2024-04-29T11:43:14-05:00 2023-06-30 860683059 BEACHFLEISCHMAN PLLC 1985 E RIVER ROAD SUITE 201 TUCSON AZ 85718 990 2022-07-01 861037966 THE CHILD LANGUAGE CENTER INC CHIL 5206228364 PO BOX 43123 TUCSON AZ 857333123 CRYSTAL MENDOZA TREASURER 5206228364 2024-04-26 1 CRYSTAL MENDOZA 999009999 0 MONICA A VERA CPA P01456278 5203214600 2024-04-26 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z CAROLE JENSON MS CCC- PO BOX 43123 TUCSON AZ 857333123 873815 0 X CLCTUCSON.ORG X 2006 AZ PROVIDE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN (AGES 2.5-5) WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS. 6 6 18 10 0 0 340324 553725 324497 317472 0 0 1316 2618 666137 873815 0 0 0 0 465102 682790 0 0 17061 248758 203920 713860 886710 -47723 -12895 740707 727812 85617 85617 655090 642195 X OUR MISSION IS TO BENEFIT CHILDREN WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS THROUGH SPECIALIZED EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, RESEARCH TO IMPROVE LANGUAGE LEARNING, AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING THAT LINKS RESEARCH TO CLINICAL PRACTICE. 0 0 826693 317472 SEE SCHEDULE O 826693 1 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0 1 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X CRYSTAL MENDOZA 5206228364 PO BOX 43123 TUCSON AZ 857333123 CAROLE JENSEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 38688 0 9768 CHERYL COLLINS-WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER 4.00 X 0 0 0 ERNIE MIRANDA BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PENNIE RABAGO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN ZAKERWSKI BOARD MEMBER 4.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT HANNON PAST PRESIDENT EMERITUS 1.00 X 0 0 0 PETER REINTHAL IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARVIN HOFFMAN VICE PRESIDENT EMERITUS 3.00 X 0 0 0 CRAIG GROSS PRESIDENT 4.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICIA JIMENEZ VICE PRESIDENT 4.00 X 0 0 0 CRYSTAL MENDOZA TREASURER 4.00 X 0 0 0 38688 0 9768 0 0 0 0 0 484015 69710 553725 DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT 611600 315227 315227 REGISTRATION FEES 611600 2245 2245 317472 2618 0 2618 2618 873815 317472 0 2618 47957 47957 504571 504571 39206 39206 63710 63710 27346 27346 2700 2700 14575 11723 2852 6058 1102 3307 1649 10222 10222 86784 65088 21696 14 14 5031 5031 20043 20043 5731 5731 PROGRAM EXPENSES 40202 40202 ASC 12560 12560 886710 826693 42956 17061 67812 74960 900162 247310 672895 652852 740707 727812 85617 85617 85617 85617 X 655090 642195 655090 642195 740707 727812 -12895 0 X 0 0 0 X 237459 239656 267504 340324 553725 1638668 237459 239656 267504 340324 553725 1638668 14903 1623765 12250 12250 1316 2618 3934 1654852 1350021 0.98120 0.97310 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 900162 247310 652852 652852 FORM 990, PART I, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A: THE CLC'S EARLY-INTERVENTION PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO GIVE YOUNG CHILDREN ACCESS TO ORAL LANGUAGE AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES, WHICH ARE FOUNDATIONAL FOR SUCCESSFUL LANGUAGE, LITERACY, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: WINGS ON WORDS (WOW) PRESCHOOL (AUG MAY) SERVES UP TO 72 CHILDREN, 2-5 YEARS OLD, WITH AND WITHOUT SPEECH-LANGUAGE DEFICITS. APPROXIMATELY 60% OF CHILDREN ENROLLED REQUIRE SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY SERVICES, WHICH ARE EMBEDDED INTO THE PRESCHOOL DAY USING A HYBRID SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL (INDIVIDUAL, SMALL GROUP AND CLASSROOM-BASED). LICENSED AND CERTIFIED SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS ON THE WOW STAFF PLAN, IMPLEMENT AND SUPERVISE THE SERVICE PROVISION AND PRACTICUM OF UP TO FIVE GRADUATE STUDENT CLINICIANS EACH SEMESTER. IN THE CLASSROOM, THE SCHOOL'S EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS HAVE, COLLECTIVELY, AN AVERAGE OF 15+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT WINGS ON WORDS. THEIR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE CENTER'S MISSION IS AT THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE PROGRAM'S SUCCESS. IN ADDITION, WOW HAS RECENTLY BEGUN EMPLOYING SLP-ASSISTANTS, WHO DUALLY SERVE AS CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES. THIS ALLOWS FOR INTENTIONAL, FOCUSED AND NEARLY UNINTERRUPTED SPEECH-LANGUAGE FACILITATION THROUGHOUT THE PRESCHOOL DAY. WOW SUMMER CAMP (MAY JUNE) CLC'S PROGRAMS BEGAN IN 1991 WITH THE WOW SUMMER CAMP TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE SERVICES FOR PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN AND SUPPORT SLHS TREATMENT