Lets Start Inc

Filing Period

Sep 1, 2011 to Aug 31, 2012

Signed

Jun 30, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$287,000

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Our outreach activities reaches many in the community we give many talks and share individual testimonies in the st louis area some of these educational programs take place within the prisions while others occur throughout the community during t he past year 45 talks andor presentations of a dramatic reading called stories of hope were made to an audience of 1345 people in the institutional settingsjails and prisons session were provided for ged literacy anger management stress ma nagement and behavioral change to over 300 men and women

Activity 3

Lets start provides 8 bus trips each year for children to visit their mothers in prison we also offer individual andor group therapy as well as case management for some of these families 28 children regularly receive in-home counseling some of these children also participate in monthly group sessions in addition the children are taken on occasional field trips so that we can provide respite care for the caregivers this program lets start with the kids had the following outcome 1 100 of the children reported that the program help them identify feelings and verbally express those feelings 2 83 of the caregivers have improved relationship with the children 3 75 of the children have better interactions with their incarcerated mother 4 65 of the children have very high expectations of future success and goals 6 all of the children feel they have a better support system feel less isolated and realize they are not alone

Filer

EIN

43-1601320