Lacasa

“The 990 will be reviewed first by the executive board and upoon approval will be forwarded to the full board for approval.”

“Annually, the board of directors and management employees complete a conflict of interest form and the executive director reviews all the submissions.”

“The organization used compensation information from other similar agencies, compensation surveys, compensation studies, salary scale and then approval by the executive committee.”

“The organization used compensation information from other similar agencies, compensation surveys, compensation studies, salary scale and then approval by the executive committee.”

“Governing documents are available upon request.”

“Advocacy program provided 742 survivors (545 females & 197 males) assistance with the criminal justice system. Lacasa's legal advocates assisted 37 individuals with developing a personal protection order (ppo). Lacasa's 24-hour on-call service provided support to 276 survivors when an assault was reported to police or medical personnel. On-call teams responded to 276 calls (222 females & 54 males) by offering survivors information and referrals, advocacy and assistance with safety planning. 24-hour toll-free crisis line support is available 365 days a year and 2,145 clients received assistance through the help-line. Individual and group counseling is available to survivors to explore feelings, clarify issues, review options and create safety plans. 245 adult survivors (232 females & 13 males) took advantage of these clinical services in 2017. 81 children received clinical services concerning domestic violence (44 femailes and 37 males). All clients develop a safety plan while in services, including 103 individuals that developed safety plans through lacasa per the request of the livingston county prosecutor's office. In addition, lacasa works with businesses and agencies to improve the systemic response to domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse.”

“The court appointed special advocate (casa) program takes trained community volunteers and appoints them to a case in the children abuse and neglect court system. The volunteer stays with the case until permanency is attained for the children. There are currently 50 volunteers assigned to cases, servicing a total of 72 children in foster care. Lacasa's child abuse prevention (cap) council provides far-reaching prevention programs aimed at protecting children from abuse and neglect. Prevention programs include classes and workshops for child welfare professionals, teachers, parents and child caregivers. The cap council provided or participated in a wide range of awareness and education classes, campaigns and events, including 52 educational workshops; and 20 public awareness community events. These activites reached 1,246 participants in the classes and 2,646 participants at the awareness events.”

“Family and community prevention and education services the lacasa family education services activity includes multiple programs. The healthy families program provides a home visiting program for families at risk for abuse & neglect of children 0-3. Long-term intensive home visits were provided for 83 clients (49 females, 29 males and 94 children). In conjunction with the county department of human services, lacasa's parent coach program provides supervised parenting time. 165 clients (42 mothers, 29 fathers and 94 children) received supervised parent coach services in 2017. The fathers' only parenting program offered two eight week parenting classes that served 17 men. The nurturing parenting program conducted 4 ten week parenting classes that served 58 clients. The project success program worked with schools using coordinated community efforts to strengthen students through an in-school substance abuse program, including support groups, school campaigns, awareness activities and referrals that served 445 children. The legacy alternative high school program provided a 16 week life skills course that served 15 students. Lacasa conducts community prevention, education and public awareness activities about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, and child abuse. Lacasa conducted 82 community presentations that reached 2,956 individuals from businesses, the faith community, criminal justice workers, human service agencies, medical personnel, child care providers, emergency response teams, and substance abuse providers. 189 youth presentations were provided in the middle and high schools throughout all livingston county school districts reaching 7,325 youth. In addition, lacasa provided 5 community public service substance abuse campaigns that reached 1,500 individuals and 20 community awareness events regarding; dating violence, sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse reached 5,000 individuals. Transitional housing services lacasa provides transitional housing and support services to domestic violence victims and their dependent children. 9,367 nights of safe, affordable housing were provided along with supportive services (counseling and case management) for 44 clients (15 adult females and 29 children) in 2017. Assailant counseling services lacasa provides counseling to adult and youth who perpetrated violence in their families or community. In 2017, the domestic abuse intervention program provided psycho-education services for 107 individuals who use violence, threats and/or force in their relationships (95 males and 12 females)”

“Direct event expenses 47,717 direct event expenses -47,717”