Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$922,046

Total expenses

$972,458

Contributions and grants received

$881,334

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$40,712

Total assets, end of year

$268,524

Total liabilities, end of year

$219,357

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$49,167

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$918,186

Management and general expenses

$50,622

Fundraising expenses

$3,650

Program service expenses (Part III)

$918,186

Program services were 94.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• DRUG FREE CECIL YOUTH COALITION- MORE THAN 30 STUDENT LEADERS RECEIVED MONTHLY TRAINING FROM YES AND USED THAT LEADERSHIP TO DIRECT THEIR SCHOOL BASED CLUBS IN ALL 5 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. MORE THAN 3,500 YOUTH OPTED INTO PREVENTION ACTIVITIES RUN BY THE DRUG FREE CECIL YOUTH. OVER 1,500 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED OUR TRUNK OR TREAT/DRUG TAKE BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2023. MORE THAN 153 STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, WHERE THEY RECEIVED LEADERSHIP AND PREVENTION TRAINING OVER SEVERAL DAYS. IN THE SPRING OF 2024, A YOUTH PREVENTION RALLY WAS HELD AND MORE THAN 40 YOUTH TOOK TO THE STAGE TO SHARE PRESENTATIONS AND SHOW THEIR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $355,731

• DISCONNECTED YOUTH (THE LEGACY PROGRAM) - ASSISTS YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGE OF 16 AND 24 YEARS OLD WHO HAVE NOT GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL OR GRADUATED AND ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND AND SUSTAIN EMPLOYMENT. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE PROVIDED GED ASSISTANCE, TRANSITIONAL LIFE SKILLS LESSONS, SOFT JOB SKILLS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR FUTURE. OVER 70 REFERRALS TO LEGACY PROGRAMS IN FY25. FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASSES WERE OFFERED AND COMPLETED THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH APGFCU. GED SEMINAR CLASSES WERE CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAYS/THURSDAYS EACH WEEK IN-PERSON AND TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED. HIGHLIGHTS: 21 STUDENTS RECEIVED THANKSGIVING BASKETS AND 18 RECEIVED ANGEL TREE GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS. 25 CLIENTS COMPLETED THE PREPARE U MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM.

  Expenses $250,903

• CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS (COIP) - COIP IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO CHILDREN 5-17 WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF PARENTAL INCARCERATION AND USES CASE MANAGEMENT, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, AND MEDIATION TO STRENGTHEN FAMILIES DEALING WITH THE IMPACTS OF INCARCERATION. DURING FY24, 25 COIP CLIENTS WERE REFERRED, OVER 200 LIFESKILLS LESSONS ADMINISTERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 822 CONTACTS MADE WITH STUDENTS/FAMILIES, 96% OF CECIL COUNTY DETENTION CENTER PARTICIPANTS RATE THE NURTURING PARENTING PROGRAM AS EXCELLENT. 96% OF PARENTS/GUARDIANS REPORT IMPROVED FAMILY STABILITY IN THE HOME, AS MEASURED BY THE YEAR-END SURVEY. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 10 CLIENTS RECEIVED TURKEY BASKETS, SEVERAL CLIENTS REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION, 7 CLIENTS RECEIVED GIFTS FROM ANGEL TREE, 10 CLIENTS RECEIVED FREE BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. SEVEN COIP CLIENTS COMPLETED THE PREPARE U MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM.

  Expenses $119,485

• IN FY24, THE STRIDE PROGRAM RECEIVED 44 REFERRALS. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR REFERRAL WAS "TRUANCY/SCHOOL ISSUES" FOLLOWED BY "FAMILY ISSUES/CONFLICT". LIFE SKILLS LESSONS WERE ADMINISTERED TO STRIDE PARTICIPANTS AND 94% SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALL KNOWLEDGE WITH A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN DRUG RESISTANCE SKILLS. MY FAMILY MATTERS PARENTING WORKSHOPS WERE HELD AT LOCAL SCHOOLS AND SERVED 82 FAMILIES. THE EVIDENCE BASED NURTURING PARENTING CURRICULUM WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO MORE THAN 251 DETAINEES AT THE CECIL COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, IN AN ONGOING EFFORT TO REDUCE CHILD MALTREATMENT RATES IN CECIL COUNTY.CAMP ACTIVATE PROVIDED 5 WEEKS FOR FREE SUMMER CAMP TO AT RISK STUDENTS AT 3 LOCATIONS. NUTRITION, SCIENCE AND SUBSTANCE PREVENTION LESSONS WERE PROVIDED TO OVER 70 STUDENTS.

  Expenses $192,067

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

29 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541269349300939

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