accreditation consulting

Accreditation Guru is a consulting firm that partners with behavioral health, human service, education, and nonprofit providers to achieve and sustain national accreditation. Its consultants guide organizations through initial accreditation, reaccreditation, and compliance for bodies including CARF, COA Accreditation, and The Joint Commission, backed by a stated 100% accreditation success rate and over 350 clients. The company opened for business in 2009.

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FATSTAF is a Third Party Servicer and Financial Aid Consulting company that works with post-secondary schools. It provides full or partial Title IV servicing, Title IV consulting, financial aid office set-up, and financial aid training. FATSTAF currently services over 50 schools nationwide. It originated as a Third Party Servicing arm of OnlineSMART/SMART Systems and was created as FATSTAF by Catherine Ivie in 2013 (born in 2015 per site), later purchased by Renee Schultz in December 2020.

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Vision statement: to be the premiere provider of education and accreditation related wrap-around services that both support overall institutional effectiveness, and growth and that promote student success Experienced executives in education committed to: equipping leaders with the needed proficiency to continually thrive;and, creating a culture of excellence through continuous improvement by way of the accreditation process LEARN MORE A Leader in Higher Education Accreditation Consulting LEARN MORE Our reputation for possessing extensive expertise in accreditation has been earned through rich, hands-on experience in leading and guiding institutions through all aspects of the accreditation life cycle and beyond—from helping schools achieve or maintain their candidate and/or accredited status, to assisting owners in the creation of start-up institutions, to coaching education.

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