Collier Child Care Resources Inc

“Board will reveiw the return with the organizations's cpa prior to electronically filing with the irs.”

“No contract or transaction between cccr and one or more of its members, board of directors, or officers, or between the agency and any other organization in which one or more of its members, directors, or officers are members, directors or officers, or a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for reason, or solely because the member, director, or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board or committee which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose if: a. The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the board or the committee which authorizes the contract or transaction by a vote or consent sufficient for the purpose without counting the votes or consents of such interested directors: and, b.the contract or transaction is fair and reasonable as to the agency as of the time it is authorized by the board of directors or a committee. Common or interested board of directors members may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board or a committee which authorizes, approves, or rectifies such contract or transaction.”

“The cccr board of directors conduct an evaluation of the executive director at the end of each fiscal year, usually in june. It is then discussed by the board of directors what percentage an increase should be given . Based on the evaluation, the board of directors decide on an increase in compensation, if approved. The base salary was determined by data collected by our collier county foundation of the average nonprofit executive director salary.”

“Documents are made available upon request and a copy of the 990 is available on guidestar.”

“The mission is to support the needs of collier county's children, families and early learning professionals by providing high quality education resources and child care services. The organizations's vision is to provide the highest quality child care services in collier county.”

“Organization uses a peo for payroll. Officer compensation is broken out on part ix for transpearency purposes only. Compensation does get paid through the peo.”

“Volunteers help the teachers at different centers, within classrooms and at playgrounds. They also help at the fundraising events with various tasks. They devote close to 1,000 hours of service to the organization.”

“Employees and teachers. Our programs follow a comprehensive, research-based and research-proven curriculum called creative curriculum. Alongside the curriculum, we use the teaching strategies gold comprehensive assessment to create a developmental portfolio for each child. Our teachers document daily activities and developmental milestones. The portfolio continues with the child throughout their years at a step up child development centers. The assessment allows teachers and parents to observe progress over the years and discover where extra attention is needed. Children are observed in 7 areas: literacy, mathematics, physical-fine motor, physical-gross motor, language, cognitive ability and social emotional skills. 98% of the children ages 6 to 12 months were meeting/exceeding expectations in all four areas measured. Children ages birth to 12 months are not assessed on literacy and mathematics. Every class is meeting/exceeding expectations in social-emotional, gross motor and fine motor skills. We are open monday through friday from 6:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. And adhere to the collier schools academic calendar by operating from mid-august through early june. The program is licensed to serve up to 143 children at any point in time. During the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the program served 182 children.”

“Model for learning, the reggio emilia philosophy, to a whole new group of children. In addition, we offer partial scholarships to children whose families are working but still fall below the poverty level. In this program, 50 percent of the children who attend are from low-income, working families and receive partial financial assistance through cccr. The children in the program are diverse with families from various socio- economic backgrounds and incomes ranging from below the poverty level to non-needy. Child's path provides a hands-on approach to education, focusing on a child's social, emotional and physical well-being. The children are given the opportunity to discover, create and learn in a safe, nurturing and positive atmosphere. Our hope, for each child that attends our program, is for them to start school with self-confidence and a life-long love of learning. Children are encouraged to grow through curiosity. The environment is recognized for its potential to inspire children. We provide daily authentic art experiences by giving students resources and materials to encourage their creative process. Our program follows a comprehensive, research-based curriculum called creative curriculum. Alongside the curriculum, we use the teaching strategies gold comprehensive assessment to create a developmental portfolio for each child. Our teachers document daily activities and developmental milestones. The portfolio continues with the child throughout their years at child's path. The assessment allows teachers and parents to observe progress through the years and discover where extra attention is needed. All vpk children are assessed throughout the year on four developmental areas; print knowledge, phonological awareness, oral language/vocabulary and mathematics. Both vpk classrooms showed an increase in knowledge in all 4 areas throughout the 2015-2016 year, and 38 children graduated in may 2016. In the 2015-2016 school year child's path served over 100 children.”

“400 professionals. 98% of the attendees surveyed at all of our 2015-2016 symposiums reported having learned something and greatly enjoyed the symposium.”

“Professional fees 4,089 6,897 0 contract services 46,930 10,478 0 leased employee expense 1,296,788 248,769 0 less executive director -62,067 -15,517 0”

“Fundraising expense 14,140 fundraising expense -14,140”