2024-05-15T13:14:49-07:00 2023-06-30 990 2022-07-01 341165756 EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC ELCE 4402778235 2800 Pearl Avenue Lorain OH 44055 Victor Leandry Chief Executive Officer 4402778235 2024-05-15 Victor Leandry 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Victor Leandry 2800 Pearl Avenue Lorain OH 44040 1296539 0 X lorainelcentro.org X 1974 OH El Centro is a Hispanic-Latino non-profit advocacy organization whose mission is to enhance the socio-economic status of the Lorain County community by providing essential social, educational, cultural and community development services. Core Programs: Senior & Adult Supportive Services, Youth Leadership, Employment, Domestic Violence & Representative Payee. 12 12 31 19 0 0 888571 1144338 98806 146015 4186 6186 0 0 991563 1296539 0 0 0 0 824607 839931 0 0 12933 212912 370171 1037519 1210102 -45956 86437 1913551 2165560 180651 346223 1732900 1819337 El Centro is a Hispanic-Latino non-profit advocacy organization whose mission is to enhance the socio-economic status of the Lorain County community by providing essential social, educational, cultural and community development services. Core Programs: Senior & Adult Supportive Services, Youth Leadership, Employment, Domestic Violence & Representative Payee. 0 0 396809 96158 Money Management Program (Representative Payee Services). The program provides money management, representative payee services, to individuals 18 years of age and over from Lorain County who are struggling with severe physical and mental disorders that render them unable to manage their own personal finance. Services include individual support to secure the basic needs for the betterment of the client. The program serves approximately 300 indviduals annually. The average annual income of client in this program is less than $8,500. The primary function of the Money Management Program is to ensure that clients meet their basic living needs, primarily housing, and to avoid re-hospitalization. Each client represents a unique challenge with regards to limited resources, special cognitive limitations, dependency issues, treatment compliance and stigmas faced in the community. While over 50% of all clients referred to the program are homeless, the program, through active advocacy for the clients and ensuring basic needs are met, has demonstrated its ability to maintain stable housing in the community for over 98% of its clients. 188816 0 0 231GO Collaborative : The program is offered to Lorain youth grades 5-8 who reside in Census Tract 231. The collaborative focuses on and assists youth to create the necessary developmental assets, Social Self Efficacy, Academic Self Efficacy and Valued by Adults. El Centro is the backbone agency of the collaborative, with partner agencies and collaborative partners focused on mentoring, self esteem development and creating students who are motivated and engaged in learning. 24629 0 0 El Dorado Senior Center. The program is designed to enhance the quality of life of Latino senior citizens through culturally sensitive supportive services, which include: health screenings, health education, interpretation, translation the services necessary to improve their mental and physical health. El Dorado Senior Program serves Latino seniors whom are challenged by socioeconomic, language, and cultural barriers. Of the clients served in the program, 80% live below the poverty level and 82% do not speak English. Over one third of the clients are disabled and frail. Many of the clients served by the program have little or no family members available to assist them with their physicaland emotional needs and over half live alone. Often times, El Dorado caseworkers are the only point of contact the elderly have for assistance. El Centro caseworkers are trained to interpret in the context of health service delivery and provide bi-cultural supportive services, which are essential part of a more accurate diagnosis and more sensitive treatment to ensure quality of care for over 110 seniors. 413182 0 44888 Community Health and Supportive Services Program: The Community Health and Supportive Services program formally know as Adult Support Services is a unique program that serves as the first stop for many monolingual Latino families in need of social services and those having difficulty navigating the social services system. The program is also considered the signature program of El Centro. This program has established excellent partnerships with many organizations, health institutions, social services agencies and programs, school systems, law offices, and others. This program is currently serving a dual role while providing a crucial service to the community, as it also serves to cultivate and develop bilingual social workers in our county and address a need in our county, state and nation. The goal of this program is to continue providing social assessments to family in need, identifying services needed, but most important, connecting families to those services by providing referrals as well as interpretation and support. Ancillary Services provided by the program include a mobile food pantry in collaboration with Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Ohio. 58916 0 0 Community Development: The Community Development Program is Collaboration between the members of the Lorain Latino Finance and Housing Committee to provide bilingual financial literacy education to residents in Lorain County and once agency has received a HUD certification add home buying classes. The Lorain Latino Financial and Housing Committee consists of financial institutions that are committed to helping the community to learn about financial management, home buying process and financial stability. 472098 0 44888 1082352 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 OH X Victor Leandry 4402778235 2800 Pearl Avenue Lorain OH 44055 Victor Leandry Executive Director 40 0 X 86983 0 19018 Mallory Santiago Trustee 0 0 X 0 0 0 Niketas Katsaros Trustee 0 0 X 0 0 0 Dr Denise Douglas Trustee 0 X 0 0 0 Albert Calo Trustee 0 0 X 0 0 0 Rachael Velez Trustee 0 0 X 0 0 0 Victor Ortiz Trustee 0 0 X 0 0 0 Amanda Oberg Trustee 0 0 X 0 0 0 Amy Garcia President 0 0 X 0 0 0 Gina Perez Trustee 0 0 X 0 0 0 Terri Soto TREASURER 0 X 0 0 0 Catherine Woskobnick VP 0 0 X 0 0 0 86983 0 19018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51317 0 344096 748925 0 1144338 146015 146015 0 0 146015 6186 6186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1296539 152201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86983 32186 51613 3184 0 0 0 0 625695 591319 28328 6048 0 0 0 0 60395 54907 5112 376 66858 60762 5678 418 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6500 6500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36998 35497 1097 404 0 0 0 0 23719 21557 2014 148 18500 17208 1264 28 0 0 0 0 88977 79954 8405 618 4396 3994 374 28 0 0 0 0 35107 31905 2982 220 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57743 53671 2976 1096 18453 16770 1568 115 EQUIPMENT MAINT 22548 20492 1915 141 PROGRAM SUPPLIES 19819 19819 0 0 TELEPHONE 17545 15945 1491 109 STAFF CERTIFICATIONS 19866 19866 0 0 1210102 1082352 114817 12933 536511 439945 362957 364195 2020282 658862 1014083 1361420 1913551 2165560 30651 41978 150000 304245 180651 346223 X 651801 870295 1081099 949042 1732900 1819337 1913551 2165560 86437 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1011378 878941 1218966 995339 1249614 5354238 1011378 878941 1218966 995339 1249614 5354238 5354238 1211 1303 592 2164 3168 8438 37040 40987 39950 34080 42519 194576 5557252 0 0.96347 0.96292 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 RELEASED FROM TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 23700 23700 0 1678959 449046 1229913 0 0 0 0 0 317623 209816 107807 0 0 0 0 1361420 1296539 0 0 0 0 0 1296539 0 0 0 1296539 1210102 0 0 0 0 0 1210102 0 0 0 1210102 ANNUAL GALA 77500 0 77500 0 0 6911 12088 2750 4434 0 0 77500 0 77500 0 0 6911 12088 2750 4434 26183 51317 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Presented during board meetings Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Each annual board retreat, policy was reviewed and statements were signed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Annual review is conducted during annual board retreat, following review, current year budgets are reviewed and merit raises are determined based on staff performance and fiscal considerations. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Hard copy upon request N/A EXTENSION WAS ACCEPTED TO 05/15/24