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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGrant Request - CO Teen ChallengeEconomic Development Fund Discretionary Grant Program Organization: Central Oregon Teen Challenge Organization Description: This faith -based organization provides assistance and support to help those faced with life -controlling problems, particularly drugs and alcohol, to turn away from destructive life styles. This chapter is affiliated with a national organization that was established in 1958. The facility in Bend is a residential recovery center for adult men. There are 16 beds available for those in a 12 -month, multi -phased residential training program. Non-residential assistance and prevention programs are also offered through this organization. Project Name: Teen Challenge Thrift Store Startup Project Description: This grant will be used to pay a portion of the startup funds necessary to establish a thrift store. This store is intended to provide a steady, year-round source of income to the organization. The organization projects to have the store startup funds raised by the end of April. Project Period: March 1, 2011 — May 1, 2011 Amount of Request: $3,000 (Total Project Expenditures = $40,000) Previous Grants: None Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org DESCHUTES COUNTY DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION Direct Application to: Commissioner Tammy Baney Commissioner Dennis R. Luke Date: (I I Project Name: Project Beginning Date: Amount of Request: Applicant/Organization: Address: Commissioner Alan Unger All Three Commissioners ix �i C.11i: ( tit Lei "T6,'� ,� f /,1 oro Project End Date: Date Funds Needed: rj r'1 Tax ID #: City & Zip: +Vic." yt,,e VI Ctiai(.it ic Po 00 y X27 Contact Name(s): Fax: -16;-6/ \[CLL" Ayr+ Alternate Phone: Telephone: Email: (5(11 X1 -75z7-2____ --1-1 ( r i re? r T On a separate sheet, please briefly answer the following questions: 1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities. 2. Describe the proposed project or activity. 3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity. 4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health. 5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit. 6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future. Attach: Proof of the applicant organization's non-profit status. * Applicant may be contacted during the review process and asked to provide a complete line item budget. Tammy Baney: Dennis Luke: Alan Unger: Amount: Amount: Amount: Signature: Signature: Signature: �VG2� Deschutes County Discretionary Grant Program Applicant's Organization and Mission Teen Challenge International (Pacific Northwest Centers), is a non-profit, faith- based helps program for men and women who are 18 years or older, whose lives are being destroyed by life -controlling problems, particularly drugs and alcohol. Teen Challenge is a national and international program with a 40 -year history of providing assistance and support and challenging people to make the right choices by turning away from their destructive life styles. Teen Challenge is one of the oldest, largest, and most successful programs of its kind in the world. Established in 1958 by David Wilkerson, Teen Challenge has grown to more than 225 centers in the United States and over a 1,000 worldwide. In the process of breaking down the addiction cycle, Teen Challenge has become a solution to the addiction crisis. Teen Challenge is known throughout the world for providing successful recovery programs. Enthusiastic law enforcement officials, judges, mayors, governors and other prominent community and country leaders advocate the mission of Teen Challenge. Several United States presidents have voiced their appreciation for the unique work of Teen Challenge. This grant request is a specific request by the Central Oregon Teen Challenge, located in Bend, Oregon. We are in a facility that has the capacity for 25 men, but because we cannot afford to staff it at the full capacity, we currently have only 16 beds available. We are a residential recovery center for adult men. The purpose of Teen Challenge is to meet the needs of those whose lives have been shattered by addictions. Where residential care is needed, Teen Challenge offers a well-developed, 12 -month residential, multi -phased training program. Teen Challenge also provides extensive non-residential assistance through personal and group sessions. Prevention programs (Stay Sharp) are provided to thousands each year through public school assemblies and public meetings. Teen Challenge also helps those who do not have the financial resources to get the help that they need. Our policy is to NEVER turn someone away for lack of money. Our goal is to see the student and their family restored and graduate them debt free. Leadership Structure Teen Challenge International, USA, provides leadership and services to the entire network of Teen Challenge Center's throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The Executive Director of Teen Challenge USA serves as a national representative and spokesman for the constituency of Teen Challenge. The role of the National Office is to provide leadership by way of accreditation standards, curriculum distribution, a referral source for people who need Teen Challenge's services, training, and management assistance in order to enable each of the local Teen Challenge center to accomplish their mission. Deschutes County Discretionary Grant Program Every Teen Challenge center is responsible for maintaining the accreditation Standards of Teen Challenge International. Every 3 years the local center is audited to