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EXPLORE ERECYCLING: SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS IN THE ARC NETWORK PROJECT ACTIVITIES UPDATE REPORT

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|SUB-GRANTEE: | |STATE & TIME ZONE: |

|REPORTING PERIOD: | |

|PROJECT MANAGER: | |CONTACT INFORMATION: |

1. HIGHLIGHTS OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

A. In the table below, input the major activities and accomplishments that you have made on your project in this reporting period. Make sure to include participation in partner meetings, conferences, trainings, and webinars, etc.

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B. Describe your project’s progress as it pertains to the intended purposes of this grant (i.e. e-recycling and employment objectives) during the reporting period.

C. During this reporting period, what impact did project activities have on its stakeholders (i.e. employees, the larger community, etc.)? (i) Provide a success story demonstrating positive outcomes for participants with I/DD. (ii) Provide a success story demonstrating positive outcomes for your project partners and/or the surrounding community.

2. TRACKING OF MAJOR PROJECT OUTPUTS

A. In the questions and tables below, input the information requested regarding e-recycling operations. This information will be used to track progress to key initiative objectives.

|e-recycling evaluation measure |REPORTING period |total TO DATE |

|Diverted (Refurbished, Reused, or Diverted) e-waste (in tons) | | |

|Recycled (Collected, Recycled, Dismantled, and Shredded) e-waste (in tons) | | |

|Total Pick-Up Points Used for Collecting E-Waste Materials | | |

|Total Used Processing Sites for E-Waste Materials | | |

a. What types of materials does your project currently e-recycle? Have you expanded the types of materials your project e-recycles since the last reporting period? Since the beginning of the grant period?

b. What is the breakdown (in percentages) of the materials that you have e-recycled since the last reporting period? Since the beginning of the grant period?

c. Summarize how you currently handle and e-recycle materials. Processes described may include (but not be limited to) collecting, recycling, dismantling, refurbishing, diverting, and shredding.

d. Have you diversified the ways in which your organization handles or e-recycled materials since the last reporting period? Since the beginning of the grant period? If you have diversified this, please explain in detail.

e. Describe the sites/locations used for picking-up e-waste materials. Provide a breakdown (in percentages) of the types of locations used. Location types may include individual homes, private businesses, public businesses/offices, and government offices.

f. Have you diversified the sites/locations used for picking up e-waste materials since the last reporting period? Since the beginning of the grant period? If you have done so, please note how many additional sites have been added and describe these additional locations.

B. In the tables below, input the information requested regarding employment demographic data. This information will be used to track progress to key initiative objectives. For the Employment Demographic Measure, please report on the key demographics related to your project’s employees with I/DD. Examples of categories and formatting have been input into the second table below.

|employment evaluation measure |REPORTING period |total TO DATE |

|People with I/DD employed at competitive wages through project | | |

|People with I/DD trained for employment in e-recycling industry | | |

|DEMOGRAPHIC measure |aDDED DURING REPORTING period |total NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO DATE |

|Gender |# Male; # Female. |# Male; # Female. |

|Marital Status |# Married; # Single; # Other. |# Married; # Single; # Other. |

|Race/Ethnicity |# Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin; # White; |# Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin; # White; # |

| |# African American; # American Indian or Alaska|African American; # American Indian or Alaska Native; |

| |Native; # Asian Indian; # Chinese; # Filipino; |# Asian Indian; # Chinese; # Filipino; # Other Asian; |

| |# Other Asian; # Japanese; # Korean; |# Japanese; # Korean; #Vietnamese; # Native Hawaiian; |

| |#Vietnamese; # Native Hawaiian; # Guamanian; # |# Guamanian; # Samoan; # Other Pacific Islander; # |

| |Samoan; # Other Pacific Islander; # Some Other |Some Other Race. |

| |Race. | |

|US Citizenship |# US Citizens; # Other. |# US Citizens; # Other. |

|Primary Diagnosis |List all primary diagnoses for employees, using|List all primary diagnoses for employees, using |

| |standard “# diagnosis” format. |standard “# diagnosis” format. |

|Secondary Diagnosis |List any secondary diagnoses for employees, |List any secondary diagnoses for employees, using |

|(if any) |using standard “# diagnosis” format. |standard “# diagnosis” format. |

|Legal Guardianship |# under legal guardianship; # no guardian; # |# under legal guardianship; # no guardian; # other. |

| |other. | |

3. STAFFING, TRAINING, & SITE RELATED ACTIVITIES

A. What trainings have been provided through your project efforts? What was the purpose and goal of each training?

B. Who attended the trainings listed above, and who provided this training? Who provided or created the content for each training? How long was each of these trainings? Please be as specific as possible.

