Old Colony Young Mens Christian Association Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Oct 24, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$43,211,929

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Membership healthy living: we have provided health and wellness programs for 125 years, and served 121,299 people during fy-2011. Over 73% of these individuals are under the age of 17. We have more than 34,098 members association-wide. On an annual basis, our members visited our facilities more than 1,058,135 times! The old colony y believes all people should have access to programs that build strong spirits, minds, and bodies, so program fees are kept affordable and scholarships are provided to those who qualify. We provide a formal reduced fee structure based upon household income membership for all which helps ensure accessibility for everyone.old colony ymca is comprised of eleven branches. In addition to specialty branches, (community-based child care, family services, and social services), we provide a myriad of healthy living services a lifelong progression of medically-based health and fitness activities, experiences and education through eight other locations: brockton central, brockton youth, easton, east bridgewater, middleboro, plymouth, stoughton, and taunton. Our branches and programs serve children, teens, families, and seniors of all backgrounds, faiths, incomes, and abilities. Participation in ymca health and fitness programs increases individuals well-being, confidence, and mental abilities, and promotes healthy hearts, lungs, bones, and muscles. The old colony ymca offers a choice of activities so that people have fun and stick with their fitness plan. Instructors demonstrate the ymca core character values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Programs encouraging physical activity and providing guidance regarding healthy diets have been started in all of our branches. These programs are particularly directed at adolescent girls, who tend to experience a decrease in exercise and, hence, an increase in weight gain.we joined other ys across the nation to strategically address community-based barriers to healthy living back in 2005. Our strategic plan commits us to assuming a greater leadership role in the communities we serve regarding health issues, particularly the critical issue of obesity in both the adult and youth populations. As part of our commitment to healthy living, we offer programs that encourage physical activity, offer guidance regarding healthy eating habits, and promote life-style changes that support health and wellness. Our corporate wellness program is available to local companies who encourage employees to stay fit. Free health screenings are provided at our branches through our partnerships with local health care organizations.

Activity 3

Residential services social responsibility: old colony ymca offers numerous state-contracted services that help youth and their families break destructive patterns and learn to live responsibly. Funded through the massachusetts departments of youth services, children and families, mental health, public health, and housing and community development, we offer shelter, assessment, and individualized treatment with a multidisciplinary approach that involves the entire family. In addition to clinicians who may work with a particular program, we provide additional services to residential clients through our fully licensed mental health clinic located in brockton. Ymca residential programs work to strengthen families and ensure youth have a long-term system of support and resources in order to maintain a positive life-style and grow into healthy, productive adults. Our non-profit status allows the ymca to be eligible to carry out these state-funded contracted services, which are complemented by day camp, childcare, sports, swimming, nutrition/fitness, and other traditional ymca services that are generally not offered by other social service providers. Family life center served 104 people during fy-12the family life center provides supportive housing for brockton families and their children who are experiencing homelessness. Each family has individualized goals and works towards meeting them through intensive case management and referrals to appropriate supportive services. At any given time, thirteen brockton families and their children who were previously experiencing homelessness reside at the center. The david jon louison center served 142 people during fy-12the center, named in memory of david jon louison who was the five-year-old son of a prominent brockton attorney, became part of the old colony y on july 1, 2006. The david jon louison center is a 54-bed shelter, spread among three properties, that provides services to families experiencing homelessness. The three properties provide a home-like atmosphere for the families, which include children ranging in age from newborns to eighteen years. In order to enhance the families self-sufficiency, case management, and support services are provided, including housing advocacy, and guidance in the areas of family budgeting and nutrition.brockton residential programs serving dcf and dys involved youth 48,217 billable bed units during fy-12the ymca operates residential programs that served 1,463 adolescent males and females over the past fiscal year. Most teens are placed in these programs through the state department of youth services (dys) and department of children and families (dcf). Each person in these programs receives classroom instruction, ged preparation, psychosocial assessments, shelter, and mentoring. A mental health clinician is also on staff to provide individual counseling, drug abuse prevention, and family intervention group sessions. Residents spend leisure time developing healthy physical habits and cooperative skills through developmentally appropriate ymca activities. These programs include boys assessment and stabilization unit, brockton detention program, boys revocation program, girls secure detention unit, and transition house/starr brockton.old colony ymca starr program new bedford:the old colony ymca starr is a 14 bed placement service that provides a single door for children who need short-term services for a range of needs, including stabilization only, assessment, and/or respite. Services are focused on supporting a rapid reintegration into the community or transition to a next placement. Children placed in a starr program are expected to attend public school in the community while they are in the starr program. Male and female adolescents, ranging from the ages of twelve through eighteen years of age, are served by this program. The program utilizes a multidisciplinary treatment team that seeks to involve the referring system, family, and client into our s

Filer

EIN

04-2125014