2020-12-11T13:40:32-08:00 2020-06-30 562330778 David A Feldman CPA Inc 5800 Hannum Avenue Ste E Culver City CA 90230 990 2019-07-01 824152443 Social & Emotional Wellness Initiative SOCI 3105627866 3415 S Sepulveda Blvd Los Angeles CA 90034 Sarah Young-Sheppard Executive Dir. 2020-12-11 true David A Feldman CPA P00023578 3108269116 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Sarah Young-Sheppard 3415 S Sepulveda Blvd 1100 Los Angeles CA 90034 367843 false X www.sewi.org X 2017 CA To enhance the qualifty of life for youth and families by educationg, mortivating and providing prevention programs through social and emotional wellness services. 5 5 6 6 0 414415 355432 5149 4022 4532 1750 15209 6206 439305 367410 0 0 336274 333031 0 67097 78951 52745 415225 385776 24080 -18366 315436 344286 6991 54207 308445 290079 X To enhance the quality of life for youth and families by educating, motivating and providing prevention programs through social and emotional wellness services. We coordinate and supervise Masters of Social Work interns with youth serving agencies as well as staff trainings and curriculum to these agencies. Specific purpose :A) Interns render support to the agencies by providing short-term individual and group counseling, crisis intervention and case management services for youth in need of additional emotional support.B) To build the knowledge base of youth serving agencies employees by coordinating and facilitating trainings focused on promoting the social and emotional wellness of agency participants.C) To provide curriculum to clubs an a variety of topics ranging from anti-bullying, social & emotional development & youth empowerment. true false 160800 1) Direct Youth Service, Master of Social Work Intern ProgramOur Master of Social Work (MSW) Intern Program places interns with youth-serving partners and school districts across Los Angeles County. This last year we worked with the following patterns to place interns to work directly with youth. Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District; Lincoln Middle School, John Adams Middle School, Santa Monica High School, Olympic High School. In addition we placed interns with DaVinci Extension, part of DaVinci School and Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor. Our interns are supervised by full-time SEWI staff with backgrounds in social work and mental health services and they utilize the Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) intervention model to introduce social and emotional wellness services to youth. SFT is a therapeutic model that places clients concerns at the center of practice by helping clients envision a desired future where past successes and strengths are used to address the current concerns and provide resolutions. The model is culturally sensitive since client concerns are the focus of service, which respects their view of the world. Emphasis on client strengths and resiliency helps to empower clients to make desired changes.Nine MSW interns worked directly with youth through one on one counseling sessions, groups and workshops. In total our interns saw 84 formal clients, 41 informal clients (Youth that drop in for crisis or support) 58 youth participated in group counseling and 159 attended workshops. 100% of youth who filled out the satisfaction survey were very satisfied with the support they received from our interns. Many of our partners dont have the resources to provide one on one support or even group wellness activities. The intern program fills the gap to create supportive services and to help our partners create emotionally safe spaces. Our youth describe services as making them feel respected and loved because someone listened to my issues and came up with plausible solutions to cope. She (the MSW intern) was extremely caring and I felt I could confide in her. When COVID-19 required us to all work from home and placement sites closed we were able to pivot our services to online tele counseling and youth were still able to receive consistent services. In addition, we reached out to all of the current clients and helped assist them in any case management needs. 45943 4022 2) Staff Training & DevelopmentThrough in person or live virtual trainings we trained 289 adults who work directly with youth. We have increased the number of trainings we have been able to provide as well as a wider range of topics. We trained 50 educators on Social & Emotional Wellness and Social Justice for the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District. Providing training through the zoom platform gave us the opportunity to do trainings that we might not have had the opportunity to facilitate due to travel. We provided training for a wider range of organizations including two different trainings for the California School Library Association on how to create connections in virtual spaces and compassionate leadership. 89 individuals participated in one of our three pre-recorded training through our Teachable platform. These trainings cover Intro to Social & Emotional Wellness, Group Facilitation, Creating Programs & Impact and Youth Stages of Development. We have seen a large interest in the utilization of this tool by youth organizations, mostly Boys & Girls Clubs across California. The recorded trainings allowed for many organizations to provide training opportunities for employees while working from home. We are proud of the growth of our training program and our ability to meet the needs of the communities serve. 22971 3) Curriculum Development Social & Emotional Learning For Youth (SELFY) Program that we piloted last year is now available to implement in afterschool spaces and in schools. When COVID restriction moved our programming online we turned a few of the SELFY workshops into online workshops to share with the general public and to engage young people in conversations. 