Exhilarating Inc
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Young adults ages 18 - 26 are not financially independent and lack skills needed to transition into adulthood. Young fathers are not included in programs geared towards learning how to nurturing their children and being independent.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
AGAPE (Young Fathers Program)
A program designed to help young fathers (14 - 26 years old) understand the complex nature of child development and the important role that parents play in the healthy development of their children. The participants focus on nurturing skills, child development, cost involved in raising a child, care seat and crib safety, child support and parental rights and the fathers are introduced to the "RealCare" Baby and participate in an extended care simulation experience. We use the evidence based nurturing parenting program and administer the AAPI - pre/post assessment. All fathers receive a car seat, pack and play crib, baby supplies, certificate and a nurturing parenting handbook.
Saving My Sista' (Females 8 - Adult)
Program focuses on female issues and organized activities and workshops for females ages eight through adults. Through this program we focus on issues such as female bullying, teen dating violence, self-esteem, HIV / AIDS...etc. Some of the activities are: Luncheons, "A purse for a cause" collecting and donating purses full of hygiene products to homeless women and women in recovery."Bling it on" collecting and donating scarves and jewelry for women in recovery."A Mother / Daughter Tea Luncheon" with a guest speaker"A Mother's Dream" honoring single mothers who are struggling with gifts for Christmas and Lunch.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of children able to exercise appropriate control in independent and group activities
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Family relationships
Related Program
Saving My Sista' (Females 8 - Adult)
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Did less sessions due to covid
Average number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Family relationships, Social and economic status, Work status and occupations
Related Program
AGAPE (Young Fathers Program)
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of duplicated clients we assisted.
Number of youth who report less likelihood to engage in criminal activity
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Family relationships
Related Program
Saving My Sista' (Females 8 - Adult)
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Youth who participated in our programs.
Number of parents engaged in fewer acts of abuse and neglect of their children
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Family relationships, Age groups
Related Program
AGAPE (Young Fathers Program)
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of families who report that service and support staff/providers are available and capable of meeting family needs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Family relationships, Ethnic and racial groups
Related Program
AGAPE (Young Fathers Program)
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth receiving services (e.g., groups, skills and job training, etc.) with youths living in their community
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Family relationships
Related Program
AGAPE (Young Fathers Program)
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Accomplishments:
We opened our office in April 2020 during the pandemic therefore we have not been able to do any in-person workshops or assessments. During this short period we have a good number of service request.
1. Our goal is to connect grandparents to services within our community and to offer a support program for grandparents raising grandchildren.
2. Our goal is to offer young fathers the opportunity to learn nurturing skills and life skills to be involved in the lives of their children. And teach fathers independent living skills; job readiness skills and assist with employment and housing. this should decrease the risk of getting in trouble for child support issues. Presently we have served 25 fathers.
3. To teach young adults how to transition into adulthood by teaching them skills and assisting them with employment and housing. Presently we have served 23 adults with employment, housing and other transitional skills.
4. We have contracted with a local business and implemented a program that employed 20 teens for the summer. Our goal is to create and implement more programs such as this or contract with others.
5. Our goal is to offer work-readiness training to employees, teens and young adults.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1. We find resources in the community that grand parents can utilized based on the issues that need to be addressed. We also try to find funding to offer support groups and fund activities to grandparents that can release stress. This may include finding food, hygiene supplies, school supplies, summer camps and programs, counseling and some fun events such as plays, games ...etc.
2. We offer eight week workshops for fathers that include educational and hands on activities. We focus on nurturing skills, child support, employment, barriers, child safety, cooking on a budget ...etc.
3. We offer two hour workshops and do one on one sessions to work on barriers. We educate on work readiness skills, life skills, independent living skills, parenting, nurturing skills and much more based on the need. We do a lot of hands on activities. We offer case management services to this age group.
4. We contract with local businesses, non-profits, individuals and write enrichment programs for them. This is based on what the request is.
5. We train staff on work ethics skills and train on work readiness skills and assist participants with job search.
We do a lot of partnering with other organizations and offer a variety of enrichment programs and workshops. We also offer case management services when needed. We offer substance abuse and mental health services to anyone who may need it. The majority of our programs are free of charge. We depend on donations, grants and partnerships, and contract work to service our clients.
Due to COVID-19 we are limited to what we can offer at the present time.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are very capable. At the present time staff salary is in-kind but we have the following volunteers:
Licensed Social Worker with various certifications.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is working on a PHD
Political Science degree
Accountant
4 volunteer board members
Retired nurse
A variety of agencies that offer space and assist with program needs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We opened our door at the beginning of the pandemic therefore we are hindered from doing certain things. But those far we have:
1. Held a virtual parenting group for parents who are at risk or have lost their children to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and parents who have out of control children.
2. We have contracted with a business and created a summer job program for youth. Twenty youth/young adults were hired to work 30 hours a week for six weeks and learn new job skills. They are being paid $9 per hour.
3. We assisted 1 father with housing, 8 fathers with newborn babies, 6 fathers with employment, assisted with food, resources ...etc.
4. We have assisted 14 people with transitional living skills.
We are limited at the present time due to COVID-19.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Exhilarating Inc
Board of directorsas of 01/18/2024
Mrs. Cynthia Christian-Byrd
Individual
Term: 2019 - 2022
Mrs. Rebecca Morton-Asomaning
Commonwealth of KY
Term: 2019 - 2022
Cynthia Christian-Byrd
Exhilarating Inc
Rebecca Morton
Exhilarating Inc
Michael Johnson
Exhilarating Inc
Mattie Morton
Exhilarating Inc
Martha Shannon
Jack Walker
Molly Piper
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Gender identity
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.