2024-05-13T14:42:08-07:00 2023-06-30 990 2022-07-01 273662468 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC COMM 3015893633 8545 Piney Branch Road Suite H Silver Spring MD 20901 Kenton Sovine Executive Director 3015893633 2024-05-13 Kenton Sovine 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z CHEER Kenton Sovine 8545 Piney Branch Road Suite H Silver Spring MD 20901 485291 0 X www.communitycheer.org X 2010 MD CHEER's mission is to give Long Branch and Takoma Park residents the knowledge and ability to create healthy thriving communities by facilitating collective actions to achieve community defined goals and promoting health and well being, especially in under served and poorly represented neighborhoods. CHEER takes a holistic approach to addressing the most important social determinants of health, such as access to healthy food and medical care, youth development, community activities and housing and community development. 4 4 10 110 0 0 364577 414948 83227 70343 0 0 0 0 447804 485291 0 0 0 0 189189 177367 0 0 278 217825 277091 407014 454458 40790 30833 224858 273408 19870 26354 204988 247054 CHEER's mission is to give Long Branch and Takoma Park residents the knowledge and ability to create healthy thriving communities by facilitating collective actions to achieve community defined goals and promoting health and well being, especially in under served and poorly represented neighborhoods. CHEER takes a holistic approach to addressing the most important social determinants of health, such as access to healthy food and medical care, youth development, community activities and housing and community development. 0 0 168616 156250 20301 Healthy Long Branch employs community members as community health workers to promote health and access to health care. In FY 2023 CHWs provided case management to 937 residents at the County's Silver Spring hub. This included enrollment help in SNAP, rent relief, arranging prenatal care for pregnant mothers, providing access to health care and making other referrals as needed. CHEER enrolled 187 households (363 people) in SNAP, 371 households (846 people) in Qualified Health Plans or Medicaid, 235 households (363 community members} in free private health insurance, and helped 35 households in other ways. The Long Branch Healthy Food Access program provides weekly delivery of fresh produce and the support of a community health worker for 12 weeks to people with diabetes and low access to healthy food. In FY 2023, 83 program participants received 863 boxes of fresh produce. 30% lost an average of 9.5 pounds 78% improved their self-reported health status. 92153 81800 15242 The Empowerment and Leadership Development (ELD) program supports community groups in under served and under represented neighborhoods to organize community events and activities and support their participation in civic affairs and public decision making. In FY 2023 this program included training community members in environmental advocacy who conducted watershed and open space cleanup activities and advocacy development. In addition to ongoing advocacy for public safety, parking, and other community needs. CHEER convened 50 Long Branch community members representative of the whole community to set goals and take actions related to housing and community development in anticipation of development of the Purple Line, a light rail public transit with two stations in Long Branch. The ELD program also engaged an average of 13 community volunteers per week in neighborhood food distributions for Long Branch at New Hampshire Estates Elementary School. In FY 2023 they distributed more than146,000 pounds of food to 716 different households. The weekly Food distribution provided opportunities to get information about community interests and needs and to share information about programs, opportunities, and resources. In FY 2023, CHEER continued to foster leadership through community-based gardening by providing about a dozen people who have no access to land to garden on space donated by other community members. 57661 90682 34800 Early In FY 2023 CHEER became the lead convener for Long Branch Collective Action for Youth (LBCAY). This is a collective impact effort in the Long Branch community in Silver Spring, Maryland to develop and implement a unified plan for improving youth outcomes by raising youth and community voice and integrating youth into community activities. In FY 2023 LBCAY initiated a Youth Participatory Action Research group to focus on reducing trash in Long Branch. The YPAR group involves 18 Long Branch youth in partnership with Nature Forward. LBCAY recruited 20 youth to serve as table ambassadors at State Delegate Lorig Charkoudian's Power in the Park event. The youth acted as interpreters and shared information on energy saving programs available to Long Branch residents. LBCAY recruited five youth volunteers for the summer youth services camp. Youth also participated in the community housing and community development stakeholder sessions and staffed tables at other community events. 30 Long Branch parents also attended a community conversation with the Montgomery County Public School Board President and staff to discuss school safety, school bus transportation, ESOL placement, after school programming and academic support. 42680 42680 0 Camp Piney Branch is a free summer camp for Long Branch kids ranging in ages from kindergarten to middle school. The participants are all from schools where most students receive Free and Reduced Meals. 50 youth enrolled and participated in person over four weeks of camp sessions. Camp Piney Branch Summer Camp provided a safe environment for kids to explore social and emotional learning, develop good health and wellness habits, explore their neighborhood and develop strong leadership skills. The children engaged in a series of workshops, discussion groups, meditations, yoga, and other interactive activities to promote physical fitness, balance, self-regulating behaviors, positive engagement, social emotional learning and peer interaction The camp also included field trips to the Crossroads Farmers Market, a trip to the National Air and Space Museum and trips to a swimming pool. 7399 12750 0 CHEER acts as the fiscal agent for 2 unincorporated community organizations that organize community events and activities consistent with the goals of the community. These include Conexo (a group of community leaders serving the New Hampshire Estates neighborhood), and the Maple Tree Group ( a group of community leaders serving the Maple Avenue neighborhood in Takoma Park). 50079 55430 0 368509 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X Kenton Sovine 3015893633 8545 Piney Branch Road Suite H Silver Spring MD 20901 Bruce Baker Executive Director 40 X 19260 0 0 Mary Jacksteit Board President 2 X 0 0 0 Kathy Porter Board Treasurer 2 X 0 0 0 Howard Kohn Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Joey Nichols Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 19260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 278282 136666 0 414948 Long Branch Collective Action for Youth Facilitation and Support 813410 34800 34800 0 0 Leadership and Advocacy Training 813410 15242 15242 0 0 Case Management Services to Silver Spring Hub 813212 12501 12501 0 0 Health Education and Health Care Navigation 813212 7800 7800 0 0 0 0 0 0 70343 0 0 0 0 0 0 485291 70343 0 0 20880 15840 5040 137728 114591 22917 220 5597 4591 1006 13162 10844 2298 20 16157 16157 1000 1000 2086 2086 19716 19716 8906 4023 4845 38 30242 28543 1699 28721 6831 21890 2415 2415 999 999 3846 3846 Community Contractors Health and Community Events 97407 95429 1978 0 Camp Piney Branch Staff Stipends 26862 26862 0 0 Food and Clothing for Distribution 16814 16814 0 0 Fiscal Agency Expenses 7399 7399 0 0 14521 13612 909 454458 368509 85671 278 186561 131135 38297 142273 224858 273408 19870 26354 19870 26354 X 164198 216222 0 0 40790 30832 204988 247054 224858 273408 30833 0 0 0 11233 0 X 0 0 0 X 250855 324814 334487 447804 479371 1837331 200 100 0 0 400 700 251055 324914 334487 447804 479771 1838031 1838031 1838031 1 1 X Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The form 990 was presented to the Board prior to submission in draft form. The Board discusses and approves the form 990 at its subsequent Board meeting Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 A link to a pdf version of the form 990 is posted on the CHEER website. Individuals may also request the governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements by request via the website or by other means.