Reach For The Stars

CARF, also known as Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, is an international, private accreditor located in Tucson, Ariz. It provides accreditation to human service providers and networks in the areas of aging services, behavioral health, child and youth services, medical rehabilitation, and employment and community services. It reviews and grants accreditation services nationally and internationally. The accreditation services are provided throughout the CARF family of organizations, which includes CARF International, CARF Canada, and CARF-CCAC. CARF is a nonprofit organization that is financed by fees from accreditation surveys, sales of publications, grants from public entities and fees from seminars and conferences. It was founded in 1966.

Intermountain Centers for Human Development, a private non-profit agency, was established in 1973 to provide quality individualized community-based services. The organization provides group residences, foster and therapeutic foster care programs, semi-independent living programs, intensive home-based therapy programs, respite and crisis stabilization service programs. It also provides out of home and home-based support services to a variety of at-risk populations, including children and youth who are emotionally and behaviorally challenged, adults who have been diagnosed with serious mental illness and individuals with developmental disabilities. Intermountain Centers for Human Development also operates a sub-acute level group residence as an alternative to institutionalization for Native American adolescents who exhibit the most challenging behaviors. It is headquartered in Tucson, Ariz.