Disability Rights Maryland

Baltimore, MD, USA
www.disabilityrightsmd.org

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ABOUT DISABILITY RIGHTS MARYLAND:

DRM’s advocacy improves the lives of people with disabilities and creates a more inclusive and just society for all, by advancing human rights. We help people with disabilities pursue opportunities to participate fully in all aspects of community life, and champion their rights to self-determination, dignity, equality, opportunity, and freedom from discrimination and harm.

DRM provides free legal services to Marylanders with disabilities on matters that are related to their disabilities and fall within our advocacy service areas. DRM’s advocacy services are developed in close collaboration with the community of people we serve, and in compliance with our funding sources.

DRM is Maryland’s designated Protection & Advocacy (P&A) agency and a member of the National Disability Rights Network. As such, DRM is part of a nationwide network of organizations working to advance the rights of people with disabilities. Congress established the P&A System in 1975 in response to squalid conditions in institutional facilities for people with disabilities. In creating and funding the P&As, Congress granted us unique statutory authority to conduct investigations of suspected abuse and neglect of individuals with disabilities in facilities.

DRM currently has a budget of approximately $5 million, and a staff of 45, including 19 attorneys, 3 intake specialists, 14 advocates, and 9 administrative support staff. Among the leadership team members are the Director of Litigation, the Director of Finance, the Deputy Director, and the Executive Director.

DRM receives federal funding from several agencies under the following grants:

· Protection & Advocacy for Developmental Disabilities (PADD), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

· Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

· Protection & Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR), U.S. Department of Education

· Protection & Advocacy for Assistive Technology (PAAT), U.S. Department of Education

· Protection & Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

· Protection & Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

· Protection & Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS), Social Security Administration

In addition, DRM is a grantee of the Maryland Legal Services Corporation. In 2016, DRM was awarded a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention. DRM has received support from private foundations including the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation, Open Society Institute, Hoffberger Foundation, Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund, Fund for Change, Steptoe Foundation, Venable Foundation and the Baltimore Bar Foundation. DRM’s governing Board of Directors financially supports the organization with 100% participation. DRM also relies on charitable contributions from individual donors.

For more information about Disability Rights Maryland, please visit: http://disabilityrightsmd.org/.

Disability Rights Maryland

Mar 10, 2023

Full time

Executive Director

$130,000 - $155,000 yearly

Disability Rights Maryland Hybrid (Baltimore, MD, USA)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOB DESCRIPTION Disability Rights Maryland (DRM), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) legal advocacy organization, is Maryland’s designated Protection & Advocacy agency, federally mandated to advance the civil rights of people with all types of disabilities, of all ages, statewide. The Executive Director is responsible to the DRM Board of Directors for all aspects of programmatic and financial management of the nonprofit corporation, and implementation of organizational policies, requirements and goals. The Executive Director serves as the primary point of contact for the organization, with responsibility for oversight, legal compliance, strategic planning and evaluation, resource development, and community and public relations. This is a full-time position. JOB CLASSIFICATION This position is classified as Exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, meaning the individual holding the role will not...

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