People with Disabilities Foundation

“The officers have reviewed the form 990, its schedules and related attachments in detail and have presented the return and their findings to the balance of the governing body for their concurrence.”

“Pwdf monitors this on an on-going basis; as a small agency, it would have been reported and discussed at every general annual and budget board meeting. This fy there was no need for enforcement.”

“Every year, the voting board reviews the staffing and salary structure at the pwdf general annual budget meeting in april or may. Periodically, (every 5 years), we purchase naional and regional salary data from guidestar to compare our salary structure with similar nonprofits that have similar budget amounts.”

“The documents are available upon request to the organization and also through the office of the california attorney general.”

“They discriminate against people with mental (schizophrenia) and developmental (autism) disabilities. (case nos. 3:06-cv-6108 emc (nc) and 3:09-cv-980 emc (nc).) this is the first time the ssa has offered reasonable accommodations on the basis of mental/developmental disabilities. We are currently in the enforcement stage, ensuring the ssa is not in violation of this settlement agreement.”

“People with mental and/or developmental disabilities statewide and locally, including for organizations such as nami california, nami san francisco chapter, the bar association of san francisco, and support for families of children with disabilities, among others. This fiscal year, we began implementing recommendations from a "capstone" team of graduate students from the new york university's robert f. Wagner graduate school of public service on expanding pwdf's public awareness and education program from a primarily local program to national through the use of technology. Pwdf's 16th free 3-hour public awareness seminar was on the topic of adults with autism; a panel of experts presented information on challenges and resources available to adults with autism spectrum disorder (asd) navigating institutions and services. The seminar focused on assessment and diagnosis of adults with asd, treatments available for adults with asd, qualifying for california regional center benefits as an adult, and supplemental security income (ssi). Pwdf has also recruited psychiatrists specializing in autism for our advisory board to provide information and insight in support of our legal and educational work.”

“Prior period adjustment -5,506”