TAC

Teach A Child
Giving a Child a Second Chance

Elizabeth Gomez, Jordy Flores, Karawan Hamdan, Jeanetta Harris

Prepared for
Dr. Karen Patton
Business Communication

November 20, 2015

Table of Contents

PREFACE, OR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ii
INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND.

PROPOSAL...

STAFFING..

BUDGET..

AUTHORIZATION.. .

REFERENCES..

Q & A

Introduction
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who
prepare for it today.
Malcolm X

As adults, we are given a powerful choice that allows us to flourish in our given
societies by contributing through our careers and/or personal philanthropy. However, the
key word to keep in mind is choice, for without freedom how are we expected to expand
our minds to find our true potential. Many people take this well fought-for freedom for
granted without ever asking themselves what if they couldnt make the appropriate
decisions in their daily lives. Without questioning it too hard, we were basically in these
powerless shoes up until most of us turned 18 years of age. On the Brightside, many of
were raised by either our loving parents or family members. We would like to raise one
question as a group, and that is to ask who is looking out for the children who arent
blessed with caring loved ones? A variety of scenarios occur on the daily that put
children in harm's-way. It is time that we stop turning the other cheek and step up for the
children in need. As employees of Intuit we are excited to announce that we chose to
partner up with Dallas Casa to create Teach A Child (TAC).

I.

Background

Dallas Casa:
After the Civil War, the Bolles family came and settled on the current
Dallas Casa Property. This family made it a point to serve the community,
and they wanted this property to continue to serve by carrying on their
legacy of philanthropy. To this day, Dallas Casa continues to serve those

in need by supplying these children with a healthy and safe environment.

Cases at casa vary greatly, but children should not be suffering at the
hands of others. The laws of attraction should allow these children to
embrace a positive lifestyle; instead they are abused and neglected.
Depression and anxiety play just as big of a role in these horrendous
situational nightmares, just as much as pedophilia and backlash anger.
Dallas Casas mission is to support these children with a positive role
model/advocate who is willing to look after these children as an older
brother or sister.
Intuit:
We work for Intuit, a tech company that focuses on simplifying the
business of life. Through forms such as Turbotax, QuickBooks, and Mint
we allow users a new way of focusing their time and tracking new
expenses through a more technologically proficient manner. Our motto
here Intuit is that, You have to be Intuit! Meaning we embrace the idea of
innovation and creativity. Great minds work best in a comfortable
encouraging environment.

II.

Proposal

A. Objectives and Goals

1.

Financial Responsibility
Financial responsibility is one of our main
objectives. Fifty percent of emancipated children
live at or below the poverty level, after leaving
foster care or transitional housing. We plan to teach
children at a young age on how to maintain their

finances that can transition with them into the world

of independence.

2.

Self-Esteem and Growth

Self-Esteem is our main goal with this program.
Helping a child identify their strengths and
weaknesses is key to a childs growth. Knowing
what they are good at can help them establish
boundaries in their futures. Self-Esteem is built
when each child begins to find hope in their own
abilities.

Community Need
According to Dallas Casa, 20,000 children are in need of assistance on an annual
basis. These children suffer from abuse and neglect in their homes. Currently 251,000
children have an Casa volunteer. Our plan is to implement a summer program that will
allow each child who qualifies the opportunity to understand their financial
responsibility to themselves and their communities after leaving foster care or
transitional housing. Below we will explain how our program works, how we plan to
implement the program, and the entry process for any child who qualifies to attend the
program.

B.

1.

The M&Ms of it all

Mint.com
Each child will receive a psuedo mint.com account
in order to maintain any deposits, withdrawals,
assets, and debts they acquire during the week of
camp. All of the inputs are fictional transactions, no
real currency is exchanged during the learning

camps. Mint.com is a Intuit owned software

application used by many to maintain their personal
finances. Having the ability to teach a child about
personal accounting software will allow them to
take these foundational concepts and apply them to
any other software used in the future for personal
finance monitoring.

Figure 1

2.

Monopoly

Figure 2
Everyone knows about the game of Monopoly, as it
applies to an individual's financial life. Learning the
art of financial responsibility in real estate,
negotiation, strategy, and business in general is a
lifelong experience. The concepts behind the game
of monopoly can transfer to many areas of a
persons life. Incorporating the foundation of this
game while expanding those concepts to real life
issues, will allow the children to think broader and
more critically. We plan to combine the psuedo
mint.com account with the board game of
monopoly. This form of game play is different, more
expanded, real life. In this game there are no game
pieces or boards used, only the room, kids, and
real life scenarios written on the chance and
community chest cards.

