MARC COMMUNITY RESOURCES.PDF

Created: 02/20/2018 • Last updated: 03/09/2018
General information
Organization Marc Community Resources
Contact First name JOHN
Contact Last name MOORE
Contact e-mail john.moore@marccr.com
Contact phone number 480-222-3257
Address
Street 924 North Country Club Drive
City Mesa
State Arizona
ZIP Code 85201
From what tribe is the Gila River Indian Community
organization requesting the
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Total grant amount request 98,100
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/27/2018 (NOTE: Click or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Steve Chucri
4. Mailing Address: 301 West Jefferson, 10th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Zachary Wolfe/Maricopa County Government Relations Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Marc Community Resources, Inc.
8. Is this a 501c non-profit Organization? No Yes If yes, attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: John Moore Title: Chief Executive Officer
10. Phone Number: 480-222-3257
11. Mailing Address: 924 North Country Club Drive
12. City: Mesa State: Arizona Zip Code: 85201
13. Email Address: John.Moore@Marccr.com Website Address: www.marccr.com
Project Information
14. Project Name: Employment Training & Placement, Bathroom Renovation, and Computers/Smart Sensory
Technology
15. Purpose of Grant: Provide Employment Training & Placement, Bathroom Renovation at Marc East, and
Computers/Smart Sensory Technology at East Village location
16. Priority Funding Area Economic Development
17. Annual amount requested $98,100
18. Number of years that funding is 1
requested
19. Total amount requested (annual $98,100
amount x number of years)
20. Has your organization received past Yes in 2017 for $45,000
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year
and amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative
in paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe the organization’s history, mission and goals.
Now in its 61st year of operation, Marc’s mission is to provide opportunities to people who have
disabilities to determine where and how they live, learn, work and play. Marc is a not-for-profit
organization that has been providing a comprehensive continuum of educational, vocational, day
activity, community living, affordable housing, outpatient clinic services, psychiatric intervention,
in-home supports and other related programs for people with intellectual disabilities,
developmental delays (ID/DD) and behavioral health challenges since 1957. Today, we assist
approximately 12,000 individuals and their families in pursuing the highest level of independence,
based upon principles of choice, inclusion and community integration. Over the past five years,
Marc has served approximately 200 Native Americans each year. All the individuals we serve are
low income and have been medically determined to be at risk for institutionalization, including
assisted living, nursing care, hospitals and jails. Our services, including supported housing,
employment, in-home support, host homes, health and wellness, day programs, counseling and
family support, help keep the family unit intact and help individuals with severe medical and
behavioral challenges to pursue a meaningful life and the greatest level of self-sufficiency
possible.
Marc was named the 2016 Nonprofit of the Year by the Mesa Chamber of Commerce.
2. If the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please describe your relationship with
Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through partnerships, collaborations,
in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting municipality’s role in
this project. If the applying organization is a municipality governmental sub-division please enter the
text “Not applicable.”
For this grant application, Maricopa County will receive the grant and then distribute the awarded funds as
appropriate. Marc has a long history of collaboration with and support from Maricopa County. Dating back
to 1975, the County Board of Supervisors, led by Tom Freestone, leased a building to Marc in East Mesa
for $1 a year and provided CDBG funding to make building improvements. This space became Marc’s
second day program for individuals with developmental disabilities in Mesa. In 2007, the County deeded a
5 acre park to Marc in order to build a new day program and 28 units of low income housing for individuals
with special needs. The County regularly provides Marc with tickets to sporting events for the benefit of the
individuals we serve in our day programs and group homes. The Maricopa County Industrial Development
Authority (IDA), managed by the County Board of Supervisors, has approved two separate low interest rate

