EQUINE SPIRIT PROGRAMS.PDF

Last updated: 02/12/2018
General information
Organization Equine Spirit Programs
Contact First name Julie
Contact Last name Jimenez
Contact e-mail equinespiritprograms@gmail.com
Contact phone number 4802992506
Address
Street 17016 E. San Tan Blvd
City Queen Creek
State AZ
ZIP Code 85142
From what tribe is the Gila River Indian Community
organization requesting the
grant?
Total grant amount request 162,000
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The Gila River Indian Community offers multi-year awards. If your organization is
requesting a multi-year grant for this project or program from the Gila River Indian
Community, enter the amount to be requested each year.
Amount
Year 1 (Gila River Indian
54000
Community Grants Only)
Year 2 (Gila River Indian
54000
Community Grants Only)
Year 3 (Gila River Indian
54000
Community Grants Only)
Year 4 (Gila River Indian
Community Grants Only)
Year 5 (Gila River Indian
Community Grants Only)
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/20/2018 (NOTE: Click or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa Community Government Relations
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Denny Barney
4. Mailing Address: 307 West Jefferson 10th floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85032
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Zackary Wolfe Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Equine Spirit Programs
8. Is this a 501c non-profit Organization? No Yes If yes, attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Julie Jimenez Title: Program Manager
10. Phone Number: 4802992506
11. Mailing Address: 17016 E. San Tan Blvd
12. City: Queen Creek State: Arizona Zip Code: 85142
13. Email Address: equinespiritprograms@gmail.com Website Address:
www.equinespiritprograms.com
Project Information
14. Project Name: Trauma Focused Equine Therapy
15. Purpose of Grant: to provide health promotioin education for children suffering from adverse childhood
experiences
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $54000
18. Number of years that funding is 3 years
requested
19. Total amount requested (annual $162000
amount x number of years)
20. Has your organization received past Yes, 2017
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year 25000
and amount
21. Geographic area served Queen Creek
For Office Use Only:
Data Entry Receipt Evaluation
Outcome A Approval Recommended/Amount $ A Denial

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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative
in paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe the organization’s history, mission and goals.
The Equine Spirit Program (ESP) is a successful Equine Assisted Learning program with a 8 year
history of promoting resilience among at-risk youth. ESP is an established non-profit since 2014.
Equine Assisted Learning is listed as a Best Practice in the First Nations Behavioral Health Association
Catalogue of Effective Behavioral Health Practices. The mission of the program is to empower, enrich and
educate by providing a safe, research based and equine focused educational experience. ESP connects
rehabilitated horses with at-risk youth, adults, military veterans and their families to promote self-discovery,
targeted areas of personal growth and development
We offer an activity focused life skill programs that utilizes a research based equine assisted learning model,
EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth And Learning Assn.). The goal of ESP programs is to promote improved
mental and physical health by utilizing equine assisted experiential learning through the development of
personal interactions between humans and horses. The targeted area of growth for this grant proposal will be
to address the effects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences and assist in the self directed healing
process of the young participants and their family members.
2. If the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please describe your relationship with
Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through partnerships, collaborations,
in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting municipality’s role in
this project. If the applying organization is a municipality governmental sub-division please enter the
text “Not applicable.”
ESP is a non –profit working in partnership with area schools and residential group homes. Casteel
High School, American Leadersip Academy, San Tan Foothills High School, New Horizon
Community Care and Achieve Youth Services. Casteel High School has been requesting our
equine services for the past year, as we apply for funding through various grant avenues to address
the needs of targeted students who have experienced trauma, have an active probations case,
contact with law enforcement or an active child wellare case,and therfor would benefit from
therapeutic intervention. They believe these students would benefit from an alternative type of
therapeutic intervention. We currently serve students from San Tan Foothils, and American
Leadership Academy. New Horizons has numerous facilities surrounding the Gila River Indian
Community which provides residential and respite care for youth in need of social rehabilitation,

