Arc Northland

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Jul 15, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$2,325,216

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Health education/prevention:the fetal alcohol program provides fasd prevention education to middle/high school and college students. It also provides fasd intervention training for parents, professionals and providers who are working with individuals who have already been affected. The program served about 4,500 people in 2012.self-advocates minnesota (sam) is a statewide self-advocacy network wthat works with groups and individual sel advocates to promote personal empowerment, disability awareness and systems change. Sam community organizations help support this effort by offering skills, workshops, hands-on leader training, and training materials throughout the state, from crookston to east grand forks to duluth to waseca to st. Cloud to minneapolis. Advocating chagne together (act) located in st. Paul, minnesota supports the sam network and its leadership circle.in 2012 over 4,000 people received training and assistance from six different training teams. The training teams consisted of persons with and without disabilities. The self-advocaty program includes people first, women's group and men's group. All are groups for individuals with disabilities to increase self-advocac skills, learn about more community opportunities, discuss topics of interest and to build relationships. The number of peopel on the mailing lists fro the respective groupgs are:people first: 68 (this includes some group homes and community agencies which reach more individuals then with one mailing)women's group: 47men's group: 64there are usually 20-25 people at people first meetings and 12-15 at men's and women's groups. These groups meet monthly.

Activity 3

Respite care:provides a break for the care provider for peopel with a wide variet of special needs. Arc offers care providers who are professionally screened and trained. The care provided is paid for by waiver fudning or private pay by the family.

Filer

EIN

41-6042720