2019-02-20T11:43:26-08:00 2018-04-30 208209116 Saunders & Associates PLLC 630 East 17th Street Ada OK 74820 990 2017-05-01 751213282 Tri-County Community Action Inc TRI- 9365986315 PO Drawer 1748 Center TX 75935 George Simon Executive Direc 2019-02-20 true Deborah Bonner CPA P01385237 5803328548 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z 8019847 false false X tccainc.org X 1967 TX Eliminate poverty by empowering individuals and families to move toward and into self-sufficiency 18 18 173 1152 0 7435362 7954631 34106 42186 797 1250 27803 21780 7498068 8019847 0 0 4650853 4716496 0 0 2808888 3181590 7459741 7898086 38327 121761 1677695 1793283 964474 958301 713221 834982 To reduce poverty and remove barriers for the disadvantaged throughout the Deep East Texas Region by providing impactful innovative programs to meet community needs in collaboration with other mission-minded in our communities. false false 5235862 PRE- SCHOOL EDUCATIONTCCA HS/EHS vision statement is to: Provide quality child services that promote health, and development to children and families in our communities, and to foster partnerships with other agencies to meet the needs of diverse families in a rapidly changing world.Project Head Start/Early Head Start is comprehensive child development program for children and families who meet the age and income criteria. The program is deeply rooted in providing children with medical, dental, mental wellness, nutritional, and educational services. TCCA serves 626 children ages 0-5. The Early Head Start program serves 154 children in a center base setting and 40 children in a home base setting. The Head Start program serves 80 children in Home Base setting and 352 in Center base. TCCA serves children and families in the following counties; Shelby, San Augustine, Sabine, Jasper, Tyler, Newton, and Angelina. The program also served 2 expectant mothers through the Home Base program. Head Start takes pride in providing parents with an ongoing source of educational opportunities. Head Start takes pride in providing families with the best services and resources. In this past year 5 Family Advocates have received their Family Engagement Administration Credential, and the Family Service Manager has received her Family Engagement Credential in Supervisory so we can better serve our families and communitiesWe have partnered with a variety of health and human services agencies to provide parent education in the areas of health, nutrition, and child development. Best Living in Texas which is a part of First Start program that is a 4 week program which works with parents in such things as growing gardens, and other activities such healthy life styles recipes, budgeting, and saving with coupons.TCCA partners with other social service agencies and area resources to ensure parents and community members know what resources are available. TCCA does this through partnerships, MOUs, and joint community events. TCCA hosts a Resource Fair every year in October in each one of our counties which allows us to reach over all our families and families in the community that are not Head Start families, which is over 1500 families sharing information about our services as well as connecting them to other resources in their community. TCCA has also implemented Family Service Advisory meeting twice a year. We connect with all the communities in all the counties, and invite all community vendors to come and share their service and their criteria. Parents are also invited so they can get knowledge of any new resources that are available to them.We had 1060 volunteers for Head Start/ Early Head Start last year 1327872 25959 COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMDuring the program year 2018, Tri-County assisted:-Approximately 1,910 households and 4,625 individuals with energy assistance. This included seniors, disabled individuals, and households with children 5 and under.-Approximately $1,426,392 grant funded monies were spent in order to meet the needs of those individuals that qualified for assistance to help prevent crisis within their households. 547905 16227 Emergency Services - Provides funds to help the needy in cases of emergencies, including services for the homeless, energy crisis, food and disaster.COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANTDuring the program year 2018, Tri-County assisted:22 individuals who were unemployed, obtain a job3 individuals were employed and obtained an increase in their income or benefits8 individuals achieved a living wage employment and/or benefits359 obtained health care services for themselves or family members117 seniors living independently were assisted through Tri-Countys programsFOOD PANTRYIn 2014 Tri-County partnered with the East Texas Food Bank to help with providing nutritious food to impoverished individuals and households within the Shelby County region. The need to eradicate hunger is so great that it was important for our agency to become a part of this plan to assist with doing that. In 2018, Tri-County assisted with a total of members with providing food bags/boxes. Each Thursday, our pantry allows for new clients to sign-up to receive assistance with food allowance. After which, every 30 days that same client is eligible to receive more food bags/boxes. Being funding through the State of Texas, Tri-County spent approximately $9,948.70 in the year of 2018, and served approximately 1,074 to contribute to the eradication of hunger within our community.Also, every 4th Wednesday of each month, we provide fresh produce to the community and surrounding areas. This is also a partnership made with the East Texas Food Bank. Produce from the local farmers and grocers provide the overflow through the ETFB to be distributed within several different counties. In 2018, we distributed produce to approximately 928 individuals. 