2026-07-24T11:24:46-07:00 2025-06-30 920729420 Tucker Bechtolt & Diponio PC 101 W 11th Street Suite 108 Durango CO 81301 990 2024-07-01 923922045 OUR OWN LIVES OURO 9703358960 325 PINE STREET CORTEZ CO 81321 SCOTT SMITH CEO 2026-07-24 true true Connie Bechtolt P01512463 9703852518 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X 325 PINE STREET CORTEZ CO 81321 5240469 false X WWW.OUROWNLIVES.ORG X 2023 CO THE MISSION OF OUR OWN LIVES IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY SUPPORT ON OUR TERMS, FOR US TO BE FREE TO BE OURSELVES. WE CENTER THE DISABLED COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD, AND WE BUILD EACH OTHER UP TO CHANGE OUR WORLD. WE ARE ALL EXPERTS IN OUR OWN LIVES. 8 8 49 0 36926 5181158 22385 0 5240469 0 0 1845380 0 37717 2247750 4093130 1147339 3194999 234163 2960836 X THE MISSION OF OUR OWN LIVES IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY SUPPORT ON OUR TERMS, FOR US TO BE FREE TO BE OURSELVES. WE CENTER THE DISABLED COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD, AND WE BUILDEACH OTHER UP TO CHANGE OUR WORLD. WE ARE ALL EXPERTS IN OUR OWN LIVES. false false 2866503 SEE SCHEDULE O 605504 SEE SCHEDULE O 123266 SEE SCHEDULE O 3595273 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 16 0 true 49 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 8 8 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true false false false X X THE ORGANIZATION 9703358960 325 PINE STREET CORTEZ CO 81321 SCOTT SMITH CEO 40.00 0.00 X 105412 0 0 CYNTHIA ASPEN CFO 40.00 0.00 X 37761 0 0 GEORGE GLASS President 2.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JENNIFER PULLEY Vice President 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN LAU Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVE WIESMAN Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KATIE GAILEY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIRANDO TALBOT Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 GINNY CLARK Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALEXANDRA RODRIQUEZ Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 143173 1 false false false 0 36926 36926 PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE 5181158 5181158 5181158 22385 22385 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5240469 5181158 22385 0 0 0 0 143173 143173 0 1702207 1476304 188995 36908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37143 24810 12333 0 0 0 0 0 40736 40065 653 18 132048 80543 51132 373 HOST HOMES 1690912 1690912 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 129624 122060 7564 VEHICLE, BUILDING & IT 127238 89528 37560 150 MILEAGE & MEETINGS 79503 67533 11935 35 10546 3518 6795 233 4093130 3595273 460140 37717 984087 0 0 439367 0 0 0 0 7999 1405512 40736 1364776 296001 0 0 0 102769 0 3194999 234163 0 234163 X 2959336 1500 0 2960836 0 3194999 X 1147339 1813497 X false false false X 39926 39926 0 0 39926 39926 0 39926 0 0 0 39926 X 0.00000 1373523 34338 1339185 25895 5179 20716 6094 1219 4875 1364776 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 SEE SCHEDULE O = $1813497 Form 990, PART III, LINE 4A-PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUPPORTIVE LIVING SERVICES:HOST HOME: WE COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE IN SERVICES TO FIND A PERSON OR A FAMILY TOLIVE WITH THAT WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT UP TO 24 HOURS A DAY. THE HOST HOME CAN PROVIDEMEALS, CAN HELP CLEAN, CAN HELP WITH SHOWERING/BATHING, GETTING DRESSED, MANAGEMONEY, MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, AND PROVIDEACCESS TO COMMUNITY EVENTS AND RUNNING ERRANDS.TRANSITION SERVICES:WE COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE IN SERVICES TO FIND A PERSON OR A FAMILY TO LIVE WITH THATWILL PROVIDE SUPPORT UP TO 24 HOURS A DAY. THE HOST HOME CAN PROVIDE MEALS, CAN HELPCLEAN, CAN HELP WITH SHOWERING/BATHING, GETTING DRESSED, MANAGE MONEY, MEDICATIONADMINISTRATION, TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, AND PROVIDE ACCESS TOCOMMUNITY EVENTS AND RUNNING ERRANDS.IN HOME SUPPORT SERVICES:FOR CLIENTS WHO OWN OR RENT THEIR OWN HOME, OUR STAFF STOP BY AS NEEDED TO HELP WITHHOME UPKEEP AND LIFE. WE SUPPORT CLIENTS WITH THE SAME TYPES OF THINGS AS A HOSTHOME, BUT USUALLY NOT ALL DAY EVERY DAY. THESE SUPPORTS ASSIST CLIENTS WITH THE SAMESERVICES AS THE ABOVE HOME SUPPORT SERVICES, BUT IN THE