2022-05-16T13:59:36-07:00 2021-06-30 272210124 STEVEN D MOCALIS 302 Avenida de la Estrella SAN CLEMENTE CA 92672 990 2020-07-01 954523780 CHAMPIONS IN SERVICE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND GREATER LOS ANGELES CHAM 8188919399 8743 BURNET AVENUE NORTH HILLS CA 91343 WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ Executive Director 2022-05-16 true WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ 999009999 STEVEN D MOCALIS P00698737 9494855522 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ 8743 BURNET AVENUE NORTH HILLS CA 91343 2562871 false X CISGLA.ORG X 1994 CA PROVIDE COUNSELING, GANG PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES, JOB READINESS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SERVICES TO DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA. 10 7 38 25 0 1921515 2446985 94596 104227 6 0 14400 11659 2030517 2562871 500 0 1782600 1844244 0 0 332459 370645 2115059 2215389 -84542 347482 682199 688645 368688 24976 313511 663669 PROVIDE COUNSELING, GANG PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES, JOB READINESS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SERVICES TO DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA. false false 2056129 The year 2021 was filled with many challenges as CIS endeavored to continue providing intensive integrative case management services, motivations, and hope, to primarily the northeast San Fernando Valley. Though the report will indicate we have had a number of accomplishments, the most important aspect of our work was creating hope in our community impacted not only by COVID-19, but the realities of poverty, drug addiction, and gang violence. The following represents a synopsis of the activities through the various services that CIS provides:Gang Reduction Youth Development (GRYD) - Now in our 12th year of providinggang intervention services to the San Fernando Valley, in particular Foothill and Mission Police Divisions respectively, our 10 Community Intervention Workers and five case managers succeeded in providing our over 90 clients in the following services: continuing to see clients during the pandemic through staff adaptation and development of accountability protocols for virtual services, such as zoom, telecounseling, and strategic resource drop-off to clients, including food and hygiene products, providing resources to keep clients housed during heightened period of unemployment through finding job opportunities and paying utilities bills, supporting students with virtual learning at various charter school partnerships and providing safe passages to and from schools, and initiating a community garden initiative at the Pacoima office to provide fruits and vegetables to clients.Youth Diversion and Development (YDD) - In the third year of the program, the CISYDD program has been able to successfully fulfill its contractual obligations with the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office and continue providing services to 93 youth in the year 2021. In the 2021 contractual year, the YDD program was able to bring in $324,000, allowing them to take the lead on programmatic recommendations for the youth. The YDD program at CIS is the leading agency in documentaton and dataretrieval, as well as number of referrals, furthering our successful partnership with the District Attorneys office out of Sylmar Juvenille Hall, specifically working with San Fernando Valleys DAs Robert Rabbani and Nicol Walgren, along with our partnership with Captain Natalie Cortez of the Los Angeles Mission Police Division. CIS has developed the most comprehensive outcome oriented between YDD contractors and law enforcement.Survivors R.I.S.E. - In the year 2021, Survivors R.I.S.E. proudly served approximately 45 clients and was able to offer various activities and trauma-informed programs to its participants. The programs included: Trauma-Informed Yoga with a certified instructor, culturally relevant Healthy Eating and Nutrition classes with a certified nutrition counselor, resilience circles that allowed women to focus on the power of relationships, build community and support systems, and recognize the impact of trauma on the body, back to school supply and hygiene giveaways, and an End of the Year Development and Engagement Event for kids and families. Additionally, the Survivors R.I.S.E. program was awarded a grant from Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice (CSSJ) for $10,000, allowing the 1.5 case managers to distribute $5,000 directly to participants selected with the highest needs at the time.Reentry Integrative Case Management Services (R.I.C.M.S.) - The R.I.C.M.S.program served approximately 120 clients in the Los Angeles County area in 2021 whorepresent exclusively the reentry population of the County of Los Angeles jail system. The staff of four case managers succeeded in providing, but not limited to, the following services: attaining personal identification, which are essential to receiving employment and enrolling in benefits for public assistance and certification and higher education programs, finding stable and safe permanent housing, and assist with court ordered services to successfully meet requirements of probation and parole.Tattoo Removal - A particular CIS program that is utilized by virtually all of ourprograms, is our Tattoo Removal effort. CIS is fortunate to have state of the art removal equiptment and medical staff that has provided this service for 10 years, in which our clients to receive this needed service at not cost. We have serviced over 200 clients and are pleased to announce that, in 2021, we worked closely with the CDC and the County Health Department to reinstate the program after it was shut down due to the