Accreditation, Licensure & Certification

Kennedy Krieger Institute complies with standards, regulations and guidelines of accreditation organizations and regulatory agencies.

Accreditations  

• The Joint Commission (TJC)

Kennedy Krieger Children’s Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and has achieved federal deemed status. (TJC quality report.)

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

  

  The following Kennedy Krieger programs are accredited by CARF:

• Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit
  • Inpatient location: 707 N. Broadway
    • Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs – Hospital (Pediatric Specialty Program)
    • Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs – Hospital: Brain Injury Specialty Program (Pediatric Specialty Program)
• Neurobehavioral Unit (NBU)
  • Inpatient location: 707 N. Broadway
    • Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs – Hospital (Pediatric Specialty Program)
• Pediatric Feeding Disorders Unit
  • Inpatient location: 707 N. Broadway
    • Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs – Hospital (Pediatric Specialty Program)
• International Center for Spinal Cord Injury (pediatric inpatient; pediatric and adult outpatient)
  • Inpatient location (pediatrics): 707 N. Broadway
    • Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs – Hospital: Spinal Cord Specialty Program (Pediatric Specialty Program)
  • Outpatient locations (adults): All
    • Interdisciplinary Outpatient Medical Rehabilitation Programs: Spinal Cord Specialty Program (Adults)
  • Outpatient locations (pediatrics): All
    • ​​​Interdisciplinary Outpatient Medical Rehabilitation Programs: Spinal Cord Specialty Program (Pediatric Specialty Program)
       
• Specialized Transition Program (STP)
  Community Rehabilitation Program
  • ​​​​​​​Location: 1750 East Fairmount Avenue
    • Home and Community Services: Brain Injury Specialty Program (Pediatric Specialty Program)

• College of American Pathologists (CAP) (CAP #1353022)

  • Genetics Laboratory (Biochemical Genetics, Peroxisomal Diseases)

US Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CLIA (CLIA ID #21D0649789)

• Genetics Laboratory

State of Maryland Licenses  

• Maryland Department of Health

  Office of Health Care Quality

  • Hospital (Special Pediatric and Special Rehabilitation)
  • Genetics Laboratory

• Maryland Department of Health

   Developmental Disabilities Administration

  • CORE Foundations

• Maryland Department of Human Services

  Licensed Child Placement Agency: Treatment Foster Care

  • Therapeutic Foster Care

Certifications  

• Maryland State Department of Education

  • Kennedy Krieger School: Fairmount Campus
  • Kennedy Krieger School: Greenspring Campus
  • LEAP (Lifeskills and Education for Students with Autism and Pervasive Behavioral Challenges Program)
  • Kennedy Krieger School: Powder Mill Campus
  • Kennedy Krieger School: Southern Maryland Campus

• Maryland State Department of Education 

  Division of Early Childhood

  • Achievements
  • PACT - World of Care
  • Southeast Early Head Start

NCASES Accreditation

All five Kennedy Krieger School Programs are accredited by the National Commission for the Accreditation of Special Education Services (NCASES). Accreditation is based on compliance to fifty standards covering the range of processes, procedures, and practices critical to the functioning of a special education setting.