Human Services
Ways For Life Inc
MELBOURNE, FL
Total revenue
$718K
Total expenses
$671K
Net assets
$470K
Grants received
$453K
29 grants
EIN
843366048
Tax year
2024
Mission
Ways for life helps youth find resources and creative solutions to issues such as housing, legal, employment, education, transportation, health care, wellness, and counseling. We understand that until immediate basic needs are met, it is nearly impossible to contemplate the future and ways for life believes that all young people are worthy of equal opportunities for a successful future.ways stands for wrap around youth services, which are delivered daily at brevard's only drop-in youth center. When youth enter our doors, a dedicated ways team member personally meets them to assess their immediate needs. Next, the ways care team staff helps them overcome their unique challenges by developing, implementing, and monitoring an individual success plan. The ways wraparound model has proven to be a successful tool for guiding our youth members away from hopelessness, homelessness, and crime toward a life full of promise and prosperity.
Programs
1 program
Education - programs includes the ged fasttrack, career pathways, financial wellness, and liftup life skills. In 2024, 41 ways members received academic support through the ways education lab. Of those, 15 earned ged credential through the licensed ged fasttrack program - an intensive five-week, trauma-informed course designed to support small groups of learners. 16 dedicated volunteers provided one-on-one and small group tutoring to help youth overcome academic challenges and achieve success.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
10 listed
PAMELA BRESS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$50K
60 hrs/wk
LISA SOLOWAY
TREASURER
—
1 hrs/wk
KIMBERLY HENNE
SECRETARY
—
1 hrs/wk
ELENA LEE
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
DR ANGELA OLIVER-BURGESS
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
JULIA IRVIN
PRESIDENT
—
1 hrs/wk
JOHN KOENIG
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
DR SHARON JONES
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
ALTARA WARREN
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
BUSHAY MCCOY
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$453K from 18 funders · 29 grants · 2020–2024
$65K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
$63K · 1 grant · 2024
$61K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
$45K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
$32K · 1 grant · 2022
$30K · 2 grants · 2022–2023
$30K · 2 grants · 2022–2023
$25K · 1 grant · 2024