these standards. If a center is found to be lacking in one of these standards, that center will be given a time frame for which to be found in compliance. The regional leadership is responsible to ensure the standards are maintained. The local center is overseen by Pacific Northwest Teen Challenge. The 12 member corporate board is the voice of decision for 13 programs across the Pacific Northwest. The President and COO for the Pacific Northwest report to the regional corporate board and the local centers report to the president, coo and corporate board. Services We Provide Teen Challenge has significant impact on local communities. By the time an individual enters Teen Challenge he has typically had almost every relationship and family tie shattered that might be helpful in recovery. He has usually formed strong relationships with people and groups that actually perpetuate the addiction spiral. After completing Teen Challenge, hope is restored to more than just the addict, but to the family as well. Solid, positive relationships within community and family are also re-established. Teen Challenge involvement in a community facilitates a reduction in drug-related crimes in the area. Prevention efforts within the community improve since recovered addicts exert a profound impact on family, friends, and community. The economic cost to society is reduced and restored men and women become contributors to their community. Teen Challenge even participates in community projects, outreaches, food bank services, correctional facility meetings, thrift stores and work projects. In addition, Central Oregon Teen Challenge offers assistance and referral services to the community. With millions of young lives in the beginning stages of life controlling issues, Teen Challenge is determined to fight back. Teen Challenge offers a hard hitting, high energy Prevention program (Stay Sharp) designed to educate students on drug and alcohol abuse and the consequences of their choices. Our presenters address the Facts, Lies and Costs of addiction. Intertwined in this dynamic presentation, students will hear speakers share personal stories of their introduction to drugs and the destructive journey it lead them on. These speakers are people, young and mature, men and women, who have walked in the students' shoes and are able to make a relevant and impacting connection. Our desire is to reach as many teens across the nation as possible. The negative destructive voices that communicate the wrong way to live are speaking loudly, repeatedly and clearly to the hearts and minds of this generation. We must communicate hope and truth and show them the right way. Teen Challenge also offers a work study program. We operate thrift stores, Landscape crews, coffee stands, painting crews, commercial and residential cleaning services, and much more. Deschutes County Discretionary Grant Program The work program not only aids funding the local center, but also teaches students new job skills for life and the value of doing a job with excellence. This growth is critical in developing healthy new views of their self-worth and also to promote the aspiration to achieve in life. Proposed Project Request The requested grant will be used for start-up expenditures for our thrift store. We would like to open a thrift store to provide a steady, year-round stream of income to the program. It will also let us utilize men who cannot perform the manual labor that most of our jobs require. There are numerous successful thrift stores run by Teen Challenge programs throughout the nation. The more income we have, the more services we can offer families. Timeline for Project We are projecting to have the startup funds raised by end of April 2011. We our currently meeting with potential investors and applying for grants to make this a project a reality. How the Proposed Project Impacts Community's Economic Health Opening a Thrift Store in Central Oregon would serve the community in multiple ways: - Provide quality products that are economically priced Meet the needs of low -Income families Recycling instead of creating more refuse—"green" thinking - Providing and teaching job skills to program participants so that they can eventually lead productive lives and contribute to the economy of their communities Communities or Groups that will Benefit The thrift store will serve the Central Oregon community, however, the income from the thrift store will serve the entire region, state, and perhaps nation. Funding is required to continue life skills training, to enable us to volunteer in the community, to inspire hope , and to educate others regarding addiction and choices. Itemized anticipated expenditures. A budget is attached. The total cost for startup will be approximately $40,000. We are confident that we will receive a $25,000 matching grant from a private foundation, so we must continue to fundraise the remainder. How Grant Funds will be Used The requested grant will be used for start-up expenditures for our thrift store. For the first few months, there will be no income for the thrift store, yet we will have expenses such as lease, personnel, utilities, insurance, etc. Deschutes County Discretionary Grant Program How We will Sustain the Program in the Future Thrift stores are not new to the organization of Teen Challenge. They are actually one of our most successful work study programs. There are 5 successful Thrift stores in the Willamette Valley alone. The Teen Challenge Thrift Store model is well defined and strategically managed. Rodger Snodgrass is the Director for the Pacific Northwest Teen Challenge business development. He has years of high level retail development