2021-08-13T14:23:58-07:00 2020-09-30 Select ARC LLC 20 Park Vista Ct Silver Spring MD 20906 990 2019-10-01 521989809 Advocates for Justice and Education ADVO 2026788060 1200 G Street NW Washington DC 20005 Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas Executive Director 2026788060 2021-08-13 true Vivian P Jenkins P01682838 2403179657 2021-08-13 X 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas 1200 G Street NW Ste 725 Washington DC 20005 854510 false X www.aje-dc.org X 1997 DC Advocates for Justice and Education seeks to empower families, youth, and the community to be effective advocates to ensure that children and youth, particularly those who have special needs, receive access to appropriate education and health services. 9 9 7 7 0 0 535778 787094 29139 67300 12 116 0 564929 854510 0 0 326821 409350 0 10245 201194 263035 528015 672385 36914 182125 169399 398606 111955 159037 57444 239569 X Advocates for Justice and Education seeks to empower families, youth, and the community to be effective advocates to ensure that children and youth, particularly those who have special needs, receive access to appropriate education and health services. false false 201449 0 0 The Parent Training and Information Center is a comprehensive resource library and training center. The Center offers parents information on the laws of special education, education, specific disabilities, the latest research on treatment and interventions, adaptive technology and more. This resource center is especially critical to our work, as it is accessible to families that traditionally would not have had access to this information. The PTI also provides one-on-one assistance to families of children and youth with special needs, offers advance leadership training for parents and provides a supportive network through peer-to-peer support for families. AJE reached 1,993 parents through individual assistance, support at meetings and trainings and trained 622 pro- fessionals on special education related topics. AJE also trained 37 parents through our advanced leadership training program, the Parent Leadership Academy. 98910 0 0 AJE provides legal services to families in the area of special education, school discipline and school push-out issues. Legal services are provided in the form of advice and counsel, brief services and extended representation. AJE provided legal services to 760 individuals involving education matters. Specifically, AJE provided advice and counsel, brief services or extended representation to 93 individuals in school discipline/exclusion matters and trained 667 parents on legal rights involving school discipline and special education related topics. 69996 0 0 The Family-to-Family (F2F) program through the D.C. Health Information Center (DC HIC) provides support, information, resources, and training to families of children and youth with special health care needs and the professionals that serve them. AJE trained 215 families on health care related topics and provided 55 families with emotional support and linkages to community-based services for children and youth with special health care needs. There were 160 families who participated in AJE's support group and, as a result of COVID-19, we expanded our online resource information delivery. We published 44 Blog posts and issued 7 newsletters reaching 16,462 individuals with information and resources to use. 246341 0 67300 AJE meets the needs of families with children and youth with special needs with various resource and empowerment projects, including a comprehensive resource library, services library, services for youth ages 13-26 to secure appropriate transition services and the issuance of Life Enrichment Awards Program (LEAP) awards which provide goods and services directly linked to youth transition planning that are not otherwise available from public and government agencies. 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Description: Gain from lease renegotiation 2015: 42497. Description: Program service revenue 2018: 29139. 2019: 67300. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 220511 193507 27004 27004 Deferred rent 15343 15343 X 855390 880 880 854510 854510 673265 880 880 672385 672385 Pt X, Line 2 AJE is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and applicable income tax laws and regulations of the District of Columbia. Further, the Organization has been classified as an organization other than a private foundation under Section 509(a) of the IRC and, as such, contributions to AJE qualify for deduction as charitable contributions. However, income not directly related to the Organizations tax-exempt purpose is subject to taxation as unrelated business income. AJE had no significant taxable income or income tax expense during the years ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. We believe that we have conducted our operations in accordance with, and has properly maintained, our tax-exempt status and that we have taken no significant uncertain tax positions. Our tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) generally for three years after they were filed. Pt VI, Line 11b FOLLOWING MANAGEMENT REVIEW, A DRAFT VERSION OF THE FORM 990 IS SHARED WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AJE. ONCE APPROVED, IT IS FILED WITH THE IRS. Pt VI, Line 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Pt VI, Line 12c IN THE EVENT OF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT THE BOARD LEVEL, THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLlCY REQUIRES THE INTERESTED BOARD MEMBER TO CALL TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OR ANY RELEVANT COMMlTTEE, AND SUCH PERSON IS NOT TO VOTE ON THE MATTER IF APPROPRIATE, SUCH DIRECTOR IS REQUIRED ALSO TO EXCUSE HIMHERSELF FROM THE DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER AT THE STAFF LEVEL, THE POLlCY REQUIRES THAT STAFF MEMBERS DISCUSS ANY SITUATIONS WHICH GIVE RISE TO A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THEIR SUPERVISOR, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING AND ENFORCING THE POLlCY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS REQUIRED TO DISCUSS ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Pt VI, Line 15a THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGET PROCESS. THESE DECISIONS ARE DOCUMENTED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY IN THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES. COMPENSATION DECISIONS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES ARE MADE USING COMPARABLE DATA FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS IN SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. Pt VI, Line 15b THE COMPENSATION FOR OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGET PROCESS. THESE DECISIONS ARE DOCUMENTED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY IN THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES. COMPENSATION DECISIONS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES ARE MADE USING COMPARABLE DATA FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS IN SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d AJE meets the needs of families with children and youth with special needs with various resource and 246341. 0. 67300.