2024-02-23T10:24:04-06:00 2023-09-30 363321958 Desmond & Ahern Ltd 10827 S Western Avenue Chicago IL 60643 990 2022-10-01 261839249 The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights YOUN 7733608920 2245 S Michigan Ave 301 Chicago IL 60616 Gladis Molina Alt Executive Director 7733608920 2024-02-12 1 Gladis Molina Alt 999009999 0 Mel Padillo P03172019 7737794720 2024-02-12 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Gladis Molina Alt 2245 S Michigan Ave 301 Chicago IL 60616 20356589 0 X www.theyoungcenter.org X 2007 IL Protect and advance the rights and best interests of immigrant children. 17 17 121 385 0 0 10456101 13095067 0 15000 5939 252371 19478 56332 10481518 13418770 0 0 0 0 9202507 11290251 0 0 1160176 1971716 2239497 11174223 13529748 -692705 -110978 11541964 13264645 822788 2891828 10719176 10372817 X The Organization protects and advances the rights and best interests of immigrant children according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and state and federal law.The Organization is a champion for the bests interests of children who arrive in the United States on their own, from all corners of the world, and children who have been separated from their parents on arrival in the United States. We serve as trusted allies for these children while they are in deportation proceedings, advocating for their best interests, and standing for the creation of a dedicated children's immigrant justice system that ensures the safety and well-being of every child.The Organization's goal is to change the immigration system so that children in immigration proceedings are recognized as children, and best interests are made a part of the decision making process. 0 0 9634601 15000 Children's Rights Program -The Organization is appointed Child Advocate by the Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The role of the Child Advocate is to advocate for the best interests of individual children and ensure that all decisions on behalf of an immigrant child take into consideration the child's best interests. The children served by the Organization are those considered most vulnerable, for example, children who have been abused, infants who are the subject of international custoday battles, children who have developmental disabilities, young girls who want to live with their traffickers, those who have lost their parents to violence, and more.While in ORR custody, these children are separated from their parents. They need an adult to advocate for their best interests, to advocate that they be reunified with their parents, to ensure they have legal representation, to advocate for their well-being, to ensure decision makers, including ORR, immigration judges, asylum officers and enforcement officials consider their best interests. After they are released, children are still in deportation proceedings and it is critical that the same decision makers receive fact-based information about their best interests from independent child advocates.Under our model, the Organization recruits and trains bilingual volunteers, such as teachers, retired attorneys, students, and other community members, to serve as child advocates. The volunteers meet with the children and learn their stories which often hold the key to figuring out whether they are eligible for protection. With this information, the Organization's attorneys and social workers then advocate on behalf of the children, submitting best interests recommendations to ORR, immigration judges, asylum officers, enforcement officials, shelter providers and lawyers for the children. The best interests reports detail the issues at stake and make specific recommendations about the child's safety and well-being. The Organization serves a key role in ensuring the safety and well-being of the most vulnerable unaccompanied children, both while they are in custody and after they are released.International Home Studies: Some children wish to return to their home countries, while others face removal against their wishes. In cases where children face repatriation, the Organization seeks to determine whether the child can be safely repatriated, as required by the Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008. In cases where there are concerns about a child's safety upon repatriation, the Organization will contract with a social worker, or a non-governmental organization, in the child's home country, to visit the child's home and conduct a home study to determine whether it would be safe for the child to return. The Organization uses these home studies for the Best Interests recommendations, which are then submitted to the federal immigration authorities, including the Department of Homeland Security, immigration judges and the Asylum Office.Through this work, the Organization works to ensure the safety and well-being of individual children who either choose to or are forced to repatriate. In addition, the Organization seeks reform more broadly in the immigration system by making the case that decision-makers should always request evidence of whether a child has a safe home to return to before ordering a child deported. These home studies cost approximately $1,000 per study and the Organization raises private funds for this work. 935651 Policy Advocacy Work - The Organizations' goal is to change the immigration system so that children in immigration proceedings are recognized as children, and best interests is made a part of the decision making process.The Organization conducts policy advocacy at the national level - with Congress and federal agencies - to incorporate the best interests of the child standard into practice, policy and immigration law. 10570252 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 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 47 0 1 121 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 IL CA NY X Paulette Jones 7735589357 2245 S Michigan Ave No 301 Chicago IL 60616 Frances de Pontes Peebles Chair 4.00 X X 0 0 0 Julian Dibbell Vice Chair 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Andrian Kellams Treasurer 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Brian Ruben Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Aparna Puri Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Beata Leja Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Darrell Silver Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Elvis Garcia Callejas Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jane Byrne Vice Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Jonathan Frankel Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lori Wittman Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Selma D Yznaga Secretary 2.00 X 0 0 0 Ana Tobar Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 William V Reiss Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Fabia Mirick Russano Yazaki Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Chirlie Felix Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Mariana Espinosa Director 4.00 X 0 0 0 Gladis Molina Alt Executive Director 40.00 X 216937 0 39618 Jennifer Nagda Policy Director 