Disability Rights New Mexico

“The form 990 is prepared by the independent auditor, and the draft is reviewed by the executive director, the office manager, and all board members prior to filing with the irs.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed every year in january. Board members are required to complete and/or update the conflict of interest form at that time. Potential conflicts of interest are reviewed and discussed at board meetings, as applicable.”

“The board of directors periodically reviews and documents compensation levels for ceos of other similar organizations as part of due diligence with respect to compensation and benefit levels. Compensation levels for other staff are determined by the ceo, not the board, pursuant to organizational policy. However, information on salaries and benefits paid for comparable agencies is periodically reviewed and staff salaries are occasionally adjusted based on such review.”

“The organization's governing documents are available upon request. Financial information is included in the form 990, which is also available upon request. Basic information about the organization, its services, and funding sources is provided through the organization's website, www.drnm.org.”

“The board of directors serve in a volunteer capacity.”

“And budgeting process that had been adopted pursuant to a settlement agreement that resolved a lawsuit we filed previously. Drnm worked closely with the department of health, which operates the state's dd service program, to develop and implement a plan to bring that program into compliance with the community integration and person-centered planning requirements of federal regulation. This included providing input to the department on new services standards for the program. Another highlight of the year included drnm's efforts to educate policy- makers about the problems associated with restraint and seclusion of students with disabilities in public schools. The culmination of these efforts was the enactment of legislation prohibiting restraint and seclusion except in emergency situations.”

“Police department and the u.s. Department of justice. The agreement relates primarily to correcting a pattern of excessive force used against persons with mental illness. Paimi staff at drnm also participated by appointment on an advisory committee to the state supreme court which drafted rules adopted by the court relating to reporting information about individuals who would be disqualified from purchasing firearms through the fbi criminal background data system, and the committee also began work on criminal rules regarding competency evaluations. Drnm provided information to legislators about the lack of state oversight of boarding homes serving persons with mental illness, and about the problems associated with solitary confinement of individuals with severe mental illness in jails and prisons. In the 2017 session of the state legislature, bills were passed addressing these problems but were vetoed by the governor.”

“To assure that they have meaningful access to a full range of in-home and community-based services. The new process was adopted as a result of drnm advocacy efforts. Nearly 30,000 individuals now receive long-term services and supports through this program. Drnm staff also participated in a task force addressing issues affecting direct care workers who provide such long term services, and a separate task force appointed by the state supreme court addressing insufficient accountability and oversight in the state's guardianship system. Drnm also provided extensive comments on the state's proposed new medicaid managed care system.”

“Client assistance program civil legal services protection and advocacy for beneficiaries of social security protection and advocacy for help america vote act protection and advocacy for traumatic brain injury protection and advocacy for assistive technology”