Gabriels Angels Inc

“The board of directors has directed review of the form 990 to the finance committee. The finance committee reviewed the form 990 and made a recommendation to the board of directors that the form 990 be approved and filed. All members of the board of directors received a copy of the form 990 for their review. Additionally, the outside cpa discussed the form 990 with the board of directors at a meeting.”

“All officers and directors are required to annually review the organizations conflict of interest policy and sign an annual statement declaring any conflict of interest or lack thereof. Officers and directors self monitor throughout the year and disclose or recuse themselves from any discussion or votes which involve conflicts of interest.”

“The chief executive officers compensation is annually reviewed and approved by the board of directors. The board of directors uses data and statistics of executive compensation in similar organizations as a basis for comparison when considering the level of compensation for the chief executive officer.”

“The compensation of other officers or top executives are annually reviewed and approved by the chief executive officer and by the board of directors through the budget approval process. The chief executive officer uses data and statistics of executive compensation in similar organizations as a basis for comparison when considering the level of compensation for the chief executive officer.”

“The organization makes all public documents, including the form 1023, form 990s and any public governing documents, available to the public upon request at the organizations office during regular business hours.”

“FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A - PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Gabriels Angels has 115 registered Pet Therapy Teams and 24 Helping Hands serving over 2,100 children annually through three programs at 75 partner agencies in Maricopa, Pima, and Santa Cruz Counties in Arizona. Teams visit Title I schools, domestic violence and homeless shelters, group homes, behavioral health and residential treatment facilities, and youth-serving organizations all in an effort to intervene in childrens lives and enhance their emotional and behavioral development by teaching core strengths - building healthy/strong relationships(attachment), coping with challenges(self-regulation), teamwork(affiliation), tuning into others(attunement), kindness(empathy), accepting differences(tolerance), and resilience. In order for Gabriels Angels to provide services, it is vital to have trained Therapy Teams. Therapy Teams are volunteers consisting of an owner and pet, most commonly a dog. Therapy Teams must be registered with Pet Partners or Alliance of Therapy Dogs and clear an FBI fingerprint/background check prior to being assigned to a partner agency. In addition, Gabriels Angels provides extensive training to its volunteers, including Trauma Informed Training, information specific to the age group of children the volunteer will be working with, and structured activities that will effectively impact the core strengths needed for vulnerable children to develop socially. There is no cost to the participating agency or school to receive therapy visits for their children. All costs to provide services are supported through community philanthropy. Partner agencies commit to the visitation schedule, provide space for the visit, select the children who will participate, and provide assistance in program evaluation. The three programs delivered are: Paws for Resilience: The Paws for Resilience program promotes resilience through animal-focused, skills-building lessons and activities. Each visit focuses on building a specific core strength - building healthy/strong relationships, coping with challenges, teamwork, tuning into others, kindness, accepting differences, and resilience. During the visit, the Therapy Team guides the children through age-appropriate activities which are designed to encourage interaction with the therapy dog and build a particular strength. For example, a session focusing on building relationships might include a trust walk with the therapy dog.The children take turns walking the dog while discussing and practicing positive behaviors such as staying calm, walking slowly and steadily, keeping their voice at a and showing confidence. The children are asked to reflect on how their behavior affects the behavior of the dog and how they have the ability to control the interaction. Or children will be given two index cards and asked to write an ingredient for creating a strong relationship with an animal. The ingredients are then gathered into a bowl and the children take turns reading the cards and discussing how these ingredients are important to building strong relationships with both animals and people. Paws For Resilience visits occur every other week for 8 weeks, last for 45-60 minutes each visit, and work best with groups of up to 8 children of similar age or grade level. Animals, Books and Children (ABC): The Animals, Books and Children (ABC) Program is available to school-based, Title 1, partner agencies and children in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade. The Therapy Team spends 20 minutes reading with the same child for 12 to 14 weeks. The Therapy Team is trained in using dog-first language during reading activities: Fido didnt quite understand that sentence. Could you read it to him again? Dogs are non-judgmental so children are less self-conscious when reading aloud to them. The program uses reading materials at the childs current reading level to provide reading practice and the Therapy Team incorporates activities that help develop core strength”