ACQ Accreditation Deadlines — Indiana & Massachusetts
ABA Accreditation Requirements Are Here. Is Your Agency Ready?
ABA agencies in Indiana and Massachusetts are now facing state-mandated ACQ accreditation deadlines. With BHCOE being absorbed into ACQ, the Autism Commission on Quality is now the standard — and the window to get ready is shorter than it seems.
If your agency is in another state, accreditation requirements are expanding. Getting ahead of the curve now puts you in a stronger position with payers, regulators, and the families you serve.
Reserve Your Spot in the Next CohortYou're in the right place if...
- Your agency operates in Indiana or Massachusetts
- You're in another state where accreditation requirements are expanding
- You've been putting off accreditation preparation and the deadline is now real
- You've started but don't have a structured system to get there
- You've previously attempted accreditation and identified gaps
The Window Is Shorter Than It Seems
ABA Accreditation Requirements Are Growing. Deadlines Are Real.
August 1, 2026
Documentation of accreditation progress must be submitted. Failure to provide documentation will result in Medicaid enrollment being deactivated.
Full accreditation required: October 1, 2027
January 1, 2027
Center-based ABA providers must be fully accredited. All other ABA providers have until January 1, 2028.
Note: BHCOE has been acquired by CASP. Reaccreditation going forward moves through ACQ.
Source: Indiana and Massachusetts state Medicaid program requirements. ACQ — Autism Commission on Quality.
And despite tight timelines and approaching accreditation deadlines, most ABA leaders do not suddenly find themselves with more time, more resources, or fewer responsibilities.
With structure and support, that sigh of relief finally comes when accreditation stops feeling impossible and starts feeling like something you can actually work through step by step.
Introducing the Accelerator
Introducing the Accreditation Readiness Accelerator
The Accreditation Readiness Accelerator was designed to help organizations stop approaching accreditation as a collection of disconnected policies, documents, and deadlines.
Instead, organizations learn a repeatable system for building accreditation-ready operations — connecting policy, implementation, oversight, and evidence into practical systems that can be consistently maintained over time.
Whether you are preparing for your first accreditation application, responding to identified gaps, or refining existing systems, the framework remains the same.
The Implementation Framework
A Structured, Supported Approach to Accreditation Readiness
The Accreditation Readiness Accelerator is built around an 8-week implementation cycle designed to help organizations make meaningful progress toward accreditation readiness without trying to solve everything at once.
Rather than focusing on isolated standards or disconnected documentation tasks, organizations learn how to apply our 5 Foundations of Accreditation Readiness across the systems they are actively building, refining, or preparing for review.
What's Inside the Accelerator
What's Included in the Accreditation Readiness Accelerator
Live Sessions
Teaching & Application Sessions
Live sessions biweekly including focused training and hands-on implementation support.
Applied Learning
Between Session Assignments
Apply training concepts to build accreditation ready systems in your organization.
Implementation Tools
Resource Library & Tools
Members receive access to implementation resources, templates, policy-building tools, & more to accelerate systems development.
Community Access
Q&A Forum
The Accreditation Accelerator community provides a space for ongoing discussion, questions and problem solving, moderated by our team.
Focused Attention
Limited Cohort Sizes
In order to assure each organization receives targeted support and attention, cohort sizes are intentionally limited.
Extended Support
Individual Support Sessions
For more complex systems development, individual strategy sessions are available for purchase.
Founding Cohort Investment
Join the Founding Cohort
What's Included
- Organizational access for one 8-week cycle
- Biweekly live training and implementation sessions
- Guided implementation review and refinement
- Resource library and system-builder tools
- Repeatable implementation framework
- Community access for 6 months post-cohort
Additional individual strategy sessions available for purchase for more complex systems development needs.
Before You Join
Frequently Asked Questions About the Accelerator
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Reserve Your Spot in the Next Cohort
Join an Accreditation Readiness Cohort
- 8-week structured implementation cycle
- Biweekly live sessions — training + implementation
- Resource library and system-builder tools
- 6 months community access post-cohort
Reserve Your Spot
Tell us about your organization and we'll be in touch with cohort details.