National Telecommuting Institute
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NTI, Inc. is an American nonprofit organization that seeks to promote teleworking as a means of providing accessible employment opportunities to the disabled community. The organization is based in Boston.
The primary roles NTI fills include Call Centers, Sales, Customer Service, Tier I and Tier II Help Desk roles. NTI supplies call center technology in addition to personnel.
NTI was established on June 23, 1995, by three founders: Dr. Paul Corcoran, Chairman of the Rehabilitation Department at the Tufts New England Medical Center; Dr. Mark Schlesinger, Chairman of the Health Economics Department at Yale; and Dr. M.J. Willard, a Behavioral Psychologist with 15 years of experience assisting individuals with severe physical disabilities in their home environment.[1]
Following the inception of NTI, the non-profit expanded into three divisions: NTI@Home, LandAjob, and The Staffing Connection.
The Medical Transcription (MT) division was disbanded at the end of 2014.
Funding
NTI receives its primary funding from participating state vocational rehabilitation agencies, competitive grant programs, charitable donations, and the Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work program as a participating Employment Network. Organizations and programs that have generously provided grants and donations to NTI include The AT&T Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, The Fidelity Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,[2] the U.S. Department of Education: RSA Project With Industries,[3] and the U.S. Department of Labor: Office of Disability Employment Policy.[4][5]