Figure 3: Monopoly in the park, San Jose, CA., United States

Game Play
Imagine the game board above on the floor inside of a classroom or office floor. Instead
of using game pieces, imagine each child playing represents a game piece, using color

coded hats or vest for identification. Their will be a moderator or banker who will keep
score, property, and card control during game play. At the beginning of the week when
the kids arrive, coordinators will set up the kids individual psuedo mint.com accounts.
Each account will start with a running balance around five-hundred dollars. This running
balance will apply to the game play for purchases, negotiations, trades, etc. After
teaching a lesson on how to use their psuedo mint.com accounts used for all of their
deposits, withdrawals, assets, and debts, the game will begin.Each child will roll the dice
and move to the determined square. The difference with this game would come when
the child lands on their rolled square. For example, The child rolls the dice, then moves
the square rolled. In the regular board game the square may have park place on top.
You then have a choice to purchase the property or not. In Camp TAC, the game square
would have a choice of renting an apartment for shelter purposes or buying a new car
for transportation. The real life scenario will come with a specific dollar amount
attached. If the child only has two hundred dollars to spend and the square requires a
minimum of one hundred and ninety-five dollars, then which would be the better choice.
Those are the examples of the type of choices the children will make in real life. The
objective is to get them to understand that having shelter and the finances to maintain
that shelter is more important that driving a nice car. The game play will continue
Monday through Friday, with the weekly play ending on that Friday. On the final day, all
totals will be added up to see who made better choices with the money they had to
survive. During recap, the children will have the opportunity to express to the camp
coordinators what they learned and how they can teach others the game.

How to Participate
Dallas Casa currently assist over 251,000 children who suffer from abuse and neglect.
Each child is connected with a Casa volunteer who becomes an extra voice for that
child. Intuit currently holds programs for battered and abused women, this program will
be an extension of that, geared toward helping the children understand life and their
responsibilities after leaving foster care or transitional housing. The program will be
offered to every child with a Casa volunteer within the age groups of ten years and
fifteen years of age. The volunteer would then recommend the child for entrance into
the program. After receiving the application to participate, we will contact the Casa
volunteer and the child for a meet and greet with other chosen participants. Although the
program is geared toward the children of Casa, their volunteers are welcome to
accompany them to the camp for support and reassurance.

The Process of Entry

1. Fill out application with Casa sponsor or volunteer
2. Complete a phone interview with camp coordinator
3. Attend organization meet and greet with other participants

Figure 4: Graph of Timeline from 2016- 2018 Participants in camp

Expansion
The camp will operate on an annual basis. The participants chosen in 2015, the pilot
year, will be thirty to forty children. The hope is to expand beyond this cap within the
next three years as follows:
1. 50-60 participants in year 2016
2. 70-80 participants in year 2017
3. 90-100 participants in year 2018

III.

Budget & Staffing

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Authorization

TAC in partnership with Intuit and CASA is very confident of the success that will arise from
Camp Teach A Child. The camp is assured to be a great option for the Dallas Chamber of
Commerce Businesses Give back competition. With a $9,000 investment, Camp TAC could be
up and functioning by the upcoming summer. The children of CASA they have faced nothing but
hardships in their short lives. They lived in broken homes and dangerous situations. While the
volunteers at CASA are helping with any emotional issues, we at Intuit can give them the
knowledge to succeed financially. Financial knowledge will be taught to these children so that
once they have grown out of the system they will be able to be stable financially in the future.
This educational and fun camp can be the key to happiness and success for these children. It
would help in promoting the issue of neglected children and in return be very beneficial for the
City of Dallas by:
1. Keeping young adults out of the streets with stable jobs.
2. Having less young adults in prisons and shelters, saving Dallas tax money.
3. These children will grow into tax-paying adults and will ultimately fund Dallas.
Camp Teach A Child will have a huge benefit for the City of Dallas by creating awareness for
neglected and abused children and essentially putting a stop to it. These children are our future so
lets make this future bright!

Targeted Questions & Answers

What is Camp TAC?
Camp Teach A Child is an educational finance camp that teaches neglected children
valuable skills to succeed in the future through fun, realistic activities.
Who can attend Camp TAC?
Currently only children who are with the CASA program between the ages of 10-15

How many children will attend Camp TAC?

Around 45 children will be able to attend the camp being split into three groups by age.
However, after the first year Camp TAC will evaluate and see if more children can be
accepted for the following summer.
How long will Camp TAC be?
The camp will be for two weeks.
What activities will be done?
A mock version of Monopoly tweaked to fit Camp TAC and a mock version of Mint.com to
record earnings or losses.
What is the goal of Camp TAC?
To show that anything can happen in the real world but with financial knowledge,
budgeting and money managment that will just be one less but very crucial thing to worry
about.
Will Camp TAC be beneficial to Dallas?
Absolutely, we are giving these children the financial knowledge to be stable in the future.
They have never lived in a stable situation so we are offering life-changing skills. These
skills will save the City of Dallas so much money in the long run.