National Telecommuting Institute a non-profit virtual staffing agency, which supports persons with disabilities, in finding appropriate at-home jobs. NTI advocates empowering persons with disabilities to take active roles in their lives and in the community in which they live. It is located in Boston, Massachusetts with satellite offices in California, Texas, and Washington DC. The medical transcriptionist (MT) arm of the business is directed out of North Carolina. NTI was established by Dr. M.J. Willard and grew out of the efforts of a small group of rehabilitation professionals searching for strategies to help the large number of talented and motivated individuals with disabilities who strongly prefer or require home-based work. The company is a 501(c) (3) begun in 1995.