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tax-exempt bonds allowing Marc to refinance debt and complete capital projects totaling about $9 million.
The IDA has also approved grants totaling $100,000.
3. Describe the proposed project and planned goals and activities.
Marc is requesting funding assistance for three employment areas of need; 1)Employment Training and
Placement; 2)Bathroom Renovation at the Marc East Employment Facility located on Signal Butte and
Main in Mesa; 3)Computers and Smart Sensory Technology for the Marc’s East Village Employment
facility in Mesa. Below is a brief description of each funding request:
1) Employment Training and Placement: This request will fund 2.5 FTE positions to provide employment
training/placement services to adults with serious mental illness to achieve a greater level of independence
& self-sufficiency.
Marc uses 3 employment training models. 1) Center-based training, targeted at individuals with little or no
work experience, provides employment training in a work production environment where participants
assemble/ship finished goods to Walmart, Costco & Target. 2) Mobile Community Work Crews provide
opportunities for real work and paid job training in the community. With the support of a job coach,
individuals work side-by-side with other employees at Bashas’, Mesa Public Schools, Mesa Public Library,
ASU games, Cubs games, etc. Individuals perform the same work as any other employee, get paid and
build a resume. 3) Direct Placement is for immediate placement in a community job. Assists individuals to
build resumes, apply for jobs, provide mock interviews and attend interviews when requested.
2) Bathroom Remodeling at the Marc East Employment Facility: This request is to fund 3 automatic
door openers at the Marc East facility that will provide ADA compliant access to the restroom facilities for
the people with disabilities using this facility. Currently, the three restrooms have two typical swinging door
constructs and one with a curtain in place of a door. Many individuals have mobility needs using walkers,
wheelchairs, etc.; the installation of the automatic door openers will provide these individuals with easier
access to the facilities restrooms.
Marc East facility is an Employment Training location providing job skills training for individuals who have
developmental disabilities with a goal to obtain work that meets the needs of the individual. There are
approximately 150 individuals at this facility utilizing the employment programs available.
3) Computers and Smart Sensory Technology at the Marc East Village Location:
This request is to fund additional computers and smart sensory technology for use by the
individuals participating at Marc’s East Village location. The Marc East Village programs are
aimed at engaging individuals in meaningful community activities to promote recovery and foster
resilience, which impacts Economic Development by assisting individuals in job acquisition.
Services provided would improve personal living/working skills that promote recovery and
engagement in meaningful community activities, which can decrease homelessness. The program
is in close proximity to the East Valley Men's Shelter and Paz de Cristo in Mesa, providing an
increase in collaboration between service providers. Additional computers are needed for job

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searching, resume building, expanding computer skills to ultimately help gain employment. Smart
Sensory Technology enables individuals to interact via a smartboard‘s touch-sensitive surface and
provides an opportunity to participate in learning. It allows all individuals, even those who cannot
hold a pen, to write and interact with content using the finger-touch capability. For individuals who
have trouble using traditional keyboard/mouse technology, the touch and click ease allows them
the opportunity to interact with a computer.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the
Gila River Indian Community.
This grant satisfies several of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River Indian
Community. This funding request has elements of the Education, Healthcare, and Economic
Development priority funding areas.
Education:
In terms of education, the life skills program provides services to adults with mild behavioral
health conditions to profound developmental disabilities who have adequate motor and adaptive
skills to train for life skills in a closely supervised, structured setting. The Program is designed to
meet the diverse needs of all individuals and promote personal growth in maximizing functional
ability, independence, and exposure to work activities.
The primary focus is to participate in and build on meaningful activities and community integration.
Individual goals are developed to enhance each participant’s potential to train for maximum
development. Every six months, a review of the participant’s programs is provided. Annually, or if
a major change has occurred, a staffing review is held with all concerned parties.
Educational opportunities include: community resources training, nutrition and health training,
stranger/danger, living safely in a community, community sign recognition, money management,
being a volunteer, social skills training/education, learning cooking skills, exercising for increased
mobility and strength, and recreational education such as watching favorite movies, going to
baseball games or the local library, and shopping. Individuals served in the day programs did not
fully reach their potential while they were still attending public school. Our goal is to continue their
education throughout their adult life in order to maximize the learning possibilities for those
served, thereby increasing their independence, and improving their confidence to enter back into
the community. The average age of an individual who moves on to employment from a day
program this past year was 26.5 years of age.
Healthcare:
Although the deinstitutionalization movement in the 1970s supported individuals with disabilities to
live in community settings with rights and opportunities for education, recreation, employment, and
housing, the social and environmental supports needed for healthy lifestyles were not often
considered. Consequently, people with ID/DD continue to have widening inequities in health care
services compared with their peers without disabilities, as well as poorer health outcomes.
Despite the documented benefit of health promotion and education to maintain health and control

