{"id":50635,"date":"2022-11-08T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T19:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/merakey-achieves-praesidium-accreditation\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T19:02:09","slug":"merakey-achieves-praesidium-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/merakey-achieves-praesidium-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Merakey Achieves Praesidium Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\">\n<i>Earning the Highest Honor for its Abuse Prevention Practices<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>ARLINGTON, Texas&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Praesidium, a national leader in risk management and prevention of sexual abuse against vulnerable populations, proudly announced today that Merakey, a leading developmental behavioral health and education provider, has achieved Praesidium Accreditation, demonstrating their commitment to meeting and exceeding the highest industry standards in abuse prevention. Merakey\u2019s accreditation accomplishment exemplifies how critical it is to have a committed \u2018voice at the top\u2019 from leadership and collaborative champions across the organization to accomplish enterprise-wide abuse risk management enhancements.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20221108006133\/en\/1629860\/5\/Praesidium_Accreditation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20221108006133\/en\/1629860\/21\/Praesidium_Accreditation.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nTo achieve Accreditation, Merakey underwent a rigorous process to implement Praesidium\u2019s Accreditation Standards focusing on eight primary operational areas within their business: policies, screening and selection, training, monitoring and supervision, consumer participation, internal feedback systems, responding, and administrative practices. Praesidium then verified Merakey\u2019s successful implementation of these standards. Merakey will be accredited for three years, and during this time will commit to uphold fundamental organizational values and stringent safety practices that demonstrate their commitment to protecting those in their care from abuse.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn addition to achieving Praesidium Accreditation, six individuals from Merakey\u2019s leadership team have become Certified Praesidium Guardians. These organizational leaders supported the organizational change efforts needed to accomplish Accreditation and will continue to serve as internal experts on abuse prevention to sustain Merakey\u2019s culture of safety.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>The Key Members Driving This Initiative, include:<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nTed Dallas, President and Chief Operating Officer\n<\/li>\n<li>\nJennifer Kane, Chief Compliance Officer\n<\/li>\n<li>\nJulie Smith, Director of Project Management Office, and her team members: Samantha Dayton and Corinne Pisauro\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<b>The Six Certified Praesidium Guardians, include:<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nBrandon Fisher, Chief Strategy Officer\n<\/li>\n<li>\nJill Weitz, General Counsel\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSuzanne Campbell, Vice President of Administration, Adult Behavioral Health Services\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSherri Portnoy, Vice President of Administrative and Professional Services, IDD Services\n<\/li>\n<li>\nAlexandra Markey, Vice President of Operations, Children and Family Services\n<\/li>\n<li>\nCynthia Hennessy, Executive Director of IDD Quality and Specialized Services\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\u201cFrom the beginning, it was clear how committed this organization was to ensuring they were doing everything possible to create and sustain a culture of safety. This achievement communicates that client protection is top priority and comprehensively integrated within their delivery of services,\u201d said Aaron Lundberg, MSW, President &amp; CEO of Praesidium. \u201cMerakey\u2019s Accreditation achievement also demonstrates to various stakeholders including clients and their families, funders, peer organizations, and more, how an organization can differentiate themselves as a leader in the human services space, moving beyond compliance tasks and fully being committed to best practices that keep individuals safe.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMerakey operates in twelve states, with over 660 locations of programs and services and more than 9,000 staff members as they support over 40,000 individuals and families each year. Merakey has developed a unique continuum of care providing services in mental and behavioral health, substance use disorder, education, foster care and permanency, autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, older adult services, and community-based services.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor more information or to reach out for consultation, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.praesidiuminc.com%2F&amp;esheet=52964327&amp;newsitemid=20221108006133&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.praesidiuminc.com%2F&amp;index=1&amp;md5=065952cd873ecbca5151bfb1ca874450\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">https:\/\/www.praesidiuminc.com\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>About Praesidium<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPraesidium specializes in preventing sexual abuse in organizations that serve youth and vulnerable adults. Over a period in excess of 30 years, the company has reviewed over 4,000 cases of abuse within organizations to determine the root causes of sexual abuse within organizational settings. Praesidium employs more than 50 staff, including licensed social workers, lawyers, health care researchers, and other experts. The company has served over 5,000 clients with a broad range of products and services to aid organizations in preventing abuse, including online and instructor\u2013led trainings, organizational risk assessments, model policies, and background checks. Having trained more than one million people online and hundreds of thousands in person, Praesidium is the largest and most comprehensive sexual abuse risk management firm globally.\n<\/p>\n<p> <b>Contacts<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\nBrooke Pratt<br \/>\n<br \/>817.801.7773<br \/>\n<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;b&#112;&#x72;a&#x74;&#x74;&#64;&#x70;r&#97;&#x65;s&#x69;&#x64;&#105;&#x75;m&#105;&#x6e;&#99;&#x2e;c&#111;&#x6d;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">&#98;&#x70;r&#97;&#x74;t&#x40;&#x70;&#114;&#x61;e&#115;&#x69;d&#105;&#x75;&#109;&#x69;n&#99;&#x2e;c&#111;&#x6d;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earning the Highest Honor for its Abuse Prevention Practices ARLINGTON, Texas&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Praesidium, a national leader in risk management and prevention of sexual abuse against vulnerable populations, proudly announced today that Merakey, a leading developmental behavioral health and education provider, has achieved Praesidium Accreditation, demonstrating their commitment to meeting and exceeding the highest industry standards in &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/merakey-achieves-praesidium-accreditation\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-business","4":"post-50635","6":"format-standard","7":"category-industry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merakey Achieves Praesidium Accreditation - Pharma Trend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/merakey-achieves-praesidium-accreditation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merakey Achieves Praesidium Accreditation - Pharma Trend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Earning the Highest Honor for its Abuse Prevention Practices ARLINGTON, Texas&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Praesidium, a national leader in risk management and prevention of sexual abuse against vulnerable populations, proudly announced today that Merakey, a leading developmental behavioral health and education provider, has achieved Praesidium Accreditation, demonstrating their commitment to meeting and exceeding the highest industry standards in ... 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