Parents as Teachers (PAT) of Lake County

A BBB Accredited Charity since 08/30/2011.

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Name:	Parents as Teachers (PAT) of Lake County
Phone:	(219) 554-1710
Fax:	(219) 554-1720
Address:	6530 New Hampshire Ave
	Hammond, IN 46323-1967
Website:	www.patlakecounty.org
Report Creation Date:	August 12, 2011
Report Expiration Date:	March 31, 2013
Original Business Start Date:	June 2000
Principal:	Ms. Kimberly Smith, MSW, Agency Director
Customer Contact:	Mr. T.J. Holsen, Development Director - (219) 554-1710
Incorporated:	May 2000, IN
Type of Business:	Charity - Local
BBB Accreditation:	This organization is a BBB Accredited Charity.

Affiliates

Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.
www.parentsasteachers.org

Satellite Sites include:
Centier Building and Timothy Ball Elementary-Crown Point, Administrative Building-Whiting,North Township Trustee, Irving Elementary School-Hammond,United Neighborhoods Organization-East Chicago,Tri-Creek Schools-Lowell

Additional DBA Names

Parents as Teacher of Lake County, Inc.

PAT of Lake County

BBB Comments

Parents as Teachers of Lake County is a partner agency with Lake Area United Way.

Stated Purpose

Parents as Teachers of Hammond/Lake County, Inc. is dedicated to inspire, educate and support all parents of children, infant through 5 years, to be their child's first, most important teacher, giving the CHILD the best possible start in life.

Evaluation Conclusions

This organization has been evaluated according to the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability. This organization meets all those Standards and is a BBB Accredited Charity.

BBB Charity Seal Participation

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Programs

Parents as Teachers (PAT) of Lake County, Inc. is a free, voluntary, early childhood parent education and family support program helping children age 0-5 years make the transition from cradle to classroom and beyond. Adopted from the national model, PAT provides parents with neuroscience-based information on how children grow and develop parents can foster learning and encourage growth in language, intellectual, physical and social-emotional skills.

Incorporated in May 2000, the local non-for-profit PAT program was founded by a partnership with the City of Hammond, Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers, and the school City of Hammond with the goal of serving 100 families in Hammond, IN. The pilot project exceeded expectations and the partners agreed to continue the program into the evaluation and expansion phase. Since then the organization has grown to include a staff of 23 personnel serving 350 families with more than 400 children in 2010 through PAT sites in Crown Point, Hammond, East Chicago, Whiting, Lowell and North Township, and county-wide programming though Early Head Start. Administrative staff also provide development and technical assistance to other independent PAT sites through the NWI Regional Initiative: Enriched PAT.

PAT empowers parents of all socio-economic, cultural or education backgrounds, by sharing research based, stimulating, and creative activities, which will assist their child's development during the preschool years. The Board, Staff and Volunteers together work diligently and passionately toward our vision that: All Northwest Indiana families will nurture their children to learn, grow and develop to reach their maximum potential in life.

Total Program Expenses:

$806,614

Governance

Chief Executive Officer:	Kimberly D. Smith
Chair of the Board:	Ray Kasmark
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation:	IBEW #697
Board Size:	13
Paid Staff Size:	17 Full Time. 6 Part Time.

Fund Raising

Method(s) Used:

Parents as Teachers of Lake County raises funds through United Ways, direct mail appeals, telephone appeals, invitations to fund raising events, teletvision or radio appeals, print advertisements, grant proposals, planned giving and Internet appeals.

Fund raising cost were 1.27% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which total $1,501,284, are donations received as a direct result of fund raising activities.)

Tax Status

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

Financial

According to Parents as Teachers (PAT) of Lake County's Audited Financial Statements for the year ended July 31, 2010:


Income
	Contributions	$170,826
	Fundraising events	$66,804
	Grants	$308,899
	United Ways	$330,456
	Interest invome	$534
	In-kind contributions	$139,113
	Agencies and organizations	$65,000
	Miscellaneous income	$200
	Total Income:	$1,081,832

Expenses			% of total Expenses	% of total Income
	Programs:	$806,614	84.20%	74.56%
	Fund Raising:	$19,035	1.99%	1.76%
	Administrative:	$132,352	13.82%	12.23%
	Other:	$0	0.00%	0.00%
	Total Expenses:	$958,001

Excess of Income over Expenses		$123,831
Ending Net Assets:		$212,919

* Excess for the year indicates the portion of income remaining after expenses.

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