The recipient entity's physical address:
           8120 Kelwood Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806

The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           8120 Kelwood Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  0993

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $6,000,000

What type of request is this?  Both

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           1. Kathy Victorian, Healthy Blue, 10000 Perkins Rowe, Suite G-510, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
2. Lauren Fowler, Exit Realty Group, 3362 Brentwood Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70809,
3. Kristi Richard, McGlinchey Stafford PPLC, 301 Main St, Ste 1400, Baton Rouge, LA 7080
4. Jada Lewis, AdaptEd Consulting, 809 Summer Breeze Dr #505, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
5. Renita Marshall, Southern University Ag Center, 102 P. E. Thrift Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70813
6. Renada W. Deschamp, Woman’s Hospital, 100 Woman’s Way, Baton Rouge, LA 70817
7. Ashley Saucier. M.D., Our Lady of the Lake, 1611 E Lakeshore Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70808
8. Penny Clement, Pennant Real Estate, 12018 Perkins Road, Suite B, Baton Rouge, LA 70810

Provide a summary of the project or program:
           Early Childhood & Family Development Center - The site will be adjacent to the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority's CNI Ardenwood Village replacement apartments, which is a critical and much-needed investment in the East Fairfield/ Smiley Heights/ Melrose East neighborhood and the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation project plan. The site will provide social services and economic enhancement programming to low-income families in East Baton Rouge Parish.

What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Professional Services. . . $0
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $0
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $0
          Operating Services. . . . $0
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $6,000,000

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          Not Applicable

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          The YWCA’s public purpose through the use of state monies will be to provide women, children and families in the Ardenwood (East Fairfield/ Smiley Heights/ Melrose East) community and surrounding areas with access to high-quality Early Childhood Education and parental supports that promote economic stabilization and self-sufficiency. Early Childhood Education (ECE) can counteract the disadvantage some children experience, improve their social and cognitive development, and provide them with an equal opportunity to achieve school readiness, lifelong employment, income, and health. Systematic effects of ECE programs help improve emotional development, self-regulation and academic achievement. Additional longer-term benefits included a reduction in teen birth rates and a reduction in crime rates.

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          The YWCA will implement our Early Head Start model in the proposed new site. Early Head Start (EHS) is an exemplary program with a committed staff that works in collaboration with children and their families to help disadvantaged children 0 – 3 succeed in school and provide pregnant women with maternal health supports. The YWCA EHS program offers high-quality educational, health, mental health, nutritional, social and family support services. The newly developed Early Education and Family Services Center will include affordable childcare/early learning services, a full clinic with patient rooms, a workforce training center, legal assistance for domestic violence survivors, teen pregnancy prevention services, homeless prevention and rental assistance, utility assistance, case management, and mental health and disability services. Through collaborative relationships with local businesses, public and private organizations, as well as local municipalities, we have been a consensus-building leader in supporting the community and providing opportunities for families.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           Perpetuity

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                 Not applicable
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                 Not applicable

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                 Not applicable

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                  Not applicable

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               Not applicable

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
               Not applicable

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
                Not applicable

          What is the nature of the relationship?  Not applicable

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                 Not applicable

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               Not applicable


Contact Information
name:  Dianna Payton 
                                       address:  8120 Kelwood Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
                                       phone:  225-200-8881
                                       fax:  225-383-5733
                                       e-mail:  paytond@ywca-br.org
                                       relationship to entity:  CEO