Lake Family Resource Center

“James r. Hilton 8001 adobe creek road kelseyville, ca 95451 barbara flynn po box 505 cobb, ca 95426 ilene dumont 4195 lakeshore blvd lakeport, ca 95453 john tomkins p.o. Box 1140 lucerne, ca 95458 bill cornelison po box 312 cobb, ca 95426 andrew peterson 8751 paradise valley blvd. Lucerne, ca 95458 gail salituri-layton 5536 oakridge drive kelseyville, ca 95451 flora krasnovsky 9954 salmina road kelseyville, ca 95451”

“The form 990 will be reviewed by the finance committee and approved by the board.”

“Coi statements are completed and reviewed annually. Any indentified coi is evaluated and corrective action is taken as necessary.”

“A salary survey of like organizations is reviewed.”

“Salary survey of like organizations are reviewed.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. The form 990 is available to the public on guidstar org website or upon request.”

“Lake family resource center is a comprehensive family services organization created to assist lake county residents to achieve safe, sustainable, healthy families and communities. Lake family resource center strengthens our community one family at a time.”

“The organization has reported in kind expenses and revenue of 430,079 which is not required to be reported as income and expense on the return therfore the information is being disclosed on schedule o.”

“Our volunteers support the crisis line, perform program service and general office duties.”

“Was funded to provide services to 62 children and expectant mothers. We continued to offer both home-base and center-base services to eligible lake county families to ensure the needs of our families were met. Our recruitment and service area encompasses the entire county, which covers an area of 1,200 square miles. During the program year a total of 117 families were served. We provided 40 children full-day, year-round developmentally appropriate center based care. Our team of family advocates provided weekly home visitation services to 63 children. Our family service coordinator provided monthly home visits to 14 expectant mothers. Lake county's population is mostly white with the largest minority group being hispanic or of latino origin. The predominant languages are english and spanish. Our program is able to provide full bi-lingual services to our spanish speaking children and families. The ethnic backgrounds of those served this past program year are as follows: 65% white, 27% hispanic, 4% bi or multi-racial, 2% native american and 2% african american. Of the 32 hispanic families, 19 were spanish speaking only. Health insurance application assistance was provided to participants at intake to ensure that all families have coverage. At the end of our program year, all 103 children were up-to-date on age appropriate preventitive and primary health care. Of these, 3 were diagnosed with a chronic condition needing medical treatment. Ehs assisted each child in recieving the necessary medical care. Two were diagnosed with anemia, and the other one with asthma. At enrollment, 80 children were determined by a health care professional to be up-to-date on all immunizations appropriate for their age. At the end of the year, the number had increased to 99 due to the efforts made by staff to have all participants establish a medical home for preventive and routine care of their families. The number of children with continuous, accessible dental care provided by a dentist at the time of enrollment was 26. With the assistance of our family advocates, the number of children who were up to date on age-appropriate preventive and primary oral care had increased to 103 at the end of the year. Staff assisted with insurnace applications, locating, referring and transporting families to a dentist. The program offers free dental screenings administered by a pediatric dentist bi-annually as part of the preventative dental service. A total of 32 children were seen during these screenings. We provided individualized early intervention services to 19 children who were deemed eligible for early start and active individualized family serivice plans (ifsp). Our child development center provides an appropriate environment for children with disabilities. It is utilized by numerous agencies such as easter seals, lake county office of education selpa program, hawaii elks and speech therapists to see the children in our care and provide their specialized services. Ten children were identified and referred by ehs and deemed eligible for early start services through redwood coast regional center during the program year. Of the 14 pregnant women who received services in the ehs program, all 14 received prenatal and health care, prenatal education on fetal development and information on the benefits of breastfeeding. Three women were identified as being a medically high risk pregnancy. All 14 received received mental health education including a post-partum evaluation and one were referred for substance abuse prevention and treatment. The mission of lake frc's early head start program is to promote and enhance the optimal development of families and young children living in lake county. By providing both center and home-based services we were able to promote positive prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, enhance deveopment of very young children and promote healthy family functioning. We achieve this through a coordinated, comprehensive and high quality program”

“Violence victims and their children. During 2013-2014, we provided 5,382 bed nights to 52 women, 2 men and 32 children at freedom house domestic violence shelter. On our community crisis line, we received and responded to 268 calls, of which 153 were domestic violence calls. Provision of food and household assistance was given to 52 women, 2 men and their children. All children residing at freedom house continue their education through the kelseyville school district. Occasionally, home schooling is arranged when their are extenuating safety factors. If a parent wishes, they can transport their children to their original school. Comprehensive domestic violence services include support groups, classes, and training. We offer seeking safety a ptsd sensitive substance abuse program, windows between worlds art program, cal works domestic violence support and staff training, nurturing parenting and anger management classes. New ideas of additional support groups are in the process of being developed. Last year 900 sessions of therapeutic and/or peer counseling were provided, plus 300 support group sessions. Safety plans were developed for 90 participants in domestic violence services. Lake frc provides drop-in centers at our kelseyville and clearlake offices serving over 50 non-sheltered individuals. Our advocacy services include 40 restraining orders assistance and 48 with court accompaniment with linkage to legal services as necessary. Services were provided to 32 individuals with physical, mental, or medical disabilities, including the shelter. Emergency transportation was provided to 22 times and non-emergency transport was provided 127 times as necessary other appointments or offices. Health insurance application assistance was provided to ensure that all have coverage with an effort made to establish a medical home for prevention and care. Memoranda of understanding are in place with all local social services agencies and law enforcement agencies, lake county office of education, and applicable school districts. Lake frc staff works closely with representatives from victim witness, aods, and dss with services available on those work sites. Annually we provide comprehensive 40 hours of training for domestic violence responders, shelter workers, and community crisis line volunteers. Twenty volunteers were prepared to help domestic violence victims and their children in the past year. Lake frc has bilingual/bicultural staff to serve program spanish speaking participants. In the past year, ethinic breakdown of clients was as follows: 67% anglo, 10% native american, and 17% hispanic, 2% african american, 1% bi-racial, 0% pacific islander,2% asian and 1% unknown. Ethnic breakdown of our staff is as follows: 80% anglo, 20% native american. Lake frc works with all domestic violence victims to help them establish safe, healthy and satisfying lifestyles that are free of violence and fear. Last year 354 individuals benefited.”

“Health and wellness-the program is comprised of the following specialized services: the tobacco control program, which focuses on reducing the availability of tobacco to youth, reduce exposure to second hand smoke, involve youth in tobacco activism, and counter pro-tobacco influences. Of other program service activities conducted during the year: lake frc provides multiple programs including mental health, calworks domestic violence, seeking safety, child abuse treatment, differential response, teen parenting, housing assistance, youth development, parenting classes, teen suicide lifeline, rape crisis center, rape prevention education, child abuse prevention programs, health insurance application assistance, and tobacco education.”

“Fundraising expenses 19,798 loss on assets held for sale 97,329 fundraising expenses -19,798 loss on assets held for sale -97,329”