YWCA CORTLAND

Programs

1. Child care services: the program includes summer camp, school age care and here we grow child care center, providing care to children 6 weeks - 14 years. The summer camp provided care for 147 children. The school age program, located in cortland, homer & mcgraw schools cared for 147 children. In september 2024, the program received a leaps grant that allowed for a free after school program in the cortland city schools. This is a new program and will be monitored closely to determine it success. Here we grow cared for 51 children. Drop-in and learning adventure remains suspended the ywca aei grant continues to collaborate with capco to provide teaching credentials to help with staff recruitment as child care staffing shortages remain. We still have a yearly contract with the county to provide daycare for low income families and the cortland schools to provide universal pre-k. The school age program continues to have less children in the cortland schools due to space issues within the schools.

   $1,623,411 spent$1,010,230 earned by the program
   50% of program spending

2. Aid to Victims of Violence (AVV) provides comprehensive victims services to include advocacy, crisis intervention, legal referrals, phone counseling, support groups, crime victims compensation assistance and prevention education and a 24/7 crisis hotline. This program offers both emergency and permanent supportive housing options for victims and survivors of Domestic Violence and their children. In 2022, the YWCA added 25 units of permanent supportive housing for women survivors and their children. The program was also awarded funding for another permanent supportive housing program of 30 units that will serve both men and women survivors of Domestic Violence and their children. This new housing project is currently paused until the developer can get issues with their funding resolved. This will most likely require the YWCA to resubmit our application with ESSHI. This is what we had to do with the completed supporting housing Grace Brown House project and the process went very smoothly. It is expected this program will open in 2-5 years.

   $1,285,152 spent
   40% of program spending

3. Health and Fitness program includes specialized land and aquatics classes for all ages. This program participates in insurance programs to support seniors through a silver sneakers classic and silver sneakers stability with frequent attendance of 20 or more students. Other classes include Yoga, Group X Classes, Aquatic Classes, swim lessons, weight room and personal training. The YWCA has a co-ed and womens only weight room with personal trainers. Gym and recreation classes include pickleball, gymnastics for ages 1-12, basketball and specialty classes. Innovative and creative staff have added more wellness centered programming to include meditation classes and retreats, equine meditation, and sound healing. The aquatic program offers a variety of water exercise classes including a range of movement classes which follow the arthritis foundation guidelines. Swimming lessons are for children from 6 months to 12 years. Private swim lessons bring in all ages from preschool to seniors. A recently added program, Social Seniors continues to grow with more participants joining weekly for socializing, games, and specialized speakers.

   $277,787 spent$148,533 earned by the program
   9% of program spending

4. Bridges for Kids (BFK) is an individual mentoring program that matches a trained adult volunteer with youth ages 5-12 experiencing stress by poverty, family violence, abuse, and neglect. The mentor meets with the child once a week. In addition, they offer enrichment activities designed to increase the childs self-confidence, resiliency skills. GEMS (Girls, Empowered, Motivated and Successful) is a support group offered in local schools during the scheduled lunch hour. In addition, an adult version of this program is offered at the recently opened Grace Brown House serving women who are survivors of Domestic Violence. Frequent recreational events are held for all children in program and/or on a waiting list. School supplies are distributed every season along with a Thanksgiving meal and holiday gifts. This program is heavily operated with one paid Program Director and over 300 volunteers, mostly SUNY Cortland students and interns.

   $63,762 spent$1,105 earned by the program
   2% of program spending

5. Social Development Programs - Address Leadership skills, concerns of women, career education and life long learning.

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,250,112.