AMERICAN NETWORK OF COMMUNITY OPTIONS AND RESOURCES

Programs

1. Government relations and public policy:ancor's government relations team works to strengthen the ability of disability providers to deliver high-quality services by promoting the adoption of sensible public policy at the federal level. Together with a member-driven government relations committee, the government relations team builds the association's relationships with congress, federal agencies, the white house, and other national policy organizations. In 2025, ancor's government relations function was instrumental in mobilizing ancor members to advocate for the preservation of federal medicaid funding. In addition to advocating for legislation to strengthen the direct support workforce and improve access to services for people with disabilities, the government relations program also translated numerous regulations, deregulatory actions and executive orders to ensure members understood what these actions meant for I/dd services.

2. Membership services: ancor staff builds members' capacity through peer networking, technical assistance, virtual and in-person trainings, and speaking engagements on a range of topics from national industry trends to regulatory issues to business acumen. Members contribute their expertise and develop their leadership capacity by serving on boards and committees that govern the association. Members also have the opportunity to secure discounts on key products and services through ancor's national partners program and to post or find employment openings on the ancor job board.

3. Communications: in 2025, ancor's communications efforts grew the association in terms of size and stature, including reaching 2,600 organizations that call themselves member of the association. The communications program is vital to enhancing ancor's visibility and credibility in traditional and digital media, and to raising the profile of key issues facing ancor members, most notably the direct support workforce crisis. The communications program accomplished these objectives through digital marketing on ancor's websites and social media sites, through email marketing, and through a number of member engagement vehicles, such as the ancor connected community.

4. Conferences: each year, ancor hosts an annual conference and an annual policy summit & hill day. Ancor connect '25, the association's annual conference, was held in san diego, california, and attracted nearly 1,300 participants. Ancor connect showcases best practices, product innovations and more. The 2025 policy summit & hill day, hosted steps from capitol hill, also reached sold-out status, attracting 300 disability services professionals who spent a day learning about key federal policy developments before taking their message to capitol hill for more than 260 advocacy visits with members of congress and their staff. The policy summit & hill day also marked the official kickoff to a new program, the direct support professional ambassador program, which builds the capacity of direct support professionals to serve as spokespeople on behalf of the workforce.

5. Publications: ancor offers its members and other advocates a wide array of publications, both in the form of signature research and recurring periodicals. Each week, members receive capitol correspondence, a weekly roundup of information about our federal policy priorities; stateside report, a weekly digest of policy developments in the states; and the weekly update, a roundup of upcoming events, opportunities and more. On a monthly basis, ancor releases connections, a newsletter that includes content authored by ancor staff, members, and partners; and industry insights, which offers information about industry trends related to managed care, mergers and acquisitions, and more. On the research front, ancor published the case for inclusion 2025 policy blueprint. Ancor also published the state of america's direct support workforce crisis 2025. Ancor also published recognizing excellence 2025, which profiles the 54 recipients of the association's 2025 dsp of the year awards.

The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.