2017-02-07T07:15:04-06:00 2016-06-30 061119866 VIOLA CHRABASCZ REYNOLDS & CO LLP 103 PHOENIX AVENUE ENFIELD CT 06082 990 2015-07-01 060646994 WOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER WOME 2032359297 169 COLONY STREET MERIDEN CT 06451 TERRY GRECO-NASH PRESIDENT 2032359297 2017-02-07 1 EDWARD STAMBOVSKY P00434453 8607413088 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z TERRY GRECO-NASH 169 COLONY STREET MERIDEN CT 06451 2641830 0 X WWW.WOMENFAMILIES.ORG X 1895 CT WOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING EQUITY AND TO IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH SERVICES THAT FOSTER EMPOWERMENT AND INDEPENDENCE. OUR GUIDING VISION: TO BE THE LEADING AGENT FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE. 8 8 95 10 0 0 1871096 1861753 415281 455773 2065 1159 68586 63975 2357028 2382660 0 0 0 0 1579522 1633246 0 0 30991 756852 736391 2336374 2369637 20654 13023 1872937 1949406 380194 445171 1492743 1504235 X WOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING EQUITY AND TO IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH SERVICES THAT FOSTER EMPOWERMENT AND INDEPENDENCE. OUR GUIDING VISION: TO BE THE LEADING AGENT FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE. 0 0 809844 851566 THE SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM IS A YEAR ROUND, FULL DAY EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM SERVING THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS (MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 74). OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN. OUR GOAL IS TO PREPARE EACH STUDENT ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY FOR KINDERGARTEN WHILE FOSTERING A LOVE FOR LEARNING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE AND HAPPY LEARNING ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM. TEACHERS ENGAGE THE CHILDREN THROUGH A VARIETY OF ACADEMIC AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING MUSIC, YOGA, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND LIBRARY TIME. THE CURRICULUM EMPHASIZES GOOD NUTRITION AND HEALTHY HABITS. IN ADDITION, EACH CLASSROOM HAS ACTIVITY CENTERS WHERE STUDENTS PLAY WHILE ALSO GAINING SKILLS SUCH AS COUNTING AND SPELLING THEIR NAMES. FAMILIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE PART IN THEIR CHILD'S LEARNING IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, INCLUDING PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND TRIPS OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS PROGRAM IS ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (NAEYC). 480665 508781 SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS SERVICES OFFERS 24 HOUR CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THEIR LOVED ONES. CARING, TRAINED PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF SERVICES INCLUDING SHORT-TERM COUNSELING, ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, SUPPORT GROUPS AND REFERRALS. SOME SURVIVORS STRUGGLE TO GET THROUGH DAILY ACTIVITIES. COUNSELORS WORK WITH EACH PERSON TO IDENTIFY THE SKILLS THAT WILL HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF STRESSORS THAT THEY ARE FEELING. OUR TEAM EMPOWERS CLIENTS TO RECLAIM POWER AND CONTROL AND FIND A SENSE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THEIR LIVES. A CLIENT RECENTLY STATED, "THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME TO FIND THE COURAGE TO BE ABLE TO GO THE POLICE. IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IT." 360802 394176 THE STAR BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS LIKE DJ, WHO BEGAN HIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAREER DISLIKING THOSE IMPORTANT SUBJECTS THAT OFTEN DO NOT COME EASY TO CHILDREN, SUCH AS SCIENCE, MATH, AND READING. IN THE STAR PROGRAM, STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO THESE SUBJECTS IN A RELEVANT AND HANDS ON MANNER TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ENJOYMENT OF SUCH SUBJECTS. THROUGH CREATIVE, STAFF-LED ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, FIELD TRIPS, AND SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTERS, OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE CONVENTIONAL CLASSROOM TOPICS IN AN ELECTRIFYING WAY, PROVING TO THEMSELVES THAT LEARNING CAN BE FUN. 576916 553309 PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES: $305,357, GRANTS: $0, REVENUE $305,709; THE PROJECT REACH (REACHING EVERY ADOLESCENT TO CREATE HOPE) IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING SERVICES THAT EMPOWER YOUTH AGES 13-21 TO MAKE CHOICES IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THEIR SAFETY, WELL-BEING AND FUTURE SELVES THROUGH OUTREACH, SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY HOUSING, CRISIS INTERVENTION, COUNSELING, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT CASE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE LINKAGES. PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES: $42,995, GRANTS: $0, REVENUE $42,994 YOGA 4 CHANGE PROVIDES FREE/LOW COST YOGA IN MIND/BODY/STRESS-REDUCTION PROGRAMS FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS OF MERIDEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TO AID SPECIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING AND TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL HEALTH.PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES: $228,564, GRANTS: $0, REVENUE $204,606. OPEN DOHR (DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUMAN RESOURCES) EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. THE OPEN DOHR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM SERVES INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, OR LACKING THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO COMPETE IN TODAY'S JOB MARKET. OPEN DOHR USES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE PERSON. YOUTH AND ADULTS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO CONFIDENTLY PURSUE AND SUCCESSFULLY ATTAIN THEIR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT GOALS. SEAN, AN OPEN DOHR GRADUATE, REPRESENTS THE AMAZING IMPACT THE PROGRAM HAS ON THE LIVES OF SO MANY YOUTH AND ADULTS EVERY DAY. SEAN CAME TO THE OPEN DOHR PROGRAM SEEKING TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND. SEAN