2016-10-28T13:42:13-05:00 2016-06-30 232708607 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP 1027 Mumma Rd Wormleysburg PA 170431118 990 2015-07-01 237315182 PAR PAR 7172362374 4 LEMOYNE DRIVE No 203 LEMOYNE PA 17043 SHIRLEY A WALKER PRESIDENT/CEO 7172362374 2016-10-24 1 JAIME KUNTZ P01272711 7177610211 2016-10-24 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z SHIRLEY A WALKER 4 LEMOYNE DRIVE No 203 LEMOYNE PA 17043 1533620 0 X WWW.PAR.NET X 1970 PA STRENGTHENING MEMBERS' CAPACITY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, 18 17 7 113 0 0 1325062 1329080 188053 178461 172 983 39752 25096 1553039 1533620 0 0 0 0 625982 632753 0 0 3000 644194 652875 1270176 1285628 282863 247992 1213261 1466669 162008 167424 1051253 1299245 X PAR'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF ITS MEMBERS TO PROVIDE PERSON-CENTERED SERVICES TO PENNSYLVANIANS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND/OR AUTISM. 0 0 596937 178461 Education - PAR disseminates information, analyses, research and training opportunities related to autism and intellectual disability services in Pennsylvania through PAR Mail (electronic publications). PAR develops and convenes conferences, workshops, and regularly-scheduled meetings and educational opportunities some of which are offered at no cost or are heavily subsidized to ensure that people with a vested interest in Pennsylvania's community disability service system receive the most up-to-date and essential information necessary to help them insure quality services for individuals with intellectual disability or autism and their families. PAR's website, www.par.net, offers numerous free resources designed to further educate people about autism and intellectual disability. During FY 2015-2016, PAR issued 123 publications via PAR Mail to a direct mailing list of Pennsylvania service provider corporate members. PAR's membership provides the majority of the services and supports in Pennsylvania for people living with autism or with an intellectual disability. PAR Mail is also sent to business associates that include a wide variety of organizations that have business relationships with PAR members, such as consultants, banks, insurance providers, legal and accounting firms. Providers and associates then disseminate PAR Mail throughout their organizations to tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians. PAR sends PAR Mail publications to government officials of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and to the major advocacy associations such as The Arc of PA and the Pennsylvania Waiting List Campaign. PAR also provides PAR Mail free of charge to families and consumers. 72598 Access to Resources - PAR assists families including family members who have disabilities through scholarships to educational events to help them learn more about how to meet the challenges they face through good information and networking opportunities.PAR provides free online access to information about services, funding and eligibility for consumers (people with autism or intellectual disability) and their families through the organization's website www.par.net. This information is also available free of charge to state and county governments who have responsibility for administering and coordinating services for people who live with autism or an intellectual disability.PAR operates CareCareer, a statewide database of career opportunities in the fields of autism and intellectual disability where job seekers can search free of charge for meaningful careers. 376303 62976 Advocacy - PAR assumes a key leadership role in the development and implementation of comprehensive services and support systems that will enable providers to have the tools and resources necessary to provide person-centered services. PAR advocates for effective evidence-based policies, practices and quality frameworks to ensure that essential services for individuals will be available throughout their lifespan. PAR helps empower individuals and families who receive services and also those who are waiting to receive services through information exchange, partnership coalitions, as well as through an online action center (StateVoice), PAR's facebook and Twitter. PAR received an extension of a grant this year to enable additional focus on supporting families through this grant, the purpose of which was to strengthen the capacity of families in Pennsylvania to support their family members who live with autism or an intellectual disability to have a good life. PAR planned and facilitated opportunities for state center families as well as families being supported by the community system and their family members understand new federal laws that will impact them and the opportunities those changes can afford them. The grant also supported scholarships for families and individuals to attend PAR's conference which focused entirely on the provision of services to people with ID or autism. The grant also subsidized subscriptions to PAR Mails for family members and individuals with ID. PAR received another grant which enabled PAR to develop an internship program that introduced college and graduate students into the field using meaningful, hands-on experiences. PAR developed and coordinated a campaign to raise awareness of the workforce crisis occurring in Pennsylvania. Among PAR members alone, nearly 10,000 workers are leaving the field annually to find better paying jobs. Approximately 3,500 vacancies are filled every day by temporary agencies or by workers being required to do overtime. Legislators and the state administration officials were invited to meet with a provider to observe the value of the direct support professional (DSP) and assist in raising the rates so that these workers, who do highly-valued work, rise out of poverty-level pay. Dozens of legislators responded to invitations all over the state and awareness is spreading of this serious problem that faces Pennsylvania's citizens with disabilities as well as Pennsylvania's workers. 