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risk factors, people with ID/DD and behavioral health conditions continue to be excluded from
many community-based health promotion programs.
Marc’s adult day services provides an organized program in a community group setting to promote
social, physical and emotional wellbeing. Individuals served are encouraged to establish one or
more health-related goals. Likewise, Marc’s East Village provides similar behavioral health
services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI), general mental health and substance
abuse conditions.
Marc’s village and day programs place an emphasis on increasing skills and maintaining self-help
skills and advocacy. We teach the individuals age-related health and emotional issues in both
community and classroom settings. Basic nutrition is taught as part of our cooking classes and
health is taught along with our exercise classes. Gaining new strength and maintaining current
body condition is crucial to our participants’ well-being and continued life. Being the most
vulnerable of adults, the day programs place a high importance on cleanliness to avoid illness that
may decrease overall health. Health and wellness continues to be emphasized at all day program
sites. Sites are equipped with exercise bicycles, elliptical machines, therapy balls, range of motion
equipment and yoga mats. Marc day programs include exercise equipment and activities that
promote flexibility, strength, balance, conditioning, nutrition, oral hygiene and more. Many of
Marc’s individuals have lost weight and gained a healthier lifestyle as a result of their participation
in daily exercise, Zumba, community outings and dances. We are also seeing a large increase in
seniors with disabilities due to medical technology. For example, age 50 used to be a major
milestone for the people we serve. Today, we serve 35 individuals over the age of 56. For this
senior group, stretching and basic exercise like walking is critical. Additionally, Marc provides
Wellness Centers for individuals to utlize as desired.
Economic Development:
A key service Marc offers its members is the opportunity to find meaningful employment through
gaining job skills, job coaching, resume building, interviewing techniques, and job searching.
Marc has the largest employment training program in the county and served 1,230 individuals in
FY17, including 794 with serious mental illness. The executive managing the employment training
program has been with Marc for over 30 years. Supported employment is a nationally recognized
evidence-based practice shown to deliver superior outcomes for individuals with severe
disabilities. Based on what are known as annual "fidelity audits", Marc earns the highest state
audit score among agencies providing supported employment in Maricopa County. Marc will
provide job skills training for individuals with the goal to obtain work that meets the needs of the
individual.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by
the project.
Needs/Problems:
Since 2000, the number of individuals with ID/DD receiving services through the Division of Developmental
Disabilities (DDD) has doubled to more than 30,000. The prevalence of Autism has skyrocketed from 1 in

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166 to 1 in 50 (per Centers for Disease Control). In Mesa Public Schools, the largest school district in
Arizona, the number of students in special needs programs has increased by 26% in the last nine years
even while total enrollment decreased by 16%. The growth in the number of individuals with severe
disabilities is due in large part to medical technology. The U.S. is commonly ranked as number one in the
world in medical technology and around fifteenth in prenatal care. From a macro-trend perspective, more
at-risk infants are surviving the birth process. While we all celebrate this accomplishment, it also means an
increase in the number of people who have severe disabilities: behavioral health challenges, intellectual
disabilities, developmental delays and medically fragile. Marc’s day programs have experienced a growth
of 144% since 2010, again, showing the high demand for this service.
To highlight another need, only 9% of the 30,000 adults in the ID/DD system obtain any kind of
employment (20% is national average). Arizona ranks 41st in the U.S. as it relates to employment for
individuals with ID/DD (source: 2015 United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) produces The Case for Inclusion report
annually to rank Medicaid programs). Together, with the help of the Gila River Indian Community, we can
improve this situation.
Families are a major beneficiary of services provided by Marc. We like to say that day programs keep the
family unit intact. Additionally, we have found the same holds true for individuals with behavioral health
conditions. Mom and dad can continue to work while son or daughter actively participates in a day or
village program with a curriculum focused on self-sufficiency, socialization and community integration. Day
programs also help reduce caregiver burnout. Day programs give families a healthy break from the
emotional and physical demands of caregiving.
Finally, taxpayers benefit from day programs. Without proper supports, the individuals Marc serves will
require higher and more expensive levels of institutional care such as skilled nursing at taxpayer expense.
The average cost per individual served for Marc’s day programs in the prior year was $10,454, compared
to a nursing home at $90,520 or the Arizona State Institution in Coolidge at about $200,000. To punctuate
this point, Marc engaged an outside firm to measure the social return on investment of its programs for the
year ended September 30, 2015, using international standards for calculating this unique outcome for
nonprofits. For every dollar ($1) invested in Marc’s programs, taxpayers (the community) receive $2.83 of
value in return (283% return on investment). This is not surprising. Individuals that receive effective health
services and achieve life goals oftentimes reduce maladaptive behaviors, medical costs, medications,
service needs, utilization of entitlements, engagement with local law enforcement and get jobs, pay taxes
and maximize independence.
The Population:
To be in the Arizona ID/DD and/or the behavioral health Medicaid system, individuals must be meet
poverty eligibility requirements and be medically determined to be a risk of homelessness and
institutionalization, including nursing care, hospitals and jail. This vulnerable population requires significant
and specialized support to participate in activities of daily living, to learn, to achieve life goals, to remain
healthy, to experience a meaningful life and to reach their full potential. In addition, about a third of this
population also experiences behavioral health challenges that make it difficult to participate in community
activities, maintain social/family relationships and obtain/maintain jobs.

