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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 with IDD, from birth to end of life, their families and community professionals in Boulder and Broomfield Counties regardless of gender, income level, or ethnicity. ACL supports children in BVSD and SSVSD. Numbers Served - In 2017, 330 unduplicated people received advocacy services from the ACL. They had over 3800 efforts. 115 of these people were children who received 340 advocacy efforts and 215 adults received 3437 advocacy efforts. 2506 of these efforts were for Direct Advocacy, 1042 were for Consultation, 234 were for Basic Needs assistance and 50 were for Crisis. In addition to direct advocacy we had 5879 attendance in our group activities and/or trainings. 1409 attendance for people who also receive advocacy plus 4470 in additional attendance. This additional attendance is not unduplicated but is over 1800 more attendance than last year. We have 60 LouisviIle residents that participate in the ACL. In addition to our 37 members who are Louisville residents we also have 24 people who are receiving direct advocacy services at this time. The trending of our data shows that the efforts of the ACL are having a positive impact on short and medium -term outcomes with less crisis and movement in a positive direction in 14 of 21 Self -Sufficiency Matrix Domains across a two year period. Income reported from the 330 people receiving advocacy was: 59% have extremely low incomes, (less than or equal to 30% AMI), 2% Very Low -Income (3 I % - 50% AMI), 2% Low Income, (50% - 80% AMI), 1 % Median Income: (81 % - 100% AMI), 6% Not Low -Income, (Above 100% of AMI), 30% unknown. • Qualitative measures: How will you measure the success of this program/activity? Success for the people we serve is access to general education, housing, health care, employment and the opportunity to participate fully in the experiences of life and to contribute to community life. Stability for people with developmental disabilities comes with having the ability to navigate systems and advocate as independently as possible for their needs. Typically, a participant could come to us as a child navigating the public school system, or as an adult navigating public service systems or in crisis from abuse, legal issues, homelessness and poverty, with immediate basic needs. The work that we do protects the human rights of the people we serve and moves them over the long-term to greater self-sufficiency. We use a longitudinal measurement tool, (Boulder County Self -Sufficiency Matrix) to measure progress over time for the people who receive individual advocacy and we analyze this data annually. This analysis shows us trends and patterns that we use to make informed program development decisions and gives us empirical verification that we are effective in our work and that the work we do has an impact on our community. We evaluate our programs on an ongoing basis to assess our success in meeting goals. We are balancing the black and white of our data analysis with the stories of the people we serve who breathe life into the work that we do and whose input enables us to co - create solutions to the barriers people with IDD face. 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? Advocacy teaches people how to advocate for themselves and their loved ones and to navigate the disability systems that are supposed to connect them to resources. They learn how to stay at the center of their story using a person -centered approach, and how to make their voice heard. If 15