CARF announced that Harbor Behavioral Healthcare, a not-for-profit mental health and wellness agency, has been accredited for a period of three years for its Community Employment Services including: Job Development, Job Supports, and Job-Site training. 

The latest accreditation is the second consecutive Three-Year Accreditation outcome that the international accrediting commission has awarded to Harbor Behavioral Healthcare. 

CARF surveyors made no recommendations, which signifies that they did not identify any areas of non-conformance to Harbor’s standards—only 3 percent of CARF surveys result in no recommendations.

This accreditation outcome represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization—an organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation outcome 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, measurables, and accountability.

Harbor Behavioral Healthcare is a not-for-profit mental health and wellness organization with nine locations throughout Northwest Ohio.  It has been providing mental health, vocational, employee assistance, and wellness programs for over 90 years.  Harbor offers services for children, families, adults, and organizations.  Harbor’s mission is to promote health and wellness in people and organizations by providing exceptional behavioral healthcare services and products.

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.