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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Link Associates awarded three-year CARF accreditation
Des Moines, IA — 7-13-2009 — CARF International announced that Link Associates has been accredited for a period of three years for its
Community Services
· Community Housing
· Community Integration
· Community Services Coordination
· Respite Services
· Supported Living
Employment Services Community Employment Services;
· Job Development
· Job Supports
· Job-Site Training
· Employment Services Coordination
· Employment Services Organizational Employment Service programs.
The latest accreditation is the 9th consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to Link Associates. 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.
Link Associates is a not-for-profit organization with offices at 4301 NE 14th St. in Des Moines. It has been providing residential, vocational, case management, leisure, respite and transportation services in the central Iowa area since 1953. Linda Dunshee, Executive Director says, “Link Associates has an extremely talented and visionary staff and Board of Directors.. Our team is enthusiastic, well qualified, and highly committed to providing optimum services.” 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:
Linda Dunshee, Executive Director at ldunshee@linkassociates.org or at 515-262-8888.
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