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behavior modification, improved wellness and living skills. Achieve Youth Services has a foster
program Hope and a Future which ESP has participated in during the holidays for their fostered girls.
ESP has conducted services for New Horizons girls residential home during 2016 and the agency
reported the services were much needed and the girls greatly benefitted. Letters of support will be
included in the application.
3. Describe the proposed project and planned goals and activities.
ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences)are traumatic experiences that can have a profound effect on a
child’s developing brain and body with lasting impacts on health. There are 10 recognized ACE’s which
fall into 3 categories: 1} Abuse: physical, emotional, sexual l 2} Neglect: physical, emotional
3}Household Dysfunction: mental illness or suicide attempt, incarceration, mother treated violently,
substance abuse, divorce or separation. According to ACE study, a person with 4 or more ACE’s is
12xas likely to attempt sui ide, 10x as likely to use injection drugs, 7x as likely to be an alcoholic.
Attachment -the ACE survey.
Trauma is broadly experienced, pervasive, and can have long lasting effects. The ripple effects of
trauma can be transmitted betweens interactions with families and communities for generations.
Historical trauma is the cumulative emotional and psychological wounding…spanning generations,
which emanates from a massive group trauma.
This programs’ goal is to have at-risk youth understand trauma and learn how to have
appropriate responses or life skills that are developed to meet the individuals personal
challenges. These life skills will ultimately increase their sense of purpose and connectedness
to their peers, school and community. This increase in connectedness has a direct correlation
to reducing the effects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences which includes but is
not limited to growing up with physical or mental abuse, household dysfunction, parental
divorce or separation, domestic violence, substance use and incarceration of family members.
Equined Assisted Learning ( EAL) is experiential in nature, allowing participants to learn about
themselves and others by participating in activities with the horses and then processing their
responses. The focus is on ground activities, there is no riding, which requires youth to
develop and apply certain life skills that can be translated from the arena to their personal life
in order to improve their interactions with family, school and community.
Each behavioral health educational sesson builds upon each other and includes activities that
develop and enhance positive behavioral health and resiliency characteristicis. Creative
thinking, communication, problem solving, work ethic, responsibility, teamwork, and respect for
the individuals’ personal and cultural differences, self confidence and attitude, all cornerstones
for a positive mental health standard of living.
All sessons are conducted at the ranch facility in Queen Creek. Our partners have agreed to
refer all youth through their referral system, and their staff will provide transportation of all
youth to the ranch and assist with the distribution and collection of evaluation surveys as
needed.

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4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the
Gila River Indian Community.
Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) is as an effective research based approach to health care
and education, two of Gila River’s funding priorities
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by
the project.
There is a perceived need of this underserved rural community to have accessible youth
centered, gender responsive, data driven and culturally sensitive life skills programming to
promote the individuals’ abilities to overcome the barriers presented by childhood trauma.
Increasing the ability of youth and their family members to identify and address ways in which
they can participate in the child welfare systems so as to promote positive behavioral health.
Assist youth and their family members to learn to self direct life building strategies that will
contribute to the overall health of a growing community. Adults who are interacting daily with
these youth will be able to recognize the childs natural reactions to trauma, and provide
support and alternatives instead of punishment for disruption.There will be 184 client hours of
programming annually, available for participants. Each session can accommodate up to 8
partipants per session. Each participants’ session is comprised of an initial 2 hour interview
and assessment, followed by 12 hours of client arena time.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program.
New
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
Grant years 2018-2021 (Oct 2018-May2021) timeline is flexible and is conducted in accordance
with Arizona weather considerations.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Casteel High School, American Leadership Academy, San Tan Foothills students and New Horizons
Community Care Organization, Achieve Youth Services – will refer participanting youth, support staff will
transport youth to the ranch site. Attachment - Letters of support

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9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this
project?
We would be able to implement the program for less than the 3 year funding requested but not be able
to implement the program for less than the requested annual amount.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a
program/project previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards
the previously described sustainability plan.
We are currently reaching out to foundations willing to support youth iniatives which address the
affects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences. We continue to develop working partnerships
with community agencies serving children and are developing a fundraising strategy for various
avenues of private and corporate donations to be utilized in providing additional programs.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Evaluation Methods:
Staff conducts ongoing observation w/ supporting progress notes to monitor participants
progress during service delivery , with discussion and assessment of the findings with program
team, to make necessary adjustments for ongoing program improvements. Each session
reviews the previous weeks findings with the participant, weekly check ins with family members,
and aligns the following session with the relevancy to their everyday life. Staff conducts a client
satisfaction survey at the end of each cycle.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community
for state shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is
included in a separate attachment, please indicate that here.
Fort McDowell Indian Community – behavioral therapy for adolescents