C. To assist us in determining return on investment to trainings, please describe the real costs associated with these trainings listed above.

D. If you have a general timeline for training employees/participants in the project or the community at large, please describe how your efforts fit into your project’s timeline.

E. Complete the table below for each job function related to this project. Additionally, please provide a 50-100 word description for all project-related functions.

JOB FUNCTION: EXAMPLE

|Hiring process during This period |total people |people with I/DD |

|Recruited for Function | | |

|Interviewed for Position | | |

|Trained for Position | | |

|Hired at least at minimum wage | | |

F. To what extent are people with I/DD interacting with people without disabilities in the regular course of their employment? Please provide specific examples.

4. IT & DATA COLLECTION-RELATED ACTIVITIES

A. Describe the process by which your organization tracks the employment and e-recycling outputs determined above. Please be as specific as possible.

5. AGENCY/PROVIDER/COMMUNITY COLLABORATION ACTIVITIES

A. Please list collaborators, organizations and agency partners that assisted with or participated in project efforts and/or activities. Include a brief description of their participation and its impact on your ability to achieve project goals.

6. DISSEMINATION & OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

A. Describe public awareness/education activities of project; be sure to note the purpose of each outreach effort and the target audience.

B. Describe specific efforts that were targeted to bring awareness of your business/project to the community. What methods (print media, television, radio, etc.) were utilized? What was the scope of outreach?

C. Have you received recognition online or through social media? Include links to relevant webpages, e-newsletters, Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, blogs, etc. below.

D. How wide of a reach does your social media pages that report on your project activities have? Complete the information below regarding your Facebook or Twitter pages that post information regarding your project.

FACEBOOK

1. To date, how many “Total Likes” do you have on your project-related page do you have?

2. To date, how many total “Friends of Fans” do you have on your page?

3. For each post that mentions the eXplore eRecycling project, please list the post title, post date, reach[1], number of engaged users[2], and number of people talking about this post[3].

|post Title |Date | reach |engaged users |Talking about this |

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TWITTER

1. How many total followers do you have on your project-related account to date?

2. For this reporting period, please complete the following data that captures the date of each project-related tweet made, the content of tweets, and any interactions with this tweet (i.e. mentions, retweets, or favorite tweets).

|tweet content |Date |Mentions |Retweets |favorite tweets |

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E. How do you plan to use The Arc’s blog to disseminate information about your project? List the date that you are scheduled to post on The Arc’s blog and overview the topic that you would like to write about.

7. RECOGNITION OF WALMART FOUNDATION

A. How has your organization recognized the receipt of the grant award during this reporting period? Be sure to summarize the format of each recognition, content of each acknowledgement, and the scope and size of the target audience.

B. Complete the following table to provide data regarding the number of times your project or organization has acknowledged the receipt of this grant award during this reporting period. In this table, “Other” may refer to any public occasion that acknowledges the receipt of this grant award, including (but not limited to) blog and social media posts, events, and conferences.

|recognition Level |Newsletters |Press Releases |Journal Articles |Other (specify) |

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8. SUSTAINABILITY

A. What other entities (if any) have given monetary or other resources to replicate or advance project activities? What activities are being replicated or advanced?

B. Describe your efforts to identify and secure commitment of resources (monetary or other) to continue the project initiative after The Arc grant has ended.

9. IDENTIFYING SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES

A. Assess your project. What aspects have been the most successful and the most challenging? Why?

B. Summarize in detail how you will be working to build on the successes and overcome the challenges mentioned above.

C. Describe any additional successes (for the project or your organization) -not addressed above- achieved during the report period that will lead to fulfillment of your project’s goals.

10. OUTSTANDING NEEDS

A. What can The Arc do to be of most assistance to your project and assure your project’s success?

11. ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD

A. Briefly, describe project activities and goals planned for the next reporting period.

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[1] “Reach” includes the number of unique viewers for each post according to Facebook Insights.

[2] “Engaged Users” refers to the number of people who have clicked on your post according to Facebook Insights.

[3] “Talking About This” refers to the number of viewers that have made a story about your Facebook post according to Facebook Insights.

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