1045838 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 18 17 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 PA X X SHIRLEY WALKER 7172362374 4 LEMOYNE DRIVE SUITE 203 LEMOYNE PA 17043 DONALD BRODERICK Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 David Wyher Board Member at Large 3.00 X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN BROWN-MCHALE VICE-CHAIR 7.50 X X 0 0 0 SHIRLEY WALKER PRESIDENT/CEO 60.00 X X 258881 0 22919 Greg Miller Board Member 4.00 X 0 0 0 JOANNE GILLIS-DONOVAN Board Member 1.50 X 0 0 0 PAul Coleman Board Member 6.00 X 0 0 0 William Harriger Board Member 8.00 X 0 0 0 Dyann Roth Board Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 GWEN SCHUIT SECRETARY 6.00 X X 0 0 0 SR MARYALICE JACQUINOT TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 SCOTT SPREAT Board Member 4.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT WILL PAST BOD CHAIR 18.60 X 0 0 0 KATHRYN SUSANO-MORRIS Board Member 4.00 X 0 0 0 RUTH SIEGFRIED Board Member at Large 4.50 X 0 0 0 ROB REID BOARD CHAIR 7.00 X X 0 0 0 CHARLES HOOKER Board Member at Large 4.00 X 0 0 0 DENISE CLOFINE Board Member 6.00 X 0 0 0 258881 0 22919 1 0 1 0 0 1266104 62976 1329080 EDUCATION SERVICES 900099 178461 178461 178461 983 983 LICENSING AGREEMENTS 900099 25096 25096 25096 1533620 203557 0 983 291651 233321 55330 3000 283567 202935 80632 11277 8070 3207 11212 8024 3188 35046 26575 8471 2400 2400 26893 26893 126165 126165 23840 22648 1192 58515 46812 11703 57816 40471 17345 40276 30541 9735 154900 147155 7745 2633 1997 636 7695 7695 INITIATIVES 89501 89501 INTERNSHIPS , SUPPLIES 31338 31338 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 14611 14611 CREDIT CARD FEES 6444 6444 9848 9230 618 1285628 1045838 236790 3000 717472 986627 424455 424293 35736 27921 24354 16819 30406 24857 8182 5549 3062 5460 1213261 1466669 75382 103905 56754 28624 29872 34895 162008 167424 X 1051253 1299245 1051253 1299245 1213261 1466669 247992 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1590264 1307881 1309319 1325062 1329080 6861606 91694 146613 190761 188053 178461 795582 1681958 1454494 1500080 1513115 1507541 7657188 0 0 0 7657188 1197 1521 1373 979 983 6053 1197 1521 1373 979 983 6053 39020 48325 32752 39752 25096 184945 1722175 1504340 1534205 1553846 1533620 7848186 0.97570 0.86320 0.00080 0.00090 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 12000 114165 126165 1159463 1285628 203563 50891 0 0 207423 225139 202098 203563 838223 1257335 18653 27919 28541 126165 201278 51856 56285 50525 50891 209557 314336 2178 5700 3000 12000 22878 30406 24857 5549 5549 ACCRUED LEAVE 34895 34895 X 1533620 0 1533620 0 1533620 1285628 0 1285628 0 1285628 Part X, Line 2: The Association believes that it has appropriate support for tax positions taken and, as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SHIRLEY WALKER PRESIDENT/CEO 258881 0 0 0 0 0 16124 0 6795 0 281800 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 THE ASSOCIATION IS MADE UP OF MANY MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH AUTISM, AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. THESE MEMBERS HAVE NO OWNERSHIP IN THE ASSOCIATION. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a THE PROVIDER MEMBERSHIP ELECTS THE GOVERNING BOARD AND BOARD DIRECTORS. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b THERE ARE TWO DECISIONS THAT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE MEMBERSHIP - THE ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GOVERNING BODY, AND THE APPROVAL FOR REVISIONS TO THE ASSOCIATION'S BY-LAWS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PERFORMS THE INITIAL REVEW OF THE 990. IT IS THEN DISTRIBUTED TO AND REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO APPROVES THE RETURN BEFORE IT IS FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER ANNUALLY ASKS BOARD MEMBERS TO UPDATE SIGNED CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS. NEW FORMS ARE PROVIDED TO NEW OFFICERS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ACT AS THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE WHEN REVIEWING AND ESTABLISHING THE COMPENSATION OF THE ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENT/CEO, THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE DETERMINES THE CEO'S COMPENSATION PACKAGE AND INFORMS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ITS ACTION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS PROVIDED THE DETAILS OF THE PACKAGE. IT MAY THEN CHOOSE TO VOTE ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORT OR SIMPLY RECEIVE THE REPORT AS INFORMATION FOR THE RECORD. TO DETERMINE THE CEO'S SALARY,PAR FOLLOWS THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION PROCESS. THEY USE MARKET RESEARCH AND COMPENSATION STUDIES TO DETERMINE THE CEO'S SALARY. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 PAR'S WEBSITE PROVIDES A DIRECT LINK TO PAR'S FORM 990 HOUSED ON GUIDESTAR'S WEBSITE. BYLAWS AND MISSION STATEMENT ARE ON PAR'S WEBSITE. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PART XI, LINE 2C THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF THE FOUR OFFICERS, THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, AND UP TO THREE AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBERS.