The Arc San Francisco

“The organization has members who pay dues as established by the board of directors.”

“The organization's members are entitled to elect the members of the board of directors, except where there is a vacancy mid-term.”

“Members of the organization are entitled to vote on the election or removal of directors, on the disposition of all or substantially all of the organization's assets, on any merger and on the dissolution of the organization.”

“The form 990 is prepared by our cpa firm, reviewed and approved by management, and provided to each member of the organization's board of directors for review and comment prior to filing.”

“The board of directors has approved a conflict of interest policy applicable to all directors and officers which requires review and disclosure of any potential conflicts on a regular basis. In addition, employees are covered by an employee conflict of interest policy during their term of employment.”

“The compensation for the organization's ceo is reviewed and approved by the board of directors and is based on market comparability data. The compensation of other officers and key employees is based on market comparability data, reviewed by human resources, and approved by appropriate management.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon written request. Financial statements and tax returns are also available on the organziations website.”

“Provides its clients with innovative programs to support their educational and career goals along with robust services to support independent living, promote personal health, encourage artistic expression, and facilitate recreational activities.”

“LIFELONG LEARNING The Arc San Francisco's Lifelong Learning team continued their comprehensive onsite services during 2024 and 2025 while ensuring a broad array of remote and hybrid services for individuals preferring to be served from home. To adapt our programming to the wants and needs of our client base, Lifelong Learning conducted our Participant Survey in 2025 receiving an overwhelmingly positive response: 100 participants responded and 95% of them were happy with their program goals. In response to participants' needs, we offer six participant-led classes in our courses to meet their expressed interests. The newest course is Calvin's Movement Club. Calvin and his group reserved a room for the class, selected music, learned dance moves, recruited co-teachers, created flyers, and drafted class guidelines. Last year's client led writing and self-publishing class, resulted in an anthology of clients' work which was published this year. The is titled "The Dances Within: Empowering Unheard Voicesis now available for sale on Amazon. The anthology was also selected for LitCrawl, a part of the annual San Francisco Litquake event. Clients read their work for the audience at a local cafe, and many of their peers joined them to cheer them on. In addition to our daytime services, The Arc San Francisco offers a popular Social and Recreational program for 230 Participants who attended in 2024 and 2025 and continue to benefit from opportunities to build peer relationships and inclusion in our community. Based on client interest there are both online and in-person programming. The successful Peer Mentor program culminated in a celebration featuring speeches and multi-media presentations created by the mentor/mentee pairs. Our remote team facilitated learning classes weekly, providing continued engagement to 24 Tailored Day Services participants through consistent and high-quality programming. Our arts program collaborated with the Lifelong Learning CAC (Client Advocacy Group) for a 2-part fundraising project designed by the clients of the CAC. The first part was an art contest open to all Arc SF participants. The CAC designed the contest rules and allocated funds for prizes. The top four winners went on to learn hand printing technique to print their designs on T-shirts. These t-shirts were very popular at the Holiday sale. A demonstration of hand printing techniques was also done at the sale. The Holiday sale was especially festive this year since the art program partnered with CCSF (City College- San Francisco) to present a theater program written and performed by Arc clients. Plans were made to bring the hand printing project back next year with new designs. Our Tailored Day Services (TDS) model program got its own service design and program team starting in September of 2025. We refer to our TDS branch of Lifelong Learning, Independent Services. Since September, we have been able to hire 6 new TDS employees and increase our TDS caseload. By Feb 2026, we had enough new employees and participants, we were able to hire a new Service Manager. Growth in TDS has been very encouraging and freeing up participants on our waitlist. 356 participants took part in Lifelong Learning 332 come on site 24 are remote 230 Unique participants attended FLM/Social Rec 78 TDS participants (includes "Day Program TDS"TDS" 6 client led classes 17 Self Advocates 100 participants shared their input in the survey 80% of respondents were from LL 95% stated they were happy with their goals. 30 classes in the hub (including FLM) Employment Services Employment Services continued to provide Employment/Internship support and Job Coaching services, which have all been primarily in-person. Our managers and job coaches continue to be a steady presence in our participants' lives in the workforce but also on a personal level. At our participants' respective job sites there was some turnover during the pandemic with site supervisors and staff departing. Our managers and co”

“Residential The Arc Residential team has continued the ongoing relationship with Mercy Housing with The Arc Mercy property on Page and Masonic. Victor Scaggs (Service Manager) continues to work as the onsite coordinator. He continues to help support Arc and non-Arc tenants with tenant issues throughout the year. These issues included problem solving neighbor disagreements, removal of non-tenant individuals doing untoward activities, and fire alarm issues. Throughout 2024/2025, The Arc and Bill Sorro Management worked together to try to find activities our DSPs could support them with. We worked a little with helping them during their weekly food drive. Our Wellness Team set up a booth in the common area on the first floor of the Bill Sorro building. The support offered was not utilized by tenants, and our DSPs would often sit around waiting for someone to support. After much discussion, in 2025 The Arc and Bill Sorro Management Teams decided to end our current MOU. The Arc Residential Team continued to serve our participants in SLS/ILS throughout 2025. There were many unique post-pandemic issues we helped our participants navigate, such as reconnecting with worksites and day programs, routine doctor appointments, budgeting and bill paying, shopping for groceries and personal items, preparing and cooking breakfast, lunches and dinners, laundry, housekeeping and other tasks as laid out based on participant need. The Arc Residential Team continued to work through the different challenges our participants faced throughout 2024/2025. Keeping people enrolled in the EBT program had become an issue. We found multiple participants we served had issues with being kicked off the EBT program for a myriad of reasons. We were able to get everyone back enrolled in the program and have not noticed that happening again. We were also able to help several participants save money to go on traveling vacations. Our other priorities concerned helping participants visit their doctor, investigate and purchase special tech tools, recover from surgery, and other duties as needed. The Arc is currently serving 18 participants in Independent/Supported Living Skills services and housing advocacy. 22 Adult services received 18ILS 4SLS 38 supported housing units provided stable homes.”

“HEALTH ADVOCACY The Wellness Services Program is dedicated to supporting The Arc participants in accessing and managing their health care needs. Many participants come to the program after years without medical care due to barriers such as fear of seeing a doctor, challenges navigating insurance systems, difficulty scheduling appointments, lack of transportation, or struggles communicating effectively with medical providers. The program helps participants overcome these obstacles by offering personalized guidance and support to connect them with the care they need while navigating the complex health systems. At the heart of the program are Health Advocates, who serve as compassionate bridges between participants, medical providers, and other support systems. Health Advocates operate much like health case managers, working alongside participants to help them achieve healthy, independent, and self-directed lives. Through home visits and initial assessments, Health Advocates gain a deep understanding of participants' living situations and support systems. This last fiscal year, we were able to assess 10 new participants to receive Wellness Services. Health Advocates tailor services to everyone's unique needs, to provide person-centered care that meets participants where they are. Health Advocates continue to make sure all participants are getting their routine vaccinations: Covid, flu, RSV, shingles, tetanus (as needed). 138 HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICES PARTICIPANTS 13,230.58 HEALTH CARE CASE MANAGEMENT HOURS 22 INTERVENTIONS: 7 EMERGENCY ROOM; 15 URGENT CARE APPOINTMENTS”