EQC AFH Administration - Urgent Course
This course is for urgent EQC course requests only. Permission is required to register for this course. Please see below to complete the screening form. Visit OregonEQC.com for our regular EQC course.
This flexible course is offered fully online. It is available in urgent situations only. Email EQC.Class@gmail.com with questions about registration. See www.OregonEQC.com for our regular course.
Required for future licensees/co-licensees and administrators
Must show proof of EQC Essentials course and exam completion
Approximately 15 hours of coursework
Must pass an additional proctored exam with 80%
Cost of urgent AFH Administration ONLY is $275, which includes the proctored State exam. Proof of completion of Essentials required. (note: full urgent EQC course - EQC Essentials plus AFH Administration - is $699)
Alyssa Elting McGuire, MA, MPA
Starting April 2021, Ensuring Quality Care (EQC) will be a two-part training required by the State of Oregon for all prospective adult foster home licensees, administrators, resident managers, floating resident managers, and shift caregivers looking to open or work in a home licensed through Aging & People with Disabilities (APD). Prospective licensees, resident managers, and shift caregivers are required to complete the course, in full, and pass the EQC exam for parts 1 and 2.
The urgent option is available on-demand and you can start as soon as you are enrolled.
Yes, Ensuring Quality Care is taught by State-certified instructors, and completion of the course and exam is recognized by all counties in Oregon. Multnomah County has additional requirements, so contact Multnomah County licensing at 503-988-3000 for more information.
We strongly encourage you to take the required Adult Foster Home Orientation prior to taking EQC. Orientation is offered through your local licensing office. You will take the orientation through the county in which you will be opening your home or becoming a resident manager. Some local licensing offices have different expectations regarding orientation and EQC, so please contact your local licensing office to get clarification on their requirements.
Both the course and exam are required for licensing. You can only take the EQC exam if you have successfully completed an EQC course within the past 90 days of the exam date.
Fortunately, our students have a very high pass rate. In our last two EQC Essentials and AFH Administration classes, 98% of the students who took the exam with us passed, and our median student score is 94%. We work with you throughout the course to review the material and answer questions to make sure you know the content well. If you do not pass the exam on the first attempt, you have up to 90 days to re-take the exam. If you do not pass a second time, you will be required to re-take the course.