CARF International announced that Reliance House, Inc. has been accredited for a period of three years for the following programs:

Case Management/Services Coordination: Psychosocial Rehabilitation (Adults)

Community Housing: Psychosocial Rehabilitation (Adults)

Supported Living: Integrated Developmental Disability/Mental Health (Adults)

Supported Living: Psychosocial Rehabilitation (Adults)

Community Services: Community Integration

Employment Services: Community Employment Services: Job Development

Employment Services: Community Employment Services: Job Supports

Employment Services: Community Employment Services: Job-Site Training

Employment Services: Employment Services Coordination

The latest accreditation is the eighth consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to Reliance House.

Reliance House, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that has been providing community mental health services in the Norwich area since the mid 1970’s. The mission of Reliance House is to partner with adults experiencing mental health, addiction, and/or developmental disabilities to enhance their quality of life. Reliance House is dedicated to cultivating an environment that promotes our core values of respect, growth, choice, unity in diversity, teamwork, and integrity. The agency serves approximately 900 individuals each year and employs 200 individuals.

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.

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 Carrie Dyer at (860) 887-6536 x-208.