7111639 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true 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 false true 45 0 true 173 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 18 18 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X X X Organization 9365986315 214 Nacogdoches St Center TX 75935 Paul Woods Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rodney Norsworthy Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bennie Martin Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Wilbert Barnett Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gloria Adams Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Terry Brooks Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lenola Wyatt-Tutt Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eva Chadwick Chairman 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tom McClurg Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sharon Ratcliff Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Charles Forward Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Donny Johnson Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 James Brown Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Leroy Hughes Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Lee Ann Jones Vice Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Evelyn Watts Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Wilcots Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 George Simon Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 74985 0 0 Latricia Reynolds CFO 40.00 0.00 X 66272 0 0 141257 0 false false false 0 7809725 144906 7954631 Community Assistance 624200 15427 15427 Emergency Services 624200 800 800 Energy Assistance 624200 25959 25959 42186 1250 1250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other 900099 21780 21780 21780 8019847 63966 1250 0 0 0 0 141257 120535 20722 0 3530064 3012137 517927 0 1045175 925743 119432 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 266263 237512 28751 0 278707 269405 9302 0 0 531070 501536 29534 130623 124889 5734 0 0 5631 5631 0 52149 21819 30330 57656 55266 2390 Direct Services 1500880 1500868 12 Food 184896 184444 452 Telephone 101467 84185 17282 Equipment 53422 49667 3755 18826 18002 824 7898086 7111639 786447 0 318228 315911 0 503432 658118 12600 20511 0 0 0 0 29294 36751 2301240 1539248 814141 761992 0 0 0 0 0 1677695 1793283 564211 506923 285499 351463 114764 99915 964474 958301 X 633097 776677 80124 58305 713221 834982 1677695 1793283 121761 X false true X true true true X 8207535 8359129 8235215 7435362 7954631 40191872 0 0 8207535 8359129 8235215 7435362 7954631 40191872 0 40191872 902 950 1000 797 1250 4899 0 26550 18826 18059 27803 21780 113018 40309789 161292 0.99710 0.99710 X Support Schedule: Other Income Explanation Other income is used to help defray the costs of operations. 909900 206213 703687 1391340 1333035 58305 761992 X 9492604 1472757 1472757 8019847 8019847 9370843 1472757 1472757 7898086 7898086 Part X : FIN48 Footnote Income Taxes and Uncertain Tax Positions Income Tax Status TCCA qualifies as an organization exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is subject to a tax on income from any unrelated business, as defined by Section 509(a)(1) of the Code. TCCA currently has no unrelated business income. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been recorded.TCCA has adopted the recognition requirements for uncertain income tax positions as required by generally accepted accounting principles. Income tax benefits are recognized for income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return only when it is determined that the income tax position will more-likely-than-not be sustained upon examinations by taxing authorities. TCCA has analyzed tax positions taken for filing with the Internal Revenue Service. TCCA believes that income tax filing positions will be sustained upon examination and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material adverse effect on TCCAs financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. Accordingly, TCCA has not recorded any reserves, or related accruals for interest and penalties for uncertain income tax positions at April 30, 2018.TCCA files forms 990 in the U.S. federal jurisdiction. Federal income status dictate that tax returns filed in any of the previous three reporting periods remain open to examination. Currently, TCCA has no open examinations with the Internal Revenue Service. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The 990 is provided to members of the Board and discussed in Board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts A questionnaire regarding dealing with the organization is given to board members and a vendor list is circulated to ensure no conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees Each employee, including key officers, receives an annual performance evaluation. These are performed by each employees respective supervisor. The Board of Directors conducts the annual evaluation of the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Annual report on guidestar and available on request.