WELLNESS WORKS INC
PO Box 875782, Wasilla, AK 99687 wellnessworks4u2.wordpress.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Transitional Living Center - Transitional Housing Services During 2018-2019, the Wellness Works Transitional Living Center (TLC) housed 36 persons from a variety of backgrounds and housing needs. Many of our clients came to us from jail or on probation or parole. Some were already in drug treatment programs, or they started services once they had reliable housing at the TLC. Several of those people either bailed on the program to go live with friends or relatives, went back to using drugs and living on the streets, or were incarcerated, either on new charges or on probation violations. Most clients were also required to have a job while housed at the TLC, and most were required to take job prep and financial/money management educational modules (unless they were on a fixed income and awaiting permanent housing elsewhere) based on their needs and program objectives. Some of our clients successfully graduated their drug treatment programs, got jobs, and started paying their own housing costs at the TLC. They later left the TLC when they were successful in finding their own housing and were prepared to pay their own bills. Some of our clients were homeless, sleeping in their cars in the middle of the wintertime with nowhere to go to get out of the cold. Those people were referred to us by other agencies. The TLC worked with those agencies to help the clients apply for services, obtain ID, and get into treatment programs and other services while they waited for permanent housing. Most were able to get into permanent housing within 1-3 mos. of being in our program. Others left the program to stay with relatives or return to the streets. About 25% were Millennials (25-40-something year-olds) who had gotten out on their own, had their own place, a job, families, etc.. Then they had multiple or felony DUIs or got addicted to drugs and were now clean, or for whatever reason, just couldn't rebound and get back on their on feet. Many had families who would not allow them back to their homes or to see their kids. TLC staff transported them to job interviews, gave them a regimen of educational modules to help them gain the job skills needed to get a job again and the financial management skills to be back on their own. Staff helped them set up a checking account, prepare a budget, and get back on track paying their bills. We also helped them save enough money to pay off fines, fees, program charges, etc., for their legal and treatment program responsibilities and to save up enough money to get their own place after they got the rest of their criminal fees paid. Staff drove them back and forth to work after they were able to obtain employment and provided full mentorship and support until they regained the life skills necessary to be self-sufficient on their own and relearned how to manage money reliably enough to pay their housing costs and other bills once they were on their own.

Fiscal Sponsorships Wellness Works' mission statement is broad enough to sponsor and/or incubate projects or programs that align with our own mission. We believe in giving a hand up, not a handout, and we feel responsible for helping others get a start with their own projects or programs that have purposes or causes our Board of Directors deems worthy to sponsor and/or mentor. Some projects come to us needing a fiscal sponsor because they already have a grant award pending that they would otherwise be ineligible to receive because they do not have 501(c)(3) status. Most grantors require that the organization receiving their grant be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. We have minimal expenses for the projects that come to us as a Model C, or on a 1099 self-employed basis. However, the Model A programs become actual Wellness Works' programs, and while we require them to be self-sustaining, we do provide minimal financial support until they are able to fund their own projects, either via personal financial injections, from grants, donations, or other contributions. Wellness Works began sponsoring projects in 2018, with our first fiscal sponsorship project, Lifetime of Impact, signed on 4/23/2018. For the term of our first fiscal year sponsoring projects, 10/31/17 through 9/30/18, Wellness Works had 5 projects total, with 2 having been terminated and 3 still active at the end of FY 2017-2018. For the term of our second year sponsoring projects, 10/31/18 through 9/30/19, Wellness Works added 1 new project (Elev8Cure Foundation), and terminated 2, for a net loss of 1 project and a total of 2 still active at the end of FY 2018-2019. With 1 new project during FY 2019-2020, Whole Yoga & Ayurveda, and the contract termination of The Time Is Now as of this date, 6/11/2020, for a 0 net loss year to date, Wellness Works currently has 2 Active Model A Programs: Lifetime of Impact and Whole Yoga & Ayurveda.

Limited Individual Assistance with Job & Emergency Related Expenses Wellness Works (WWI) provided assistance to individuals and families on a case-by-case basis, mostly in emergency situations. We paid for the first month insurance premium for a couple of people who were offered jobs but had to have a current ID and proof of auto insurance. Once they got a paycheck under their belt, the auto insurance was their responsibility. We helped a couple of people finance a vehicle so they could continue working. These people were the income earners of the household and had lost their vehicles either due to an accident or the vehicle was simply so old and dilapidated that it was more cost-effective to buy a new used vehicle so they had reliable transportation to and from work. They were on a fixed income or low-income and a vehicle was a necessity to provide for their families. WWI also paid for job expenses such as fingerprints, background checks, special shoes or clothing (like white shirt and black slacks), basic tools, etc. WWI paid utilities on an emergency basis so heat and/or electric wouldn't be shut off in the wintertime, making the dwellings uninhabitable and risking excessive damage to clients' rental units in the form of frozen and broken plumbing pipes and/or water damage. We also provided the cost of medicine for several people with chronic conditions who could not afford it when an emergency arose -- like car troubles in the wintertime, unexpected loss of a job or being off work and not paid due to an illness, the death of a loved one, etc. We also paid for groceries, emergency travel, and other bills that would have caused hardship if left unpaid.

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