Angels At Risk

AS A COMMUNITY, THE ISSUE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE AND ABUSE IN KIDS, TEENAGERS AND FAMILIES IS AN EPIDEMIC CRISIS. WE KNOW THAT EARLY EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND INTERVENTION CAN CHANGE FAMILIES' FUTURES FOREVER. OUR MISSION IS TO RAISE THIS AWARENESS. OUR ANGELS AT RISK EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION ON A PARENT TO PARENT, KID TO KID, TEEN TO TEEN AND PARENTS TO KID/TEEN LEVEL. OUR WISH IS TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE A SHIFT IN THE PARADIGM OF MENTAL HEALTH BY ADDING PREVENTION EDUCATION UNDER SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN ALL SCHOOLS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM EVERY PLATFORM WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IN THEIR HOMES.

ANGELS AT RISK'S PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR EACH OF ITS THREE LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICES ARE MANY. OF THE 7 MODALITIES (PROGRAM SERVICES) THAT WE OFFER (PARENT-TEEN PROGRAM, CLASSROOM COUNSELOR PROGRAM, LUNCHTIME PROGRAM, TRAININGS, GENERATING PUBLIC AWARENESS, COLLABORATION, & ALLIANCES WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES), THE MOST ACTIVE MODALITIES CONTINUE TO BE THE BELOW 3 PROGRAM SERVICES:MODALITY #2. COUNSELORS FOR CAMPUS SUPPORT, CLASSROOM SPEAKERS, SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES FOR PARENTS & SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES FOR KIDS (PARENT/FAMILY ELEMENT)MODALITY #3. LUNCHTIME & AFTER SCHOOL PREVENTION PROGRAMS & PROJECTS (PARENT/FAMILY ELEMENT)MODALITY #4. WE FACILITATE TRAININGS & IN-SERVICE WORKSHOPS (TEACHERS/PTSA/POLICE/COMMUNITY RESOURCES) (PARENT/FAMILY ELEMENT)FOLLOWED BY MODALITY #1 PARENT-TEEN PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS (FREE TO WESTSIDE COMMUNITY/SCHOOLS/LEGAL/POLICE/COURTS). (THIS IS A MODALITY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSION FOR A TEST LAUNCH PROGRAM IN 2024)EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES/MODALITIES HAVE A PROFOUND DIRECT & INDIRECT IMPACT ON THE KIDS, PARENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELORS, SCHOOLS, & COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES ARE ALL BASED IN STORYTELLING WITH EDUCATION THAT ILLUMINATES AWARENESS, CREATES A SNAPSHOT THAT COULD SAVE THE DAY & THUS PRODUCES EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (TO DATE, OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES SUCCESSFULLY TRANSLATE TO A VIRTUAL FORMAT). FOR THE PAST 26 YEARS, SINCE 1997, OUR PREVENTION EDUCATION CURRICULUM HAS BEEN ACCEPTED & CHAMPIONED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS, & FAMILIES BOTH RICH & POOR. PERHAPS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ANGELS AT RISK HAS SUBSTANTIATED IS THE CLEAR ACKNOWLEDGMENT & UNDERSTANDING OF OUR REPUTATION OF SEL/SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING-BASED PREVENTION EDUCATION. OUR REPUTATION & PLATFORM OF DIRECT SERVICES & SEL IS UNIQUE & WHILE INTELLECTUAL INFORMATION HAS ITS OWN POSITION, WE BELIEVE THAT THE VALUE OF STORYTELLING WITH EDUCATION IS UNPRECEDENTED & PRICELESS. EVEN THE CURRICULUM OF NOTES FROM THE HEART/WISHES FROM THE HEART IS SEL. EACH NOTE TELLS A STORY & LOANS BOTH A PERSONAL & UNIVERSAL VOICE. THE OPTIMISTIC CAUTIONARY TALES ARE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SEL. EACH TALE TEACHES A LIFE LESSON & HAS A VOICE THAT IS ALSO SPECIFIC & UNIVERSAL.MORE SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE LENGTHY & CURRENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN DETAIL ARE UPON REQUEST & FOLLOW THE GENERAL GUIDELINES OF WHAT OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES ENVELOP IN THE SEVEN