THE RESOURCE CONNECTION OF AMADOR AND CALAVERAS COUNTIES INC

Programs

1. The resource connection child care resource and referral (ccr&r) program assists parents in making childcare decisions that best meet their family and children's individual needs. Parents receive free referrals to licensed childcare homes and centers in amador and calaveras counties. The ccr&r works to build and support the delivery of high-quality child-care services in diverse settings throughout the service area by providing community education, childcare provider recruitment, training, and support for new and existing childcare programs. To help parents afford the high cost of childcare the alternative payment program provides vouchers to income-eligible parents with a qualifying need at the type of childcare arrangement that best suits their needs. We administer the california alternative payment program, emergency bridge, and calworks child care programs, which are funded by the california department of social services. This past year, the most significant change was the addition of a new subsidy program, emergency bridge, which helps support resource families caring for foster children in amador and calaveras counties. The ccr&r has provided advocacy and information on…

   $7,256,616 spent
   50% of program spending

2. Early childhood programs -the resource connection early childhood programs offers a variety of comprehensive early education programs for children birth to age 5. These programs primarily serve families living at or below the federal poverty line and/or have a qualifying need. These programs include early head start center-based program for children 3 months to 3 years of age, and head start center-based program for children age 3 to 5 years old, and a locally designed home-visiting program serving prenatal moms to children 3 years of age. The focus in all of these programs is on the ""whole child"" while engaging their families as well. The resource connection offers part year and full year options. Head start provides center-based services to 115 preschool aged children (3-5 years old) that were enrolled, dropped or completed the program from july 1 2024 through june 30 2025. Early head start provides infant/toddler services through center-based, and home visiting. Early head start center-based served 52 children and early head start home base served 46 children that were enrolled, dropped or completed from july 1 2024 through june 30 2025.

   $3,842,805 spent
   26% of program spending

3. Food bank program -the resource connection food bank provides food and resources to low-income families living in calaveras county. We believe strongly in the health of our community and having access to healthy food is important. Currently, 35% of the food we provide is a variety of fresh produce. We are dedicated to ensuring healthy food is available throughout our county and we have several strategies to accomplish this. We partner with 9 faith-based and community pantries who provide food in many outlying areas of our community. We take food out into the very remote areas of our community through our own mobile pantry project - our mobile pantry goes to west point, railroad flat and copperopolis. We provide usda commodity food one time per month at eight sites throughout the county. We distributed 1,137,525 pounds of food to 10% of the population living in calaveras county including one in five children. We also provide resources for many other services available to the families and individuals we serve.

   $1,601,868 spent
   11% of program spending

4. Calaveras crisis center - the resource connection calaveras crisis center provides shelter, peer licensed counseling, advocacy, restraining order assistance, criminal justice support, court accompaniment services and hospital response for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and personal safety as well as violence prevention education for school aged children in calaveras county. The resource connection advocacy center provides forensic interviewing services, criminal justice advocacy and education, multi-disciplinary case management and licensed counseling services for child victims of crime.services provided during the past year include:the calaveras children's advocacy center served 136 child victims of crime, 28 of which also received forensic interviews in order to gather evidence in preparation for prosecution of those crimes. 103 received no cost therapeutic services.the calaveras crisis center provided assistance to 364 individuals who were experiencing domestic violence, 40 of those received shelter services. Of the 364 individuals who received services 41 were adult males and 97 were children.the calaveras crisis center provided assistance to 97 individuals…

   $1,249,131 spent
   9% of program spending

5. The special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children - better known as the wic program is a federally funded program that serves to safe guard the health of low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating including breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health care. Fathers, grandparents, and foster parents may also be eligible to enroll children under the age of five. Wic also provides breast pumps to breastfeeding mothers who qualify. The resource connection wic program also offers a breastfeeding peer counseling program. Once enrolled into our wic's peer counseling program, breastfeeding mothers will have free access to peer support and an international board-certified lactation consultant. Average number of participants served in a 6-month period (april 2025 - september 2025) = 1089/month.$60/value wic food package into local economy each month = $65,340 /month.wic site locations include, amador county - ione, jackson, pioneer, plymouth, sutter creek.calaveras county - angels camp, arnold,…

   $596,697 spent
   4% of program spending

6. The resource connection is also supported by the community's generous donations. These funds are used to pay for necessary items that restricted grant funding cannot pay for. Such expenses include but are not limited to volunteer training, staff training and wages, administrative expenses, food for clients, equipment maintenance/repairs, shelter repairs and supplies (ie: paper products, luggage, haircuts, help with storage costs), christmas gifts/meals for shelter residents, insurance, medical exams for child victims of crime, client transportation for those fleeing violence, medical services for adult clients, help with client utility bills, services for pets of our shelter residents (ie: veterinary care, food) and dental work for child victims. Additionally, the support of generous donations strengthens our community events like our local childrens' fairs. These fairs offer free resources and healthy activities for children, creating safe spaces for families to connecti and thive. Thanks to the combined efforts of donors, local businesses, and community partners, these events bring joy and education to hundreads of children each year.

   $59,571 spentof which $5,777 as grants
   0% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,606,688.