Alma Community Care

“Description AmountDirect program 3,795Conferences 371Operating 1,126”

“Category Beginning of Year End of YearAccounts payable 2,515 1,045”

“Program accomplishments:1. Mental Health Awareness The first of Alma Community Cares top two accomplishments in the last year was bringing mental health awareness and education to the families of our community. We accomplished this by hosting fifteen Parenting Seminars taught by local bilingual licensed therapists, social workers, and psychologists. At these seminars, more than 100 of our communitys parents and children learned mental health topics such as:childhood anxiety and depression,bullying and its effects, managing childrens use of technology, andpositive parenting tactics. Program accomplishments:2. Academic Health Support The second top accomplishment for Alma Community Care in the last year was supporting the academic health of our communitys children. Studies show that minority children living in poverty (like those in our community) who do not read at grade level by third grade are up to six times more likely to drop out of high school, a statistic reflected in our communitys 50% high school dropout rate. In light of these academic challenges, Alma Community Care continued The Reading Club for its second year serving fourteen students. The Reading Club is a weekly after-school program that helps increase literacy among our communitys children through:one-on-one reading coaching, listening comprehension exercises, and creative reading a”