CareWheels, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, was founded in 2001 to:

• Perform scientific research to develop Internet-enabled Assistive Technologies that will provide TeleCare Services for people of all ages with disabilities.
• Educate working-age people with disabilities about the use of these innovative Internet-enabled Assistive Technologies to support their independent living and improve their quality of life.
• Promote social welfare by providing innovative TeleCare Services to people of all ages with disabilities and particularly the growing population of frail elders.

Implementing the lessons learned in our first decade of service, CareWheels in 2010 is:

• Developing the tools needed to connect people into a community network of interdependence, by empowering us to reciprocate and providing incentives to volunteer.
• Deploying a free Internet-enabled Mutual Credit and Time Bank system, employing the principles of reciprocity, local sustainability, and the Golden Rule.