HARC Is Awarded CARF Accreditation

HARTFORD, CT     February, 2007          The Greater Hartford Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. (HARC) is pleased to announce that it has received a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) for the following identified services: 

Community Employment Services: Job Development

Community Employment Services: Job Supports

Community Employment Services: Job-Site Training

Employment Services: Organizational Employment Services

A three-year accreditation is the highest level of achievement and HARC has received 3-year accreditations consistently since 1982. This accreditation will extend through December 2009. It signifies that HARC has gone through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated

to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that the organization is committed to CARF’s conditions and standards in a quest for quality programs and services. This accreditation outcome is awarded to organizations that demonstrate that the persons served are benefiting from the services provided.

The Greater Hartford Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. (HARC), was formed in 1951 by parents of children with intellectual disability. HARC remains true to its mission of helping people with intellectual disability and their families enjoy lives of quality, inclusion and dignity by providing support, education and advocacy. 
HARC currently serves over 800 people a day in a wide array of programs, including 28 supported employment sites in the Greater Hartford area. HARC also runs 11 group homes and condominiums and 8 supported living arrangements in the Greater Hartford area. 

 CARF is an independent, not-for-profit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966, CARF establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.
For further information about HARC go to the website: www.harc-ct.org <http://www.harc-ct.org>  or call 860.218.6089.