2024-05-15T15:31:10-05:00 2023-06-30 561304727 BLACKMAN & SLOOP CPAS PA 1414 RALEIGH RD SUITE 300 CHAPEL HILL NC 27517 990 2022-07-01 204612388 VOICES TOGETHER INC VOIC 9199422714 88 VILCOM CENTER DRIVE 100 CHAPEL HILL NC 27514 YASMINE WHITE CEO 9199422714 2024-05-13 1 YASMINE WHITE 999009999 0 ANDREA WOODELL EASON P00361629 9199428700 2024-04-25 3 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z YASMINE WHITE 88 VILCOM CENTER DRIVE SUITE 100 CHAPEL HILL NC 27514 3058718 0 X WWW.VOICESTOGETHER.ORG X 2006 NC OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO FIND THEIR VOICE AND CREATE (CONT. ON PAGE 34) THEIR OWN PATH IN LIFE UTILIZING SPECIALIZED MUSIC THERAPY. 8 8 43 43 0 0 423966 797179 1128630 2259451 0 0 0 2088 1552596 3058718 6540 0 0 0 1586413 1860434 0 0 143233 492954 530642 2085907 2391076 -533311 667642 455183 1243065 33198 153438 421985 1089627 X OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO FIND THEIR VOICE AND CREATE THEIR OWN PATH IN LIFE THROUGH SPECIALIZED MUSIC THERAPY. 0 0 1570540 2251658 VOICES TOGETHER IS NOW A PROVIDER FOR PRE-E.T.S. - PRE EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION SERVICES. THE VOICSS(REGISTERED TRADEMARK) PRE-ETS MODEL HELPS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND NEURODIVERSITY BUILD SKILLS TO TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO THE COMMUNITY, POST SECONDARY EDUCATION AND/ OR JOBS. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THEM THROUGH THREE AREAS OF SKILL ACCESS: COMMUNICATION/ SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND MANAGEMENT, JOB EXPLORATION AND INSTRUCTION IN SELF ADVOCACY. VOICSS (REGISTERED TRADEMARK) IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING: TRANSITION SERVICES THROUGH THE DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION DIVISION. VOICSS THERAPISTS USE A PROPRIETARY CURRICULUM TO BUILD SKILL AREAS NECESSARY TO TRANSITION INTO THE COMMUNITY AND OBTAIN INDEPENDENCE AND JOBS. PARTICIPANTS AGES 14 - 21 LEARN HOW TO MANAGE EMOTIONS, SELF-REGULATE THEIR BEHAVIOR, NAVIGATE JOB POSSIBILITIES AND SKILLS UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE THEIR EMOTIONS IN A WORK SETTING AND LEARN ADVOCACY SKILLS SUCH AS MAKING CHOICES, UNDERSTANDING THEIR PREFERENCES,NEEDS AND VOICING THEIR NEEDS AND WANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 286329 4658 VOICSS (REGISTERED TRADEMARK) IN EDUCATION: SCHOOL PROGRAMS.PARTICIPANTS FOCUS ON WORK READINESS THROUGH LANGUAGE, SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL SKILLS AND SELF ADVOCACY PRACTICE. OUR EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM MODEL VOICSS (REGISTERED TRADEMARK) HAS HELPED STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND NEURODIVERSITY BY ADDRESSING CRITICAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS NEEDS THAT ENABLE THEM TO BECOME STRONG SELF-ADVOCATES, BECOME INDEPENDENT ADULTS AND EXPERIENCE FULL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. THE VOICSS MODEL IS RECOGNIZED AS AN EVIDENCE-BASED AND INNOVATIVE MUSIC THERAPY AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL MODEL. 54837 TALKING SONGS (REGISTERED TRADEMARK):IN APRIL 2020, IN JUST TWO WEEKS TIME, WE SUCCESSFULLY ADAPTED OUR CORE PROGRAM TO A BASIC VIRTUAL DELIVERY MODEL THAT SUCCESSFULLY MET OUR STUDENTS NEEDS. OVER THE PAST YEAR, VOICES TOGETHER HAS GATHERED FEEDBACK FROM AN ARRAY OF SOURCES ACROSS THE STATE AND BEYOND SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH NEURODIVERSITY AND/ OR INTELLECTUAL/DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, WHO AFFIRM THAT THOSE THEY SERVE ARE IN DIRE NEED OF ONLINE RESOURCES THAT ARE INTERACTIVE, PROVEN, AND CAN ENSURE STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ISOLATED OR FALL BEHIND. IN RESPONSE, VOICES TOGETHER HAS CREATED A WEB AND MOBILE APPLICATION, TALKING SONGS, THAT WILL OFFER VOICSS (REGISTERED TRADEMARK) TOOLS VIRTUALLY. 120347 5223 VOICSS MUSIC THERAPY (VMT) INSTITUTE:RESOURCES ENABLING INDIVIDUALS WITH NEURODIVERSITIES TO ENGAGE, LEARN, ADVOCATE, AND ACCESS THEIR WORLD ARE CURRENTLY SCARCE, ALTHOUGH VITAL TO THEIR PRESENT AND FUTURE WELL-BEING. THE IMPACT VOICES TOGETHER CAN HAVE ON THESE CHILDREN AND ADULTS WILL BE GREATLY AMPLIFIED IF WE ARE ABLE TO TRAIN OTHERS - BEYOND OUR OWN STAFF - IN OUR VOICSS MODEL. THE VMT INSTITUTE WILL OFFER PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS, ACCREDITATIONS, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS, BASED ON OUR VOICSS MODEL. OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE INSTITUTE ARE TWO-FOLD: 1) TO SOLIDLY ESTABLISH OURSELVES AS A TRAINING MODEL IN THE FIELD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND 2) TO POSITION US AS EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, GIVING US AN EVEN STRONGER PLATFORM AS A MAJOR RECOGNIZED SERVICE PROVIDER, ENABLING US TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF EVEN MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM OUR