Accreditation from the National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC), a unit of the National Council on Aging (NCOA) is the official recognition that a senior center is meeting its mission in a nationally accepted professional fashion and in compliance with the nine standards of senior center operations. Accreditation is the official mark of excellence.
NISC estimates there are approximately 11,000-15,000 senior centers nationwide. Of these, 172 centers have been accredited from 1998-2009, with Pennsylvania in the lead. Pennsylvania has the largest number of accredited and re-accredited centers (21) of the 31 states that have at least one accredited center and the 3 states that have more than 15 accredited centers.
National Statistics:
- 172 Senior Centers Nationally Accredited
- 54 Senior Centers Nationally Re-Accredited
Pennsylvania Statistics:
* 21 Senior Centers have been Accredited in Pennsylvania
- Lutheran Settlement House, Philadelphia, PA - Accredited in April of 2004
- Good Neighbor Senior Center, Folsom, PA - Accredited in August of 2004
- Friendship Senior Center, Darby, PA - Accredited in August of 2004
- Chester Senior Center, Chester, PA- Accredited in August of 2004
- Schoolhouse Senior Center, Folsom, PA - Accredited in August of 2004
- The PALM Center (formerly the Senior Center of Ardmore), Ardmore, PA - Accredited in August of 2004
- White Rose Senior Center, York, PA - Accredited in June of 2005
- Nationalities Senior Center, Philadelphia, PA - Accredited in December of 2005
- Senior Adult Activities Center, Norristown, PA - Accredited in February of 2006
- North City Congress, Philadelphia, PA - Accredited in February of 2006
- JCC's Jacob & Esther Stiffel Senior Center, Philadelphia, PA - Accredited in March of 2006
- JCC's Klein Branch Senior Center, Philadelphia, PA - Accredited in March of 2006
- Upper Darby Senior Center, Upper Darby, PA - Accredited in December of 2006
- The PEAK Center, Lansdale, PA - Accredited in November of 2007
- Wayne Senior Center, Wayne, PA – (#161) Accredited in March of 2008
- Fels South Philadelphia Community Center, Philadelphia, PA – (#163) Accredited in May of 2008
- Havertown Center, Havertown, PA - (# 171) Accredited in February of 2009
- Hometown Center, Media, PA - (#172) Accredited in February of 2009
* 3 Senior Centers have been Accredited and Re-Accredited in Pennsylvania
- Mercy Center on Aging, Erie, PA - Accredited in March of 2000 & Re-Accredited in February 2005
- Philadelphia Senior Center, Philadelphia, PA - Accredited in December of 2003 & Re-Accredited November 2008
- Center in the Park, Philadelphia, PA – Accredited in December of 2003 & Re-Accredited February 2009
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