2024-08-21T15:27:38-07:00 2024-06-30 990 2023-07-01 811709197 HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP HELP 7325867367 2531 Golf View Drive Weston FL 33327 Richard Bentley Chief Financial Officer 7325867367 2024-07-31 1 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z Lawrence Rothman 2531 Golf View Drive Weston FL 33327 181511 0 X www.haape.org X 2015 FL HAAPE is an all-volunteer foundation, organized to provide adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) the opportunity to receive specialized training and other support that allow them to lead a more productive and self-satisfying life. The mission of HAAPE is to create autism workforce ecosystems focused on training and education that empower autistic individuals to find meaningful and sustainable career employment. Through targeted outreach programs, we are creating inclusive (autism-friendly) communities, businesses and other organizations that facilitate the employment of people diagnosed with ASD. Our social licensing programs are designed to expand our programs/services and geographic reach throughout the United States. 20 20 0 60 37 0 119695 157989 0 0 8447 23302 8 37 128150 181328 35755 60888 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2350 1865 38105 62753 90045 118575 432415 550990 0 0 432415 550990 HAAPE is an all-volunteer foundation, organized to provide adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) the opportunity to receive specialized training and other support that allow them to lead a more productive and self-satisfying life. The mission of HAAPE is to create autism workforce ecosystems focused on training and education that empower autistic individuals to obtain meaningful and sustainable careers. Through targeted outreach programs, we are creating inclusive (autism-friendly) communities, businesses and other organizations that facilitate the employment of people diagnosed with ASD. Our social licensing programs are designed to expand our programs/services and geographic reach throughout the United States. 0 0 20000 0 0 Aspiritech: Aspiritech is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit business that provides website software testing, quality assurance, data analysis and other information technology-related services to organizations and businesses in the competitive marketplace. As these tasks are time-consuming and repetitive, Aspiritech was founded upon the premise that autistic adults are specifically suited for this kind of work. Accordingly, more than 90% of its current 100 employees, are on the autism spectrum. Such workers exhibit a significant aptitude for working alone, maintaining full concentration and paying particular attention to detail. To sustain its growth and ability to offer suitable career employment to as many qualified autistic adults as possible, HAAPE is collaborating with Aspiritech to provide a comprehensive 6-week virtual academy that provides an online training program to introduce software testing to prospective candidates. Each training session is usually oversubscribed with approximately 10 applicants for each available position. Upon completion of the program, about 90% of the graduates find employment with either Aspiritech or outside companies. Aspiritech also hopes to expand its virtual training sessions to include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and accessibility testing and compliance. 20000 0 0 Computerized Numeric Control (CNC): The "Uniquely Abled Project" (UAP) has created a program that focuses on training men and women with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to become CNC machine operators. CNC operators are currently in great demand over a broad range of industries, especially in manufacturing. Together with the UAP, HAAPE is working with several colleges and other teaching institutions to establish the HAAPE-Uniquely Abled Academy to train qualified ASD adults to operate this equipment. HAAPE has chosen Broward College as our first recipient of a CNC license during FY 2022. For FY 2023, we have added two more licenses to teach CNC at Palm Beach State College and AmSkills, Inc. -- and we are committed to grant several more CNC licenses to approved colleges and universities within the next two years. To date, nearly 100% of the graduates who have taken the CNC training course have received career employment opportunities from qualified, autism-friendly companies. 14000 0 0 Community Outreach/Education: HAAPE is changing the paradigm that autism is a deficiency -- to a better understanding about the strengths that autistic adults often exhibit in the workplace. Such adults are likely to demonstrate intrinsic unique and special abilities that provide high value to employers and the community at large. They are loyal, extremely productive, pay attention to detail and can successfully work with little or no supervision. They often offer "out-of-the-box business solutions that others would never have thought of. To alleviate the concerns that prospective employers might share, HAAPE is educating the community on the economic and business value of our mission -- to convince organizations to employ adults with ASD. We are currently developing a new website that will provide information supporting our mission and allow prospective businesses offering positions and qualified candidates looking for career employment to learn about opportunities and register with our database. Utilizing