SLS PROGRAM THEY ARE SPLITINTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES:PERSONAL CARE: HELP BATHING, USING THE BATHROOM, GETTING DRESSED, MANAGING MONEY,TAKING MEDICATIONS, MEDICAL VISITS, AND GROCERY SHOPPING.HOMEMAKER: HELP KEEPING CLIENTS HOMES CLEAN AND ORGANIZED, HELP WITH COOKING AND FOODPREP, AND SUPPORTING CLIENTS TO LEARN HOW TO DO MORE THINGS AROUND THE HOUSEINDEPENDENTLY.RESPITE SERVICES: IF A PERSON IN SERVICES LIVES WITH A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER(FAMILY CARE GIVER) THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT ON A DAILY BASIS, RESPITE SERVICES CAN GIVE THAT PERSON TIME OFF. RESPITE CAN BE A FEW HOURS AT A TIME OR WHOLE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B - PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DAY SERVICES:SUPPORTED COMMUNITY CONNECTIONWE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY ACCESS AND HELP CLIENTS GO ANYWHERE IN THECOMMUNITY THAT THEY CHOOSE TO BUILD SKILLS TO BE MORE CONFIDENT AND INDEPENDENT INACCESSING COMMUNITY SERVICES, EVENTS, AND ACTIVITIES. PEOPLE IN SERVICES USE OURSUPPORTED COMMUNITY CONNECTION TO VOLUNTEER, ATTEND COMMUNITY EVENTS, VISIT SHOPS,RESTAURANTS, LIBRARIES, REC CENTERS, AND WHEREVER THEY WISH WITHIN SOUTHWESTCOLORADO.SPECIALIZED HABILITATIONTHIS PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ASSIST CLIENTS TO BUILD SKILLS IN VARIOUS AREAS OFTHEIR LIFE THAT ULTIMATELY HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. SOME PEOPLE USE THISSERVICE TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE, TO COOK MEALS AS A GROUP, TO GET BETTER AT USING ACOMPUTER, OR MANAGING SOCIAL MEDIA OR DATING PROFILES.MENTORSHIPWE PROVIDE MENTORSHIP TO HELP CLIENTS UNDERSTAND ISSUES AND MAKE COMPLICATED ANDCOMPLEX DECISIONS IN THEIR LIFE. WE BELIEVE IN INFORMED DECISION MAKING AND PROVIDECLIENTS WITH POTENTIAL OUTCOMES OF DIFFERENT DECISIONS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEBEST DECISIONS FOR THEIR OWN LIVES. MENTORSHIP SUPPORTS PEOPLE IN SERVICES WITHSELF-ADVOCACY, INTERVIEW DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS, MANAGE BENEFITS, COMPLETECOMPLEX PAPERWORK, GET ADVICE ABOUT DATING AND INTIMACY, SERVING ON BOARDS OFDIRECTORS OR OTHER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, AND MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT HAVINGCHILDREN/PARENTING AND FAMILY LIFE. NON-MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION OUR OWN LIVES PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO AND FROM DAY SERVICES, WORK, RUNNINGERRANDS, OR TO OTHER PLACES CLIENTS NEED OR WANT TO GO WITHIN OUR REGION. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C - PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS VOCATIONAL SUPPORT:JOB DEVELOPMENTTHIS SERVICES HELPS CLIENTS LOCATE, INTERVIEW, AND GET A PERFECT JOB. WE ASSISTPEOPLE IN SERVICES WITH PUTTING TOGETHER A RESUME, FINDING EMPLOYERS, NAVIGATING JOBINTERVIEWS AND MEETING THE EMPLOYER, REQUESTING ACCOMMODATIONS, AND HOW WORKING MAYAFFECT THIER BENEFITS. THIS CAN HAPPEN BOTH INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A JOB CLUB GROUPWHERE PEOPLE CAN BUILD EACH OTHER UP. WE FOCUS ON CUSTOMIZED EMPLOYMENT, WHERE WEASSIST CLIENTS AND AN EMPLOYER BUILD A JOB THAT IS TAILORED TO A PERSONS SPECIFICSTRENGTHS AND NEEDS.JOB COACHINGWE PROVIDE 1 ON 1 SUPPORT AND HELP (AS NEEDED) ON THE JOB. THIS SUPPORT CAN HELPPEOPLE LEARN JOB TASKS, TIPS AND TRICKS TO STAY FOCUSED, HELP RESOLVING CONFLICTS ORPERFORMANCE CONCERNS, SUGGEST ACCOMMODATIONS, AND PROVIDE OTHER HELP PEOPLE NEED TOBE SUCCESSFUL AT THEIR JOB. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B - FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS THE 990 WAS REVIEWED IN DETAIL WITH THE CEO, CFO, AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOIDENTIFY ANY DISCREPANCIES AND RECEIVE AUTHORIZATION TO FILE. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12C - EXPLANATION OF MONITORING AND ENFORCEMEN ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THE CONFLICT POLICY AND ALL NEW MEMBERS ARE MADEAWARE OF THE POLICY AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR TERM. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19 - OTHER ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS PUBLICLY THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TOTHE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.