The Young Women'S Christian Association of Yonkers

“Form 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm. It is submitted to the board for review and recommendations are adopted prior to submission.”

“The board mandates that all board members sign a conflict of interest policy upon joining the board and then annually to disclose any potential or actual conflicts that may exist. Board members are obligated to disclose any conflicts that may arise during the year.”

“Compensation for the executive director's salary is determined by experience, comparable data of other similar non profit organizations and the financial status of the organization. The compensation is approved by the board of directors.”

“The organization's 990 is available for public inspection on guidestar.org and charitiesnys.com. In addtion, form 990, financial statements and other policies of the organization are available upon request.”

“Ywca yonkers has a residence of 49 single rooms, where supportive services are provided. Upon moving into the ywca, the new residents must meet with a case manager for an intake, and the resident is helped to identify their barriers to self-sufficiency. An individual living plan is designed and the case manager meets with residents twice monthly to ensure that residents are working on eliminating barriers, and looking for more appropriate permanent housing. Ywca conducts such workshops as life skills development, financial literacy, anger management, work readiness, etc. Which are conducted regularly. Ywca collaborates with other agencies to ensure the success of our residents. The ywca yonkes women's emergency drop-in shelter serves the homeless population of yonkers. We serve approximatley 45-50 homeless women on a daily basis. When women are entering the drop-in shelter, an intake is completed. Ywca of yonkers provides code blue/red services, meaning that the homeless women are not made to leave in the mornig. We have a case management team that offers supportive services to the women with a focus on eliminating barriers. Ywca yonkers also works with the westchester county continuum of care to ensure permanent hud housing placement is available to the women utiizing the ywca yonkers drop-in. The women that utilized the drop-in shelter are given three meals a day and access to showers. They are able to utilized my sisters closet for clothing. We also provide transportation if necessary for medical and special service appintments.”

“Ywca youth leadership program known as p.e.a.r.l. Consists of 30 girls between the ages of 13-18 years old. This program teaches girls how to become self-sufficient, self-confident, empowered, educated, independent, responsible, socially conscious and culturally aware. With the main curriculum components being prevention, empowerment, academics, recreation and leadership, the program offers comprehensive training to help girls develop critical skills that will enable them to become powerful leaders and effective advocates for change. In a safe, supportive and culturally diverse environment, girls develop effective problem solving skills and are introduced to community advocacy, racial justice, and other pertinent issues affecting youth. The program operates monday through friday 3:30 - 6:30 pm. Ywca food pantry is a community based program that distributes food free of charge to low-income families and individuals. We serve approximately 3,147 people annually. The food pantries provide a nutritionally balanced supply of food to families and individals in need, typically twice a month. The clothing closet is a community based program that provides new and gently used business attire and accessories at no cost to the residents and the community. The ywca yonkers clothing closet's mission is to hep ensure that women feel empowered and confident without the additinal burden of not having professional attire for employment. The ywca yonkers work-readiness program serves approximately 40 individuals on a 6 week rolling basis. The program offers skill-building workshops and training that was developed to address barriers to those seeking gainful employment. The ywca yonkers job readiness training program is a chort of soft and hard skills training, and community job fairs. This three pronged approach prepares participants to get, keep and excel at new jobs and also allows the ywca yonkers to build relationships with employers.”

“Other outside services 164,300 1,073 0 security 122,129 0 0 total 286,429 1,073 0”

“Special event expenses 12,014 special event expenses -12,014”