2024-04-04T12:41:06-04:00 2023-12-31 752572088 MERKI & ASSOCIATES PC 1300 FULTON ST STE 301 DENTON TX 76201 990EZ 2023-01-01 464111492 CHILDREN'S VOICE OF NORTH TEXAS CHIL 9402301313 1410 ROBINSON ROAD UNIT 100 CORINTH TX 76210 FRANKIE SANFORD DIRECTOR 9402301313 2024-03-15 FRANKIE SANFORD XXX-XX-XXXX false KRISTEN B NORMAN P01789462 9403878930 2024-04-04 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X WWW.CHILDRENSVOICEOFNORTHTEXAS.ORG X X 91390 X 28080 63310 32282 31028 59108 420 22008 22428 36680 107727 144407 107727 144407 107727 144407 107727 144407 X WE FOUNDED CHILDREN'S VOICE OF NORTH TEXAS IN 2013 TO HELP PARENTS JUST LIKE USPARENTS WHO WANT THEIR CHILD WHO IS HEARING IMPAIRED TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH LISTENING AND SPEAKING. WHEN OUR DAUGHTER WAS BORN WITH SEVERE- TO-PROFOUND HEARING LOSS, WE WERE UNSURE WHAT TO DO AND SPENT THE FIRST SIX WEEKS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY SHE FAILED HER NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING AND WHAT IT MEANT. WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR NEWBORN WAS DEAF (AND THAT IT WASN'T JUST FLUID CAUSING A TEMPORARY HEARING LOSS), OUR MINDS RACED WONDERING WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO AND WHO TO TRUST WITH THE DECISIONS THAT LAY BEFORE US AS PARENTS AND FOR OUR CHILDS FUTURE. AFTER LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES, WE CHOSE THE AUDITORY-VERBAL PATH FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SO OUR CHILD WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYONE. OUR DAUGHTER WAS INITIALLY FITTED WITH HEARING AIDS WHEN SHE WAS FOUR MONTHS OLD, HAD COCHLEAR IMPLANT SURGERY AT ONE-YEAR OF AGE AND IS PREPARING TO ATTEND KINDERGARTEN IN A MAINSTREAM CLASSR GIVING CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT A VOICE. 22428 22428 FRANKIE SANFORD DIRECTOR 000.00 0 DONALD V CARR DIRECTOR 000.00 0 TIFFANY SANFORD DIRECTOR 000.00 0 false false false false false false false false false FRANKIE SANFORD 1410 ROBINSON RD STE 100 CORINTH TX 76210 9402301313 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 32710 19446 38995 30436 28080 149667 74699 33545 50899 71750 63310 294203 107409 52991 89894 102186 91390 443870 443870 107409 52991 89894 102186 91390 443870 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X GOLF TOURNAMENT 63310 63310 6290 9729 16263 63310 63310 6290 9729 16263 32282 31028 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES INSURANCE 1,249 SPEECH THERAPY 9,198 UTILITIES 1,295 HEARING AIDS 9,906 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS 360 TOTAL 22,008 FORM 990-EZ, PART III WE FOUNDED CHILDREN'S VOICE OF NORTH TEXAS IN 2013 TO HELP PARENTS JUST LIKE USPARENTS WHO WANT THEIR CHILD WHO IS HEARING IMPAIRED TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH LISTENING AND SPEAKING. WHEN OUR DAUGHTER WAS BORN WITH SEVERE- TO-PROFOUND HEARING LOSS, WE WERE UNSURE WHAT TO DO AND SPENT THE FIRST SIX WEEKS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY SHE FAILED HER NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING AND WHAT IT MEANT. WHEN WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR NEWBORN WAS DEAF (AND THAT IT WASN'T JUST FLUID CAUSING A TEMPORARY HEARING LOSS), OUR MINDS RACED WONDERING WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO AND WHO TO TRUST WITH THE DECISIONS THAT LAY BEFORE US AS PARENTS AND FOR OUR CHILDS FUTURE. AFTER LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES, WE CHOSE THE AUDITORY-VERBAL PATH FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SO OUR CHILD WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYONE. OUR DAUGHTER WAS INITIALLY FITTED WITH HEARING AIDS WHEN SHE WAS FOUR MONTHS OLD, HAD COCHLEAR IMPLANT SURGERY AT ONE-YEAR OF AGE AND IS PREPARING TO ATTEND KINDERGARTEN IN A MAINSTREAM CLASSROOM. WE HAVE HAD HELP FROM MANY PEOPLE, BUT FINDING THEM WAS NOT EASY. WE FELT LUCKY TO STUMBLE UPON GREAT RESOURCES AND, THROUGH CHILDREN'S VOICE OF NORTH TEXAS, WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OTHER PARENTS TO FIND SUCH RESOURCES EASILY AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HEARING TECHNOLOGIES AND SPEECH THERAPY/HEARING SCHOOLS FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD THEM ON THEIR OWN.