The Arc Austin 2015 Annual Report - Final

2015 Revenue

2015 Expenses

Of the people we served that reported in 2015....

Ninety-seven percent of our Juvenile Justice clients remained in school or working, while 86% of them did not offend or reoffend.

Sixty-three percent of our middle school transition students graduated to high school on time.

PEOPLE

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The Arc of the Capital Area empowers Central Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through compassionate case management and innovative programs.

http://www.arcaustin.org

Dear Friends,

All people deserve fulfilling lives where they can write their own stories of independence and satisfaction. Yet everyone needs support to find well-being. In particular, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) need additional resources to develop a vision and a plan for their lives. For 66 years, The Arc of the Capital Area has helped them to write their own stories.

We have grown from a grassroots group of concerned parents figuring out how to give their children better experiences in school to a 32-person nonprofit that listens to the stories of each client and provides tailored programs that provide positive outcomes across the lifespan for each individual and family.

In 2015, we developed new ways for people with I/DD to access technology, bolstered programs that help students make transitions from middle school to high school and from high school to the larger community, and continued to provide highly rated case management services to people and families affected by I/DD.

As a long-standing Austin institution, we know that each success story we see is the result of our wonderful community. We could not do our work without compassionate staff, dedicated volunteers, and visionary supporters. We also know that we must change and grow with our community, and so we have developed a new way to tell our story this year online. We hope you enjoy the journey.

Thank you for helping us write our story.

MISSION

Some of our favorite moments of 2015....

• The Building Bridges Celebration & Auction, in its 16th year, broke all records for attendance and fundraising.

• At Building Bridges, we inaugurated the John Traber Award for Philanthropy, named for a longstanding supporter of the gala. Our first awardee was the Junior League of Austin, who have brought their amazing volunteers and support to The Arc of the Arts Studio for many years.

• Our Family and Juvenile Transitions Program added a manager to oversee the service coordination as many client families must use various services that may involve different case managers. In the fall, we received multi-year funding from the City of Austin so that we could begin to reach even more families in need.
• The Arc of the Arts Program piloted the first full year of our Digital Media Arts curriculum and Adaptive Arts curriculum.

• The Adaptive Arts curriculum was our first collaboration with Rosedale School, the Austin Independent School District's only dedicated school for students with complex needs.

• Our Digital Media Arts curriculum received a generous contribution from Martin Instrument that helped us outfit a dedicated room for the computer lab!

Our volunteers and staff are the backbone of our services. Without them, we could not exist.

Thank you so much to our individual volunteers and the following volunteer groups:

• Bank of America
• CLS Partners
• Junior League of Austin
• JUSTSERVE
• Target
• Texas Alpha Phi Omega
• The University of Texas Cowboys
• The University of Texas Lassos
• The University of Texas Wranglers
• United Way's Day of Caring
• United Federal Credit Foundation
• Vanderbilt College Alternative Spring Break
• Young Men's Service League

2015 Board of Directors

Bill Ebs, CPA

PRESIDENT

New England Financial

John Orton

VICE PRESIDENT

Amplify Credit Union

Ron Wilt

TREASURER

IBM Global Financing

Roxy Bartley

Any Baby Can

Maureen Benschoter, MD

Louis Bratton

The Bratton Firm P.C.

James Brown, MD

Seton Health Plan/Network Case Management

Ed Clements

KLBJ-AM

Elisa Maldonado-Holmertz

Obelix Consulting, LLC

Barbara P. Mink, EdD

The University of Texas at Austin

Craig Niederstadt

C.S. Neiderstadt Investments, LLC

Steve Skarnulis

Cain & Skarnulis, LLP

Bob Spurck

Branson & Spurck Healthcare Solutions

Kara Swinney

Geraldine Tucker

Austin Community College

Kerry Ugarte

J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Kristi Weitz

Weitz Morgan PLLC

THANK YOU

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