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ANCOR activities include a broad spectrum of services, events and partnered activities.

ANCOR's objective is to establish partnerships and alliances that advance its vision and mission. To that end ANCOR is an active member of numerous national alliances and coalitions with national affiliated organizations. We have also established preferred status contractual relationships with consultants and vendors who offer products of service of direct benefit to ANCOR members.

CARF
Liaison: Bonnie-Jean Brooks, OHI

CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. CARF’s reputation is founded on four things:

  • Its unique peer review accreditation model, which includes a consultative survey and field-driven standards.
  • Its business practice standards, called the ASPIRE to Excellence® framework, which add value by helping create best practices using proven systems and approaches.
  • Its core values around keeping services person-centered.
  • Its strong emphasis on continuous quality improvement in outcomes for persons served.

ANCOR is a longstanding member of CARF’s International Advisory Council. It provides guidance and input into standards development and the accreditation process and also provides insight on issues affecting the field.

Citizens for Long Term Care

A coalition of over 100 disability organizations working together to advocate national policy that ensures self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion for people with disabilities into all aspects of society.

For the past two years, ANCOR has been working with an alliance of national organizations—Citizens for Long Term Care (CLTC). The effort, headed by former Senator David Durenberger (R-MN), is a collaboration of over sixty major national organizations representing all segments of the long term care (services and supports) debate. CTLC includes consumer groups, the disability community, care providers, insurers, unions, women's groups, and business interests. However, due to the broad range of organizations, Citizens for Long Term Care agreed early on that it was committed solely to raising the issue of long-term services, not proposing specific legislative solutions.

CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership
Liaison: Bill Beattie, Associate Executive Director, New Horizons Resources, Inc.

For over 45 years, CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership has demonstrated international leadership in designing progressive practices in supports and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, those with mental health diagnoses, older adults, and children and youth. CQL is an international non-profit, virtual organization dedicated to the definition, measurement, and improvement of personal quality of life. CQL provides accreditation, training, certification, data management, and customized consultation to human service organizations and systems that share our vision of dignity, opportunity, and community for all people.

ANCOR and CQL have partnered to enhance the quality of supports provided by human service organizations, and the quality of life for people receiving those supports. This new collaboration provides ANCOR members with a 10% discount on core CQL services, including CQL Accreditation, CQL Training, and CQL Certification. In addition to core services, this partnership also offers organizations a 10% discount on customized consultation. Learn more: https://c-q-l.org/ANCOR

Developmental Disabilities Quality Coalition

A coalition of nine national organizations formed to promote high quality, person-centered support networks in communities accross the nation.

The DDQC has worked to articulate the principles and essential components of a comprehensive, statewide quality management system.

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Liaison: Tom Lewins, New Avenues to Independence, Inc.

ANCOR is represented on several key technical committees of NFPA.

National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities

A partnership of national developmental disabilities organizations. The Consortium offers intensive week-long leadership institutes, short-term learning opportunities relevant to nonprofit leadership and management, mentoring programs, both undergraduate- and graduate-level campus-based programs, and a resource-rich website all aimed at improving the lives of people with developmental disabilities and their families.

The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities

A coalition of over 100 disability organizations working together to advocate national policy that ensures self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion for people with disabilities into all aspects of society.

The National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals
Liaison: Jerri McCandless, Member Relations and Board Development Director, ANCOR

A coalition of organization and individuals working to improve the skills and abilities of direct care professionals. Alliance member organizations represent the broad spectrum of interests affected by the role of direct support professionals.