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Marc has existed for 61 years and is unique in that it provides a wide array of programs and services that
are customized for both, ID/DD and behavioral health populations. Through our many years of experience
we have learned to ensure it’s the individual needs that drive the services we provide to enrich and enable
their lives. We are proud of our track record to date and will continue to strive towards providing a suite of
services that serve our member population with the best services available.
People Served:
Marc, through the continuing programs highlighted in this grant request, will serve thousands of people who
have developmentally disabled and behavioral health challenges throughout Maricopa County.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program.
All three funding needs are part of an expansion of continuing programs at Marc:
1) Employment Training and Placement
2) East Village at Ivyglen
3) Marc East at Signal Butte and Main
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
The timeline is flexible, next steps and timelines for each funding need are as follows:
1) Employment Training and Placement
a. Hiring and implementation will begin after funding award
2) Bathroom Remodeling
a. Bid process and installation will begin after funding award
3) Computers and Smart Sensory Technology
a. Bid process and installation will begin after funding award
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
For the purposes of the funding needs identified in this grant request, Marc will partner with other
organizations as needed to provide the services highlighted in this grant request. For example, we
anticipate working with Partners in Recovery (PIR) to provide homelessness services to those in need.
Within the Employment Training and Placement programs, Marc will partner with local employers, non-
profits organizations (A New Leaf, Save the Family, and Paz deCristo), and governmental agencies (City of
Mesa and Maricopa County) to provide additional real work training opportunities supported by a job coach.

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9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this
project?
Yes, however portions of the needs highlighted in this grant proposal would be delayed and/or not
implemented. The implementation of the funding needs would be scaled back to the funding received.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a
program/project previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards
the previously described sustainability plan.
In addition to the funding provided by the Gila River Indian Community, Marc plans to utilize its existing
contract funding from the Regional Behavioral Health Authority, (currently Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care)
and the Division of Developmental Disabilities to provide financial sustainability during and beyond the
grant period. Marc will also use other methods of fundraising to augment and/or grow our suite of
programs.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
For each funding need we will track progress by providing detailed information of all expendtures and
installation charges, as required. Marc will also utilize two electronic health record systems to track
individuals progress through the employment programs.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community
for state shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is
included in a separate attachment, please indicate that here.
In 2014, the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community approved a $100,000 grant to help build
a senior center and day program for individuals with developmental disabilities in Mesa. This
construction project has been successfully completed and all units are occupied as intended.

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Project Budget
Budget Period: 2018
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail
page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other funders
1. Employment Training & $70,200 $0 $0 $72,000
Placement
2. Bathroom Renovation at Marc $13,500 $0 $0 $13,500
East
3. Computers and Smart Sensory $14,400 $0 $0 $14,400
Technology at East Village Ivyglen
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include
the dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Employment Training and Placement: This request will fund 2.5 FTEs to provide employment
training/placement services to adults with serious mental illness to achieve a greater level of independence &
self sufficiency. The funding includes both salary and benefits for the 2.5 positions, $58,500 in salaries and
$11,700 in benefits.
2. Bathroom Remodeling at the Marc East Facility: Request to fund 3 automatic door openers that will provide
ADA compliant access to the restroom facilities at this facility. The funding includes both the automatic door
opener hardware and installation (including electrical requirements). The funding request for the door openers
is $7,500 for 3 openers and $6,000 for the installation of the 3 openers.
3. Computers and Smart Sensory Technology at the Marc East Village location: Request is to fund 9
computers and associated software, and a smart sensory device (smartboard). The funding request for the
computers is $9,000 (9 computers and software), and a smartboard for $5,400.
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