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Project Budget
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For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail
page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other funders
1. program horses $18400 $0 $0 $0
2. program supplies $930 $0 $0 $0
3. facility rental/arena time $2574 $0 $0 $0
4. liability insurance $2935 $0 $0 $0
5. mental health professional $14352 $0 $0 $0
6. EAGALA equine specialist $10672 $0 $0 $0
7. equine assistant $3312 $0 $0 $0
8. program evaluation $825 $0 $0 $0
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include
the dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. 4 horses are part of the program “team” and are rotated to accommodate the need for equine in various
sessions. Horses are leased at $ 100 per hour for 184 hours for a total of $ 18400
2. Includes the items used to interact with the horse in the actual activities, buckets, cones, brushes, curry
combs, lead ropes, halters, incentives for participants, for a total of $ 930
3. Arena time is required to conduct all program sessions, for a total of $ 2574
4. Insurance is required for those at possible risk of being sued by third parties for negligence. Among the most
ususal classes of mandatory policy are those that cover businesses tha offer professional services to the
public. Public policy therefore requires that such businesses should carry insurance so that if their activities
should cause loss or damage to another, funds will be availableto pay for compensation; for the total of $2935
5. Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with a certified mental health professional, $78
per hour x 184 hours for a total of $14352
6. Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with a certified equine specialist, $ 58 per hour
x184 hours for a total of $10672
7. Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with an equine assistant, $18 per hour x 184
hours for a total of $ 3312
8. Allows for staff hours needed to complete all process and outcome evaluations for each session to be
compiled for the end of the year report to the grantor, a total of $825
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New Horizon Community Care
“Share the values you grew up with”
February 9, 2017
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is AMee Vermeire and I am writing in support of the Equine Spirit Program. I am a Licensed
Clinical Social Worker and have been the director of the clinical department for New Horizon Community
Care for approximately five years. New Horizon Community Care has become familiar with the Equine
Spirit Program over the past several years and would like to encourage funding of this application for the
benefit of our clients. They have had exposure to similar equine programs in the past and they have
benefitted our kids in many ways, including health & wellness, learning to take care of animals, and well as
being therapeutic for everyone involved. More recently, several of our female clients were able to
participate in a six week program in which they were able to build skills necessary to handle difficult life
situations through the use of equine therapy and its teachings. This program was extremely successful
and left lasting memories with the young women who had the opportunity to participate.
Organization’s Mission Statement:
New Horizon Community Care is a place of purpose, commitment and integrity. Our mission is to create a
structured, therapeutic environment which will empower individuals to build healthy relationships and
develop life skills that will promote personal growth. We aim to meet the diverse needs of our population
by being goal orientated, family focused and culturally sensitive. Our goal is to be the premier provider of
behavioral health services.
New Horizon Community Care is a non-profit agency created in 2001. New Horizon Community Care built
a programming structure that challenges, encourages and counsels children and young adults to enhance
self- esteem and to modify their behaviors in order to become positive community members. Programming
is provided in Residential, Outside Support Service and Respite formats. Regardless of the format selected,
each program is formatted to the individual based on circumstances, challenges and personal goals.
Clients will participate in activities, groups and life lessons that help them assess their internal strengths,
capabilities and improve decision making skills. The multiple formats allow ample opportunities for clients
to "step down" or transition to less restrictive programming as the individual improves. In Residential
NHYH provides Level II Therapeutic and Level III Behavioral Health Residential Services, which include Life
Skills Client Wellness education and activities that are geared toward personal growth and goals. Primary
therapeutic services in the Level II program is General Mental Health and Substance Abuse provided by
Behavioral Health Professionals. Level III clients can grow in a less restrictive environment that offers
behavior modifications and good-decision making guidance. Residential homes are located in Chandler and
Peoria. NHYH has also created an Outpatient Program that provides therapeutic and life skills activities
that are developed to meet client’s goals by staff working with client's CFT/Case Manager to determine
appropriate services. Services include mentoring, health and wellness services, cultural awareness
activities, school break programming, life skills/GED day program, and substance abuse program. Content
of programming includes Psycho/ Social Rehabilitation, Behavior Modification, Client Wellness and
Independent Living Skills objectives.
Our hope is that the Equine Spirit Program will acquire funding necessary to continue providing much
needed services as it is evident that the youth we serve greatly benefit from programs such as this one.
Thank you in advance for your support.
AMee Vermeire, LCSW
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2754 – Chandler, Arizona 85244-2754

Clinical Supervisor
(480)722-2730
ameevermeire@nhyh.org
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2754 – Chandler, Arizona 85244-2754

Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Questionnaire
Finding your ACE Score ra hbr 10 24 06
While you were growing up, during your first 18 years of life:
1. Did a parent or other adult in the household often …
Swear at you, insult you, put you down, or humiliate you?
or
Act in a way that made you afraid that you might be physically hurt?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
2. Did a parent or other adult in the household often …
Push, grab, slap, or throw something at you?
or
Ever hit you so hard that you had marks or were injured?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
3. Did an adult or person at least 5 years older than you ever…
Touch or fondle you or have you touch their body in a sexual way?
or
Try to or actually have oral, anal, or vaginal sex with you?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
4. Did you often feel that …
No one in your family loved you or thought you were important or special?
or
Your family didn’t look out for each other, feel close to each other, or support each other?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
5. Did you often feel that …
You didn’t have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, and had no one to protect you?
or
Your parents were too drunk or high to take care of you or take you to the doctor if you needed it?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
6. Were your parents ever separated or divorced?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
7. Was your mother or stepmother:
Often pushed, grabbed, slapped, or had something thrown at her?
or
Sometimes or often kicked, bitten, hit with a fist, or hit with something hard?
or
Ever repeatedly hit over at least a few minutes or threatened with a gun or knife?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
8. Did you live with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic or who used street drugs?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
9. Was a household member depressed or mentally ill or did a household member attempt suicide?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
10. Did a household member go to prison?
Yes No If yes enter 1 ________
Now add up your “Yes” answers: _______ This is your ACE Score