2018-392-E Arts - Art Therapy Institute arts grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID: BD01B7A1- D313- 4FO2- 9FOE- C26DFFC84BEE Organization The Art Therapy Institute (ATI) is an organization of mental health professionals Description dedicated to the healing power of the arts. We provide clinical art therapy services to diverse populations, empowering clients to develop their identities through the art- making process. We also offer training to allied professionals and seek to raise awareness in the general community about our profession and the benefits of arts - based therapy. ATI affirms a commitment to inclusivity; we embrace all people and honor each individual's race; ethnicity; religious or spiritual beliefs; national origin; ancestry; age; abilities; sexual orientation; gender; gender identity; gender expression; socioeconomic, marital, immigration, or military status; political views; and new cultural identities as they emerge. Our staff structure currently consists of the Executive Director (full- time), a nonprofit management intern (part- time), eight contracted art therapists (part-time to full- time), two full -time clinical interns; three contracted interpreters (part- time), two research associates (part- time), and a volunteer list of 120 people. Beyond our small, yet, dedicated staff, we also have a small, yet dedicated board of 8. We are currently devising a financial plan to hire an Associate Director or comparable position in the Fall of 2018. While our staff and board may be small, our clinical impact is expansive! ATI is a community -based nonprofit, meaning that most of our art therapy work happens within community -based settings. Our two largest programs happen in the local school systems. Every week, we serve over 100 children with exceptional needs in the Chapel Hill /Carrboro City Schools. We also have a large newcomer art therapy program, which serves over 250 refugee and immigrant children and adults across the Triangle and Triad in CHCCS, Durham, and Guilford County schools, resettlement agencies, health clinics, and community centers. (Letters of Support, attached, reference this program, and are included to show general community support for our work.) Beyond the two programs above, we also serve children in the pediatric hematology and oncology units at UNC and Duke Hospitals. We see adults living with Alzheimers and dementia at local assisted living facilities. We serve homeless families, survivors of domestic violence, veterans, and adults living with severe and persistent mental illness. We also offer individual therapy sessions to any interested community member. Over all, our services reach well over 500 people per year. Approximately 75% of our clients are children, 80% are people of color, and approximately 90% live below the poverty line. We never turn anyone away due to lack of funding, and we treat all of our clients as artists, first. Beyond our clinical programs, we provide a formidable amount of non - clinical services to the community. We host free, monthly art shows and low -cost monthly workshops at our Carr Mill office. We also train new clinicians and art therapists, and offer supervision to those already in the field. We present at conferences locally, nationally, and internationally, and we participate in a large amount of community events such as local street fairs and festivals. We also conduct ethical and culturally - congruent research on the efficacy of arts -based therapy practices. During FY18 -19, will No your organization receive operational support funding from the North Carolina Arts Council or the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources? Organization's EIN 263447555