our Social Return on Investment (SROI) model and social licensing, we have been able to establish and illustrate huge economic savings and benefits for employing autistic adults. For every autistic adult hired, the societal cost for supporting such adults drops significantly and the Department of Labor's derived "multiplier effect" increases societal savings even more for each autistic adult hired. To further achieve this goal, we have established new HAAPE chapters and affiliates throughout the United States, have attended and exhibited at various meetings and conventions, and have utilized social media, webinars, our website and on-site meetings with key stakeholders to spread our message. HAAPE continues to develop unique strategies for training and employing adults with ASD. We do not operate and execute these ideas, but leave the execution of our programs up to our partners and collaborators. 6888 0 0 In addition to the programs described above, HAAPE offers other options that are designed to train and employ autistic adults. These offer other opportunities that are expressly geared to take advantage of the unique strengths exhibited by our candidates. These programs include (1) drone piloting, (2) supply chain and logistics certification, (3) avionics equipment repair certification and (4) workplace development. The first three require significant formal training -- for example -- an FAA Part 107 License for piloting a drone, and course certification for supply chain management and avionics equipment repair. These training courses teach specialized skills that are directly transferable to business applications. Drone piloting has been found to be extremely useful and cost effective for investigating hard-to-reach areas such as rooftops and areas with little or no direct access. Supply chain management has gained popularity because of the significant disruptions caused by Covid that impacted retail and wholesale outlets and the economy throughout the country. Our program for avionics repair was greatly hindered by Covid, but businesses supporting the aviation industry are just now getting back to normal. We hope to have more candidates enter the program in the near future -- where good paying jobs are now back in demand. Workplace development provides a means to help trained autistic adults find appropriate career employment with companies that are properly situated to meet the individual prerequisite requirements for maintaining an autistic-friendly work environment. We cannot understate the importance of our workplace development program. 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This course is open to qualified students diagnosed with ASD who must first apply and then be accepted into the program. The course curriculum includes software testing and data analysis and prepares the students to enter the workforce. Follow up includes finding internships and/or full-time career employment for all graduates of the program. Uniquely Abled Project 4804 Laurel Canyon Blvd Att Ivan Rosenberg Suite 804 Valley Village CA 91607 813868351 501(c)(3) 20000 0 The two $10,000 grants pay for the license fees from the Uniquely Abled Project to teach a 6-week in-person training program at (1) Palm Beach State College and (2) the AmSkills, Inc. Training Center in Tampa, FL. These programs are designed to teach qualified adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder the fundamentals to become a Computer Network Control (CNC) machine operator. Follow up includes finding full-time career employment for all graduates of the program. 2 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 HAAPE maintains a close relationship with the organizations that we support with our programs. For our two largest programs, the chief executive officers for Aspiritech and the Uniquely Abled Academy sit on our board of directors. The president of CHAMP, which runs our drone piloting program, and the Dean of Broward College, which provides certification training for avionics equipment and supply chain management, sit on our advisory board. When necessary, we have drawn up an official memorandum of understanding between our organizations. Our executive board maintains control of all funds expended for our community outreach/education program. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Our executive committee may make recommendations to the board of directors concerning the addition of new board members. Once a recommendation is made, the board of directors votes to accept or reject the nominee. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The final draft of the Form 990 is reviewed by the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Executive Officer. If necessary, it will also be reviewed by a HAAPE volunteer that is also a retired certified public accountant. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 HAAPE has always filed our Form 990-EZ, and now Form 990, with the IRS. As such, our tax returns have been available to the general public. In addition, we have filed copies of our tax returns with the State of Florida as part of our registration process as a charitable organization with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Consumer Services. We also send out a yearly report to everyone connected with HAAPE and offer to provide a copy of our tax return upon request. HAAPE's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available to anyone upon request.