Accreditations

PARC is a CARF Accredited for a three-year term of CARF Accreditation for our Assistive Technology Services, Community Services, and Employment Services programs. CARF is an international accrediting body. This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows PARC's substantial conformance to the CARF standards.

To learn more about CARF you can view their agency video at www.carf.org/movie.  

Assistive Technology Services include Community Assistive Technology. Community Services include Child and Youth Services, Community Housing, Community Integration, Community Services Coordination, Host Family Services, and Respite Services. Community Employment Services include Job Development, Job Supports, Job-Site Training, and Organizational Employment Services.

This accreditation extends through May 2011 and supports PARC's continued dedication and commitment to improving the quality of the lives of the persons with developmental disabilities that we serve. In order to receive this accreditation, PARC 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.

PARC is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit human service agency based in Peoria, Illinois serving adults with intellectual disabilities or delays. Our organization has been in existence for over fifty years, originally incorporated in 1957.

Our programs include early intervention, community-based residential, rehabilitation, vocational training, transitional employment, supported employment and respite. Related support services include occupational and physical therapy, speech therapy, nursing, and leisure and recreational activities. Our main service area includes Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties, although we are not bound geographically to just these counties.

CARF is an independent, not-for-profit 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 Kim Cornwell at jcornwell@arcpeoria.org or (309) 689-3624. Brian Karl at bkarl@arcpeoria.org or (309) 689-3603.