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Marklund Earns Three-Year Accreditation
(Geneva, IL) Marklund, a nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic, residential and educational services to medically fragile children and adults with profound developmental disabilities, recently received a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. The three-year accreditation was based on the results of an intensive survey of the organization, its Geneva campus, Developmental Training program, governance and staff.
“This was a wonderful accomplishment for Marklund,” said Gil Fonger, president and CEO of Marklund. “Over a five-month period, staff assembled a comprehensive collection of information that was requested by the surveyors prior to their visit. After reviewing the information and interviewing staff, board members, and clients’ parents/guardians, the surveyors could not have been more complementary.”
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The survey results included such comments as:
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• Marklund provides services that are…“comprehensive, client-centered, and well designed to meet the needs of the clients.”
• “The staff members provide excellent leadership…and bring substantial pride and passion to their work…”
• Marklund’s services “provide real life-changing opportunities to the clients…”
• “…client-centered plans are well crafted, individualized, and appropriate to the needs of the clients…”
• “The parents and families of the clients are pleased with the opportunities afforded their family members to be involved in meaningful activities and to participate in community-based activities.”
The CARF organization currently accredits close to 50,000 programs and services at more than 22,000 locations. Three years is the maximum number of years awarded to an organization.
Founded in 1954, Marklund currently serves nearly 200 families at its three locations: the Marklund Children’s Home and Day School in Bloomingdale, Marklund at Mill Creek adult residential location and developmental training center in Geneva, and the Marklund Resale Store in Wooddale. For information, visit its website at www.marklund.org.
