2023-11-21T16:49:32-07:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 270317225 WYOMING CHILDRENS LAW CENTER WYOM 3076323614 710 E GARFIELD ST SUITE 249 LARAMIE WY 82070 Donna Sheen Director 3076323614 2023-11-20 1 1 11 0 AAL2 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Donna Sheen 710 E Garfield St Suite 249 Laramie WY 82070 333011 0 X www.wyoclc.org X 2009 WY Promote and provide legal services that protect and enhances the legal rights and entitlements of children in Wyoming, prevent unnecessary institutionalization or placements and improve safety and wellbeing of youth and their educational outcomes through direct legal advocacy and policy advocacy. 5 5 6 3 0 0 266636 270338 30988 62610 44 63 0 0 297668 333011 0 0 0 0 251998 254477 0 0 10000 33136 76210 285134 330687 12534 2324 220880 253657 71923 102376 148957 151281 Promote and provide legal services that protect and enhance the legal rights and entitlements of children and vulnerable adults in Wyoming, prevent unnecessary institutionalization or placements and improve the safety and wellbeing of youth and their educational outcomes through direct legal services and policy advocacy. 0 0 141521 141521 0 Free Legal Services Program: Provide free legal services to low-income clients who qualified at 200% of poverty or less. Legal services are offered to clients across the state of Wyoming. The legal issues must involve a child or vulnerable adult's health, safety, education or general welfare. Center cases include special education law, school discipline, guardianships, custody disputes, juvenile court proceedings and involuntary commitments. This program is funded by grants from Equal Justice of Wyoming, a program supervised by the Wyoming Supreme Court and the Equal Justice Wyoming Foundation, which manages and provides grants from the State's IOLTA program to provide legal assistance to low-income citizens of the State. 80562 80562 0 Family Tree Program: Provides free mediation, parent education, and supervised visitation and exchange services for parents involved in custody disputes. The Center provides these services to parents to help address and resolve disputes that often impacts their children's health, safety and wellbeing and to help families avoid formal legal processes whenever possible. Services are funded through a grant from the Wyoming Department of Family Services Child Support Division, which in turn is funded by a federal Access and Visitation grant. Center reserve funds were used to cover the required ten percent match until October of 2019, when the Community Foundation provided a grant to cover match requirements. 53105 0 62610 Sliding Fee Legal Services Program for Modest Means Clients: The Center provides reduced fee legal services to modest means clients who do not qualify for free legal services when their legal service need involves issues related to a child or vulnerable adult's health, safety, education or wellbeing. Cases include special education law, school discipline, guardianships, custody disputes, juvenile court proceedings and involuntary commitments. This program is funded primarily by the fees collected from clients with supplemental help from donations and general grants and reserve funds generated by fee recoupments. 35449 35449 0 Advocacy work: Juvenile Justice Reform Project, the Center formed the Wyoming Youth Justice Coalition to build grass root support for reforming Wyoming's Juvenile Justice System. The primary focus was the elimination of juvenile fees and fines during 2022. Work includes building partnerships with knowledgeable professionals and developing educational materials to inform stakeholders and the public of specific problem areas that will be the priority for reforming during each year. 35449 35449 0 310637 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 X Wyoming Childrens Law Center 3076323614 710 E GARFIELD ST SUITE 249 LARAMIE WY 82070 Donna Sheen Executive Director and Ex Officio Board Member 40 0 X X 100504 0 0 Gary P Hartman Board Chair 0 0 X 0 0 0 Mary Doherty Board Treasurer 0 0 X 0 0 0 Eleanor Downey Board Secretary 0 0 X 0 0 0 Joseph Evans Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Tom Harrington Board Member 0 0 X 0 0 0 Lori Brand Board Member 0 0 X X 0 0 0 100504 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 214083 56255 0 270338 62610 62610 0 0 62610 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 333011 62673 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100504 90454 10050 0 0 0 0 0 135422 135422 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18551 18551 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17500 7500 0 10000 0 0 0 0 28180 28180 0 0 25068 25068 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3436 3436 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2026 2026 0 0 330687 310637 10050 10000 163896 157011 0 0 37954 59368 19030 37278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 220880 253657 3963 3065 0 0 0 29333 60982 0 0 0 0 0 0 38627 38329 71923 102376 X 148957 151281 0 0 148957 151281 220880 253657 2324 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 252882 174281 178183 266636 270338 1142320 55768 207208 30824 30988 62610 387398 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 308650 381489 209007 297624 332948 1529718 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1529718 228 287 109 44 63 731 0 0 0 0 0 0 228 287 109 44 63 731 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 308878 381776 209116 297668 333011 1530449 0.99952 0.99932 0.00048 0.00068 X 1 29333 90371 58654 61050 1 X 0 Vacation & Sick Leave Accrued 38329 38329 Schedule D, Part IV, Line 1b Schedule D, Part IV, Line 1b - The Center maintains a trust account in compliance with our Bar Association's rules requiring unearned income from client retainers and prepaid contracts to be segregated from other funds. Schedule D, Part IV, Line 2b The Center maintains a Trust account in compliance with our Bar Association's rule requiring unearned income from client retainers to be segregated from other funds. The Center also receives grants in advance of the work. These grants are also deposited in the trust account until the completion of the work. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donna Sheen Executive Director and Ex Officio Board Member 90504 0 10000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100504 0 0 0 Schedule J, Part II Bonus pay was authorized by the Board to compensate for the additional work required during the year due to the sudden departure of an attorney and inability to hire a replacement attorney willing to accept the salary. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 - Board member Mary Doherty has a family relationship with the Center's Director, Donna Sheen. All Board Members are made aware of the relationship and follow a Conflicts Policy to ensure conflict free decision. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 and related schedules are provided to all Board Members for review prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 - The Board of Directors reviews and approves the compensation of all employees through review and approval of the annual budget. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 - The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. We converted our accounting system to QuickBooks online during 2023 and the conversion was very problematic. We worked hard to try to correct all the errors, but in the end, we had to do a lot of manual accounting to double check the reports being submitted and just recently had time to complete the manual verifications of 2022 account balances.