ORLANDO DREAM CENTER INC
A Bridge of Hope
Mission
MISSION: Providing assistance to at risk individuals and families to move them toward self-sufficiency. Rebuilding stories one life at a time VISION: Here at the Dream Center, we commit to loving the forsaken, remembering the forgotten, and pursuing the lost in our society. We want to make a difference in our community and our world even if it means reaching one life at a time. We share faith, hope and love through holistic programs and education. Each of our groups and partners below are committed to meet physical, emotional, as well as spiritual needs. • Family Food Pantry • Youth at risk • Pregnancy Center • Diaper Assistance
Ruling year
2014
Founder
Mrs Janelle Adorno
Executive Director
Mrs Yaneisy Maldonado
Main address
8743 Wichita Pl.
Orlando, FL 32827 USA
Formerly known as
Diamond Dream Center
EIN
46-3243167
NTEE code
Family Services (P40)
Pregnancy Centers (P47)
Youth Centers, Clubs, (includes Boys/Girls Clubs)- Multipurpose (O20)
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Orlando Dream Center gives a hand up to families struggling to make ends meet such as single income households, immigrant families from Venezuela, single mothers and fixed income elders providing a week worth of groceries once or twice a month with the Manna For Life food Pantry Program. We also assist parents of babies and toddlers with Diaper Assistance program Gentle Bottoms providing a week worth of Diapers and Safety education and resources. Connecting the community with vital information and resources to help them towards self sufficiency.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Manna for Life
Community Food Pantry, We gather food drive supplies and purchased food from Second Harvest food bank and distribute on a monthly basis to the community. In this food distribution we offer information about governmental services the people may qualify we also educate parents about the risk of re using diapers when we distribute free diapers with the Gentle Bottoms program.
Gentle Bottoms
Gentle Bottoms is a Diaper Assistance program. 1 in 3 American families reports experiencing diaper need. Babies who remain too long in a soiled diaper are exposed to potential health risks. Our program educates parents and care givers on the potential health risk of soil diaper overexposure and in the unfortunate cases of re-using diapers. We also provide information on resources and budgeting plans to help parents manage their child's diaper need.
Dream Kids
This program provides social activities and education for children and adolescents. Part of the program is a children's net where we bring a positive message, school supplies, games, puppet shows, and art to life. We also are building a online and hands on educational curriculum for low income communities and at risk youth.
Adopt A Block
Helping communities by providing services such as Food Assistance, Education, Work opportunities, Apprenticeships, Community Cleanup.
Dream Innovators
Leading Technology Innovations in the community with educational courses, tech workshops and virtual webinars. Involving youth and young adults to discover lucrative paths and develop leadership skills.
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 people within the organization's service area accessing food aid
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Seniors
Related Program
Manna for Life
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We helped feed over 10,000 families in 2020 in Orlando, Fl.
Total number of clients experiencing homelessness
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Manna for Life
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
The Orlando Dream Center Street Team reached over 150 homeless people in 2018.
Number of homeless participants engaged in housing services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Manna for Life
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Many of the people we helped feed where homeless and looking for permanent housing in Orange county, Fl.
Number of parents receiving WIC benefits for their children
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Parents
Related Program
Gentle Bottoms
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Answering voluntary questionnaire
Number of families who have to have health insurance for their children
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Families, Parents
Related Program
Adopt A Block
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
People answering Food Drop Event survey.
Number of mothers reporting that they breast-feed their babies
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Parents
Related Program
Gentle Bottoms
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Answering voluntary questionnaire
Number of job skills training courses/workshops conducted
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Gentle Bottoms
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Diaper Safety Educational Workshop
Number of people trained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, Adults, Young adults
Related Program
Manna for Life
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Manna For Life Food Pantry Volunteer Food Safety Training
Number of clients living independently
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, Parents, Homeless people
Related Program
Adopt A Block
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Families we have assisted in finding permanent housing.
Number of clients receiving the grocery shopping services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families
Related Program
Manna for Life
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total Families Serve a weeks worth of groceries by the Orlando Dream Center.
Pounds of fresh produce distributed per year
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families
Related Program
Manna for Life
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total Amount of Fresh Produce distributed to the community via Manna For Life Food Pantry and our Adopt A Block Food Drops in Central Florida.
Number of hygiene kits distributed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers
Related Program
Gentle Bottoms
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Gentle Bottoms Diaper Assistance - Amount of Babies and Toddlers given Hygiene Kits of Diapers, wipes, and other baby care products at out monthly diaper assistance program.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our mission is to add value and education to the communities we serve by providing a hand up not a hand out. We help families by providing them a weeks worth of groceries that can help them stay in their homes and ease the burden of paying the rent or putting food on the table. We also empower the community to become part of the solution in their community by creating leadership roles and helping people gain skills and experience that can help acquire higher wages and leadership roles in the workforce. Our goal is to rebuild stories one life at a time.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our Strategy is to continue working with our community partners and establishing leaders that can continue running our programs in different locations across Central Florida. We have been establishing relationships with Community Centers to offer our Gentle Bottoms Diaper Assistance program on a monthly and soon twice a month basis. We are also launching Manna For Life Food Distribution Centers in South Orlando and soon expanding to Kissimmee area. Part of our strategy is to apply what we have learned so far to better serve the community and link key resources so the people can come get their support and leave with valuable information and a plan to better their lives if possible.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Orlando Dream Center has a Dream Team of Leaders and Volunteers who are able and capable of the mission of the Dream Center. However, as much as we want we can't do this on our own and we are actively seeking new opportunities from community leaders, local and nationwide companies, and other organizations to meet and exceed expectations and make real change in the lives of the lest fortunate and impoverish community and anybody who is seeking for help, education or a helping hand.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
This year alone we have accomplished much more than any other years combined. This year we have been blessed to feed over 5000 people and over 50,000 pounds with our Manna For Life Food Pantry and Food Drop events. We have also been able to give out over 4500 Diapers and over 500 Baby Wipes. Our Goal is to double last years 200 Turkeys to 400 Turkeys this year.
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 bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
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ORLANDO DREAM CENTER INC
Board of directorsas of 06/03/2021
Mr. Miguel Adorno
Direct Specs LLC
Term: 2014 -
Mr. Daniel Maldonado
DM Network Solutions
Term: 2014 -
Servola Frazier
Motivate Enterprise LLC
Elizabeth Rodriguez
OPD / Officer & Mental Health Counselor
Dale Valente
Faith Christian Athletes
Carol Chloupek
Law Office / Attorney
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Ethics and transparency
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Board composition
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Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- 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.
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