CARF International recently announced that the Clermont County Board of Developmental Disabilities has been accredited for a period of three years in the following areas: Community Services—Child and Youth Services, Community Integration, and Community Services; Employment Services—Job Development, Job Supports, Job-Site Training, and Organizational Employment Services. This latest accreditation is the fifth consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to CCDD.
This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable, and accountable.
“Clermont County Board of DD is proud of the excellent programs and services offered to individuals with developmental disabilities in our various accredited programs,” said Superintendent Sharon Woodrow. “We are thrilled to have this international recognition of the hard work and dedication to make this possible.”
CARF is an independent, nonprofit 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 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.
For additional information, contact Lisa Davis at (513) 732-4921 or ldavis@clermontdd.org.
