NATIONAL PLACEMENT AND REFERRAL ALLIANCE

Established and promotes Best Practices for the senior placement industry, collaboratively designed with industry experts, board members, and chapter leaders to standardize professional conduct and service quality.

Establishes Best Practices for the senior placement industry through collaboration with industry experts, including its Board of Directors and local chapter presidents.

Facilitates a community of practice for senior placement professionals to share knowledge, access industry news, and receive updates through newsletters.

Established and disseminated Best Practices for the senior placement industry, developed collaboratively with industry experts including the Board of Directors and local chapter presidents, to promote ethical and effective service delivery.

Offers Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits to help members maintain professional credentials and supports a community of practice for knowledge sharing, industry updates, and professional growth among senior placement professionals.

Offers Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits to members to help maintain professional credentials and establishes industry Best Practices in collaboration with experts and its Board of Directors.

Offers Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits to members to help them maintain licenses and certifications, and facilitates a community of practice for senior placement professionals to share knowledge and access industry news.

Offers Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits to members to help them maintain licenses and certifications, facilitates a community of practice for knowledge sharing and industry news, and distributes newsletters with national news and industry information. The organization also established Best Practices for the senior placement industry in collaboration with experts.

Offers a nationally accredited certification for senior placement professionals, including exam development, disciplinary oversight, and management of testing service providers; awards the CPRS designation to qualified individuals who pass the certification exam.

Offers the nationally accredited Certified Placement & Referral Specialist (CPRS) certification to senior placement professionals who meet eligibility requirements and pass an examination, ensuring professional competence in senior housing placement and referral services. The NPRA manages exam development, disciplinary processes, and testing provider relationships through its Credentialing Department.

Offers and manages the nationally accredited Certified Placement & Referral Specialist (CPRS) certification program for senior placement professionals, including exam development, disciplinary committees, and relationships with testing service providers.

Offers and awards the nationally accredited Certified Placement & Referral Specialist (CPRS) certification to senior placement professionals who meet eligibility requirements and pass an examination, ensuring professional competence in senior housing placement and referral services. This includes managing exam development and relationships with testing service providers.

Offers and awards the nationally accredited Certified Placement & Referral Specialist (CPRS) certification to senior placement professionals who meet eligibility requirements and pass an examination, ensuring professional competence in senior housing placement and referral services. This includes managing exam development and relationships with testing service providers.

Organizes senior placement professionals to participate in lobbying efforts and influence regulatory legislation affecting seniors; successfully advocated for the removal of referral fee caps in Texas and Oklahoma, expanded advocacy to five U.S. states, launched the Eagle Fund for NPRA Advocacy in 2026, and invested in national bill-tracking and grassroots advocacy software.

Organizes senior placement professionals for lobbying efforts, provides input on regulatory legislation affecting senior adults, and invests in national bill-tracking and grassroots advocacy software. This includes successful lobbying to lift caps on senior placement referral fees in Texas and Oklahoma.

Organizes senior placement professionals to lobby and provide input on regulatory legislation affecting senior adults, including successfully lobbying for new legislation in Texas and Oklahoma to lift caps on senior placement referral fees. The organization also invests in national bill-tracking and grassroots advocacy software and has expanded lobbying efforts to five U.S. states.

Organizes senior placement professionals for lobbying efforts, provides input on regulatory legislation affecting senior adults, and has successfully lobbied for legislation, such as lifting caps on senior placement referral fees in Texas and Oklahoma. The organization also invests in national bill-tracking and grassroots advocacy software and has established an advocacy fund.

Organizes professionals to engage in lobbying, provides input on regulatory legislation affecting seniors, successfully advocated for removal of referral fee caps in Texas and Oklahoma, expanded advocacy to five states, and launched the Eagle Fund for NPRA Advocacy in 2026.

Provides public, searchable online directories of CPRS-certified placement agents, senior living communities, and companies supporting seniors to help individuals find senior placement and care providers.

Provides public, searchable online directories of CPRS-certified placement agents, senior living communities, and companies supporting seniors to help individuals find senior placement and care providers.

Provides searchable online directories for the public to find CPRS-certified placement agents, senior living communities, and companies supporting seniors. These directories include individual agent members, agents under group memberships, senior living provider members, and affiliate members.

Maintains and provides public access to multiple online directories including "Find an Agent" for individual and group member placement agents, a "Senior Living Communities" directory for provider members, and a "Companies Supporting Seniors" directory for affiliate members.

Maintains multiple publicly accessible directories on its website, including "Find an Agent" for individual and group-member placement agents, a "Senior Living Communities" directory for provider members, and a "Companies Supporting Seniors" directory for affiliate members, enabling the public to locate qualified senior care and placement resources.

Facilitates a community of practice for senior placement professionals and supports local chapters by developing onboarding processes with seed money, marketing materials, and online resources; added 11 new chapters across nine states and developed membership lists for chapter and franchise leaders to improve engagement and service tracking.

Expanded to 11 new chapters across nine states, developed onboarding processes with seed funding and marketing support, and created comprehensive membership lists for chapter and franchise leaders to strengthen local organizational capacity.

Expands its network by adding new chapters across multiple states and provides support through a chapter onboarding process that includes seed money, marketing materials, and access to an online store.

Expands its network by adding new chapters across multiple states and provides support through a chapter onboarding process that includes seed money, marketing materials, and access to an online store. It also develops comprehensive membership lists for chapter leaders and tracks members served by chapters.

Develops and supports local chapters by providing a chapter onboarding process that includes seed money, marketing materials, and access to an online store. The organization has added 11 new chapters across nine states and develops comprehensive membership lists for chapter leaders.

Distributes regular newsletters containing national news, policy updates, industry information, and event announcements to keep members informed and engaged.

Distributes regular newsletters containing national news, industry updates, and noteworthy events to keep members informed and engaged.

Reports annual membership growth metrics, including a 12.9% overall increase, 20.6% growth in agent membership, and 62.6% growth in group membership, with total membership approaching 1,000.

Tracks and reports annual membership statistics, including overall growth of 12.9%, agent membership growth of 20.6%, placement agent group membership growth of 62.6%, and total membership approaching 1,000.

Conducts monthly board meetings, holds annual elections, and prioritizes updates to bylaws and the strategic plan, with recent work focused on 2026 planning.