National Disability Institute Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Pass thourgh programs: home and community based services (hcbs) innovation grants: stimulate independence promoting innovation -funder: Maine office of aging and disability services (oads) (note, this is a federal cooperative agreement in which ndi serves as a contractor to the state). Overview: through this project the department is providing the public with american rescue plan (arp) funds to create innovative pilot projects in alignment with home and community based services (hcbs) goals. The Maine office of aging and disability services (oads) engaged ndi to implement a $10 million "innovation grants" project on their behalf. This is a two-year project that will award grants of up to $500,000 to agencies that are interested in opportunities to pilot innovations in services for individuals served by medicaid waivers in Maine. These projects will be opportunities to shape changes that are being made to their medicaid waivers, or home and community based services. Ndi was selected for this project on the basis of the hands-on technical assistance approach this agency takes in project implementation.Maine office of aging and disability services - provider readiness grants - funder: Maine office of aging and disability services (oads) (note, this is a federal cooperative agreement in which ndi serves as a contractor to the state). Overview: as a result of the work with ndi on the hcbs innovations grant contract, Maine's office of aging and disability services (oads) are modifying its agreement with ndi to facilitate an additional initiative that will support Maine provider agencies in preparation for new services that will be available when the lifespan waiver is launched (target july 2025). Ndi will provide stipend agreements and technical assistance to provider agencies that is designed to support their transformation to provide the new waiver services. Ndi will support the agency in serving in the administrative, support and evaluation role with the readiness activity. Interagency cooperative action network (ican) able development, training, and technical services - funder: state of Colorado department of labor & employment, division of vocational rehabilitation (note, this is a federal cooperative agreement in which ndi serves as a contractor to the state.) overview: the project focuses on serving adults with disabilities from minority and underserved communities, ages 18-64 years old from across Colorado. This random assignment research project is testing the impact of a team of three staff, a soar/non-attorney representative, comprehensive benefits counseling with a cpwic, and an employment specialist (es), assisting potentially eligible individuals in acquiring social security administration disability benefits while concurrently working/seeking employment. Ican will test this intervention through an experimental design (random assignment, 2 groups, stratified by race/ethnicity) to examine the impact of using teams of three dedicated to serving potentially eligible adults with disabilities. This project aims to address two of ssa's interventional cooperative agreement program priorities: 1. Promoting self-sufficiency by helping people enter, stay in, or return to the labor force, including youth; and, 2. Assisting claimants in underserved communities apply/appeal for social security disability insurance (di) and supplemental security income (ssi) benefits.mrc integrated resource team (irt) approach training - funder: executive office of health and human services, Massachusetts rehabilitation commission. Overview: the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission established an agreement with ndi to support the agency in expanding its use of the integrated resource team (irt) strategy in supporting individuals with disabilities in meeting their career objectives. Ndi's work in this area has served to demonstrate that individuals with multiple barriers to career outcomes benefit with the engagement of diverse expertise in coordi

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 84.5%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings