2024-09-18T08:45:48-07:00 2024-06-30 208141016 WELCH WALKER AND ASSOCIATES PC CPA'S 489 HIGHLAND CROSSING SUITE 208 EAST ELLIJAY GA 30540 990 2023-07-01 201056579 CARES INC CARE 7062534777 PO BOX 1342 JASPER GA 30143 DENISE MCCABE TREASURER 7062534777 2024-08-14 true true WALLACE K WELCH P00576196 7066357644 2024-09-18 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z DENISE MCCABE 89 CARES DR JASPER GA 30143 420931 false X N/A X 2004 GA TO PROVIDE FOOD AND ESSENTIAL NON-FOOD ITEMS, TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCE COUNSELING TO NEEDY PEOPLE IN PICKENS COUNTY. 11 11 4 140 0 0 344498 366822 0 8748 8887 52368 21461 405614 397170 61328 65745 0 78166 94569 0 4145 237147 191423 376641 351737 28973 45433 767459 828830 6553 22491 760906 806339 TO PROVIDE FOOD AND ESSENTIAL NON-FOOD ITEMS, TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCE COUNSELING TO NEEDY PEOPLE IN PICKENS COUNTY. false false 101152 0 0 CARES INC HAS PROVIDED A BASIC GOOD QUANITY OF QUALITY FOOD TO OVER 200 PICKENS COUNTY FAMILIES PER WEEK TO ALL WHO HAVE COME TO US WITH A DEMONSTRATED NEED AND QUALIFIED BY FILING PROPER APPLICATIONS AND BEING COUNSELED ABOUT THEIR LIFE AND HOW THEY CAN HELP THEMSELVES AS WE HELP THEM BRIDGE THE GAP TEMPORARILY UNTIL THEY RECOVER. WE HAVE PRACTICED DUE DILIGENCE IN FOLLOW UP AND CARING FOR THE FAMILY WITH PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR UNDER GIRDING THE CHILDREN OF THESE FAMILIES. DURING OUR FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE ENFORCED POLICIES REGARDING ELIGIBILTY AND INTERVENTION WHEREBY AFTER COUNSELING AND ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, CARES PROVIDING FOOD TO ALL ACCORDING TO OUR POLICY PASSED BY THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY. THE MAJORITY OF THE RECIPIENTS RECEIVE FOOD EVERY TWO WEEKS BUT 40% OF OUR CLIENTS STILL RECEIVE FOOD WEEKLY. $21,399 IN DONATED SERVICES NOT REFLECTED IN ABOVE TOTAL. 65745 0 0 CARES INC PROVIDES EMERGENCY AND TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO APPLY TO US AND WHOM WE FIND HAVE A NEED TO UNDER GIRD THE FAMILY AND PROTECT THE CHILDREN. WE ARE HELPING THEM TO MAKE IT THROUGH A TOUGH TIME FINANCIALLY TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. WE WILL PAY PART OF UTILITY BILLS AND MEDICATIONS ONCE PER YEAR AND ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT NORMALLY.DURING OUR FISCAL YEAR WE COUNSELED EVERYONE WHO CALLED OR APPLIED AND HELPED THOSE WHO WERE MOST NEEDY WHENEVER POSSIBLE. WE GAVE OVER $59,000 TO SUPPLEMENT EMERGENCY NEEDS OF BASIC LIVING. CARES NOW REQUIRES THOSE RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO WORK AT TWO SPECIFIED NON-PROFIT CHARITIES ONE HOUR FOR EACH $25 RECEIVED AS PER OUR POLICY DESCRIBED AS WORKING FOR MONEY. $55,563 IN DONATED SERVICES NOT REFLECTED IN ABOVE TOTALS. 166897 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false 0 0 4 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true true false GA X DENISE MCCABE 7062534777 89 CARES WAY JASPER GA 30143 ANDREW CRADDOX EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 20.00 X X 67500 0 0 SUSAN ARMSTRONG DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 LORENE BALLEW FORMER DIRECTOR 12.00 X 0 0 0 ROBIN DUNN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANDY EDWARDS SECRETARY 1.00 X 0 0 0 TIM JORDAN FORMER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD FERGUSON FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 ANGIE JONES DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 LEVONE LEUENBERGER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 BRANDY VANSANT DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARTHA HERBERT DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 MAX CAYLOR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE VANDERWALT BOARD CHAIR 4.00 X 0 0 0 DENISE MCCABE TREASURER 4.00 X 0 0 0 GENE BERRY SECRETARY 4.00 X 0 0 0 67500 0 0 false false false 366822 106167 366822 8887 0 0 44846 4805 23761 21085 0 21085 OTHER INCOME 999999 376 376 0 0 376 397170 9263 0 21085 65745 65745 69167 0 69167 0 18968 0 18968 0 6434 0 6434 0 1048 0 1048 0 9785 0 9785 0 1275 0 161 1114 10952 0 10773 179 1674 0 1674 0 28801 863 27938 0 4930 4930 0 0 25382 0 25382 0 9365 0 9365 0 FOOD PURCHASES 95359 95359 0 0 SUPPLIES 2852 0 0 2852 351737 166897 180695 4145 333343 286488 25377 135872 0 2750 2793 18968 2325 614451 232024 405946 382427 767459 828830 6553 11041 11450 6553 22491 X 760906 804964 0 1375 760906 806339 767459 828830 45433 X true X false false false X 0 383138 340638 346810 344498 366822 1781906 0 76962 61369 81203 219534 383138 340638 423772 405867 448025 2001440 0 2001440 253 417 105 748 8887 10410 0 0 2011850 0.99480 0.99910 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 75000 75000 397430 186364 211066 142021 45660 96361 382427 GOLF TOURNAMENT 49651 49651 400 4805 2060 1864 14632 None 49651 49651 400 4805 2060 1864 14632 23761 25890 true FOOD ASSISTANCE 9903 95019 BOOK FOOD ITEMS PROVISION OF BASIC LIFE NEEDS 239 65745 X 5005 FMV X 412908 101162 false false false Pt VI, Line 11b THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE TREASURER AND THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE MADE AWARE THAT IT IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE TO REVIEW IT. QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED BY EITHER THE TREASURER OR THE ACCOUNTANT WHO PREPARED THE TAX RETURN. Pt VI, Line 12c A WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL WHO ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AND IS ENFORCED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Pt VI, Line 15a ALL SALARIES ARE DETERMINED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHICH IS COMPOSED OF FOUR OUTSIDE BOARD MEMBERS, EXCLUDING THE DIRECTOR. THEY ARE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR A FULL VOTE. Pt VI, Line 15b SEE PT VI, LINE 15A ABOVE Pt VI, Line 19 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KEEPS A COPY OF ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS,POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, REVIEWED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE FORM 990 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CARES BUILDING. ANYONE WHO REQUESTS TO SEE THEM IS SUPPLIED THE OFFICE COPY AND DIRECTED TO A PLACE TO SIT DOWN TO REVIEW THEM.