Canopy Center Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Jun 19, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$491,852

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The goal of the families united network is to help families be safe, strong, stable and nurturing and to allow children and parents to grow to their full potential. Using a guided self-help model, parent support groups are offered weekly in which parents may discuss the current issues in their lives that are or could potentially affect their parenting. Groups are available in english and spanish. The long term objectives of the program are to increase appropriate and positive parental involvement in the child(ren)'s school and social life and build upon the child(ren)'s strengths to improve their self-esteem, self-concept, and feelings of personal success (60% achieved this goal), and increase healthy functioning, enhance communication, and reduce isolation in low-income families who are challenged by poverty, high-needs children, and parental stressors, through skill building, education, support, advocacy, access to community resources, and the development of a support system with other group members (81% achieved this goal). In 2012, 105 individuals were provided with 4,687 hours of service. The program utilized 74 volunteers who contributed 3,210 hours to the program.

Activity 3

The goal of the parent stressline is to reduce child abuse and neglect, as well as the stress in families that can lead to child abuse and neglect. The parent stressline is a 14-hour, daily listening service staffed by trained parent advocates. Parent advocates strive to assist callers with finding solutions to their problems and make referrals, as needed, to canopy center programs or other appropriate community services that are equipped to meet the needs of the caller. Parent advocates are recruited from the community and must complete an initial day and a half comprehensive training, as well as on-going seminars, to continue the education needed to serve callers on the line. The long term objective of the program is that callers to the parent stressline are able to determine alternative behaviors for addressing the stress in their lives that can lead to child abuse and neglect and/or are provided with resources necessary to seek further assistance with their stress-related needs. Callers are able to determine alternate behaviors for addressing the stress in their lives (87% of callers met this objective). In 2012, 2,814 calls were received on the line. The program utilized 44 volunteers who contributed 4,331 hours to the program.

Filer

EIN

51-0211908