2024-11-10T16:14:02-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 452648040 COMMUNITY LIVING ABOVE COMM 5037192057 6336 Bridgeview Rd West Linn OR 97068 Steve Burch President Board of Directors 5037523994 2024-11-12 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X https://communitylivingabove.org/ X X 156170 X 156170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156170 0 0 127709 223 760 0 47216 175908 -19738 29547 0 9809 29547 9809 0 0 0 0 29547 9809 0 0 29547 9809 Community Living Above (CLA) is a prevention coalition that implements prevention efforts in the community. We are dedicated to preventing substance use among youth by collaborating with the community to raise awareness, modify social norms, educate youth and adults, and promote mental health wellness. We do this by engaging, educating, and empowering youth, families, and communities to make informed decisions by assessing the local conditions, developing a community coalition that establishes a framework that strengthens collaboration and supports the implementation of activities that prevent youth substance use/misuse, fosters resilience, provides education, resources, and support, and promotes healthy life choices. Our program is built on collaboration. We are creating a safe and nurturing environment for our youth through evidence-based programs, community engagement, and partnerships with families, schools, and other stakeholders. We believe that working together can empower you Parent and Community Education We create and maintain a distribution list (newsletter) and social media presence through our parent and community education program to strengthen and expand outreach and education activities. The newsletter shares educational materials roughly 4-6 times per year with various activities and events that happen throughout the year, and media campaigns, which are approximately five days per week and sometimes multiple daily posts, focus on substance use prevention education, identifying resources and support, and ways to get involved in community activities. Through the online campaign, we reach thousands of youths, parents, and community members, tracking them for various grants we receive. During 2023, the student club implemented a new social media page focused on youth. In 2023, coalition members and youth hosted five booths at various community events, sharing education and resources with the different communities. There were also two parent and community-focused events where prevention programs referred to as the Family Code were shared with two school communities, reaching 150+ parents at each event. This hybrid event allowed easy access and sharing of the recorded events (500+). 0 39623 Community Assessment (ongoing) and Development & Strategic Framework Planning A program service accomplishment in 2023 was finalizing the data collection, analyzing results, and implementing training, programs, and services that reflect and support local assessment results. Data was collected from focus groups, interviews with local leaders and stakeholders, and results from state student health surveys administered in grades 6, 8, and 11. Also collected were school dropout rates, DUI/Wrecks from the police department, and alcohol license and special permit uses, to name a few. Extensive training for coalition and board members was completed as part of the Drug-Free Community Grant CADCA's National Coalition Academy, training for staff and coalition members focused on implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework to assess and plan coalition work. Through assessment, capacity, planning, implementation, and evaluation guided by cultural competence and sustainability, our coalition was able to assess local community needs to understand the current problem, so to implement a strategic plan through policy development, a communication plan, member recruitment (youth and adults), and identified evidence-based strategies and programs, with health equity considerations. We engaged community members by hosting in-person, virtual, and media events throughout the year for youth, parents, and community members ranging from 25-250 participants. We have created awareness in our local community as an organization that can help and support youth and families. CLA has established itself as a respected entity where people know they can get reliable and helpful information. This can be seen in the average number of youth participants each month and through the 2-3 phone calls, emails, and social media messages and comments asking for information or support. 0 24701 Student Prevention Education and Engagement A program initiative of Community Living Above is the Teen Advisory Board (TAB), a youth prevention education club which is a student-led group advocating for prevention education and awareness that helps change the social norms of how we speak about, ask, and find help for ourselves and others as it relates to substance use and mental health. The youth are comprised of students from 9th - 12th grade. Students advocate for peers and learn about things like risk and protective factors that make them vulnerable or resilient when faced with potential behavioral health concerns. In 2023, students planned and implemented two significant prevention education events, with roughly 250 students actively participating. Local, county, and state leaders were present, and a media campaign covered ten days and reached upwards of 1000+ youth. The students also partner with the local school to plan and implement monthly meetings to increase student knowledge about substance use prevention. The monthly attendance of these meetings averaged 75+ students. Several of the students were able to present at local city council meetings and were interviewed by media outlets on the importance of prevention education. One of the important items accomplished this year from the student program activities was the formal formation of the student group as an official club at the local high school. This recognition has opened the idea of prevention clubs at other schools. The students are incredibly proud of this accomplishment. 0 60507 124831 Pam Pearce Board Director and Executive Director 35.00 62852 0 0 Steve Burch Board President 2 0 0 0 Garth Swanson Secretary 1 0 0 0 Anne Marie Lowe Manager 20.00 53678 0 0 Ryan Opshal Director 1 0 0 0 Jonathan Garcia Youth Director 2 0 0 0 Lee Stewart Treasurer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OR Anne Marie Lowe 6336 Bridgeview Rd West Linn OR 97068 5035045691 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 126974 48011 33390 88337 145459 442171 61280 77077 1460 1058 0 140875 188254 125088 34850 89395 145459 583046 583046 188254 125088 34850 89395 145459 583046 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^TAB Meeting and Lunches;2921|Training Conferences;2176|Office supplies and sofware;530|Educational Materials;1743|Community Education events;4080|Tab Events;726|Insurance;1614|Prevention Program Expenses;3913|Travel;190|Office expenses;2634|Payroll Administration;1611|Administrative Expenses;3203|Media Marketing;55|Bank Fees;215|Other business expenses;21605^Total;47216^ An Extension was filed for this return