2024-11-10T14:27:37-08:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 814438145 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY REFUGEE CHILDREN CENTER INC SANF 3104970907 PO Box 2592 NORTH HILLS CA 91393 CHARLES E LAING JR CPA Treasurer 2024-11-10 true 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Mayra Medina-Nez PO Box 2592 NORTH HILLS CA 91393 361708 false X www.refugeechildrencenter.org X 2016 CA THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY REFUGEE CHILDREN CENTER, INC. HELPS REFUGEE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES AIMED AT ADDRESSING THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND LONG-TERM WELL-BEING. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE CENTER SUPPORTING FAMILIES WHO RECEIVED RCC SERVICES IN 2023:1. LEGAL SUPPORT AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES - LEGAL REPRESENTATION: THE CENTER PROVIDES REFERRALS TO QUALIFIED IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO CAN OFFER LEGAL PRESENTATION FOR ASYLUM CLAIMS AND OTHER IMMIGRATION MATTERS. - ORIENTATION AND GUIDANCE: IT OFFERS GENERAL ORIENTATIONS TO HELP FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THE ASYLUM PROCESS, SPECIAL IMMIGRATION JUVENILE STATUS (SIJS), IMMIGRATION COURT PROCEEDINGS, AND THE REUNIFICATION PROCESS. - USCIS FORM PREPARATION: SINCE AUGUST 2022, THE CENTER IS RECOGNIZED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO ASSIST WITH USCIS FORM PREPARATION, HELPING FAMILIES NAVIGATE THE COMPPLEXITIES OF LEGAL DOCUMENTATION.2: SOCIAL SERVICES AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS - CHILD AND FAMILY ENRICH 8 8 0 0 625356 354714 0 6994 0 625356 361708 0 0 304228 345849 0 0 89313 119365 393541 465214 231815 -103506 406371 303187 10075 0 396296 303187 THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY REFUGEE CHILDREN CENTER, INC OFFER A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SUPPORT, ADDRESSING LEGAL, SOCIAL AND BASIC NEEDS TO HELP REFUGEE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND SOUTH AMERICA SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATE AND THRIVE IN THEIR NEW ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. false false 266225 The San Fernando Valley Refugee Children Center, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, specifically to secure legal representation and social services for children and their families who have come to the United States seeking refuge from the violence in their countries of birth. Our center was created to provide a healing embrace and a dignified welcome to migrant children and families who are primarily from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. These children and families have endured a harrowing journey crossing through several country borders often by foot, while hungry and under severe cold or hot weather. Obtaining a visa is an impossible option. During their journey, they may have been victims of organized crime or have witnessed triggering forms of abuse: rape, death, extortion and physical and emotional aggression. These migrant children and families see the United States as their final destination hoping to receive protection from organized crime and violence. They are also confronted with land displacement by foreign oil companies and natural disasters, often caused by global warming. When they finally arrive at a point of entry, they tell officers the reasons they cannot go back home and, thus, would like to seek asylum. Children and families are booked into shelters, and they are provided with an alien registration number to undergo a long and difficult legal process. Many of these children would qualify for an immigration relief if they were provided the right legal representation. After being released from detention centers or shelters, unaccompanied minors are placed with relatives and sponsors, while families who travel together struggle significantly finding housing and resort to sleeping out in the streets until they find transitional housing. This displacement of so many underprivileged children from Central America is a humanitarian crisis. Unfortunately, the challenges faced by migrant minors and their families after being released from detention have exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the present time, our staff, who provide direct service to these children and their families, is composed of seven women of color, some of them migrants themselves, who are fully bilingual in English and Spanish. Since having lived in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America, they possess a high level of intercultural responsiveness, sensitivity, awareness and cross-cultural communication skills.Our Immigration Legal Services program refers our participants to immigration legal services providers. It also offers general orientations on: Asylum and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJIS), immigration court proceedings, reunification process with children. Beginning August 2022, our center was recognized by the Department of Justice, thus recognition is now allowing us to provide USCIS form preparation and support to our participants. Our Children and Families Program offers enrichment programs for children, youth, and families, along with referrals to community resources, including food, housing, mental health, medical and educational resources. Additionally, it offers music, art and dance classes, a tutoring and mentoring program, and support groups for parents and caregivers, unaccompanied minors, and women. Furthermore, our program provides our families and minors with food, clothing diapers, toiletries, and other essential donations. In 2023, we welcomed seventy new families to Immmigration Legal Services department and sixty-seven families were admitted to Immigration Legal Services department. 194 families with children were served in total, between families enrolled in 2023 and families enrolled in previous years. Thirty-three families with children enrolled in our Children and Familes' Program. One hundred seventy five of all active participants received support at the Children and Families' Program.(each family ranged in size on average from 3 to 6 individuals). 266225 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 8 8 false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false CA X Mayra Medina-Nez 7475294783 15435 RAYEN ST NORTH HILLS CA 91343 X Mayra Medina-Nez EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 81425 0 0 FRIDA RAMIREZ SANCHZ EMPLOYEE 35.00 0.00 54137 0 0 DAYNA A MENDEZ EMPLOYEE 30.00 0.00 41972 0 0 Magdaly VIVAS TIRADO EMPLOYEE 30.00 0.00 41394 0 0 Kendra L RIVERA EMPLOYEE 30.00 0.00 38461 0 0 FRED MORRIS Emeritus Board 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Charles E Laing Jr Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Sumangala Bhattacharya President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Anchulee Raongthum Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Gloria Myles Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rev David Farley Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ivana De Maria Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Aimee Porter Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Linda Goodman Pillsbury Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nayeli Perez Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ivelise Markovits Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ninette Ayala Board Advisor 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gabriela Lagarda arias Director 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Amanda Hillsberg Arya Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Guillermo Torres Board Advisor 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Monia Ghacha Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mayra Medina-Nez Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mayra Medina-Nez EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 0 0 0 257389 0 false false false 0 125000 229714 354714 0 6994 6994 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361708 6994 0 0 0 0 81425 81425 0 234309 163958 70351 3908 892 3016 0 26207 13609 12598 0 10640 10640 0 0 0 0 4714 4714 131 131 4067 4067 0 0 0 694 694 0 0 0 0 0 6257 1084 5173 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LEGAL FEES 18123 18123 FOOD AND SNACKS 11952 11952 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 9914 4766 5148 SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS 8966 8966 43907 26696 17211 465214 266225 198989 0 406371 110892 192295 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 406371 303187 10075 10075 0 X 396296 303187 396296 303187 406371 303187 -103506 10397 X false false false X 249264 419942 331819 625357 353166 1979548 0 0 249264 419942 331819 625357 353166 1979548 0 1979548 0 0 0 1979548 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted. 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