MODALITIES BELOW. WHILE WE CONTINUE THE BASIC PROGRAMS WE HAVE HAD SINCE 1997 & WHILE WE CONTINUE TO STREAMLINE OUR 7 MODALITIES & OUR SIMPLE CUTTING-EDGE CURRICULUM OUR ACTIVITIES VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR REGARDLESS. THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE PERFECTED & UPDATED OUR CURRICULUM TO BETTER SEAMLESSLY TRANSLATE TO AN ONLINE ZOOM EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDES THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATORS, & THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE. WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS YEAR, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF A POSSIBILITY OF A NEW LAUNCH FORMAT WITH ANIMO LEADERSHIP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL IN INGLEWOOD THAT WAS ALL INCLUSIVE FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS & ADMINISTRATORS WITH A COLLECTIVE MESSAGE OF PREVENTION EDUCATION & MENTAL HEALTH. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD AN EXCITING ASK & SIGNED ANOTHER CONTRACT WITH BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR, THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, TO INCLUDE OUR ANGELS AT RISK LUNCHTIME PROGRAMS & SERVICES (MODALITY #2), WHICH HAS TRULY OPENED THE DOOR TO REINSTATE OUR PARENT-TEEN PROGRAM (MODALITY #3). THIS YEAR WE SET INTO MOTION A CONFIRMATION TO REVISIT LAUNCHING A TEST PROGRAM WITH NOTES FROM THE HEART/WISHES FROM THE HEART WITH KIDS & MOTHERS IN THE SIMPLEST OF WAYS (MODALITY #1). THIS TEST PROGRAM WITH NOTES FROM THE HEART/WISHES FROM THE HEART WOULD ALSO INTRODUCE A SIMPLE TRAINING OF THE EDUCATIONAL TOOL IN AN EASY NON-THERAPEUTIC, YET EFFECTIVE, FORMAT (MODALITY #4). FINALLY, THIS YEAR, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE OUTREACHES TO OTHER NON-PROFITS TO FIND NEW & INNOVATIVE WAYS TO COLLABORATE OR MERGE (MODALITY #6). WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR, ANGELS AT RISK'S SUCCESSES ARE MANY. SOME OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MEASURED BY & INCLUDE THE BELOW POINTS:1. THE IMPACT OF OUR FUNDED PROGRAMS IS INCREDIBLE. OUR MEASURES OF SUCCESS ARE THROUGH OUR CURRICULUM-BASED SURVEYS, STORIES & CONTINUED REQUESTS BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FAMILIES, AGENCIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, & COMMUNITIES AS A WHOLE FOR THE PAST 26 YEARS. ALSO, THE RECENT & CURRENT INVITATIONS FROM LARGER ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN POLICY ADVOCACY, THEIR VISION & IDEAS REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH & DRUG & ALCOHOL USE & ABUSE AT A STATE-WIDE & NATIONAL LEVEL & THE INVITATION TO MERGE AS THEIR PRIMARY PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM. 2. A BRAND NEW WAY THAT WE MEASURE OUR SUCCESS IS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT REQUESTS & OVERALL ASK TO VIEW & UNDERSTAND OUR CURRICULUM AS WELL AS TRAININGS FOR OUR SIMPLE PREVENTION EDUCATION & HEART-BASED FORMAT WHICH TRANSLATES TO ZOOM. 3. POST-COVID WE CONTINUE TO BE INVITED FOR THE RE-IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES IN SCHOOLS LIKE GREEN DOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS & BHUSD. THROUGH ANIMO LEADERSHIP CHS, WE COMPLETED A NEW LAUNCH FORMAT WHICH WAS ALL INCLUSIVE FOR THE SCHOOL/FAMILY COMMUNITY TOGETHER HIGHLIGHTING PREVENTION EDUCATION & MENTAL HEALTH WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. 4. THE SPECIFIC CONTINUED ASK FROM BHUSD IS BIG AS THIS ALSO HELPS OPEN THE DOOR FOR MODALITY #1 TO BE RE-INTRODUCED ALL VIA A UNIQUE & CONVENIENT ZOOM EXPERIENCE. 