2026-05-11T08:05:06-07:00 2025-06-30 922053187 Hezlep Nonprofit Advisors 3050 Five Forks Trickum Rd SW Suite Lilburn GA 30047 990 2024-07-01 581128269 Empower Cherokee of GA Inc EMPO 7703455821 133 UNIVETER ROAD CANTON GA 30114 Jonathan Fancher Executive Director 2026-05-11 true true ADAM HEZLEP P03216230 7705127600 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MIKE SPIVEY 133 UNIVETER ROAD CANTON GA 30114 2795012 false X www.cherokeetrainingcenter.com X GA TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE DEVELOPMENTALLY CHALLENGED CLIENTS INCLUDING EDUCATION, NUTRITION, SOCIAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY LIVING SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT. 15 14 43 2 0 70787 72616 2328154 2704449 9781 7681 1587 10266 2410309 2795012 0 0 1563343 1782962 0 6241 676846 801595 2240189 2584557 170120 210455 2697089 2982259 83953 158668 2613136 2823591 TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE DEVELOPMENTALLY CHALLENGED CLIENTS INCLUDING EDUCATION, NUTRITION, SOCIAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY LIVING SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT. false false 2314564 2704449 Our services provided:CRA services are provided in a licensed community living arrangement, 24hours/7days per week and target individuals who require intense levels of support. Services are provided in daily and weekly routines that directly relate to each individuals interests, choices and preferences; and will accommodate fluctuations in his/her needs for various supports. Assistance with and/or training activities of daily living skills such as bathing, grooming, other personal hygiene, feeding, toileting and similar tasks; household care such as meal preparation and supervision of nutrition, clothes laundering, bed-making, housecleaning and other similar tasks.Services also include medically related activities such as arranging medical appointments, basic first aid, supervising self-administration of medication, and assisting with therapeutic exercises.These services also consist of implementing behavioral support plans designed for individuals to reduce inappropriate and/or maladaptive behaviors; the ability to intervene if a crisis arises.Transportation is provided to medical appointments, other waiver services and as needed to facilitate the individuals participation in community activities and personal shopping.EC ensures the capacity to support individuals through client/staff ratios (1:4 or as designated in the ISP) that reflect the needs of the individuals; professionals with experience in developmental disabilities that can address the needs of the individuals served; program flexibility to accommodate individual and family needs; and provides on-going training of both staff and individuals served.Individual Service Planning is the development of a plan that identifies personal outcomes, life goals, and needed supports for health, safety, and welfare. Through the use of person-centered practices, we promote self-determination, and exploration of personal outcomes and goals. On an ongoing basis we use person centered tools that help people discover things that are important to and for them, and how people can be best be supported. The plan is always focused on the person and builds on their strengths, gifts and interests. We try to build a One Page Profiles that highlight peoples gifts, talents, and what people appreciate about the person, highlight what is important to them, and how they would like to be supported. This also helps us to match people with the staff that share their interest and would support them best.Community Access Group services are provided in the community or at Empower Cherokee Day Center. Services are individually determined and planned using person-centered tools and approaches to discover the individuals interests, gifts, choices, and what is important to and for the individual. We learn about and listen to the individual, their support needs, health and safety, and their dreams and desires. Their individual plan is created around this foundation. Community Access services are provided outside the individuals place of residence. These services can occur during the day, the evenings, and weekends. Services include design of activities and environments for the participant to learn and/or use adaptive skills required for active community participation and independent functioning. These activities include training in socialization skills as well as personal assistance as indicated in the Individual Service Plan (ISP). Community Access services cannot be provided in the participants home or family home, personal care home, community living arrangement, or group home.Community Access Individual (CAI) services are provided to an individual participant, with a one-to-one staff to participant ratio. CAI services are directly linked to goals and expectations of improvement in skills. The intended outcome of CAI services is to improve the participants access to the community through increased skills, increased natural supports, and/or less paid supports. CAI services are designed to be teaching and coaching in nature. These services assist the participant in acquiring, retaining, or improving socialization and networking, independent use of community resources, and adaptive skills required for active community participation outside the participants place of residence. CAI services may include programming to reduce inappropriate and/or maladaptive behaviors. CAI services are not facility-based.Community