behind him and private business ownership as well. Rodger is responsible for developing and operating effective business models for the local centers. Rodger is responsible for the success of the local store. Training, hiring, advertising, merchandising and fiscal responsibility are all aspects of his oversight. Rodger reports to Pacific Northwest Teen Challenge. Our success has brought requests from across the country to learn the business philosophies of our thrift stores. After initial start-up, the thrift store is intended to be self-sustaining and in fact provide a steady stream of funding for our programs. TEEN CHALLENGE THRIFT STORE STARTUP March 2011 Project Goal: $40,000 Revenue Foundation Grant 25,000 Other Grants 3,000 Other Fundraising 12,000 Total Resources 40,000 Expenditures Salary - Manager 2 Months 3,300 Salary Rollups 2 Months 400 Phone, Internet, Fax 300 Racks 3,000 Gondolas 8,000 Cash Registers/Counters 1,000 Office Machines 1,000 Utilities 2,500 Rent 2 Months 8,000 Tenant Improvements 4,000 Signage 1,000 Vehicle 5,000 Gasoline 500 Advertising 2,000 Total Expenditures 40,000 Internal Revenue Service Date: August 6, 2002 Teen Challenge International Pacific Northwest Centers Oregon P.O. Box 609 Lebanon, OR 97355-0609097 Dear Sir or Madam: Department of the Treasury P. O. Box 2508 Cincinnati, OH 45201 Person to Contact: Cassandra E. Jackson 31-07417 Customer Service Representative Toll Free Telephone Number: 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EST 877-829-5500 Fax Number: 513-263-3756 Federal Identification Number: 93-0844063 This is in response to your request for a copy of your organization's determination letter. This will take the place of the copy you requested. In July of 1984 we issued a determination letter that recognized your organization as exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. That letter is still in effect. We classified your organization as one that is not a private foundation within the meaning of section 509(a) of the Code because it is an organization described in sections 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(i). This classification was based on the assumption that your organization's operations would continue as stated in your application. If your sources of support, character, method of operations, or purposes have changed, please let us know so we can consider the effect of the change on your organization's exempt and foundation status. All exempt organizations (unless specifically excluded) are liable for taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (social security taxes) on remuneration of $100 or more paid each employee during a calendar year. Your organization is not liable for the tax imposed under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA). If your organization is a church or a qualified church -controlled organization as defined in section 3121(w)(3) of the Code, it may elect to exclude wages paid to its employees (other than for services performed in an unrelated trade or business) for social security taxes. This election must be made by filing Form 8274 by the day before the date the organization's first quarterly employment tax return would be due under the revised law. If your organization makes this election, its employees who earn $100 or more during a calendar year become liable for the payment of the self-employment tax an the wages the organization pays them. Donors may deduct contributions to your organization as provided in section 170 of the Code. Bequests, legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts to your organization or for its use are deductible for federal estate and gift tax purposes if they meet the applicable provisions of sections 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Code. Your organization is not required to file federal income tax retums unless it is subject to the tax on unrelated business income under section 511 of the Code. If your organization is subject to this tax, it must file an income tax return an the Form 990-T, Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return. In this letter, we are not determining whether any of your organization's present or proposed activities are unrelated trade or business as defined in section 513 of the Code. Organizations that are not private foundations are not subject to the excise taxes under Chapter 42 of the Code. However, these organizations are not automatically exempt from other federal excise taxes. (2) Teen Challenge International Pacific Northwest Centers Oregon . 93-0844063 If your organization had a copy of its application for recognition of exemption on July 15, 1987, it is also required to make available for public inspection a copy of the exemption application, any supporting documents and the exemption letter to any individual who requests such documents in person or in writing. You can charge only a reasonable fee for reproduction and actual postage costs for the copied materials. The law does not require you to provide copies of public inspection documents that are widely available, such as by posting them on the Internet (World Wide Web). You may be liable for a penalty of $20 a day for each day you do not make these documents available for public inspection. Because this letter could help resolve questions about your organization's exempt status and foundation status, you should keep it with the organization's permanent records. If you have any questions, please call us at the telephone number shown in the heading of this letter. This letter affirms your organization's exempt status. Sincerely, 4, zq.e. John E. Ricketts, Director, TE/GE Customer Account Services