Volunteers of America's Angela King Named to the Board of ANCOR, a Leading National Advocate for Those with Developmental Disabilities
For Immediate Release:
June 10, 2008
Contact: David Burch
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Angela King, national director of program development for Volunteers of America, has been named to the national board of the American Network of Community Options and Resources, or ANCOR.
Now in her 22nd year with Volunteers of America, King oversees research and implementation of an array of programs nationwide dedicated to serving those with developmental disabilities. She has been active as a member of ANCOR for 15 years and will serve a three-year term on the board.
ANCOR represents and advocates on behalf of the more than 800 private providers of services to Americans with developmental disabilities. These providers employ more than 310,000 direct support staff in 49 states and the District of Columbia who support 385,000 Americans with disabilities. The nonprofit trade association represent’s private service providers like Volunteers of America through public policy, federal legislative and regulatory initiatives, judicial rulings, state-level initiatives and the culling of leading practices.
Volunteers of America’s programs and services for the developmentally disabled focus on allowing those served to be independent and involved in their communities. Services include in-home supports, case management, day programs and supportive employment, specialized residential services and supported living. Eight of Volunteers of America’s 38 local offices are members of ANCOR though their local programs serving the developmentally disabled.
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Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, faith-based organization dedicated to helping those in need rebuild their lives and reach their full potential. Through hundreds of human service programs, including housing and healthcare, Volunteers of America helps more than 2 million people in over 400 communities. Since 1896, our ministry of service has supported and empowered America's most vulnerable groups, including at-risk youth, the frail elderly, men and women returning from prison, homeless individuals and families, people with disabilities, and those recovering from addictions. Our work touches the mind, body, heart-and ultimately the spirit-of those we serve, integrating our deep compassion with highly effective programs and services.