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2018 ANNUAL REPORT What would it take for the Toledo area to be named the most disability-friendly community in the country? The Ability Center posed this question to the community in the hopes of engaging local conversation around disability and fostering change. The Disability Dialog campaign has sparked powerful discussions between many sectors: religious affiliations, civic groups, businesses, and public officials. Information collected on the campaign’s website, disabilitydialog.com, will shape our strategic plan. These initiatives will impact generations of people with and without disabilities for years to come. Planning is underway for our Centennial celebration in 2020. We are looking ahead to the future while honoring our agency’s roots. Events will be hosted throughout the year to highlight our rich history of service, evolution as an agency, and our role in creating a disability-friendly community in the region. 2018 brought new collaborative partnerships including a relationship with Agility Angels, a local dog training program for individuals living with autism. Program participants benefit from socialization and camaraderie from working with dogs as they maneuver agility courses. Fundraising efforts are underway for a new state-of-the- art training facility to be shared by Agility Angels and our Assistance Dogs for Achieving Independence (ADAI) program. Program data continues to showcase effectiveness and meaningful outcomes. Our supporters can feel confident knowing our programming is effective, non-duplicative, and consumer-centered. Countless notes and voicemails of gratitude from consumers are proof that our mission is being fulfilled. Our staff’s care and attention to detail is being noticed by those we serve. Thank you for following along on our journey; we can’t wait to share what’s next. Tim Harrington, Exective Director 2 PREVENTION IS POWER COMMUNITY 94% “I appreciate all that you have LIVING Success Rate done for me to get home.” PROGRAM in 2018 ROBERT MOODY, 82 At first glance, our services in TRANSITION transitioning people from facilities to Staff members act as transition community-based living may seem like coordinators working along with just a physical relocation of residence. But rehabilitation facilities to ensure a safe the bigger picture of The Ability Center’s discharge. We assist in securing accessible Community Living Program is felt by and affordable housing, purchasing people who can continue to live in the needed household items, and creating a home they have worked their whole life to safe environment to live. pay off. It is found in the moments spent cooking in the kitchen with grandchildren. PREVENTION It is experienced through feelings of safety The structure of our programs and security in the home. actively prevents people from living in Our comprehensive approach to transition institutions. Home modifications and begins with the person’s greatest needs in medical equipment enhance access and mind. Equipped with connections to home increase maneuverability for people at care agencies, access to durable medical home. equipment, and capability to construct Our work doesn’t end when the keys are home modifications, our dedicated staff handed over. Staff continue to engage members take time to do more than check with individuals to be safe, active, and boxes, we build relationships. involved members of their community. People have moved back into the community since the program's inception in 2001 816 3 PROGRAMS 6 TOTAL Advocacy Assistance Dogs for Achieving Independence 8 Community Living SERVED Equipment Loan Home Accessibility 6 Information and Referral Life Skills 360 326 Because of The Ability Center... I have discovered independence"Meyer gives me unconditional love "I am able to take and he never judges ahold of my destiny me. He gives me and move forward confidence to a new future." to go out in the - BRANDEN community." DODSON - JESSICA GUTIERREZ AND MEYER Assistance Dogs - 697 Assistive Technology - 3,675 Diversion - 73 10,682 Education - 80 Calls taken by Ability Employment - 93 Center staff regarding Health Care - 567 disability topics. Through Housing - 3,447 Ongoing Community Supports - 1,587 our referral network, Recreation - 31 we connect people to Relocation - 267 resources to ensure needs Systems Accessibility - 13 are addressed. Transportation - 79 Other - 73 WHO WE SERVED CONSUMER DISABILITY Physical 45% Cognitive 29% Multiple Disabilities 18% Hearing 3% Emotional 2% 162 124 Youth with I have discovered independence Other 2% Dog partnerships disabilities successful and Vision 1% completed at least active in the one independent community living or employment goal CONSUMER AGE 940 153 60+ 255 Pieces of durable Modification 25-59 217 medical equipment projects were were loaned or