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Developmental & Life Skills Programs

01 Developmental & Life Skills Programs · 568 edit slice
143
orgs
539
activities
35
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 143 organizations and 539 activities — GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER, BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, WARNER HOUSE, FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (76%) and California (24%). The field's most common shared approach is "Basic Needs First", run by 1 orgs.
GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER and BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
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who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 76% · 109 orgs
California 24% · 34 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 143

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where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Medi-Cal 5
Government
AHCCCS 4
Government
Arizona Department of Education 3
Government
California Department of Developmental Services 3
Government
California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) 3
Government
Arizona Department of Economic Security 2
Government
Arizona Department of Health Services 2
Government
California Department of Public Health 2
Government
First Things First 2
Government
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health 2
Government
Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2
Government
Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2
Government
State of California 2
Government
Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) 2
Government
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Basic Needs First
5
Client-Centered Support Model
4
3
Community Education & Family Empowerment
2
Community-Funded Support Model
1
Controlled Disruption Training
2
Data-Driven Autism Nutrition
4
3
Data-Powered Coaching
5
Digital Document Transformation
4
3
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 11 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 7 orgs
AHCCCS Government
shared by 6 orgs
Arizona Department of Health Services Government
shared by 5 orgs
California Department of Developmental Services Government
shared by 5 orgs
Department of Developmental Services Government
shared by 5 orgs
Mercy Care Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Arizona Center for Disability Law Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Department of Child Safety Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Division of Developmental Disabilities Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Facebook Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Raising Special Kids Partner
shared by 4 orgs
schools Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Ability360 Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Administration for Children and Families Government
shared by 3 orgs
Amazon Partner
shared by 3 orgs
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

scale of the field

rollup metrics

Aggregated scale claims from orgs in the slice. Treat as a floor, not a ceiling — many orgs don't publish these numbers, so totals underrepresent real reach. Extreme outliers (often unit-mismatches upstream) are filtered out.

44.0M
annual revenue
from 3 orgs
5.0M
People served
from 35 orgs
8K
Partner organizations
from 41 orgs
1K
Volunteers
from 2 orgs
109
Countries served
from 7 orgs