RESEARCH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. THE CAMP CONTINUES TO BE IN HIGH DEMAND WITH WAIT LISTS FOR ENROLLMENT TYPICALLY FILLED BY EARLY APRIL EACH YEAR. ON AVERAGE, 90% OF THOSE ENROLLED IN SUMMER CAMP REQUIRE SPEECH-LANGUAGE INTERVENTION SERVICES, WHICH ARE PROVIDED MORE INTENSIVELY (FOUR TIMES PER WEEK VS. TWO TIMES PER WEEK) DURING THE 5-WEEK CAMP EXPERIENCE. TO MEET COMMUNITY DEMAND, CAMP ENROLLMENT WAS EXPANDED IN 2014 TO INCLUDE CHILDREN IN K-1ST GRADE, WHO WERE STRUGGLING NEW READERS. THIS CLASSROOM, CALLED SOARING INTO READING, WAS EXPANDED AGAIN IN 2018, TO ALSO INCLUDE CHILDREN IN 2ND GRADE. STATISTICS SIGNAL A CONTINUED, AND URGENTLY GROWING NEED FOR LITERACY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, LIKE OURS, IN THE COMMUNITY. CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH SPEECH-LANGUAGE DEFICITS, AND SPECIFICALLY, DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER (INCIDENCE: 1 IN 15), ARE AT GREATER RISK FOR LITERACY DEFICITS AND ACADEMIC FAILURE. IN 2019, ONLY 46% OF 3RD GRADERS IN PIMA COUNTY WERE READING AT GRADE LEVEL. THE ABILITY TO READ AT PROFICIENT LEVELS BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE TRAJECTORY OF A STUDENT'S EDUCATION. RESEARCH FROM THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOUND THAT "STUDENTS READING PROFICIENTLY BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE ARE FIVE TIMES MORE SUCCESSFUL AT ACHIEVING COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AS THEIR NON-PROFICIENT PEERS." FURTHER COMPELLING RESEARCH FROM A UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO STUDY FOUND THAT LESS THAN 20 PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO WERE READING BELOW GRADE LEVEL ATTENDED COLLEGE, COMPARED TO ABOUT A THIRD OF STUDENTS WHO WERE READING AT GRADE LEVEL, AND NEARLY 60 PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO WERE READING ABOVE GRADE LEVEL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE BYLAWS OF THE ORGANIZATION WERE AMENDED IN MARCH 2023. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES: -ARTICLE II, SECTION 1 AMENDED THE SECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO BE SELECTED BY A VOTE OF 75% OF THE IN-ATTENDANCE VOTE OF THE BOARD AND TO ENSURE THAT NO LESS THAN TWO MEMBERS REPRESENT THE TUCSON VALLEY, ORIENT OF ARIZONA, SCOTTISH RITE FREEMASONRY, SOUTHERN JURISDICTION. -ARTICLE II, SECTION 6 ALLOWS FOR EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH ARE CHOSEN BY BOARD APPROVAL. -ARTICLE II, SECTION 7 SPECIFIES THAT VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED BY A VOTE OF 75% IN ATTENDANCE VOTE OF THE BOARD. -ARTICLE II, SECTION 8 SETS THE EXPECTATION THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL MAKE AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORGANIZATION. ARTICLE III, SECTION 2 SPECIFIES THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL HAVE AT LEASE TWO MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT THE TUCSON VALLEY, ORIENT OF ARIZONA, SCOTTISH RITE FREEMASONRY, SOUTHERN JURISDICTION. -ARTICLE III, SECTION 4 PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. -ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2 STATES THAT THE OFFICERS SHALL BE ELECTED BY 75% OF THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE PRESENT OR BY PROXY VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. THE TERM IS FOR THREE YEARS OR UNTIL THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS ARE ELECTED AND QUALIFIED. -ARTICLE IV, SECTION 3 PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF EACH OFFICER POSITION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT CPA AND REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER PRIOR TO FILING. THE GOVERNING BOARD IS INFORMED OF THE COMPLETION OF FORM 990. UPON REQUEST, THE TREASURER WILL REVIEW AND ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C EACH YEAR, ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WHICH STATES THAT THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN THEIR DUTIES AND IN DEALINGS WITH OTHER ENTITIES. THESE ANNUAL STATEMENTS ARE KEPT ON FILE. IF A CONFLICT ON ANY ISSUE IS REVEALED, THAT DIRECTOR MUST RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THE TRANSACTION DISCUSSION AND ANY VOTING ON THE ISSUES. THE REMAINING OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS WILL DISCUSS IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. IF THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE REMAINING OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS WILL DISCUSS AND VOTE UPON THE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.