Our Partners

Resources for Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRP's)

National Organizations:

• CARF: The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission. National accrediting body for CRP's.
• NISH: National Organization which assists CRP's to obtain federal government service and product contracts under the Javitts-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act.
• Goodwill Industries, International: Information for Goodwill and Non Goodwill CRP's.
• TASH: National Advocacy for People with Disabilities.
• The Arc of the United States: National Resource for organizations serving people with mental retardation.
• The American Society for Training and Development: Information on job training.
• The Shriver Center for Mental Retardation: Research information regarding mental retardation.
• The International Coalition on Abuse and Disability: Information on Rights of people with disabilities and abuse.
• The Family Village: Disability related resources.
• The Internet Non Profit Center: Locate any nonprofit organization in the United States.
• Benefice On - Line: Research on Non-Profit organizations.
• GuideStar: Information on Programs and Finances of over 40,000 nonprofit organizations.
• Our Kids

Government Resources:

• The Americans with Disabilities on the Web: Information on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• The U..S. Department of Labor: Information regarding D.O.L. regulations affecting employment.
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Information and statistics on employment trends.
• The United States Social Security Administration: Information on Social Security benefits.
• The United States Health Care Financing Administration: Information on Medicare and Medicaid.
• The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission: Information on Massachusetts's vocational rehabilitation and employment programs.
• Department of Mental Retardation
• Department of Developmental Services: Information for individuals with developmental disabilitites and their families.

Technology Resources:

• Closing the Gap: Technology for people with disabilities.
• Unicorn Quest: Unicorn Quest is a DOS typing tutor game for children, for one hand or two hands.

Massachusetts Resources:

• The Massachusetts Council for Human Service Providers: Association of Massachusetts-based providers of human services.
• The Arc of Massachusetts: Advocacy for Massachusetts residents with developmental disabilities
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Resources
• Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council
• City of Taunton
• Attleboro/Taunton United Way
• Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers
• Bristol County Workforce Investment Board
• Chamber of Commerce

Employment Resources:

• The Monster Board: National job search engine.
• The Massachusetts Division of Employment Services Job Search: Massachusetts job postings.
• Craigslist

Interesting CRP Web sites:

• SNCARC, Inc.
• Elwyn, Inc.
• Triangle, Inc.
• Work, Inc.
• Calgary's Public Library
• Co-op

Search Engines:

• Yahoo.com
• Medscape
• Ability's Mental Retardation Search Engine