PROGRAMMING.RESEARCH: VOICES TOGETHER PREVIOUSLY COLLABORATED WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY ON TWO RESEARCH STUDIES THAT PROVIDED PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE THAT THE VOICSS MODEL HELPS CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER DEVELOP COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. BASED ON THE PROMISE OF THESE INITIAL FINDINGS,VOICES TOGETHER IS NOW PURSUING FURTHER RESEARCH TO TEST THE EFFICACY OF THE MODEL WITH DIFFERENT AND LARGER SAMPLE SIZES AND EVEN MORE ROBUST RESEARCH METHODS IN ORDER TO EXPAND OUR EVIDENCE BASE AND TO STRENGTHEN VOICES TOGETHER'S REPUTATION AS AN INTERVENTION PROVIDER.VOICSS IN THE COMMUNITY: COMMUNITY GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL THERAPYGROUP MUSIC THERAPY SESSIONS ARE OFFERED BY OUR ORGANIZATION ACROSS THE STATE IN COUNTIES THAT WE ARE SERVING. FOR CHILDREN, TEENS AND ADULTS. GROUPS ARE CREATED BASED ON THE AGES, AND GOALS OF EACH CLIENT. INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS ARE HELD IN THE CLIENTS HOME AND ARE USED TO HELP TRANSITION INTO A GROUP OR TO WORK ON INDIVIDUALIZED GOALS.VOICSS IN EARLY INTERVENTIONTHANKS TO GRANTS AND GENEROUS DONATIONS VOICES TOGETHER HAS BEEN WORKING ON ADAPTING IT'S MODEL FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN. LITTLE VOICES SERVES 3-8 YEAR OLD'S IN THE COMMUNITY, PRE-SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN A NUMBER OF COUNTIES THAT WE SERVE. 120347 5223 2032053 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 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 1 15 0 1 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NC X YASMINE WHITE 9845003706 88 VILCOM CENTER DRIVE SUITE 100 CHAPEL HILL NC 27514 YASMINE WHITE MT-BC CEO 50.00 X X 115974 0 14707 LINDA FOXWORTH MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TERRI SHELTON PH D MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUNE ST CLAIR ATKINSON EDD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CLAYTON DORN MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHARON FRANK CPA MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER TRAPANI VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CATERRI WOODRUM CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 COLLIN MCCOLSKEY-LEARY PH D SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH DAY CFO UNTIL 3.17.2023 40.00 X 82368 0 7492 198342 0 22199 1 0 0 0 0 199463 597716 797179 VOICSS IN VOCATIONAL T 611710 2225362 2225362 VOICSS IN THE COMMUNIT 611710 34089 34089 2259451 MISC. 900099 2088 2088 2088 3058718 2261539 0 0 X 198823 182777 5733 10313 1301630 1191771 41020 68839 236332 224511 1557 10264 123649 113508 3921 6220 250689 195455 19459 35775 41880 38897 2025 958 92158 23647 64684 3827 44995 30149 11841 3005 25766 25766 4243 4193 50 OTHER EXPENSES 40949 4182 33269 3498 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMEN 29962 22963 6465 534 2391076 2032053 215790 143233 296158 499084 33950 113410 615803 9439 32268 25782 10729 6486 936 112253 455183 1243065 10650 34170 22548 119268 33198 153438 X 178334 1022923 243651 66704 421985 1089627 455183 1243065 667642 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 132746 130683 942244 423966 797179 2426818 132746 130683 942244 423966 797179 2426818 729188 1697630 129 1151 2088 3368 2430186 6343102 0.69860 0.60970 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16500 16500 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: VOICES TOGETHER SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH OAK CITY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR. 32268 25782 6486 6486 OTHER RECEIVABLE 4021 RIGHT OF USE ASSET 108232 112253 RIGHT OF USE LIABILITY 119268 119268 3058718 0 3058718 0 3058718 2391076 0 2391076 0 2391076 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B WE WILL EMAIL THE BOARD A COPY OF THE 990 TO REVIEW AND APPROVE BEFORE WE NEED TO SUBMIT THE DOCUMENT TO THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE BOARD DOES AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR CEO, WHICH IS SIGNED BY THE BOARD CHAIR AND CEO. OUR CEO AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/FINANCE MANAGER REVIEW AND APPROVE COMPENSATION FOR ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 THESE FORMS ARE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST AND THE 990 IS POSTED ONLINE TO GUIDESTAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 VOICES TOGETHER MAINTAINS FILES CONTAINING INFORMATION RETURNS, ORGANIZING AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND VARIOUS RELEVENT DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 195,455. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 19,459. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 35,775. TOTAL EXPENSES 250,689. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE FULL BOARD ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT AND SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT.