300 Main Street, Suite 200, Dubuque, IA 52001
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CONTACT: Marilyn Althoff, CEO
563-556-7878 office
563-920-0262 cell
malthoff@hillsdales.org
Dubuque, Iowa — June 28, 2018— CARF International announced that Hills & Dales has been accredited for a period of three years for its Community Employment Services: Employment Services, Community Employment Services: Job Development, Community Integration, and Community Integration (Autism Spectrum Disorder – Children and Adolescents). The latest accreditation is the fourth consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the international accrediting body, CARF, has awarded to Hills & Dales.
The report shared numerous positive comments regarding the organization’s growth and expansion of services meeting community needs, services that are person-centered and which focus on the hopes, dreams, and desires of the residents/clients, the overall competency of the staff, and interdepartmental communication and many others.
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. It has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit its commitment to offering programs and services that are measurable, accountable, and of the highest quality.
Hills & Dales is a nonprofit organization and has been providing residential and community-based supports and services to individuals with disabilities and their families in Dubuque and eastern Iowa since 1973.
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 International, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services. For more information about the accreditation process, please visit the CARF website at www.carf.org.
For additional information, contact Marilyn Althoff, CEO at 563-556-7878 or malthoff@hillsdales.org.
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