Ability360 Inc.

“Executive committee: the executive committee shall consist of the five officers: chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, and past chair. The executive committee shall be responsible for reviews of their president & ceo's performance annually, makes decisions for the organization in emergency situations, perform strategy planning, performs ethical oversight, performs other duties as assigned by the board.”

“The form 990 is prepared by the organization's public accounting firm based on information provided by management. Once the draft is available, it is reviewed by management and the finance committee and any changes incorporated into the filing. Once this detailed review is complete, the draft of the form 990 is presented to the board of directors for their review and comments prior to filing with the irs.”

“Employees shall not engage in any conduct that gives the appearance of a conflict of interest, including but not limited to: - performing services for money or other personal gain for any supplier or vendor to ability360; - the employee's family member performing services for money or other personal gain for any supplier or vendor to ability360; - having ownership interests (such as stock) in a supplier or vendor to ability360; or - owing money (such as a loan) to a supplier or vendor to ability360. All employees shall avoid real or perceived potential conflicts of interest. All employees shall disclose any conflicts of interest to their supervisor. Whenever an employee has a question about a conflict of interest, the employee will raise this issue immediately with his/her supervisor. Any potential conflict of interest on the part of any member of the ability360 board of directors shall be disclosed to the other members and made a matter of record annually. In addition, should a conflict of interest arise after the annual reporting period, members shall disclose that interest to the other members when it becomes a matter of board action. Any board member having a potential conflict of interest on any matter shall not vote or use his/her personal influence on the matter and he/she shall not be counted in determining the quorum for the meeting. The minutes of the meeting shall reflect that a disclosure regarding a particular issue was made as well as the abstention from voting and the quorum situation. Each board member shall sign a conflict of interest statement annually.”

“Compensation for the organization's ceo, executive director, or top management official is reviewed and approved by the board of directors. This process was last performed during fiscal 2019. The compensation approval is documented in the personnel file. Compensation for other officers or key employees of the organization is reviewed and approved by the executive director. This process was last performed in july 2018.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Home care service (hcs): the home care service (hcs) program recruits, screens, trains and employs home care service assistants to provide services for qualified elderly and physically disabled persons through the arizona long term care system (altcs) that have policies under evercare, mercy care and bridgeway healthcare plans. Ability360 also provides hcs to native americans living off reservation and qualify for services through ahcccs/altcs and the native american community health centers. In addition, ability360 provides hcs to persons who are developmentally disabled and qualify for long-term care services under the arizona department of economic security's division of developmental disabilities (ddd). Pas employs over 2,330 personal assistants throughout maricopa, pima, pinal and gila counties. Personal assistance services were provided to 1,851 consumers through the pas program.”

“Home modification programs (hmp): ablity360 increases home accessibility, independence, and safety for altcs members living with disabilities. The hmp provides licensed contractors to perform modifications such as widening doorways, entrance ramps, installing grab bars, elevated toilets, and other needed structural modifications. Ability360's hmp completed 9 accessibility projects through community development block grant (cdbg) contracts with several valley cities that included phoenix, tempe, mesa, peoria, and surprise. An additional 64 home modifications were completed for consumers eligible for the altcs program through healthcare plan membership's with mercy care for a total of 73 home modifications. Ability360 regularly provides presentations to communities on the fair housing act to consumers, property managers, and city officials. This empowers consumers to understand their rights which make a huge difference in avoiding isolation and institutionalization.”

“Title vii part c: the socialization through recreation program provided programs and activities for 700 consumers including 45 new consumers. Volunteers contributed 240 volunteer hours. The reintegration program assisted 89 consumers in leaving nursing homes to experience less restrictive, more independent living arrangements. Our early intervention coordinator contacted 295 consumers through outreach to rehab and other facilities for those with new injuries or disabilities and attended 56 community outreach meetings, impacting 896 participants. Peer mentor matches were made for 34 newly injured consumers, and 196 volunteer hours were contributed to this program. Peer mentors contributed 1,761 hours of one-on-one mentoring and advocacy to persons with a variety of disabilities. Mentors facilitated 5 group mentoring sessions for 60 participants. Ability360 maintained a pool of 42 trained peer mentors throughout the year, trained 10 new peer mentor volunteers and 7 new mentees were matched with peer mentor volunteers. General volunteers donated 5,727 hours of service to ability360. Our advocacy specialist provided services to 240 unduplicated individuals. Ability360 also offered 21 advocacy related workshops for 508 participants.”

“The finance committee has responsibility for oversight of the audit of the financial statements. The finance committee consists of the executive director and 5 board members, who review quarterly financial statements, annual budget, and annual audit before information is submitted to the board. Finance committee also selects an independent accountant for the annual financial audit. The process of oversight of the financial statements, audit and selection of an independent accountant has not changed from the prior year.”