{{Infobox organization | name = Institute for Credentialing Excellence | logo = ICE-LOGO-CMYK-01 smaller for website.jpg | abbreviation = I.C.E. | status = [[Nonprofit organization]] | type = [[501(c)(3)]]<ref name=irseos>"[https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=651049&ein=521111515&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&submitName=Search&sortColumn=orgName&totalResults=1&names=Institute+for+Credentialing+Excellence&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&postDateTo=&state=All+States Institute For Credentialing Excellence]". ''Tax Exempt Organization Search''. [[Internal Revenue Service]]. Retrieved January 18, 2020.</ref> | founded = {{start date and age|1977}} | tax_id = 52-1111515<ref name= irseos/> | revenue = $3.5M<ref name= 990-2018>"[https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/521111515_201812_990_2019110816835010.pdf Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". ''Institute for Credentialing Excellence''. [[Internal Revenue Service]]. December 31, 2018.</ref> | revenue_year = 2026 | expenses = $3.5M<ref name= 990-2018/> | expenses_year = 2026 | location = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|38.905937|-77.045989|display=inline, title}} | leader_name = Denise Roosendaal<ref name= leader>"[https://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=24 Leadership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803124559/https://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=24 |date=2020-08-03 }}". ''Institute for Credentialing Excellence''. Retrieved January 18, 2020.</ref> | leader_title = [[Executive Director]] | leader_name2 = Tony Ellis <ref name=leader/> | leader_title2 = [[Chairman|Chair]], [[Board of Directors]] | purpose = Lead through accreditation, advocacy, education, innovation, research, and standards to enhance the value of credentialing organizations..<ref name="ICE"/> | focus = Accreditation | former_name = National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA),<br/> National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies (NCHCA) | website = {{URL|http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/}} }}
The '''Institute for Credentialing Excellence''' ('''I.C.E.''') is one of the two main U.S. organizations that [[accredit]] personnel [[certification]]s or certificates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL15-10a2.pdf |title=Credential Resource Guide |author= |date= |work=doleta.gov |publisher=[[U.S. Department of Labor]] |accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="ICE">{{cite web |title=ICE – Mission and Vision |url=http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=23 |website=credentialingexcellence.org |publisher=Institute for Credentialing Excellence. |accessdate=5 June 2018 |archive-date=7 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807043125/http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The other main organization being the [[American National Standards Institute]]|group="nb"}} In November 2009 the ICE formally changed its name from the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/indoors/air/mold/task_force/docs/final_toxic_mold_task_force_report.pdf |title=NYS Tox Mold Task Force Final Report, December 2010 |author= |date= |work=health.ny.gov |publisher=Department of Health |accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref>
I.C.E. is an accredited standards developer by the [[American National Standards Institute]].<ref name="ANSI">{{cite web |url=http://publicaa.ansi.org/sites/apdl/Documents/Standards%20Activities/American%20National%20Standards/ANSI%20Accredited%20Standards%20Developers/FEB11ASD-1.pdf |title=Accredited Standards Developers |author= |date=4 February 2011 |work=ansi.org |publisher=[[American National Standards Institute]] |accessdate=27 March 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== History == In cooperation with the [[Government of the United States of America|federal government]], the National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies (NCHCA) was founded in 1977 in order to develop standards for voluntary certification programs.<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/GeneralInformation/AboutUs/HistoryofICE/tabid/418/Default.aspx= |title=History of ICE |author= |date= |work=credentialingexcellence.org |publisher=Institute for Credentialing Excellence |accessdate=27 March 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> In 1989, the NCHCA was expanded to developing certifications for all professions, becoming the [[National Commission for Certifying Agencies]] (NCCA), and forming the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA) as a membership association for credentialing bodies.<ref name="history"/> In 2009, the Board moved to change to a new name and became the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE).<ref name="history"/>
== National Commission for Certifying Agencies == The National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) is the accreditation body of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence. The NCCA's Standards for the ''Accreditation of Certification Programs'' exceed the requirements set forth by the [[American Psychological Association]] and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bocatc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=95 |title=National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) |author= |date= |publisher=[[Board of Certification, Inc.]] |accessdate=27 March 2011}}</ref> In the state of California all organizations that wish to be recognized as counselor certifying organizations must be accredited by the NCCA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adp.ca.gov/Licensing/lcbhome.shtml |title=Counselor Certification |author= |date= |work=adp.ca.gov |publisher=[[California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs]] |page=80 |accessdate=27 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316085753/http://www.adp.ca.gov/Licensing/LCBhome.shtml |archive-date=16 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Management structure == The Institute for Credentialing Excellence has no employees.<ref name= 990-2018>"[https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/521111515_201812_990_2019110816835010.pdf Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". ''Institute for Credentialing Excellence''. [[Internal Revenue Service]]. December 31, 2018.</ref> Instead, it pays Smitbucklin Corporation, a for-profit corporation, to employ individuals who run the Institute for Credentialing Excellence.<ref name = 990-2018/><ref name= delaware>"[https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx File Number: 3558791, SmithBucklin Corporation]". ''Entity Details''. Delaware Division of Corporations. Retrieved January 18, 2020.</ref> Smithbucklin Corporation received $2 million out of the $3.5 million of revenue received by the Institute for Credentialing Excellence in 2018.<ref name= 990-2018/>
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== External links == * {{official website}} * [http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=121 Listing of programs accredited by the NCCA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505011950/http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=121 |date=2017-05-05 }}, Nation Commission for Certifying Agencies * [http://www.acacert.com American Certification Agency for Healthcare Professionals]
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