completed to 5-19 148 gifted to 677 ensure home individuals accessibility 20-24 58 Under 5 8 17,000 Hours of direct service The Welles Society, named after David K. Welles, Sr. and his family, recognizes donors whose annual monetary or in-kind contributions totaled $1,000 or more during our fiscal year, October 1, 2017 - September 30, 2018. A-Gas Americas Paul and Stephany Johnson Trinity Door Systems Gerald and Gwen Ames Kathleen Kavanagh Mary and Mark Tucker Auxiliary to The Ability Center Walda Kelly The University of Toledo Foundation Elsie & Harry Baumker Charitable Foundation Carol Knorr Waite-Brand Foundation Ted and Beth Bowman Holly Koester Randy, Carolyn, and Tom Watterworth David and Claire Browning Kroger Co. Deke and Hope Welles Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233 Edward Lamb Foundation, Inc. Georgia Welles Buckeye Broadband Bill and Mary LeStrange Wernert's Corners Civic Association CareSource Foundation Bill and Susan Logie Dan and Lisa Wilczynski Thelma J. Clark* Lott-Conlon Foundation Joann Wyatt Complete Laundering Services Marathon Classic Tim and Jenni Yoder Joseph and Judith Conda Noah Martinez Jamie Kay Young Virgil Crots Joseph Mast Margaret Zatko Kimberly Danes McIntosh Family Funds John and Susan Dignam The Mead Foundation E.W. and Barbara Donkel Fund Holly Metzger Michael and Barbara Duffey Don and Gail Mewhort III Eagles Auxiliary #2562 Tom and Teddy Meyer Kimberlie England and John Wojcik Iman Essam El Din Mohamed Dean and Sharon Eyerly Jane Murrell The Fair Housing Center Michael Nycz Mark S. Feldstein Private Foundation Ohio Elks, Toledo Lodge 53 Laurie and Tom Foster Greg and Sheila Oster Jamilynn Fox Owens-Illinois Charities Foundation France Stone Foundation Marilyn I. Payne Trust Renate Franco Perrysburg School District – Toth Elementary Suzanne Frankie ProMedica Physicians Central Billing Office Franklin Park Vision Jeanne Reed The Frye Family Norman and Jane Revenaugh Great Lakes Insurance Partners Colene Rich Seth and Evelyn Greenwald Malcolm and Peggy Richards John & Virginia Hankison Foundation Scaife Family Foundation Tim and Chris Harrington Jennifer Schaefer and Kevin Gatewood Hausman Foundation Trust St. Michael Lutheran Church Warren and Bernice Hensel Foundation Michael and Sharon Sordyl Heymann Foundation TKBW Private Foundation Julie Brotje Higgins Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club Home Instead Senior Care Toledo Walleye Hockey Club Patricia Jacobs Towne Club Toledo *Deceased 6 The Roosevelt Circle recognizes donors committed to our mission whose gifts total $50,000 or more throughout their lifetime and are honored with permanent membership in the Roosevelt Circle. Ann Mitchell Anderson Charitable Trust* Helen Raissle* Auxiliary to The Ability Center Jeanne Reed Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233 Scaife Family Foundation France Stone Foundation St. Michael Lutheran Church Suzanne Frankie Louis and Joanne Steinbauer Geraldine Halaus* Therma-Tru Herrick Foundation TKBW Private Foundation Iams Company Toledo Community Foundation, Inc. Paul and Stephany Johnson Waite-Brand Foundation Kathleen Juzwicki* Walgreens Distribution Center Marathon Classic David K. Welles, Sr.* and Georgia Welles McIntosh Family Funds Deke and Hope Welles Northwest Ohio Community Shares Tim and Jenni Yoder Ohio Elks, Toledo Lodge 53 The Legacy League recognizes donors who further secure our sustainability and have made a lasting commitment by planning a deferred gift such as a will commitment, trust, life insurance policy, estate/promissory note, or other deferred gift instrument. Ann Mitchell Anderson Charitable Trust* Clifford J. Kujawa* Eleanor Bainbridge Trust Carol Knorr Thelma J. Clark* Bill and Susan Logie Kimberly Danes Howard and Mary Madigan* Geraldine Halaus* Marilyn I. Payne* A.S. Hickok Trust Allie L. Ritter Memorial Foundation Trust Kathleen Juzwicki* Deborah Wagner Walda Kelly* Elizabeth J. Watson Charitable Remainder Trust *Deceased 7 Tributes - Donations Received October 1, 2017 - September 30, 2018 In honor of Kathy Anderson In memory of JoAnn Connor In memory of French Anita Manzeck Andrea Prinstein O.D. Scott Groves In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Mike Anello Sr. In memory of Laverne Copeland In memory of John Galyas Michael & Mary Ann Anello Andrea Prinstein O.D. Henrietta Galyas In memory of Margaret Ankney In memory of Budd Davis In memory of William Gangway Susan Allman Brenda Davis Susan Kurdys In memory of Robb Ansted In memory of Glenn Davis In memory of Theresa Ginter Peter & Sheri Ansted Leah Davis Andrea Prinstein O.D. In memory of Emmett Aossey In honor of Jim Davos In memory of Gus BettyLou Wallace Michael & Sharon Sordyl Ted & Judy Eckel In honor of Karen Bade In memory of Denver, Lucky, Sadie, & Pepper In memory of Michael Gwinn Gayle & Sandy Duty Ann Ramlow Laurie