DESIRED TO BECOME A CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT (CNA), BUT HE DID NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND WAS PENDING FELONY CHARGES. SEAN ENROLLED INTO OPEN DOHR'S CNA/IBEST PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED HIM WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A CNA CREDENTIAL WHILE PURSUING HIS G.E.D. HE WAS HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND PERFORMED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. SEAN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE CNA TRAINING AND EARNED HIS CNA LICENSE, BUT DUE TO HIS PENDING CHARGES, INITIAL ATTEMPTS TO FIND WORK AS A CNA PROVED FUTILE. OPEN DOHR PROVIDED SEAN WITH WHATEVER HE NEEDED TO REMAIN FOCUSED AND ENCOURAGED. IN SPITE OF HIS CIRCUMSTANCES, SEAN WAS DETERMINED AND CONTINUED APPLYING FOR JOBS AND GOING ON INTERVIEWS. FINALLY, AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS, THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED AND HIS RECORD WAS CLEARED. SEAN WENT ON TO OBTAIN A FULL TIME CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT POSITION IN A NEARBY TOWN WITH FULL BENEFITS. HIS FUTURE PLANS INCLUDED SAVING FOR A CAR AND WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE TO OBTAIN A COLLEGE DEGREE.OPEN DOHR SPECIALIZES IN PROVIDING HOLISTIC, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY LOGISTICAL, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL BARRIERS TO OBTAINING SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND PROVIDE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THESE BARRIERS AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. 576916 553309 2228227 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 95 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CT X X PATRICIA LADNER CFO 2032359297 169 COLONY STREET MERIDEN CT 06451 X KATHLEEN WHELAN-ULM PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LYDIA VASQUEZ-HEREDIA VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KRISTIN D LOSI ESQ SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TERRY GRECO-NASH TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NICOLE J BARILLARO ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KELLY DAVIS ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH SARGEANT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TYLER VARTENIGIAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64919 1756701 40133 1861753 PROGRAM SERVICE 624410 455773 455773 455773 3514 3514 31524 0 31524 31524 31524 246338 248693 -2355 -2355 -2355 30182 10477 19705 19705 INCIDENTAL REVENUE 900099 12746 12746 12746 2382660 466164 0 54743 1357237 1285356 57892 13989 119466 110646 7070 1750 156543 148200 6718 1625 8123 5245 2878 38484 37544 571 369 1956 1956 63006 63006 63431 51367 1571 10493 149700 137038 12662 29249 29099 123 27 17261 16429 832 11609 11335 274 56692 42960 13732 46026 43964 2024 38 SUPPLIES - USDA FOOD/PR 113497 113203 294 EQUIPMENT RENTAL/MAINTE 68952 67447 1505 PARTICIPANT TRAINING 28241 25541 2700 PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS 22277 22190 87 17887 17657 230 2369637 2228227 110419 30991 351628 411067 136644 142904 6809 7857 32964 27212 2456467 1531866 925309 924601 83548 113726 336035 322039 1872937 1949406 140931 152355 1661 75201 231774 210361 5828 7254 380194 445171 X 1035201 1059664 94507 95832 363035 348739 1492743 1504235 1872937 1949406 X 13023 -12008 10477 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 1738127 1841978 1810602 1871096 1861753 9123556 1738127 1841978 1810602 1871096 1861753 9123556 9123556 102503 104579 61300 28333 33015 329730 37666 9852 12509 16877 12746 89650 9542936 871054 0.95610 0.94790 X 0 457542 1325 -14296 444571 471057 -13515 457542 45185 425872 471057 45185 45185 45185 45185 0.78000 0.22000 0 0 71506 71506 2133602 1302134 831468 181773 160146 21627 69586 69586 0 924601 BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUSTS 318739 SECURITY AND OTHER DEPOSITS 3300 322039 SECURITY DEPOSIT/CHILDCARE DEPOSIT 7254 7254 X 2417033 -12008 37860 10477 36329 2380704 1956 1956 2382660 2405541 37860 37860 2367681 1956 1956 2369637 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION IS A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND, EXCEPT FOR TAXES PERTAINING TO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME, IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES. NO PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR INCOME TAXES IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS THE ORGANIZATION HAS HAD NO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT TAKEN ANY TAX POSITIONS WHICH WOULD HAVE A MATERIAL EFFECT, INDIVIDUALLY OR IN THE AGGREGATE, UPON THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES IT HAS NOT TAKEN ANY SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS OR ANY TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: FUNDRAISING EVENT SHOWN NET ON 990 10,477. WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP 30182 30182 10477 30182 30182 10477 10477 19705 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE BY-LAWS WERE UPDATED TO REFLECT A NAME CHANGE THAT WAS MADE OVER 20 YEARS AGO, BUT NEVER RESTATED IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. THE OTHER CHANGES WERE TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BOARD TO BE AT LEAST 51% FEMALE AND DISSOLVE MEMBERSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 A DRAFT OF THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ANNUALLY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE ASKED TO COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 EACH YEAR NEAR THE CEO'S ANNIVERSARY, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS WITH THE CEO TO REVIEW GOALS AND PERFORMANCE. THE COMMITTEE THEN CONFERS PRIVATELY TO DISCUSS PERFORMANCE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CEO'S SALARY. THE PRESIDENT THEN MEETS WITH THE CEO TO DISCUSS THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE WOMEN AND FAMILIES CENTER MAY MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: FUNDRAISING DIRECT EXPENSES 10,477. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE ORGANIZATION HAS A COMMITTEE THAT ASSUMES OVERSIGHT OF THE SELECTION OF THE AUDITOR.