pandemic. In 2021, we calibrated the tattoo removal machine, put in an exhaust vent, outreached to previous clients, and communicated with the nurse to schedule the start date. While we are pleased to announce that we vetted the program in 2021, we reopened the program in 2022 and will primarily focus on tattoos that can be visibly seen on the face and hands.ADDITIONAL SERVICES:LCSW - As of August 2021, CIS was able to hire a Full-Time Licensed Clinical SocialWorker (LCSW), Sheni Gonzalez, to assist and serve the CIS clientele in providingmental health services. Through a $200,000 contract provided by Congressman TonyCardenas, which was secured in 2021, CIS will implent a Mental Health Department in2022.MSW Interns - For the past 27 years, CIS has served as a CIS location for MSWGraduate Students in need of fulfilling a field-placement experience. Last year, wewelcomed 10 interns representing Fordham, UCLA, USC, and CSUN.San Fernantive Valley Coalition on Gangs - Under the leadership of Bobby Arias,President of CIS, CIS has facilitated the San Fernando Valley Coalition on Gangs, aunique partnership between law enforcement, public sector service agencies, non-profit service agencies, and private entities, to call the question on education, service delivery, and youth violence in the San Fernando Valley.Law Enforcement Trainings - Under the leadership of CIS Executive Director, BlinkyRodriguez, CIS continued their orientation at the police academy for a wide spectrum of law enforcement personal, including, but not limited to, senior staff, captains, gang detectives, beat cops, Mayors Office staff, and new LAPD recruits. The focus of the training sessions were topics such as, what is intervention, what is it that we do and do not do, and roundtable discussions on gang intervention. Trauma Informed Training - CIS worked with a Licensed Clinical Social Worker toestablish a 13-week trauma-focused certification for our practitioners. All 40 Full Time employees attended this certification training course.Community Moblization Events - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, CIS was able toprovide some primary community mobilization events, most notably a Fathers DayEvent at San Fernando Gardens Housing Development and a FitTown communitycelebration event at David Gonzales park in Pacoima. CIS was pleased to provide over 50 full Thanksgiving meals to clientele across the various programs as well as participate in our Christmas Lives event, providing gifts to families in need through the diversified CIS programs being implemented. Shoes, winter coats, socks, and toys were provided at a COVID-19 sanctioned drive-through event.Estes Park, Colorado Partnership - Now in our 16th year, CIS continued ourcollaboration with the Honda Foundation and the Eagle Rock Academy in Estes Park,Colorado, in which we sent four youth from the community to participate in this outdoor oriented live-in experience.Though 2021 presented numerous obstacles to overcome, CIS was most proud of ouraccomplishments in which we demonstrated creative alternatives to continuing services within our community. 2056129 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 5 0 true 38 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 7 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false true true false false false CA X WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ - EXEC DIR 8188919399 8743 BURNET AVENUE NORTH HILLS CA 91343 WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ Executive Dir. 50.00 0.00 X X 97070 0 0 ROBERT ARIAS President 50.00 0.00 X X 86653 0 0 CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CFO 40.00 0.00 X X 77452 0 0 JAVIER NUNEZ Chairman 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK RODRIGUEZ VICE CHAIR 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MARISA KUPSAK Secretary 2.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DANNY VILLANUEVA Treasurer 2.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PHILIP BARTENETTI MEMBER 2.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAN ISAACSON MEMBER 2.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES MORRIS MEMBER 2.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 261175 0 false false false 0 2425515 21470 2446985 COORDINATION FEE 900099 104227 104227 104227 0 0 0 8400 8400 8400 8400 0 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 3259 3259 3259 2562871 115886 500 500 0 0 0 185273 156961 28312 0 1460881 1426480 34401 0 59616 57303 2313 138474 132999 5475 0 4554 4554 37800 37800 0 0 0 37629 8474 29155 114 114 34251 30636 3615 40128 34109 6019 0 21564 18329 3235 0 0 0 0 0 14523 13071 1452 28606 25745 2861 MILEAGE 39725 39725 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES/INCENTIVES 29029 29029 JANITORIAL 21732 19559 2173 FOOD 14264 14264 46726 44277 2449 2215389 2056129 159260 0 335443 116250 0 271235 507587 17429 19258 0 0 0 0 15364 15291 104552 74293 42728 30259 0 0 0 0 0 682199 688645 23165 12596 345523 12380 368688 24976 X 313511 663669 313511 663669 682199 688645 347482 2676 X false false false X 2019862 1854970 1744918 1921515 2446985 9988250 0 0 2019862 1854970 1744918 1921515 2446985 9988250 0 9988250 6 6 0 3600 14400 14400 14400 11659 58459 10046715 503823 0.99420 0.99370 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 104552 74293 30259 30259 AGENCY FUNDS 12380 12380 2562871 2562871 2562871 2215389 2215389 2215389 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE ACCOUNTANT AND THE CEO OR COO TO ENSURE ACCURACY. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. NAME CHANGE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND GREATER LOS ANGELES CHANGED ITS NAME TO CHAMPIONS IN SERVICE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND GREATER LOS ANGELES.