Westchester Community Opportunity Program Inc.
Westchester Community Opportunity Program Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
To mobilize and efficiently manage resources through partnerships and collaborations to help the low-income and at-risk populations in the Hudson Valley region to achieve greater self-sufficiency.
About
Head Start/Early Head Start: During the program year 2018-19, WestCOP's early childhood programs served 1,786 children and their families in Head Start/Early Head Start programs. There were 274 children and families at four delegate agencies including the Andrus Early Learning Center, Greenburgh Central # 7, Lois Bronz Children's Center and St. Peter's Day Care Center. In addition, there were 498 children through local universal pre-kindergarten agreements with three districts, and 50 children with special needs at Port Chester Head Start Therapeutic Nursery and WestCOP Therapeutic Nursery. During the 2018-2019 period, WestCOP and its delegate agencies employed 526 employees who worked in WestCOP's early childhood programs. These included central office coordinators, center directors, teachers, assistant teachers, family advocates, mental health and development specialists, cooks and assistant cooks, bus drivers, and bus monitors. To prepare staff for the school year, WestCOP held a three-day preservice in August 2018 where staff participated in a variety of training to meet professional development needs. WestCOP was granted participation by NYS Council on Children and Families in Cohort 3 of the Pyramid Implementation Project. WestCOP therefore launched program-wide implementation of best practices for social-emotional competency, consistent with the Pyramid Model Framework. WestCOP was awarded the NY State Kindergarten Transition Summit Grant, and partnered with Yonkers and Mount Vernon to successfully host Kindergarten Transition Summits. WestCOP received support for several program enhancements including the Mount Vernon Basics, the Tudor Foundation Grant that supports the Building Blocks, a research-based math curriculum. Ten centers received license renewals. Early Head Start -Child Care Partnership Grant 'Babies Step Forward' Program: The goal of Babies Step Forward is to offer the high standards of care afforded by the Head Start program to non-Head Start funded providers. In 2018-2019, EHS-CCP served 295 children. WestCOP opened new EHS-CCP rooms in 2 centers and 1 group family child care. One existing center opened an infant room in addition to the two toddler rooms. This brought the number of centers to 12 (22 classrooms total), and group family child care programs to 12. WestCOP administered ITERS (Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale) assessments in 14 EHS-CCP classrooms; as well as FCCERS (Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale) in 11 EHS-CCP group family programs. WestCOP's EHS-CCP centers and group family providers are working on becoming endorsed as breastfeeding friendly programs. 18 EHS-CCP teachers, directors, and staff attended the Zero to Three Annual Conference in Denver, CO. Established relationships with social workers at Providence House, My Sister's Place, Hope's Door Domestic Violence Shelters, in order to support families in finding child care. BSF staff participated in the pre-service in August 2018, a NYS credentialed trainer was brought in to deliver infant-toddler-specific trainings to EHS-CCP staff.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing outlines the non-profit's goal as “To mobilize and efficiently manage resources through partnerships and collaborations to help the low-income and at-risk populations in the hudson valley region to achieve greater self-sufficiency.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were outlined as: “To mobilize and efficiently manage resources through partnerships and collaborations to help the low-income and at-risk populations in the hudson valley region to achieve greater self-sufficiency.”.
- As per legal reporting requirements, the state of operation for the non-profit is NY.
- The non-profit's address for 2020 is listed as 2 WESTCHESTER PLAZA, ELMSFORD, NY, 10523 in the filing.
- As per the non-profit's form, they have 762 employees as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $112,736.
- The organization has 20 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1965.
- The organization pays $22,227,554 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $906 in fundraising expenses.
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