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Below is a list of the current programs and changes we have made as a response to COVID-19. Our goal is to continue to provide most of these services beyond the pandemic. ?Telehealth - staff and interns continue to virtually support youth that need counseling services. If youth can and want to continue past the intern time we are offering continued support. SEWI continues to provide meaningful internships for the interns and is working with universities to plan for next year's program, prepared to adjust to online and distance programs should the need arise again.?SELFY Online - weekly social and emotional learning activities for youth adapted from our SELFY curriculum that is offered free of charge to youth and families who wish to participate. ?Weekly newsletters - that highlight resources, activities, recipes and good news to help people navigate through the Covid-19 pandemic for community members. These are sent to all on our contact list as well as through our social media platforms. ?Launched care@sewi - email where community members can ask for extra support for either themselves or others. SEWI staff connect and support these individuals. ?Partner Staff Support - working with organizational leadership to provide wellness activities and group check ins to staff. ?Wellness Toolkit - we are working with program partners to help with the anticipated transition of staff and youth going back to sites after having been isolated in their homes. ?Kollab, Leadership Master Class - SEWI is working with the LA Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs to help facilitate social and emotional wellness workshops for teens across the county. ?May - Giving Tuesday - SEWI is giving back to the community by providing free online activities ?LAUSD Teacher Librarian Training - Training on how to create virtual wellness spaces for teacher librarians across the state. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et The organization's secretary is the mother of the Founder and Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA who provides a draft copy to the Executive Director for comments. Upon approval of the final forms they are provided to all Board members prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an Interested Person must disclose the existence of the Financial Interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of the committees with governing board-delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. In an effort to aid such disclosure, each member (board, committee, or staff) shall complete a conflict-of-interest questionnaire as circumstances warrant, but no less frequently than annually.The board shall review each member questionnaire and any other disclosures regarding the Financial Interests of its members. After disclosure of the Financial Interest, the Interested Person shall leave the board meeting while the remaining board members discuss and vote on whether a conflict of interest exists.After exercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine whether the organization can obtain with reasonable effort a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not produce a conflict of interest. The Interested Person shall not be present in the room during the determination.If the committee has reason to believe an individual has failed to disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest, it will inform the member and allow him/her to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If the committee still has reason to believe a conflict of interest exists after the alleged conflict is explained, it will take corrective action. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Board of Directors performs a compensation analysis. It decided to keep the Executive Director's salary at the same amount she was making in her previous position at the Santa Monica Boys and Girls Clubs which has not changed since the inception of SEWI. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The following organizational documents of SEWI are available for inspection or copying at the organization's office during normal business hours at no charge, except for a nominal copying fee:1) Tax Exemption Application2) IRS Determination letter3) Articles of Incorporation4) By-Laws5) Form 990 for the most recent and prior two years. 6) Financial statements.The public inspection copy of the Form 990 will not include Schedule A excess contributors or the Schedule B.The most updated versions of all of the preceding forms will be available.When responding to a public inspection request for any organizational document or Form 990 by anyone, SEWI will fulfill such request in a timely fashion without inquiring as to the reason for the public inspection request. Overall Organization As an organization whose main priority is the wellness of youth and support of staff that serve those youth, we knew that we had to take action. Below is a list of the current programs and changes we have made as a response to COVID-19. Our goal is to continue to provide most of these services beyond the pandemic. 1)Telehealth - staff and interns continue to virtually support youth that need counseling services. If youth can and want to continue past the intern time we are offering continued support. SEWI continues to provide meaningful internships for the interns and is working with universities to plan for next year's program, prepared to adjust to online and distance programs should the need arise again.2)SELFY Online - weekly social and emotional learning activities for youth adapted from our SELFY curriculum that is offered free of charge to youth and families who wish to participate. 3)Weekly newsletters - that highlight resources, activities, recipes and good news to help people navigate through the Covid-19 pandemic for community members. These are sent to all on our contact list as well as through our social media platforms. 4)Launched care@sewi - email where community members can ask for extra support for either themselves or others. SEWI staff connect and support these individuals. 5)Partner Staff Support - working with organizational leadership to provide wellness activities and group check ins to staff. 6)Wellness Toolkit - we are working with program partners to help with the anticipated transition of staff and youth going back to sites after having been isolated in their homes. 7)Kollab, Leadership Master Class - SEWI is working with the LA Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs to help facilitate social and emotional wellness workshops for teens across the county. 8)May - Giving Tuesday - SEWI is giving back to the community by providing free online activities 9)LAUSD Teacher Librarian Training - Training on how to create virtual wellness spaces for teacher librarians across the state. Pacific Youth Foundation Contribution Note that 1/2 of the contribution from the Pacific Youth Foundation is for the calendar year 2019 and the other half is for calendar year 2020.