Community Rehabilitation Provider (CRP) Information

Community Rehabilitation Providers (CRPs) are approved vendors who provide a variety of employment services to the individuals served by the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services as well as the Department of Health and Human Services.

Approval Categories

A CRP can be approved to provide services three ways;

In-State Approval
Mental Health Licensure
Commission on Accrediation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

In-State Approval

Accredited through the Maine Bureau of Rehabilitation Services (BRS) In-State Approval Process (if less than $100,000/year annual billing to BRS for community employment services for three consecutive years). In excess of this, the agency must become CARF acredited.

In-State Approval Standards

Mental Health Licensure

DHHS Licensed Mental Health Agency, licensed to provide Vocational Services (Note: Requirements are the same as Maine BRS In-State Approval Standards for Community Rehabilitation Providers; see In-State Approval above.)

DHHS Mental Health Agency Licensing Standards

Commission on Accrediation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Doing business with DHHS and BRS

When an agency has been approved under one of the three licensing categories, they would then need to negotiate a contract or agreement with each agency in order to be

For questions or more information, contact:

Valerie Oswald, Rehabilitation Consultant
Maine Department of Labor
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
150 SHS
Augusta, ME 04333

Phone: (207) 623-7963
TTY: 1-888-755-0023
Fax:(207) 28705292

E-mail: Valerie.J.Oswald@Maine.gov

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