The Association for Community Living in Boulder County

What The Association for Community Living in Boulder County does

The Association for Community Living in Boulder County (ACL), a Colorado-incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-0637899) founded in 1962, provides advocacy, training, peer support groups, and community grants for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Boulder and Broomfield Counties. The organization is independently operated but affiliated with The Arc US, a national disability advocacy network. Core services include individual advocacy for adults, child advocacy with special education consultation through Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley School Districts, self-advocacy groups (SABE and the ACL Self Advocate Group), parent and family support programs, the Beyond Limits athletic program training athletes for the BolderBoulder 10K, Spanish-language support through Caminando Juntos and Cafecitos, and the ReWriting Our Worlds writing workshop. The organization is governed by a board of up to 15 volunteers including self-advocates and family members, and is led by Executive Director Ailsa Wonnacott.

Name

The Association for Community Living in Boulder County

Legal name

Association for Community Living

Website

https://aclboulder.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Association for Community Living in Boulder County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides advocacy, training, peer support groups, and community grants for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Boulder and Broomfield Counties, Colorado.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Advocacy Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAKAAAD

Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Schools & Life Skills Programs

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Special Education Schools & Programs

SECONDARYEDAKAJAJ

Parent & Caregiver Training for LD/Dyslexia Support

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Learning Disabilities & Dyslexia Services

Keywords

• Disability advocacy services
• Intellectual disability support
• Community living programs
• Self-advocacy groups
• Special education advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Longmont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ACL provides free advocacy services, self-advocacy groups, training programs, and community grants for people with intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families in Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Core services include individual and child advocacy consultations (including special education navigation through Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley School Districts), Spanish-language family support programs (Caminando Juntos and Cafecitos), athletic training for athletes with IDD (Beyond Limits), parent network groups, writing workshops, and a membership program that supports governance and voting rights.

Product overview

The Association for Community Living (ACL) is a non-profit organization affiliated with The Arc that provides advocacy, programs, and services for people with intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD) in Boulder and Broomfield Counties. The organization operates as a unified service provider rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, offering individual and child advocacy services, self-advocacy groups (including SABE and the ACL Self Advocate Group), Spanish-language support through Caminando Juntos and Cafecitos, athletic programs like Beyond Limits, parent support groups, writing workshops, community grants, training programs, and membership. Core programs include weekly Thursday Zoom Group socials, monthly Parent Network Groups, and Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) meetings. Services are provided free of charge and funded primarily through arc Thrift Stores and donations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Advocacy Services
• Child Advocacy Services
• Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
• ACL Self Advocate Group
• Caminando Juntos
• ACL Training Program
• ACL Community Grants
• ACL Membership
• Beyond Limits
• Thursday Zoom Group
• Parent Network Group
• ReWriting Our Worlds Writing Group
• Cafecitos
• ACL Annual Meeting

Quantifiable outcome

• 700,000 people with disabilities are on waitlists for support services nationwide, highlighting the critical need for advocacy organizations like ACL

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Special Olympics Colorado: Special Olympics Colorado provides athletic training and competition for people with IDD; directly overlaps ACL's Beyond Limits / BolderBoulder program in mission and Boulder County footprint, and competes for the same donor base.

Broad incumbents

• Easterseals Colorado: Easterseals Colorado delivers disability services across the state including IDD programs, therapies, and advocacy; broader service portfolio than ACL but directly competes for IDD clients, grants, and donor dollars in Colorado.
• Easterseals (national): Easterseals is a national disability services network with chapters across the U.S.; offers a much broader services portfolio but intersects ACL's mission on IDD advocacy, family support, and community living services.
• The Arc of the United States: The Arc US is the national parent organization of which ACL is a local chapter; offers the same IDD advocacy and support mission at national scale and provides ACL with brand, policy, and chapter support.
• National Disability Rights Network: NDRN is the national membership organization for the federally funded Protection & Advocacy systems in each state; provides the policy and advocacy backbone that Disability Rights Colorado and similar state P&As deliver on the ground.

Direct peers

• Imagine!: Imagine! is a Boulder County-based nonprofit providing residential, day program, and case management services for people with IDD; operates in the exact same geography as ACL with overlapping client base and parent networks, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Ability Connections of the Rockies: Ability Connections of the Rockies is a regional nonprofit serving people with IDD across Colorado including the Boulder/Denver corridor; directly competes with ACL for clients, grants, and Arc-affiliated referrals.
• The Arc of Larimer County: The Arc of Larimer County is a sibling Arc chapter serving the adjacent county to ACL with the same IDD advocacy and family support mission; a near-clone in operating model, scope, and chapter structure.
• Disability Rights Colorado: Disability Rights Colorado is the state's federally mandated protection and advocacy organization; provides individual and systems-level advocacy for IDD clients in the same Colorado catchment, overlapping with ACL's advocacy mandate.

Regional players

• National Down Syndrome Society: NDSS is a national advocacy organization focused specifically on Down syndrome and intersecting IDD; serves a partially overlapping constituency with ACL's IDD client base, particularly on policy and family resources.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ACLofBoulder
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC2bFxVvvWZ0uv0rzsaKrlLw
• Facebookfacebook.com/ACL.Boulder
• Instagraminstagram.com/acladvocacy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-for-community-living-in-boulder-county

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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