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Arms of Grace dba Center of Grace

Olathe, KS   |  www.centerofgrace.center

Mission

Our mission at the Center of Grace is to offer a safe space of hospitality for all; attend to basic, health, and educational needs; and provide opportunities to share, learn, and grow into self-sufficiency. We provide free meals, clothes, hygiene items, and assistance with rent and utilities. We offer health screenings, dental screenings in partnership with Johnson County Community College and a medical equipment closet. We offer before, after school and summer programming for K-12 students in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club. We have an ELL preschool for 2-5 year old children so they can learn English and get ready for Kindergarten. We partner with Johnson County Community College to offer English classes to adult immigrants.

Ruling year info

2001

Executive Director

Sylvia Romero

Main address

520 S. Harrison Street

Olathe, KS 66061 USA

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EIN

48-1251324

NTEE code info

Educational Services and Schools - Other (B90)

Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash) (P60)

Boys and Girls Clubs (Combined) (O23)

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Boys and Girls Club

The Olathe Boys and Girls Club serves K-12 students before, after school and during the summer.The goal is to have each Club member graduate from high school with post-secondary plans in place.We are currently licensed serve 125 students.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth

Center of Grace currently provides a preschool for children whose parents attend JCCC English language classes. Preschool children and toddlers are introduced to preschool curriculum on a daily basis as they learn English and get ready for Kindergarten.

Population(s) Served
Immigrants and migrants

The Wednesday and Thursday Night Community Dinner provides a free meal to anyone who is hungry or would like the fellowship of a meal with others.  The leadership team plans the meal, does the shopping and lines up the volunteers to prepare and serve the meal.  Those dining with us vary in their circumstance from people attending meetings at the Center to the homeless looking for a meal and a temperature controlled environment for a few hours.  We mainly serve the working poor and families struggling to have enough food to feed their family, and the elderly who gather for a nutritious dinner and conversation.

Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people

The Shoe Fund provides new shoes for Olathe school age children, in partnership with the Olathe Mayor's Christmas Tree Fund.  The need of the child must be verified through a school counselor, nurse or social service agency. It is often necessary to provide a new pair of gym shoes for a child or youth so they may participate and pass a gym classes.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

Awards

Affiliations & memberships

Boys and Girls Clubs of America 2012

Affiliate/Chapter of National Organization (i.e. Girl Scouts of the USA, American Red Cross, etc.) - Affiliate/chapter 1958

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of meals served or provided

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Community Dinners

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of hygiene kits distributed

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of children who receive new clothing

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Number of individuals, adults and children, who received clothing.

Number of patients who borrowed medical equipment

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of students enrolled

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Boys and Girls Club

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Number of students enrolled in the Olathe Boys & Girls Club.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Charting impact

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Our mission at the Center of Grace is offer a safe space of hospitality for all; attend to basic, health, and educational needs; an provide opportunities to share, learn, and grow into self-sufficiency.
We help with basic needs by providing free community meals, a community garden, clothing, free shoes, underwear and socks in partnership with the Olathe Mayor's Children's Fund, hygiene items, and assistance with rent and utilities.
We offer free dental screenings, x-rays and cleaning services in partnership with Johnson County Community College (JCCC), as well as a medical equipment loaning program, for patients to borrow walkers, wheelchairs, commodes, shower chairs, and hospital beds.
We provide a free English Language Learner Preschool, where children can learn English and prepare for kindergarten. We partner with Olathe Parents as Teachers to provide a parent educator who shares parenting and child development resources with the immigrant/refugee parents. We partner with the Boys & Girls Club to offer before, after school and summer educational opportunities for K-12 students. The goal is for each student to graduate from high school with post-secondary plans in place. We also partner with JCCC to offer English classes for adult immigrants four mornings and four evenings a week. We also offer free basic computer skills classes.
We recently began a partnership with KC Scholars to provide certificate and career training opportunities for low-to-modest income individuals, with the goal of increasing their earning power and become more self-sufficient.

In order to continue offering our basic services we continue to build our volunteer base and our partnerships with local businesses, civic organizations, and communities of faith. Our food program, clothing closet, hygiene item distribution, and medical equipment are all lead by volunteers.
We continue to look for grants to fund our ELL Preschool, where we currently serve 25 children.
Last spring we completed a $6 million addition and renovation project, doubling the area for the Boys & Girls Club. This allowed us to go from 125 to 252 children and youth enrolled last summer.
We also secured a grant from the Kansas Health Foundation to provide a fully operational technology center where we are offering free computer classes.
We recognize that in order for people to transform their lives and become self-sufficient they need opportunities to grow and learn so we will be applying for grants to have a work development center, where people can look for jobs, work on their resumes, and apply for jobs.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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 collecting feedback from the people you serve?

    Paper surveys,

  • 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 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,

  • With whom is the organization sharing feedback?

    The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

Financials

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Arms of Grace dba Center of Grace

Board of directors
as of 03/02/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Mr Miguel Romero

National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Term: 2023 - 2026


Board co-chair

Mrs. Tracy Hemsath

K-State Extension Office

Term: 2023 - 2027

Scott Dandy

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Brent McCune

Coble McCune Wealth Management

Janice Blansit

Director Adult Education Johnson County Community College

John Nelson

BKD Accounting Firm

Bill Elvin

QC Holdings Inc.

Raul Duran

Arvest Bank

Jennifer Meyer

Kansas City Community Gardens

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 3/1/2023

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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

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Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability