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CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO GRANT APPLICATION FOR NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 1. Organizational background: What is the mission of your organization? Briefly present the strategies you use to achieve your mission. What is the source of information used to verify the need for the services your organization provides? This mission of the ACL is to promote attitudes, practices, programs and policies that enable people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be included as a natural and integral part of community life. We supply families with the tools they need to advocate effectively, even during stressful circumstances, through a strengths -based approach. Community need is determined with our boots on the ground, through information sharing between our collaborators in the DD field and with regular surveys, and our intake procedures. 2. Program description: What are the specific activities /programs for which you are requesting funding? If requesting general /operating support, provide an overview of the organization's activities. We have three programs. Our Child and Family Empowerment Program provides children with DD access to the supports and services they need to live in their family homes, succeed in school and participate in all the experiences of childhood. Our Adult Empowerment Program provides advocacy, supportive consultation and education to people with developmental disabilities and their families. Our goal is to promote self- determination, full community participation, self - reliance, interdependence, health, and safety. Our Safe and Inclusive Communities Program provides people with DD opportunities to participate in their community and gives other community members the opportunity to benefit from their interactions with people with DD. 3. Program measurements: Provide the following information for the program /activities for which funding is requested: • Quantitative measures: For example, describe the overall population and geographic area targeted for service, with more specific information about the population you expect to reach in Louisville. Our target population is people, in Boulder and Broomfield Counties, with developmental disabilities, their families and community professionals. According to the CDC approximately 4% of the population has DD and/or autism, this would be approximately 14,000 people in our area. We currently have 403 members of which 42 are from Louisville. There is little community level data gathered for people with DD locally but we see a continuous growing need for our programs. • Qualitative measures: How will you measure the success of this program /activity? In 2014 we are customizing a new database that integrates our intake /demographic data with our program participation numbers, our logic model pieces, impact indicators, outcomes and Self- Sufficiency Matrix domains. Demographic data will be collected upon intake. Participation will be input daily, the SSM will be administered in 90 day intervals and our membership satisfaction survey will be done annually. We will be developing measurement tools for our trainings in 2015. We continually evaluate our programs to assess the organization's success in meeting its mission. 4. Evaluation: If you offered this program in the past year, provide a brief description of successes and challenges. What, if any, changes will you implement to address this evaluation? On a daily basis we are in our community making a difference in the lives of our communities most vulnerable residents. This includes moving people out of homelessness, ensuring that children with a developmental disability aren't segregated away from their peers because of their disability and keeping people from falling through holes in the systems. We are the safety net's safety net. Wait -lists for services, lack of affordable housing, employment opportunities and increasing demands on family caregivers all create ongoing challenges for our organization. We are challenged to pace our growth and agency improvements. 7