Our mission is to advance the ability of our members in supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to fully participate in their communities.

Ancor has joined with other national disability groups as part of a three-year project funded by a grant from the administration for community living. The grant is focused on preparing disability organizations to work within integrated care environments through training, technical assistance, and learning collaborative opportunities. In 2017, we worked with our partners to complete a national environmental scan and needs assessment, host a monthly webinar series, and launch and facilitate a five-state business acumen learning collaborative. each year, ancor hosts an annual conference and a leadership summit. The 2017 annual conference, held in san antonio, was the largest gathering of ancor members to date and showcased best practices, the latest policy and regulatory updates, and more to equip members with the most timely and effective resources to support their work. The 2017 leadership summit, held in washington, dc, in september, focused on policy priorities and advocacy and saw the highest number of registered attendees, continuing the trend of year-over-year growth. in 2017, marketing and communications efforts expanded the number of ancor members, deepened engagement with those members, raised ancor's visibility in traditional and digital media, and raised public awareness about key issues facing ancor members. These efforts were key to informing and mobilizing members to protect cuts to medicaid, increasing revenue for conferences and events, garnering public attention for the dsp workforce crisis, raising visibility of ancor member award recipients and emerging leaders, strengthening relationships with partners and sponsors, and more.