Cleveland Vocational awarded three-year CARF accreditation

Shelby, NC 2/25/2010 CARF International announced that Cleveland Vocational Industries, Inc. (CVII) has been accredited for a period of three years for its Community Services: Community Integration, Community Services Coordination programs. And, it's Community Employment Services: Job Development, Job Supports, Job-Site Training, Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation Services, Employee Development Services, and Organizational Employment Services. The latest accreditation is the 9th consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to CVII.

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.

CVII is a not-for-profit organization with offices at 650 North Post Rd. Shelby, NC. It has been providing Community Services and Community Employment Services in the Shelby area since 1984.

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 us at 704-471-0606.

Harvest Works awarded three-year CARF accreditation

Shelby, NC 2/24/2010 CARF International announced that Harvest Works, Inc. has been accredited for a period of three years for its Community Services: Child and Youth Services, Community Integration, Respite Services, and Supported Living programs.This is the first accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to Harvest Works.

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.

Harvest Works is a not-for-profit organization with offices at 891 North Post Rd. Shelby, NC. It has been Child and Youth Services, Community Integration, Respite Services, and Supported Living Services in the Shelby area since 2003.

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 us at 704-487-7777.