2020-07-22T14:17:02-07:00 2019-09-30 Select ARC 20 Park Vista Ct Silver Spring MD 20906 990 2018-10-01 521989809 Advocates for Justice and Education ADVO 2026788060 1200 G Street NW Washington DC 20005 Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas Executive Director 2026788060 2020-07-22 true Vivian P Jenkins P01682838 2403179657 2020-07-22 X 108.48.117.30 2020-07-22 14:16:55 PD P 707D844A44C7CDD7DAAA83CE86AE75166213B38E 707D844A44C7CDD7DAAA83CE86AE75166213B38E 2018 2020-09-23 17:36:50Z Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas 1200 G Street NW Ste 725 Washington DC 20005 564929 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. 8 8 6 7 0 0 503649 535778 1890 29139 1 12 10 0 505550 564929 0 0 288211 326821 0 8420 179864 201194 468075 528015 37475 36914 80619 169399 60089 111955 20530 57444 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 202938 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 1,703 parents through individual assistance, support at meetings and trainings and trained 519 pro- fessionals on special education related topics. 159677 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 244 individuals involving education matters. Specifically, AJE provided advice and counsel, brief services or extended representation to 113 individuals in school discipline/exclusion matters and trained 131 parents and 97 professionals on legal rights involving school discipline and special education related topics. 84153 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 214 families on health care related topics and provided 140 families with emotional support and linkages to community-based services for children and youth with special health care needs. There were 49 families who participated in AJE's support group, and 270 parents utilized AJEs parent resource center. 42838 0 29139 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. AJE trained 77 youths on transition and self-advocacy and presented 5 youths with LEAP awards. 42838 0 29139 489606 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 6 true false false false false false false false false false false X 8 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas 2026788060 1200 G Street NW Suite 725 Washington DC 20005 Molly Whalen Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Jane M Brown Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Tara S Emory Secretary 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Nigel Atwell Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Nike O Opadiran Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Tracey Davis Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas Executive Director 40.00 X X X 100459 0 0 Tanna Jackson Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 100459 0 0 1 false false false 296750 239028 21800 535778 Consulting/training fees 541600 29139 0 0 29139 12 0 0 564929 29151 0 0 110000 105068 2919 2013 177351 169400 4706 3245 800 764 21 15 14660 14003 389 268 24010 22934 637 439 28750 25000 3750 0 37729 35978 1682 69 95 95 0 0 32435 25631 5545 1259 9563 8273 1290 0 37488 35808 996 684 4796 4628 132 36 2477 0 2477 0 4529 0 4529 0 6342 6342 0 0 Staff Development/Training 15099 14880 0 219 Payroll Fees 9433 9010 250 173 Business Licenses and Permits 633 0 633 0 Misc Program Expenses 11825 11792 33 0 528015 489606 29989 8420 4026 17158 566 29677 38350 93292 34374 7640 211877 190245 3303 21632 80619 169399 19421 17168 66000 40668 28787 60089 111955 X -9195 34944 29725 22500 20530 57444 80619 169399 36914 X false true X true false X 0 1024204 501500 501750 503649 535778 3066881 0 0 1024204 501500 501750 503649 535778 3066881 0 3066881 8 10 2 1 12 33 0 1266 51213 1023 53502 3120416 38960 0.98280 0.98090 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Other income 2014: 1266. 2015: 8716. 2017: 1023. Description: Gain from lease renegotiation 2015: 42497. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 188346 188345 1 23531 1900 21631 21632 X 572241 7312 7312 564929 564929 535327 7312 7312 528015 528015 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, 2019 and 2018. Jane Brown Officer of organization 10000 Contract administration services true PART IV, LINE 1 JANE BROWN IS AN AJE BOARD MEMBER AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AN ORGANIZATION SERVING AS AJEs FISCAL SPONSOR FOR A GRANT AWARD. THE SPONSOR RECEIVED 10% OF THE AMOUNT AWARDED. 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 42838. 0. 29139.