Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at Penn has been formally accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc. (IACS), an Alexandria, Virginia-based organization of US, Canadian and Australian counseling agencies. CAPS was evaluated by IACS against high standards of counseling practice and was found to offer competent and reliable professional services to its students. Approval by IACS is also dependent upon evidence of continuing professional development as well as demonstration of excellence of counseling performance. While there are dozens of accredited college counseling centers nationwide, Penn is only the second Ivy institution (following Princeton) to have the designation; among the larger list of Ivy Plus peers, only Stanford, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown are accredited.