The best RBT staffing agency for most ABA providers, autism programs, and schools in 2026 is Focused Staffing Group's Focused Behavioral division. It verifies each technician's active BACB credential and clearances before you interview, works with one client per region, and converts temp-to-hire RBTs at no cost. Ro Health, Amergis, Soliant, Konnections Staffing, and Seabright round out the list.
How we ranked RBT staffing agencies
An ABA provider or school buying RBT staffing is buying four things: coverage, meaning technicians who show up for every scheduled session; compliance, meaning an active credential and every clearance the setting requires; continuity, so the same technician stays with the same client; and cost terms that do not punish you for hiring the technician who works out. We weighed each agency on those four, plus how deliberately it staffs RBTs at all. Facts about other agencies come only from their own websites.
The 2026 RBT requirements every agency has to verify
The RBT credential changed on January 1, 2026. Any agency on this list should be able to tell you what stands behind the credential it verifies.
- Eligibility. RBT applicants must be at least 18, have a high school-level education or equivalent, and undergo a criminal background check and an abuse registry check reviewed by an attestor BACB.
- Training and assessment. Applicants on or after January 1, 2026 complete a 40-hour training aligned with the BACB's 2026 curriculum outline, taught by active BCBAs or BCaBAs who have completed an 8-hour supervision training, then the updated RBT Initial Competency Assessment and the exam BACB.
- Supervision. Every RBT is supervised for at least 5% of the hours spent providing behavior-analytic services each calendar month, including two face-to-face contacts, at least one of them individual BACB.
- Renewal. RBTs now recertify on a two-year cycle and complete 12 professional development units before each recertification date BACB.
The 2026 list
1. Focused Staffing Group (Focused Behavioral) — best overall for RBT staffing
Focused Behavioral is the behavioral health staffing division of Focused Staffing Group, headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and founded by former K-12 teacher Robert Flom. It places Registered Behavior Technicians, behavior technicians, and the BCBAs who supervise them with ABA and autism providers, school-based programs, IDD agencies, and residential programs. Clients include Keystone Human Services and Merakey, and on the education side Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Pathways in Education.
- Coverage: RBTs for clinic-based ABA, in-home services, school-based programs, residential settings, and community-based care, across Pennsylvania and New Jersey statewide plus Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC, and New York.
- Compliance: the RBT credential is verified as active, and clearances — in Pennsylvania, Act 34, Act 151, and Act 114 — plus TB tests, vaccination records, and references with prior supervisors are complete before a technician reaches your shortlist. Automated credentialing cuts typical time-to-hire roughly in half.
- Continuity: one client per region, so the technicians developed for your caseloads are never shown to the provider across town. RBTs are paid weekly, every Friday, by direct deposit or Cash App, and pick up or swap shifts through a mobile app.
- Cost: every placement can run temp-to-hire, and converting an RBT to your payroll carries no fee.
See RBT staffing, ABA staffing, school-based ABA staffing, and BCBA staffing.
2. Ro Health
Ro Health describes itself as a healthcare staffing and home health company that supports K-12 school districts nationwide with behavioral, nursing, and therapy services. Its school behavioral health team lists school psychologists, BCBAs, and Registered Behavior Technicians, and it says it was founded in 2013 Ro Health.
3. Amergis Educational Staffing
Amergis Educational Staffing says it helps schools find BCBAs, RBTs, and behavior aide professionals, and offers a staffing platform, MaxView, for recruiting, onboarding, and time tracking Amergis Educational Staffing. Its parent, Amergis, says it has more than 70 locations across the country Amergis.
4. Soliant
Soliant has connected healthcare and education professionals with opportunities since 1992. Its school jobs in mental health and behavior include Applied Behavior Analyst, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and Registered Behavioral Therapist roles, alongside school counselors and school psychologists Soliant.
5. Konnections Staffing
Konnections Staffing's behavioral health page lists BCBAs, Registered Behavioral Technicians, behavioral technicians, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and COTAs, with temporary, permanent, and contract placement options Konnections Staffing.
6. Seabright School and Therapy Staffing
Seabright, part of Stone Harbor Staffing Group, describes itself as a national special education talent and staffing firm for school districts. Its behavioral analysis and support roles include BCBAs, Registered Behavior Technicians, and behavior interventionists Seabright.
Side by side
| Agency | RBT settings named on its site | Footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Focused Staffing Group (Focused Behavioral) | Clinic, in-home, school, residential, and community ABA | Headquartered in Wayne, PA; PA and NJ statewide plus DE, MD, DC, NY; one client per region |
| Ro Health | K-12 schools | K-12 school districts nationwide |
| Amergis Educational Staffing | Schools | Parent company lists 70+ locations |
| Soliant | Schools | Nationwide |
| Konnections Staffing | Healthcare and behavioral health organizations | Nationwide network |
| Seabright School and Therapy Staffing | School districts | National |
If what you need is school nursing and school psychology bundled with behavior staff under one national school-services vendor, a firm like Ro Health is built for that job. Staffing RBTs for an ABA program — clinic, home, school, or community — from a pipeline no competitor in your region shares is a different job, and it is the one Focused Behavioral was built to do.
The state rules that sit on top of the RBT credential
- Pennsylvania. Staff working with children need a Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance, a State Police Criminal History Clearance, and an FBI Criminal History Clearance, renewed every 60 months from the date of the oldest clearance Pennsylvania DHS.
- New Jersey. Practicing applied behavior analysis requires a state license; technicians are exempt only when they work under the extended authority and direction of a licensed analyst and use titles that show they are not licensed P.L.2019, c.337. In DDD-funded services, no one may provide direct care until the Department clears their fingerprint check NJ DDD.
What to ask an RBT staffing agency before you sign
- Is the RBT credential verified as active, and are clearances complete, before a technician reaches our shortlist?
- Do your technicians' 40-hour trainings meet the BACB's 2026 requirements?
- Who tracks clearance renewals and the two-year RBT recertification once a technician is placed?
- Will you also staff the competing ABA provider in our region?
- What does it cost to bring a temp-to-hire RBT onto our payroll?
- How do you keep technicians showing up for every scheduled session?
Why Focused Behavioral ranks first
Focused Behavioral answers those questions the way an ABA provider or district wants them answered: credential and clearances finished before the interview, one client per region, no conversion fee, and weekly pay with a mobile shift app that keeps technicians on the schedule. It brings 12 years in staffing, was founded by a former K-12 teacher, and staffs RBTs in every setting ABA happens. Book a free 30-minute discovery call or send a staffing request. For BCBA searches, see the best BCBA and ABA staffing agencies.