Access Group (CAG) services are provided to groups of individuals, with a staff to individual ratio of one to two or more. The direct care staff to individual ratio for Community Access Group services cannot exceed one (1) to ten (10) and is determined based on individual need level of the participants in the group. CAG services are designed to provide oversight, assist with daily living, socialization, communication, and mobility skills building and supports in a group. CAG services may include programming to reduce inappropriate and/or maladaptive behaviors. CAG services may be provided in a facility or a community as appropriate for the skill being taught or specific activity supported.Specialized Medical Supplies (SMS) Services include various supplies that enable individuals to interact more independently with their environment and contribute to an enhanced quality of life, as well as a reduced dependence on physical support from others. SMS includes items such as food supplements, special clothing, diapers, bed wetting protective chucks, and other supplies that are specified in the approved Individual Service Plan and are not available under the other Medicaid non-waiver programs. Ancillary supplies necessary for the proper functioning of approved devices are also included in this service.Specialized Medical Equipment (SME) Services include various devices, controls or appliances, which are designed to enable individuals to interact more independently with their environment thus enhancing their quality of life and reducing their dependence on physical support from others. SME services also include assessment or training needed to assist participants with mobility, seating, bathing transferring, security or other skills such as operating a wheelchair, locks, door openers, or side layers. These services additionally consist of customizing a device to meet a participants needs.Supported Employment services provide supports that assist individuals with disabilities with planning their career goals by discovering their personal interests, gifts, and strengths. We help them find employment, which includes job development through activities such as interview preparation, filling our applications, resume building, and networking. Once employed, EC provides job coaching, training and support for the person to maintain successful employment. Or self-employment through the operation of a business, including helping identify potential business opportunities, assisting in the development of a business plan, identifying the supports that are necessary for them to operate a business, and ongoing assistance, counseling and guidance once the business has been launched. 2314564 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 12 0 true 43 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 15 14 false false false false false false false true true false false true true false true true true true false false GA X JONATHAN FANCHER 7703455821 133 UNIVETER ROAD CANTON GA 30114 JONATHAN FANCHER Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X X 80510 0 18992 RICHARD KEARLEY President EX-OF 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MIKE SPIVEY President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 TAMMIE ANDERSON Vice President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 LOUISE FLANDERS Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 FLONDELL THOMPSON Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ANGELA BACON Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MINDY DAVIS Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR SUSAN PADGETT-HARRISON Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DONNA MCGOWAN Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LONNIE PEPLAU Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE ZENCHUK Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE MCCRACKEN Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 EVAN INGRAM Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AARON MARCELLI Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 80510 18992 0 false false false 0 45495 27121 72616 HUD MANAGEMENT FEES 30404 30404 MEDICAID-GA DCH 2674045 2674045 2704449 7681 7681 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GAIN/LOSS DISPOSAL ASSET 10258 10258 OTHER REVENUE 8 8 10266 2795012 2714715 7681 0 0 0 0 84674 16935 63505 4234 0 1365651 1320120 45413 118 0 225723 208094 16952 677 106914 98564 8029 321 0 9555 9555 38575 38575 0 0 0 0 0 17700 16317 1330 53 16910 15589 1270 51 0 147781 146303 1478 6690 6168 502 20 0 0 0 0 85539 84684 855 141862 130782 10654 426 SUPPLIES 148711 142687 5793 231 CLIENT ASSISTANCE 62512 62512 BAD DEBT EXPENSE 57746 57746 VEHICLES 40050 40050 27964 25759 2095 110 2584557 2314564 263752 6241 1012286 1135261 0 0 265063 311929 0 0 0 0 53909 60767 2550879 1084813 1352261 1466066 0 0 0 0 13570 8236 2697089 2982259 72776 153058 11177 5610 83953 158668 X 2613136 2823591 2613136 2823591 2697089 2982259 210455 X false true X true false X 287718 433397 81313 70787 72616 945831 0 0 287718 433397 81313 70787 72616 945831 206967 738864 454 326 254 9781 7681 18496 0 126 3746 1587 10266 15725 980052 0.75390 0.84000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 593314 593314 1230785 776997 453788 87423 28421 59002 583210 266589 316621 56147 12806 43341 1466066 LEASE LIABILITY 5610 5610 X 2795012 2795012 2795012 2584557 2584557 2584557 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authority, based on the technical merits of the position. 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