2012-11-14T12:10:43-08:00 2011-12-31 Susan E Goranson CPA 446 Beaver Street Santa Rosa CA 95404 990 2011-01-01 582675876 The Living Room Center LIVI 7075790138 636 Cherry Street Santa Rosa CA 95404 Karen FitzGerald 2012-11-13 true Susan E Goranson 7075421256 X 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z Karen FitzGerald 450266 false false X www.thelivingroomsc.org X 2003 CA The Living Room is a daytime drop-in center that provides a safe haven that eases the adversity of homelessness in a kind and caring atmosphere. Women who are homeless or at-risk and their children will find comfort, hope and a sense of belonging through The Living Room community. 9 9 16 125 0 435949 427628 338 0 7539 4805 25694 17833 469520 450266 0 0 301943 284018 0 39269 113243 96110 415186 380128 54334 70138 122116 180253 28837 16836 93279 163417 The Living Room is a daytime drop-in center that provides a safe haven that eases the adversity of homelessness in a kind and caring atmosphere. Women who are homeless or at-risk and their children will find comfort, hope and a sense of belonging through The Living Room community. false false 280341 The Living Room Center (TLR) is a one program, daytime drop-in center for women and children who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. TLR serves all of Sonoma County from its downtown Santa Rosa location. The Center is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., providing participants who are living on the streets, in shelters, camps and vehicles, access to vital services and daytime safety during the hours that shelters are closed.Each component of our program creates opportunity, enhanced self-esteem and provides physical and emotional well-being for the most vulnerable women and children in our community. TLR delivers emergency and support services: meals, hygiene supplies, mailing address, telephone, computers/internet access, bus tickets, referrals, case management, advocacy, supervised children's activities, parenting and life skills classes, and visits with outreach workers from collaborating agencies. Trained staff and volunteers assist participants to access resources to support resiliency, enhance self-esteem, enable long-term solutions, create opportunities for improved life circumstances and applaud successes.At TLR, women and their children are welcomed and offered physical, emotional, and spiritual (not religious) support. The center provides respite. It is a place where women can meet with other women and children can play and learn. It is a place where they are sheltered from the hardships and dangers faced on the street. Women come to The Living Room Center to make permanent, positive changes, helping them to better function in their lives and in our community. In the Mother and Child (MAC) component of the program, the goal is to support a safe, enriched child-friendly environment through provision of basic resources/services, health/nutrition (nutritious meals/snacks/baby formula, health education for mothers/children, safe, supervised activities to promote gross and fine motor skills) and to provide parent education to promote healthy child development, healthy mother/child bonding and to prevent child abuse. The Drop-In Center component provides basic services and referrals. We start by serving nutritionally balanced breakfasts and lunches daily. Telephones and computers with internet allow participants to receive and send messages in their search for housing, employment, education, health and other services. As of September 30, 2010, our community has donated over $70,000 worth of in-kind materials, including basic hygiene items like toothpaste, shampoo and diapers. These items are given to women and children according to need. The bus tickets we distribute allow participants to get to appointments and work. We supply participants with vouchers to replace clothing they have lost during flight from domestic violence and clothing that is worn out. We provide basic clothing and foul weather gear including caps, jackets, gloves, socks and undergarments, blankets, umbrellas and tarps. Life skills classes such as money management, decision making, problem solving and communication teach methods to better handle challenges. Referrals are made to whatever services are needed. In 2010, we served 646 unduplicated women and 362 unduplicated children for a total of 18,906 client visits. We do not charge a fee for our services. 280341 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 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 true 5 0 true 16 true false false false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true true false false false CA X Linda Rosen 7075790138 636 Cherry Street Santa Rosa CA 95404 Deb Miramontes 2.00 X 0 0 0 Rev Matthew Lawrence 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jeff Qualman 2.00 X 0 0 0 Carol Keiner 2.00 X 0 0 0 Melissa Jones 2.00 X 0 0 0 Allan B Jones 2.00 X 0 0 0 Margaret Healy 2.00 X 0 0 0 Marcy Clausen 2.00 X 0 0 0 Marlene Ballaine 2.00 X 0 0 0 Kendra McKenna 30.00 X 62012 0 0 62012 0 false false false 0 58910 368718 427628 0 4805 4805 0 0 0 0 17833 17833 0 0 0 450266 4805 0 0 0 0 62012 24805 24805 12402 0 153678 138002 9310 6366 10812 4325 4324 2163 37962 30370 4555 3037 19554 15643 2347 1564 0 0 7587 7587 0 0 0 5024 5024 48 48 2483 1986 298 199 0 0 15833 13458 2375 259 259 0 0 0 0 0 4919 3935 590 394 telephone 5563 4172 1391 IT equipment/software 7261 5809 871 581 Fundraising expense 12118 12118 Food 11478 11478 direct services 13088 13088 10449 8198 1806 445 380128 280341 60518 39269 24043 20966 88102 146508 0 6886 9241 0 0 0 0 3085 3538 0 0 0 0 0 0 122116 180253 20439 16836 7723 675 28837 16836 X 93279 163417 93279 163417 122116 180253 70138 X false false false false false X 320804 436277 361944 435949 427628 1982602 33977 26323 18015 25694 17833 121842 0 0 0 354781 462600 379959 461643 445461 2104444 0 0 2104444 400 121 223 7539 4805 13088 0 400 121 223 7539 4805 13088 0 0 355181 462721 380182 469182 450266 2117532 0.99380 0.99550 0.00620 0.00450 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X X X X X false All events 17833 17833 17833 17833 17833 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available All are available upon request Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The Living Room Center Code of Ethics & Conflict of Interest Statement. This document is signed annually by members of the Board of Directors. Additionally, declaration of any conflict of interest is a standing item on the agenda for every Board of Director's meeting. Also, see Employee Handbook, Section 3.4 Conflict of Interests and Section 3.9 and Form G. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process Completed 990 is reviewed by the Executive Committee, signed by the Chair of the Board of Directors or the Executive Director. A copy of the 990 is given to each Board member and is reviewed at the regularly scheduled board meeting before submission of the 990 to the IRS.