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Organization street <br />or PO Box address <br />200 N. Greensboro St. Ste D-6 <br />Organization City Carrboro <br />Organization State NC <br />Organization Zip <br />Code <br />27510 <br />Organization website www.ncati.org <br />Organization Tax ID 263447555 <br />Applicant <br />Race/Ethnicity <br />W hite, not Hispanic <br />Legal Status:501(c)3 or 501(c)6 Nonprofit Organization <br />IRS Determination Letter <br />501c3_letter.pdf <br />Are 25% or more of <br />your annual <br />expenses related to <br />the visual, performing <br />or literary arts? <br />Yes <br />NARRATIVE n/a <br />W hat is the mission <br />of your organization? <br />To adv ance the well-being and mental health of div erse North <br />Carolinians through accessible, strengths-based, culturally <br />responsiv e art therapy; to further support our communities through <br />local ev ents and professional dev elopment opportunities; to <br />contribute to and uphold research, theory, and practice of the <br />creativ e arts therapies. <br />Provide a brief <br />description of your <br />pre-pandemic core <br />arts-related <br />programming or <br />offerings. <br />ATI’s two largest programs – The Exceptional Children’s Program <br />and the Newcomers Art Therapy Program – take place within public <br />school systems. Ev ery week during the school year, ATI clinicians <br />prov ide art therapy serv ices to more than 100 children (K-12) with <br />intellectual and physical disabilities in Orange County, North Carolina. <br />During these groups, EC children hav e the opportunity for creativ e <br />expression, to interact with peers and learn social skills and gain a <br />sense of mastery through the creativ e process. ATI also works with <br />adults liv ing with intellectual and dev elopmental disorders. ATI <br />clinicians use art-making to help these clients identify and accept <br />their emotions; increase their ability to communicate in a group <br />atmosphere; and dev elop a sense of assurance that positiv ely <br />impacts their educational and v ocational pursuits. <br />ATI’s Newcomers Program serv es more than 300 refugee and <br />immigrant children and adults from more than 30 countries <br />worldwide. Through this program, newcomers are prov ided free, <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 0882C1F6-CA79-42B1-994E-254F3E3E0522