  Commitment to Mission; Financial Resource Planning and Management; Human Resources; Networking Resources; Organizational Resources; and Program Practices. 

 

Karen Rich Askew, Director of Child Abuse Prevention Services of the NECF, states: “The Standards of Operation and Practice have been developed based on more than 20 years of observation of programs within our network.  We believe they are state of the art and are pleased that the Exchange Club Family Center is a part of our network.” 

 

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