Organizations Filed Purposes:
GUIDED BY CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, WE SERVE AND EMPOWER THOSE IN NEED.
THE CLIENT ASSISTANCE AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM PROVIDES EMERGENCY FOOD AND CLOTHING, GED PREPARATION, COMPUTER SKILLS TRAINING, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, ASSISTANCE TO SENIORS, INFORMATION, AND REFERRALS. UCC IS A HOST AGENCY FOR SER'S SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SCSEP). SCSEP IS A COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WORK BASED TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OLDER WORKERS. THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP UCC PROVIDES TRAINING TO SEVEN SENIORS WEEKLY TO UPDATE THEIR SKILLS. UCC ALSO PARTNERS WITH TRANSITIONAL WORK SOLUTIONS (TWS) TO HELP INJURED EMPLOYEES RETURN TO WORK BY MATCHING THEM WITH NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS AS THEY HEAL. UCC RECEIVES ABOUT 7 VOLUNTEERS EACH WEEK TO PERFORM LIGHT DUTY JOBS SUCH AS FILING, GREETING GUESTS, OR DATA ENTRY. MANY VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE VOLUNTEERING UPON RETURNING TO WORK. ADDITIONALLY, UCC COLLABORATES WITH THE TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK TO HOST A MONTHLY MOBILE FOOD PANTRY AT THE WESLEY CENTER. UCC DISTRIBUTED ON AVERAGE 74,000 POUNDS OF FOOD MONTHLY TO ABOUT 2,856 FAMILIES THROUGH THE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY. DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, UCC DISTRIBUTED 485 THANKSGIVING MEALS AND 375 CHRISTMAS GROCERIES TO CLIENTS. THROUGHOUT THE 2020 FISCAL YEAR, UCC HAS PROVIDED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO 16,433 PEOPLE AND DISPENSED APPROXIMATELY 355,000 POUNDS OF FOOD AT THREE CENTERS. 79% OF THE CLIENTS SERVED THROUGH UCC HAVE AN ANNUAL FAMILY INCOME UNDER $20,750.
ACT III (AWARENESS CHANGES TOMORROW) IS A A PRGROGRAM FOR YOUTH AGES 14 THROUGH 17 THAT PROMOTES THE PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. UCC STAFF WORK WITH PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HELP YOUTH BUILD RESILIENCY, ACHIEVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS, INCREASE SELF-CONFIDENCE, IMPROVE SOCIAL COMPETENCE WITHIN THEIR FAMILIES, AND CULTIVATE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND SERVICE. ASSISTANCE IS ALSO PROVIDED FOR HOMEWORK, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND GANG AVOIDANCE. FOR THE 2020 FISCAL YEAR, THE PROGRAM SERVED 283 YOUTH AND PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 2,350 MEALS AND SNACKS.
THE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (EEP) IS PROVIDED AFTER SCHOOL AND ALL DAY IN SUMMER TO LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN INNER-CITY FORT WORTH. IN THIS PROGRAM, UCC PROVIDES THREE CRITICAL LITERACY PROGRAMS YEAR-ROUND: A FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAM FOR EMERGING READERS IN PRE-K AND K, CALLED I CAN READ!, AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM TO ADVANCE THE READING LEVELS OF HIGH-RISK PRIMARY GRADE STUDENTS SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW GRADE LEVEL CALLED LEVELED LITERACY INTERVENTION (LLI), AND OUR CORE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (EEP), A BALANCED LITERACY PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTING FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (FWISD) INSTRUCTION. OUR AT-RISK CHILDREN ATTEND LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN FWISD. ALL LITERACY PROGRAMS HELP OUR STUDENTS BECOME MORE PROFICIENT READERS. OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAMS NOT ONLY PREVENT THE "SUMMER SLIDE" BUT HELP MANY CHILDREN IN THE PROGRAM RETURN TO SCHOOL ON A HIGHER READING LEVEL. IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED, MARCH 31, 2020, UCC PROVIDED LITERACY INSTRUCTION TO 717 STUDENTS. WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE EEP PROGRAM, STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED OVER 117,700 MEALS AND SNACKS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Celia Esparza | PRESIDENT & CEO | 40 | $74,021 |
| Donald Campion | CFO | 40 | $70,000 |
| Mr Kevin Smiley | TREASURER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mr Tom Hegi | SECRETARY | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Bob Galvan | VICE CHAIR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Rev Tom Faile | CHAIR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Courtney Mckay | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Roy Lowry | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mr Wilson Woods | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Morri Wong | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mr Clark Sykes | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Dr Gary Strong | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Suleyka Macias Scribner | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Emily Scott | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Magalya Sanchez | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Mae Rossi | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mr Bj Richmond | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Karla O'Donald | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Erin Mcdonald | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mr Michael Malloy | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mr Trelaine Mapp | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Jolynn Lowry | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mr Sean Looney | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Susan Idleman | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Ellen Hoffman | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mr John Hobart | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Jane Goodspeed | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Sandra Gamez | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ms Kathy Ellis | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
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