The Association for Development of the Exceptional Incorporated

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“Board of directors review and approve the executive director's compensation and approve the other officer or key employee's compensation.”

“The governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“In summary, at present we hold the following banking relationships: first american bank-ade main operational account first american bank -ade money market "building and acquisitions" first american bank -ade payroll first american bank -ade miscellaneous account first american bank -ade money market account sunstate bank-ade credit line sunstate bank-ade revolving checking account 7) we continue to: a. Approach all vendors for possible reduction in pricing, and imposed a stricter and more thorough procurement process to make sure we are getting the best for our dollar. B. Work closely with our insurance agents, since insurance premiums are one of the agencies highest expense. The goal is to reduce the cost on policies while keeping the prudent and required coverage. C. Advice all personnel to be frugal in areas from office supplies, educational supplies, janitorial maintenance supplies, etc. D. Involve the staff in the goals and triumphs of the organization has proven very wise during this year of growth and change. All the staff is feeling the ade pride and have contributed greatly in all the extra work and logistic regarding the relocation and transition. 8) alternative funding sources: in addition, to the previously described funding opportunities ade has enjoyed for many years, which have been exceptionally difficult and competitive to maintain at the same level or to hand on to at all. Ade continues to procure alternative grants and funding sources, as well as private donations. Milestones thru the past 5 year plan: 1) on august 21-18 ade purchased a new, two story, and 9,000 sq. Ft. Property at 200 ne 2nd drive, homestead, florida 33030. The building is located in a prime area off us 1, two blocks from downtown homestead, and the new city hall. The decision was made after months of cries from parents from the homestead area, as well as the upper florida keys. We spend months remodeling and seeking zoning and co. We opened our doors for programming november 2019, it has been a success. 2) on april 4, 2017 ade purchased 7330 nw 12 street for $3 mil, the property appraised for $3.4mil, two tenants were occupying, tax e filing leasing at $3,593.04 per mo. Till april 2018, and vida plena at $4,622. Per month till april 2018 3) the above mentioned tenant "tax e filing" left prior to their lease commitment. This allowed us to move ade's administrative offices from our hialeah branch to the second floor of the central branch, creating additional space to increment our hialeah enrollment. As well, it opened up new space for classroom creation at the central branch second floor. 4) on april 2018 the lease for "vida plena church" terminated. As they left our building a new phase of re-modeling began since the space could now be used for programming purposes. This has opened up many new opportunities for services and activities since part of this space constitutes a 2,000 sq. Ft. Auditorium. 5) the culinary training program was diversified to all three branches, now consisting of one head chef/instructor, one assistant chef/instructor and one vocational skills trainer. 6) we began operating ade's silver program in 2017, offering specialized geriatric services to 55+ developmentally disabled seniors. 7) ade received 3 special appropriations from tallahassee's 2018 budget legislative session: 1) $125,000 for culinary program 2) for $75,000 for our silver program 3) $100,000 for a capital outlay, affording 33% of the cost to build a new professional training kitchen, the remaining cost will derive from ade's building and acquisition reserves. 8) ade received $22,000 from mayor suarez, city of miami-social services gap program. 9) on december 19, 2018 ade added a 2018, 15 passenger ford e-350 lx van to its fleet, at a cost of $28,991.94 10) on june 3, 2019 ade added a 2019, 15 passenger ford e-350 lx van to its fleet, at a cost of $29,791.89 11) ade received 99.1% compliance from the agency for persons with disabilities during the annua”