A Message From Philip Tappan A Post-Pandemic Year of Impact

Dear Friends,

For more than 28 years, ACCESS® has led its mission of Expanding Individual Potential Through Innovative Instruction. A talented, dedicated team of more than 330 staff members deliver specialized education, high-quality therapy services, and vocational training for infants, children, and young adults who are challenged with language, learning, and developmental disabilities. Each and every day, we witness the positive impact of these services so we can all, regardless of abilities, lead a meaningful life filled with independence and new opportunities.

As many institutions and businesses continue to navigate a slow-to-return-to-campus workforce, limitations, and restrictions, ACCESS is experiencing record client numbers, continued expansion of its mission, and some of the strongest performance measures in the organization’s history.

I am inspired by the resilience of our team, community partners, and investors that have risen to challenges over recent years. There is only one way such success can be experienced in this time - teamwork.

As you flip through the pages of this publication, you will find impressive outcomes and shining examples of the successes ACCESS has delivered over the past year. This impact is the result of tremendous efforts by the entire team and their collaboration. With their expertise, ACCESS has continued to expand its mental health department, grow the capacity for clinical services including expanded feeding therapy options, added new classrooms for early childhood students to accommodate more individuals needing early intervention, and so much more. This continued growth of the mission resulted in a 28.2% increase in operational budget just to meet the demand to serve even more families who seek to find resources for their children. In fact, speech, occupational, and physical therapists at ACCESS treated 80% more therapy hours in the 2021-22 academic year than the previous year.

While our organization’s leaders have been vigilant to preside over this past year’s success, this type of performance is the result of many contributions.

I invite you to take a deeper look at ACCESS

Through the Looking Glass by exploring the success stories and impressive results featured in the 2022 Annual Impact Report. As we reflect on so many achievements, we continue to be inspired by you, our faithful supporters, to think bigger and bolder to continue to carry out our notable mission. We are excited about what we will accomplish in the years ahead. With your encouragement, together, we will continue to build brighter futures for many generations to come.

All my best,

Philip Tappan

President, ACCESS Board of Directors