The Accountability Foundation, Inc.
Teaching accountability as a life skill
A practical decision-making framework that helps youth and adults understand how choices create consequences and shape their futures.
Life keeps accounts. Every decision is either a deposit or a withdrawal.
CaNon Harper
Why we exist
Mission and purpose
Our mission
We equip. We empower. We transform.
- Accountability builds character
- Knowledge creates choices
- Choices shape destiny
Our purpose
To inspire young people to make better choices, accept responsibility, and build a legacy they can be proud of.
- Make better choices
- Accept responsibility
- Build a legacy
The framework
The A.C.C.O.U.N.T. Model™
The A.C.C.O.U.N.T. Model teaches personal responsibility, critical thinking, ownership, and growth through a practical step-by-step process.
Acknowledge
Choices
Consequences
Ownership
Understanding
Next Steps
Transformation
Available for
Where the model is taught
Schools
Youth programs
Community organizations
Courts and diversion programs
Recovery and reentry programs
If you are doing the work
The model
Seven steps, worked in order. Acknowledge what happened, own it, and decide what you do next.
See how it worksIf you are standing behind it
The support
Support puts The A.C.C.O.U.N.T. Model in front of more people: in schools, in youth programs, in courts and diversion, in recovery and reentry.
Back the workThe journal
Writing on the practice
Schools, youth programs, community organizations, courts and diversion, recovery and reentry.