CHRISTIAN WOMENS JOB CORPS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
1111 FOSTER AVENUE, NASHVILLE, TN 37210 www.beginanew.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: CWJC MIDDLE TN EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES CAUSED BY POVERTY BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, MENTORING AND RESOURCES.

CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S JOB CORPS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (DBA BEGIN ANEW OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997 AS A MINISTRY OF THE NASHVILLE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. IN FEBRUARY 2003, CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S JOB CORPS INCORPORATED AS A 501(C)3 ORGANIZATION, AND WE ADDED SERVICES FOR MEN IN 2008. THE NAME CHANGED TO BEGIN ANEW IN 2016 IN ORDER TO REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION'S SCOPE AND PURPOSE. BEGIN ANEW EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS TO OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES CAUSED BY POVERTY BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, MENTORING, AND RESOURCES. WE BELIEVE EVERYONE DESERVES A CHANCE TO BEGIN ANEW AND WALK A JOURNEY TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE. BEGIN ANEW PROVIDES THREE EDUCATION TRACKS TO STUDENTS: HSE (HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY), ELL (ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER), AND COMPUTER AND JOB SKILLS TRAINING. THE HSE TRACK OFFERS TUTORING AND/OR CLASSES IN FIVE SUBJECTS: LANGUAGE ARTS - READING, LANGUAGE ARTS - WRITING, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL STUDIES. THE ELL TRACK ACCOMMODATES THREE LEVELS OF INSTRUCTION: LEVEL 1 (BEGINNER), LEVEL 2 (INTERMEDIATE), AND LEVEL 3 (ADVANCED). LEVEL 1 FOCUSES ON FOUNDATIONAL VOCABULARY AND BASIC GRAMMAR WITH READING, WRITING, AND LISTENING IN MIND. LEVEL 2 BUILDS ON VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR WITH ADDITIONAL VERB TENSES, INTRODUCES ADVERBS, AND TEACHES LONGER SENTENCE STRUCTURES IN ORDER TO ADVANCE A STUDENT'S LIFE SKILLS. LEVEL 3 PREPARES A STUDENT FOR WORKPLACE VOCABULARY BY LEARNING PHRASES, SAYINGS, AND CONCEPTS SUCH AS HOW TO EXERCISE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND SPENDS MORE TIME IN COMPREHENSIVE READING AND WRITING. THE COMPUTER AND JOB SKILLS TRAINING TEACHES PROGRAMS LIKE EXCEL, OUTLOOK, POWERPOINT, WINDOWS, AND WORD, ALONG WITH SKILLS SUCH AS BUILDING A RESUME, INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES, BUDGETING, GOAL SETTING, ETC. BEGIN ANEW PRIMARILY SERVES STUDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 18 WITH SIX PROGRAMS AT FOUR LOCATIONS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE: MADISON MEN AND MADISON WOMEN (MADISON CHURCH OF CHRIST 106 GALLATIN PIKE NORTH, MADISON, TN 37115), NASHVILLE, WOMEN ONLY, (NASHVILLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 108 7TH AVENUE SOUTH, NASHVILLE, TN 37203), WILLIAMSON MEN AND WILLIAMSON WOMEN (WALKER BAPTIST CHURCH 1350 WEST MAIN ST., FRANKLIN, TN 37064), AND WOODBINE, COMBINED MEN AND WOMEN, (THE CHURCH AT WOODBINE 29 WHITSETT RD., NASHVILLE, TN 37210). A PROGRAM DIRECTOR OVERSEES THE VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENTS AT EACH PROGRAM BY PROVIDING OVERSIGHT, TRAINING, AND DIRECTION. EACH LOCATION HOLDS CLASSES FOR TWO HOURS ON MONDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS FROM 6-8PM, EXCEPT WILLIAMSON WHICH MEETS ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS FROM 6-8PM AS WELL AS MAKES A DAYTIME CLASS AVAILABLE ON THURSDAY FROM 9AM-NOON. IN ADDITION TO OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WE OFFER FREE CHILDCARE WHILE STUDENTS ATTEND CLASSES, PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A VOLUNTEER MENTOR/ENCOURAGER, AND CONTINUALLY SEEK TO CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY THAT CARES FOR ONE ANOTHER. HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2019: IN 2019, THE THEME EMERGED AS STREAMLINING. STAFF NOW SPEND MORE TIME SERVING STUDENTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY OF BEGIN ANEW AFTER OVERHAULING THE DATABASE AND TRACKING MEANINGFUL DATA. OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD WORKED HARD IN 2019 TO SET THE TONE AND REINFORCE BEGIN ANEW'S FOUNDATION WITH AN EYE ON THE FUTURE. AS SUCH, THEY KEPT THE MISSION STATEMENT AND CAPTURED THE ESSENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION WITH THREE CORE VALUES. IN ADDITION, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD WROTE A NEW VISION STATEMENT: TEACHING ONE GENERATION TO CHANGE THE NEXT. NONE OF THE NEW LANGUAGE CHANGED HOW BEGIN ANEW SERVES OUR STUDENTS OR THEIR FAMILIES, BUT THE NEW CORE VALUES AND VISION STATEMENT ALLOWED THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TO UNITE AROUND COMMON LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTANDING IN ORDER TO SERVE TOGETHER WELL. BEGIN ANEW MAINTAINS QUALITY PROGRAMMING AT REDUCED COSTS UTILIZING TRAINED VOLUNTEERS AND DONATED SPACE. IN 2019, OVER 320 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 7,519 HOURS AS TUTORS, TEACHERS, CHILDCARE WORKERS, MENTORS, BOARD DIRECTORS, FUNDRAISING EVENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MEAL PREPARERS, MEAL SERVERS, GREETERS, AND MORE THE VALUE OF THESE SERVICE HOURS EXCEEDED 170,000 USING CALCULATIONS ACCORDING TO THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR SPECIFIC TO TENNESSEE. IN ADDITION, COLLEGE WORK-STUDY STUDENTS PROVIDED 11,495 OF IN-KIND SERVICES. AREA CHURCHES DONATED SPACE FOR PROGRAMS AND VOLUNTEER TRAINING WHICH AMOUNTED TO 87,114 OF IN-KIND RENT DONATIONS. OTHER IN- KIND GOODS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING SPECIAL EVENT DIRECT COSTS, TOTALED 14,500. BEGIN ANEW SERVED 394 STUDENTS AND 142 CHILDREN. WE GRADUATED 72 STUDENTS IN 2019 - OUR LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN ONE YEAR (37 HSE, 18 ELL, 5 COMPUTER AND JOB SKILLS, AND 12 GOAL GRADUATES). OUR STUDENTS REPRESENTED 32 COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN: AFGHANISTAN, ARMENIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, CHINA, COLUMBIA, CONGO, CUBA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, ETHIOPIA, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, IRAN, IRAQ, JAMAICA, JAPAN, KOREA, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA, PERU, RUSSIA, SPAIN, SOUTH KOREA, SUDAN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND VENEZUELA. FINALLY, WE RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED WHAT BEGIN ANEW DESIRED TO DO WITH EXCELLENCE: EDUCATE, MENTOR, AND PROVIDE RESOURCES. EDUCATION AND MENTORING CONTINUED TO THRIVE. THEREFORE, OUR STAFF INCREASED OUR EFFORTS OF BUILDING STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS IN ORDER TO EQUIP OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH BETTER RESOURCES. WE KNEW THAT THROUGH SOLID PARTNERSHIPS WITH CHURCHES, NON-PROFITS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESSES, AND OTHER AGENCIES - OUR STUDENTS BENEFITTED THE MOST. WITH AN ATMOSPHERE OF COMMUNITY, THE STUDENTS OF BEGIN ANEW OFTEN SHARED THEIR GREATEST CURRENT NEEDS. THIS PAST YEAR ALLOWED OUR STAFF TO FIND NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND ESTABLISH NEW WAYS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AS WE CONNECT THEM TO A LARGER NETWORK OF RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS. WE CONTINUED OUR WORK WITH THE ADULT EDUCATION COLLECTIVE IMPACT (AECI). THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOINED THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JOINED A WORKGROUP. AECI REMAINS A GROUP OF NETWORK PARTNERS COMMITTED TO MAKING PROGRESS ON ADULT LEARNING IN NASHVILLE. WE WORKED WITH INDIVIDUAL NON-PROFITS AS ORGANIZATION WIDE PARTNERS TO ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ADULT EDUCATION, MUTUALLY REFER STUDENTS, SHARE INSIGHTS AND IDEAS, AND OBTAIN VOUCHERS FOR STUDENT HISET TEST FEES AS FOLLOWS: MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER, NASHVILLE ADULT LITERACY COUNCIL, NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT, NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, TN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ADULT EDUCATION DIVISION, TENNESSEE LANGUAGE CENTER, AND WORKFORCE ESSENTIALS. ALSO, WE COLLABORATED WITH OTHER NON-PROFITS AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO PROVIDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO OUR STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF OUR EXPERTISE SUCH AS ADULT LEARNING CENTER/LITERACY COUNCIL, BENEVOLENCE CENTER OF MADISON CHURCH OF CHRIST, BETTER OPTIONS, BOOK'EM, COLUMBIA STATE, DAVID ROGERS LAW OFFICE, ECONOMIC RELIEF FUND, EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, FAITH FAMILY MEDICAL, GRACEWORKS, JUSTICE FOR ALL TN, THE LITTLE PANTRY THAT COULD, MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (WOMEN IN BUSINESS), MADISON CHURCH OF CHRIST COUNSELING CENTER, MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER, MERCY CLINIC, MOBILE DENTAL UNIT OF BRENTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH, NASHVILLE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION TOY STORE, THE NASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT, NASHVILLE NURTURES, PEOPLE LOVING NASHVILLE, PROJECT CONNECT, THE SALVATION ARMY, UNITED WAY OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THE WELL OUTREACH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY LEGAL AID, AND WOODMONT BAPTIST CHURCH FOOD PANTRY. FINALLY, WE WORKED WITH AREA CHURCHES, HANDS ON NASHVILLE, AND LOCAL COLLEGES TO SUPPLY A SUSTAINABLE VOLUNTEER BASE.

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