Gang Alternative Inc.

“Pt iii, line 4a program service accomplishments: gang alternative is a nonprofit entity incorporated under the laws of the state of florida in april 2005. The continuing purpose of the agency is to prevent youth violence and delinquency. Ga serves youth of miami dade county. The results indicate that over 85 percent of the youths that attended the program became productive members of society and community leaders in which many are now the leaders and mentors for ga. Our motto is "building character that last", this becomes a reality when these children really understands their worth through the eyes of the lord. Organization mission: gang alternative (ga) is driven by the following mission: "to engage boys and girls and their families in the greater miami area in positive alternatives to youth violence and delinquency by offering a holistic approach to their academic, physical, social and spiritual development". The program aims to assist youths and their family by providing community support in a faith-based atmosphere where family, education, and pro-social behaviors are promoted. Gang alternative (ga) occupies a unique service niche in miami's inner city as a faith-based prevention provider. Ga primarily serves adolescents and families from miami's high-risk inner-city neighborhoods. These youth are increasingly at risk for negative outcomes due to multiple community risk factors. Ga's focus is prevention. Our vision is that: "community youth have nurturing and involved families, succeed academically, develop to their full potential as adults of good character, are gainfully employed and give back to their community as role models and mentors". Youth in our target areas have among the most negative outcomes in the county in terms of school dropout rates, graduation rates, substance abuse, violence and delinquency, pregnancy and youth arrests. The target area consists of a pre-dominantly african-american, haitian and haitian-american population. The goal of gang alternative is to enhance protective factors and foster positive outcomes for these highly at-risk youth. Our strategy is to replace negative coping behaviors with positive skill sets, and provide other enhancements and wraparound supports to sustain positive behavioral change so youth can redirect their lives. Ga takes pride in offering youth an alternative environment where they feel welcomed and accepted. Ga currently serves 586 youth annually ages 5-18 years old and rapidly growing. All ga activities are delivered with a high degree of cultural sensitivity and competence. Ga helps youth make healthy life-style choices, instill positive values and build good character, to create a positive impact on individual participants and families as well as make a positive impact on the future of the community. Together with other partners ga is forging a strong community mobilization and direct service collaboration in our target communities. Organization history, past experience, and capacity: since 2005 ga has a 94% success rate with youth participants who have shown a decrease in aggressive behaviors and increased awareness of drug/alcohol prevention. Ga strategies go to the heart of the matter with programs aimed at preventing negative behavior patterns that lead to alcohol and substance abuse, gang involvement, delinquency, poor school performance, pregnancy and drop-out. Ga's services and strategies include:"guiding the path to success (gps) afterschool program"building leaders of character (bloc) prevention program "youth splash program(middle and high school faith program)"youth excellence program (yep)"uplift little haiti"summer camp/away summer camp"urban partnership drug free communities coalitionguiding the path to success (gps): gang alternative, inc. (ga)'s guiding the path to success (gps) out of school program is funded by the children's trust. This program provides year round out-of-school services (after-school and summer), to children ages 5-14, elementar”

“Form 990 will be reviewed by the organization's executive committee before filing.”

“The organization and it's board annually review members for any potential conflict of interests.”

“The process for determining compensation of the organization's ceo, executive director, or the top management official includes review and approval by independent persons.”

“The process for determining compensation of the organization's officers and key employees includes review and approval by independent persons.”

“These documents are available upon request.”