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CARF – the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities – has accredited the six apartments and two group homes on Bancroft’s Haddonfield, N.J., campus, as well as Bancroft’s 13 homes in the community for children and young adults located across Camden County.

These residential programs provide comfortable, safe places to live, plus around-the-clock support, supervision and opportunities for community involvement for children ages 5 to 21 with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism.

“CARF accreditation is a stringent process that holds organizations to the highest standards,” said Bancroft President Toni Pergolin. “It’s a way to show families, funders and other professionals that our programs are safe, effective and based on the best practices in our field.” 

CARF’s accreditation report details numerous advantages of these Bancroft programs. For instance, “the community housing programs are located in nice homes within quiet residential neighborhoods,” CARF states. “Staff members seem to know the individuals well and are attentive to their needs.”

CARF also reports:

·    “…[Bancroft] has enhanced its processes and practices used to screen new employees, which have increased the expertise of the workforce.

·    “ The campus programs provide impressive supervision and support for night-duty staff members…”

·    “Persons served appear to be happy and comfortable with their direct-care staff members as well as managers and directors.”

Other Bancroft programs accredited by CARF are Bancroft Brain Injury Services and Bancroft’s Vocational and Supported Employment Programs for Adults.

For more information on Bancroft, call 1-800-774- 5516 or visit bancroft.org.