2023 Annual Report | Inclusive Democracy

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2023 Annual Report

INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY

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A LETTER FROM LEADERSHIP

For The Arc Baltimore, 2023 was a year of significant impact and growth.

At the culmination of our strategic plan, which we developed four years prior, we celebrated the collective achievements that built our organization’s future through system transformation, investing in our talent, increased board engagement, and an infusion of our new mission and vision.

We successfully implemented the State’s new billing system, requiring a herculean effort across the organization and an expanded compliance team. Our compensation study led to competitive wages for all staff, including a new starting rate for direct support professionals, an increase of 63% over the last four years!

Fourteen direct support professionals participated in our Career Lattice program to earn higher wages and enhance their skills, while another group of staff graduated from our year-long Leadership Institute. We’re halfway toward training all our staff in a nationally recognized curriculum based on a set of principles that focuses on the needs of each person we support to help them live their best lives. Our DEI committee, with its three subcommittees—Culture, Pride, and Neurodiversity—continued to drive impact.

Our Community Employment Team helped over 50 people acquire new jobs, and those who receive our meaningful day services are out and about with friends, enjoying their shared interests now more than ever.

Staff from our Community Living department supported people in building connections with their neighbors and preparing for their dream vacation, ensuring they could make their homes their own.  We engaged hundreds of families through direct financial assistance via our family fund, parent and sibling support groups, and providing resources and a listening ear.

Our New Hope for All advocacy group saw renewed excitement, electing new leadership and establishing monthly impact meetings. We encourage you to meet the New Hope for All members below, who reflect on the importance of advocacy and voting as powerful tools for change.

One in every nine voters identifies as having a disability, and their collective voice grows each year, influencing policies on healthcare, accessible and reliable transportation, staff wages, and employment opportunities. However, as evidenced by the statistics below, there is much more to do.

As we approach the upcoming November election, we urge you to exercise your right to vote. Let’s ensure that our nation’s democracy is inclusive of all and our voices are heard loud and clear, advocating for a world where all people are valued, their voices are heard, and their impact is felt.

Kathleen McNally Durkin

Chief Executive Officer

Erik Daly

President

STATS | THE DISABILITY VOTE

The largest voting block is
the disability community with
38M people!
29%
of projected voters will
have a disability or a
house member with one.
In the 2020 election,
11% of
the voters
identified as having
a disability.
74%
of people with disabilities
depend upon
MAIL-IN AND
EARLY VOTING.
1 in 7
voters with disabilites
had difficulty voting in
the 2022 election.
35 states
have constitutional provisions
that can prevent people
with disabilities
from voting!

Stat 1 and 2 - SOURCE | Stat 3 - SOURCE | Stat 4 and 5 - SOURCE | Stat 6 - SOURCE

DEVELOP YOUR VOICE

When I joined New Hope for All, it helped me not to be shy and speak up for myself. In my leadership role, I want to coach others to advocate for themselves and help them talk to the world. I don’t want them to think they can’t. If you don’t speak up, people will never know what you need in life.

I’ve been to Annapolis multiple times to speak with our senators and delegates about the issues that are impacting people with disabilities. They need to know what is happening and hear it directly from us.

Tavon Jackson

President, New Hope for All

A VOTE FOR OTHERS

When you vote, it allows your opinion to be known. I vote because I want to ensure that Maryland continues to provide safe and reliable transportation options like Mobility for people with disabilities to go to work or visit friends and families.

Arthur Machesney

Member, New Hope for All

AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY

Yes, I am disabled, but I don’t want people to treat me like that is the only thing I am. Sometimes, people make assumptions about me when I haven’t said anything, or they think, ‘Oh, poor you!’ When people tell me I can’t do something, I always say, 'I can,’ whether I need help or can't. I still want the opportunity to try.

Always advocate for yourself, no matter what. I want everyone to know they have a right to say what they want. Don't let me or anybody stop you. Advocate!

People with disabilities need opportunities to learn how to vote, the steps needed to submit a regular or absentee ballot, and how they can get help when voting.

Valerie Smith

Vice President, New Hope for All

A UNITED EFFORT

New Hope for All helps me, and I help them. I like this group. We talk about how important it is to speak up for your rights!

James Peddicord

Member, New Hope for All

POWER OF ADVOCACY

It is important to advocate for yourself and your rights because it allows people to choose the support they receive or the type of education or job they want.

At our New Hope for All meetings, we discuss our staff and share suggestions on how to help our staff understand how to support us better. People share great ideas.

If anyone told me that they didn’t vote or didn’t want to vote, I would tell them that the right to vote is a privilege and encourage them to do it because it is important, and not everyone had the right to do it in the past.

Jenny Herrmann

Secretary, New Hope for All

 

NEW HOPE FOR ALL - BONUS PORTRAITS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

President Erik P. Daly Fulton Bank

Vice President Tiana D. Wynn SB & Company, LLC

Treasurer Robbie Thompson Ernst & Young LLP

Secretary Marianne Bishoff Carter Machinery

Immediate Past President Thomas Sand Ernst & Young LLP

Directors

Darrin Brown McClung-Logan Equipment Co.

Larry Burley, Jr. BGE

Ericka N. Covington Coppin State University

Melissa Dabrowski Constellation

Gail Garland Heart of Life Services

Erik Moore Moore Wealth

Alicia Morgan-Cooper, M.D. Village Pediatrics

Paris Price MD Brand / Self-Advocate

Chris Schantz Northrup Grumman

Jill Vocci, O.D Pediatric Eye Care of Maryland

Tracy Voelker Self-advocate

Jenene Washington Renaye James Healthcare Advisors

Rico Winston Urban Development Group / Parent Advocate

Matthew Yancisin Alterwood Health, Inc.

2023 FINANCIALS

Statement of financial positionJUNE 30, 2023
(IN THOUSANDS)
ASSETSFY23
Cash / Receivables$27,856.0
Property and equipment (net)7,999.7
Other assets6,454.8
Total asset$42,310.5
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Total liabilities$17,279.9
Net Assets
Without Donor Restrictions24,562.7
With Donor Restrictions467.9
Total net assets25,030.6
Total liabilities and net assets$42,310.5
Our Donors
Major Gift ($10,000 and above)

The Baltimore Community Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Brandenburg
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Himelfarb
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Mays
Safeway Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sand
Scientific Plant Service, Inc.
Sephora (Tides Foundation)
The Campbell Foundation, Inc.
Total Wine & More

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. If you feel there is an error, please contact our Development Office at 410.296.2272 x5220

OUR MISSION & VISION

The Arc Baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.
A world where all people are valued, their voices are heard, and their impact is felt.

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