40.00 X 186259 0 20354 Ungsuman Soti Philanthropy Director 40.00 X 117748 0 34780 Daniel Douchette Chief Operating Officer 40.00 X 182502 0 10190 Olivia Pena-Silva Child Advocate Program Co- 40.00 X 117530 0 25190 Marisa Chumil-Coz Child Advocate Program Co- 40.00 X 117530 0 34802 938506 0 164934 17 0 1 0 0 64253 8156581 4874233 13095067 Program Income 624110 15000 15000 15000 239196 239196 6948651 6935476 13175 13175 13175 2343 64253 2343 0 Miscellaneous 900099 56332 56332 56332 13418770 15000 0 308703 198725 49681 49681 99363 8250915 6848875 793935 608105 366794 317267 17857 31670 1811755 1445650 213313 152792 662062 544255 64120 53687 187676 65827 121849 52438 40438 12000 64040 64040 41669 41669 49582 26286 2550 20746 232955 118723 68415 45817 692313 525824 132051 34438 159244 125436 33053 755 127264 84965 37341 4958 36393 36393 PROGRAM EXPENSES 211473 211473 EQUIPMENT & MAINTENANCE 85128 48304 33290 3534 TELEPHONE AND INTERNET 75660 62922 6639 6099 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 54017 45120 7598 1299 169645 49644 35088 84913 13529748 10570252 1799320 1160176 531814 1011701 10001812 8974929 709519 1180650 133 766 212318 234225 86368 1862374 11541964 13264645 822788 1022979 0 1868849 822788 2891828 X 9669921 8883267 1049255 1489550 10719176 10372817 11541964 13264645 -110978 -235381 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 5221918 7439972 10569720 10456101 13095067 46782778 5221918 7439972 10569720 10456101 13095067 46782778 906520 45876258 71974 106782 25962 5939 252371 463028 12575 21797 56267 25800 56332 172771 47418577 39325 0.96750 0.97520 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15383 0 0 15383 0 Part II-B, Line 1: In FY2023, the Young Center advised Congressional offices in drafting legislation focused on unaccompanied children, including The ProKid Act, Children's Court Act, Fair Day in Court Act, the Children Harmed in Life-threatening or Dangerous(CHILD) Labor Act, and the Protect Unaccompanied Children Act. In addition, our team advocated with members of Congress on critical policy choices such as the lifting of Title 42, the public heath order that restricted access to the border for people seeking safety, actions to limit the exploitation of migrant child labor, and as part of the annual appropriations process. We partnered with Senate champions to ensure legislative proposals meant to protect children did not have unintended consequences, and prepared witnesses and questions for hearings on child labor exploitation. Congressional offices also reached out to us to prepare their Members for two separate delegations to the Southern Border and for our advice to develop an Ombuds office for the Unaccompanied Children's program. 0 Security Deposits 79498 Operating lease right-of-use assets 1782876 1862374 Operating lease liability 1868849 1868849 X 13141720 -235381 -235381 13377101 41669 41669 13418770 13488079 0 13488079 41669 41669 13529748 Part X, Line 2: The Organization is tax exempt under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3). Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been reflected in these consolidated financial statements. The Organization is not considered a private foundation under the code and could be subject to tax on unrelated business activities, if any, generated by certain investments and activities. Management evaluated the Organization's tax positions and concluded that they had maintained their tax-exempt status and had taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the statements. Therefore, no provision or liability for income taxes has been included in the statements. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Fundraising Event Expenses X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gladis Molina Alt Executive Director 216937 0 0 0 0 0 10847 0 28771 0 256555 0 0 0 Jennifer Nagda Policy Director 186259 0 0 0 0 0 9313 0 11041 0 206613 0 0 0 Daniel Douchette Chief Operating Officer 182502 0 0 0 0 0 9125 0 1065 0 192692 0 0 0 Ungsuman Soti Philanthropy Director 117748 0 0 0 0 0 5887 0 28893 0 152528 0 0 0 Marisa Chumil-Coz Child Advocate Program Co- 117530 0 0 0 0 0 5876 0 28926 0 152332 0 0 0 Part I, Line 3 Our Board of Directors determines the Executive Director salary, drawing on available comparability data, and contemporaneously substantiates the deliberation and decision. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The 990 return is drafted by the Finance team, reviewed by the Chief Operating Officer with the Executive Director, previewed with the Board Finance Committee, and finally provided as final draft to the full Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The Executive Committee must at least annually distribute a survey to responsible persons asking them to identify their business, familial and other affiliations and interests that relate or could relate to the business and affiliations of the corporation. All real or apparent conflicts of interest shall be disclosed to the Finance Committee and the Executive Director of the Organization. Conflicts shall be resolved as follows: the Finance Committee shall be responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving Directors, the Executive Director, and other members of senior management; the Treasurer shall be resonsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving Finance Committee members; the President shall be responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of a conflict involving the Treasurer; the Executive Director shall be responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving employees below the senior management level, subject to approval of the Finance Committee. An employee or director may appeal the decision that a conflict (or appearance of conflict) exists as follows: an appeal must be directed to the President of the Board; appeals must be made within 30 days of the initial determination; resolutions of the appeal shall be made by vote of the full Board of Directors; Board members who are the subject of the appeal, shall abstain from participating in, discussing, or voting on the resolution, unless their discussion is requested by the remaining members of the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Our Board of Directors determines the Executive Director salary, drawing on available comparability data, and contemporaneously substantiates the deliberation and decision. Determinations of key employee salaries are made by the Executive Director for the Chief Operating Officer, in consulation with Finance staff and the Treasurer. Decisions about compensation for other key employees are made by the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer employing available comparability data and performance evaluation results. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Organization does not make its governing documents and Conflict of Interest policy available to the public. The Organization's Form 990 and financial statements are uploaded by the Organization onto their Guidestar profile. Form 990, Part XII, line 2c: The process has not changed from the prior year.