5. PLEASE SEE NOTES FROM THE HEART/WISHES FROM THE HEART ABOVE (PARAGRAPH 4, FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A SCHEDULE O)6. ADDITIONALLY, WE MEASURE OUR PROGRESS EACH YEAR THROUGH COMPILING DATA COLLECTED THROUGH SURVEYS, ENDORSEMENT LETTERS, IN-SERVICES, STORIES, & MORE SURVEYS INTO AN EXTENSIVE REPORT THAT IS OFTEN INCLUDED IN OUR SIMPLE CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, FAMILIES, & OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. EVEN OUR ANGELS AT RISK 2020 EVENT WAS CURRICULUM & SURVEY BASED. OUR CURRENT REPORT FOR 2011-2012 IS 45 PAGES OF DATA & STORIES. 7. WE ARE THE BEGINNING/THE FIRST PART OF THE JOURNEY FRAMED AS A HEARTFELT OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO GET MORE HELP IN ALL FORMS OF COUNSELING, WHETHER IT BE IN THE SCHOOLS OR OUTSIDE COUNSELING.8. OVER THESE MANY YEARS, ANGELS AT RISK HAS CONTINUED TO BE A VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT EMPHASIZES 3-4 SIMPLE AND HEARTFELT PREVENTION POINTS. OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES CONTINUE TO HELP STUDENTS, PARENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, & THE SCHOOL/COMMUNITY TO DISPEL THE EMBARRASSMENT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH & PREVENTION EDUCATION. OUR MESSAGE ALWAYS TO EVERYONE IS THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE & IT'S OKAY TO CONNECT WITH SOMEONE, EVEN IF YOU'RE AFRAID. 9. SINCE 1997, WE HAVE MAINTAINED THE STABILITY OF OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES HAVE SEEN GLOWING SUCCESS BECAUSE ALL THE SIMPLE CURRICULUM TRANSLATES VIRTUALLY. THUS, BEING RECOGNIZED AS A DIRECT SERVICE ORGANIZATION BASED IN SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) VERSUS JUST INTELLECTUAL INFORMATION ALLOWS US TO CREATE A MEMORY & A SNAPSHOT THAT IS RELATABLE & CAN SAVE THE DAY. ITS SPECIALTY IS DISTINCT & UNPARALLELED.SINCE WE ARE A SMALL NONPROFIT WITH A WIDE UMBRELLA, OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES SPAN FROM INGLEWOOD TO MALIBU & ARE BEST DESCRIBED BELOW. WE GUESSTIMATE, AS SEEN THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT MODALITIES & MORE SPECIFICALLY, OUR THREE PRIMARY PROGRAM SERVICES, THAT WE DIRECTLY & INDIRECTLY IMPACT ROUGHLY 250-350 STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, & PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF STORYTELLING, & WE USE IT IN ALL ELEMENTS & ASPECTS OF OUR PROGRAMS. IT IS THROUGH STORYTELLING THAT ALL PEOPLE FIND A COMMON GROUND IN THEIR HEARTS. HISTORY HAS PROVEN THAT THE TRUTH & INNOCENCE OF ALL OUR LIFE STORIES ILLUMINATES HOPE & GIVES EVERYONE A MEANS TO HELP EACH OTHER. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SHARE THEIR STORY WITH EACH OTHER. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A SNAPSHOT, A MEMORY, A MOMENT OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FAMILIES TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE TRULY BELIEVE IN THE ELEMENT OF DAMAGE CONTROL.OUR EXPERIENCE SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR KIDS TO GET THROUGH THE MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AS UNTAINTED FROM DRUGS & ALCOHOL AS POSSIBLE. OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE COMMUNITY BOTH IN PREVENTING SHORT-TERM CRISES & IN MAINTAINING LONG-TERM SOCIAL STABILITY. ANGELS AT RISK IS A SAFETY NET CATCHING KIDS & FAMILIES FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS BEFORE THEY FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. SIMPLY PUT, WE MEASURE OUR SUCCESS BY THE STEADFAST REPUTATION WE HAVE GAINED & SUSTAINED & BY THE ASTRONOMICALLY GROWING DEMAND FOR OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES THAT WE CANNOT FULFILL DUE TO FUNDING. MOREOVER, WHAT ANGELS AT RISK DOES & THE TRUTH THAT IT HAS ALWAYS KNOWN IS IN FACT HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER IN OUR AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM.