Lubbock, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/04/2014 -- CARF International announced that Lubbock Lighthouse’s Methadone and Subutex Opioid Treatment Program has been re-accredited for a period of three years for its Lubbock Lighthouse and Subutex programs. The latest accreditation is the second consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that CARF, the international accrediting body, has awarded to Lubbock Lighthouse. This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable, and accountable.

Lubbock Lighthouse is a private non-profit organization with offices at 1308 Avenue Q, Suite A, in Lubbock, Texas that has been providing opioid treatment services with methadone and subutex in the Lubbock area since 2009. CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.

For additional information about Lubbock Lighthouse, contact Pete Ramos, the Program Sponsor, at 806-744-3419 or pete@lubbocklighthouse.org, or go to the websites at http://www.lubbocklighthouse.org and google.com/+LubbocklighthouseOrg1.