2025-02-27T11:56:22-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 994080028 REECH Residential Educational & Entrepreneurial Care Homes REEC 8326468809 1520 W Belt Line Rd Lancaster TX 75146 Brenda Lynch Founder/Director 8326468809 2025-02-27 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Brenda Burleson Lynch 1520 W Belt Line Road Lancaster TX 75146 0 0 X https://REECHthetop.org X 2024 TX REECH offers an adulting program for Teens And Young Adults (TAYA) who are aging out of foster care by providing housing, life skills education, career/job preparation, counseling, and a support system. REECH will supplement the Preparation for Adult Living classes with three signature programs: (1) monthly "Talking About Real Life" group discussions with distinguished local leaders, (2) annual "Suits and Sneakers Gala & Talent Extravaganza" where TAYA are presented to society as resilient overcomers who are ready to be productive citizens, heads of households, and exemplary employees and/or entrepreneurs, and (3) annual "Rolling YOUniversity Higher Education Texas Tours. Since foster care TAYA are eligible to attend colleges that are supported by the State of Texas tuition- and fee-free, these tours will greatly improve the dismal 3% college attendance rates that foster care TAYA currently show. 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 504 0 509 0 -509 0 509 0 509 0 0 REECH offers an adulting program for Teens And Young Adults (TAYA) who are aging out of foster care by providing housing, life skills education, career/job preparation, counseling, and a support system. REECH will supplement the Preparation for Adult Living classes with three signature programs: (1) monthly "Talking About Real Life" group discussions with distinguished local leaders, (2) annual "Suits and Sneakers Gala & Talent Extravaganza" where TAYA are presented to society as resilient overcomers who are ready to be productive citizens, heads of households, and exemplary employees and/or entrepreneurs, and (3) annual "Rolling YOUniversity Higher Education Texas Tours. Since foster care TAYA are eligible to attend colleges that are supported by the State of Texas tuition- and fee-free, these tours will greatly improve the dismal 3% college attendance rates that foster care TAYA currently show. 0 0 0 0 0 In this inaugural year, many foundational activities were accomplished: Securing board members, applications to be recognized by the state (Texas) and federal government (501c3 designation), the website published (https://REECHthetop.org), organizing documents developed (Orientation handbook, Policy & Procedures Guide, Application Form), securing the site for the first care home, and submitting all the paperwork to be approved by the Department of Family and Protective Services as a Supervised Independent Living (SIL) care home. REECH is currently waiting for a walkthrough of the home so services to the foster care teens and young adults can begin; all other care home components have been approved. 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 TX X X Patricia Branch 2145864750 1520 W Belt Line Rd Lancaster TX 75146 X Patricia Branch Board Secretary 10.00 0 X 0 0 0 Rev Stephen Charles Nash Jr Board member/Faith Leader 5 0 X 0 0 0 Brenda B Lynch Founder/Director 50.00 X X X 0 0 0 Evelyn Mitchum Care Home Host 2 0 X 0 0 0 LaQuinta Manahan-Anderson Volunteer Finance Officer 5 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 229 0 229 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 0 TX Secretary of State 275 0 275 0 0 0 509 0 504 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 509 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 509 X -509 0 0 0 0 509 X 0 0 0 X 509 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 509 509 0 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 509 0 X Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Founder, Brenda Lynch, & Member of the Board of Directors, Rev. S. C. "Chuck" Nash, Jr. are mother and son. However, members of the Board of Directors will be increased to 5 during the upcoming board meeting so that mother and son alone cannot constitute a majority vote. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 review will always be an Agenda item on the February meeting of the Board of Directors and will be announced as available for review by interested parties at that meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 No one is currently being compensated. However, before salaries are set, REECH will include a review & approval by independent persons & comparability data, as suggested. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, financial statements, and/or Form 990 will be made available to the public on the REECH website. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e The 'Other Expenses' were for domain purchase and website hosting (to Wix and GoDaddy). Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Founder/Director paid expenses to the Texas Secretary of State, website hosts, domain purchase, and Zeffy (donation host/fundraising organization).