Annual Report

annual report 2010

www.ccfinorman.org

‘...because every boy and girl deserves to grow up safe, nurtured, and loved.’

about the Center

is to improve the lives of children through partnerships with families and communities because every boy and girl deserves to grow up safe, nurtured, and loved.

The Center for Children and Families, Inc. is a non-profit organization that delivers specialized services to children and families coping with abuse, neglect, divorce, separation, teenage pregnancy, a lack of quality out-of-school care, and/or other family stressors. We respect the complexity of human nature and human needs as we guide children and their families through challenges and opportunities that will enable them to have more productive, healthy, and happy lives.

Healing Child Abuse & NeglectTrauma Focused Services

Provides therapy and support to foster and adopted children and their caregivers. Services include child-parent relationship therapy, caregiver support groups, family therapy, and children’s play therapy along with music and movement group therapy.

Supporting & Educating ParentsBringing Up Babies

Offers weekly home visits and a variety of family-focused services to expectant parents and families with new babies and young children in Cleveland County. Addresses issues such as maternal and child health, positive parenting practices, safe home environments, and access to services along with a monthly parenting support group.

Divorce Visitation ArbitrationWorks with children, parents and families during and after conflicts due to divorce, separation or other family challenges through mediation, supervised visits and exchanges in a therapeutic environment.

Parents AssistanceServes families struggling with abuse, neglect, and other family problems. Specialized programs and group sessions help parents understand themselves, their children, and their parenting behavior better. Child-parent therapy sessions help heal relationships and allow parents to practice new parenting skills. Emergency and respite foster-care services provide parents with support to meet their family’s needs without jeopardizing the health and safety of their children.

TeenAge ParentingSupports pregnant or parenting teens through peer support groups at Norman and Moore Public High Schools. Education and home visits are provided with special attention to health, medical access, safety and positive parenting and life skills to give young parents tools to provide nurturing, safe, and healthy lifestyles for their families.

Cultivating Neighborhood ConnectionsNeighborhood Centers

Provides family support and youth enrichment services in the form of free after-school programs in select Norman middle and elementary schools immediately after school, during the evenings, and over the summer months. Neighborhood Centers give children the opportunity to be with caring adults during out-of-school time, try new experiences, enrich their academics, and have access to social and emotional support.

Our Mission

Dear Friends,

What makes a hero? Super powers, a great costume, a summer blockbuster movie?

At the Center for Children and Families, Inc. (CCFI) we know what really makes a hero because we see them every day working with children and families. It’s nothing fancy, nothing super-human… it’s simply an ordinary person doing extraordinary things to improve the odds, heal the wounds, and empower the futures of the children and families we serve.

In 2010, 380 people volunteered to be a hero for children at the Center. Together they contributed 7,409 hours of service to the children and families we serve. This year we were also extraordinarily fortunate to receive 50% of our total revenue from dedicated individual, corporate, and foundation donors – everyday heroes who made sure that every boy and girl we served had the opportunity to be safe, nurtured, and loved!

Beyond our core services, hundreds of heroes bought and delivered holiday gifts for 300 children served by the Center, ran in Hitachi’s 5K Race for the Next Generation, and toiled long hours to renovate our therapeutic playrooms during United Way of Norman’s Day of Caring. Other heroes became our Ambassadors, conducted diaper and formula drives, held events at their homes to educate the community about child abuse and neglect and the Center’s mission.

All of these donors, volunteers and participants showed us, once again, that there is nothing magical about being a hero, nothing supernatural, nothing out of this world – it just requires you to say “yes.”

We are inspired and renewed by the heroes in our midst. Thank you for your abundant love of children and for saying “yes” to being their hero!

Katie Fitzgeral, MSWExecutive Director

Jennifer NewellBoard President

Officers President

Jennifer NewellVice PresidentEmily Clinton

TreasurerMary Hatley

SecretaryFrancine Gissy

MembersTerry Boehrer

Tom BoydDebby Burns

Jim BurnsBridget Childers

Steve ClarkGary Copeland

Lisa CoxMark Cox

Sherry DavisLucinda Francis

Kevin KloeselDoug Lyle

Payam NaelKaty Powers

Keith ReamesTony Roath

Michelle SutherlinGlenda ThomasRose WilderomSarah Williams

Ex-OfficioHeidi Brandenburg

Joseph KingDan Quinn

Board of Directors

As of December 2010.

Children are one third of our PoPulation and All oF oUr FUTUrE.

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- Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981

It was a jolly holiday for the families in the Center’s services. The 2010 Holiday Gifting Program provided nearly 300 children with presents due to the outpouring of support from local businesses and residents throughout Cleveland County and the surrounding areas.

Gratitude was a feeling we experienced a lot during this year’s Holiday Gifting Program. One mother said, “My kids wouldn’t have been able to have any gifts under the tree this holiday season without the Center.”

out & about with the Center

Trauma Focused Services provided therapeutic services in group, family, and individual settings to victims of child abuse through play therapy and family therapy with foster and adoptive parents. By the end of 2010, the Center had served 50 children and joyfully witnessed the adoption of 15 children. There were also no foster care placement changes among the children enrolled in trauma services in 2010.

55 girls enrolled in Girl Power, an all female

middle school age group, met monthly for activities,

enrichment, and mentoring with caring adults. This group was developed out of the Neighborhood Centers girls’ requests to spend

more time with female staff and volunteers to address topics such as bullying, appropriate relationships, self esteem, career exploration, etc.

This past year, the Neighborhood Centers program turned 12! After-school and summer youth programs take place in four locations, serving Norman’s elementary, middle, and high school students (ages 4-17) each week during out-of-school time.

Over 31,000 diapers, hundreds of cans of formula, baby wipes, and countless books were provided to over 1,000 local parents and caregivers visiting the agency’s Baby Pantry. The Baby Pantry was filled solely

by community donations from individual giving, community members hosting benefit

parties, and/or local businesses or civic groups organizing diaper and resource drives.

1,000individual, family or child

parent relationship therapeutic services provided } demonstrated

improved behavior

90%of children

84%

1,675clients received services

6,000out-of-school time services were provided to 357 children and youth

reported seeing an increase in self-esteem, responsibility, peaceful con�ict resolution , and

the ability to resist peer pressure.

of the parents of children in Neighborhood Centers

}1,500parent education and

support services taught parents, including teens, about child development and positve

parenting practices.

of teen parents, eligible for graduation, graduated High School.

98%

370supervised visits and exchanges

supported healthy relationships between divorcing parents and their children.

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Compared to a national average of 40%.

three-out-of-�ve parents demonstrated improved parent-child interactions

2010 facts & figures

out & about with the Center

More than 350 guests attended the annual Hands & Hearts Luncheon at the Embassy Suites during October. Personal stories of adversity, hope and giving back were shared by Executive Director Katie Fitzgerald and guest speaker Martha Buchanan. The Center’s Caring Adult Network of

financial donors increased with 65 new donors supporting children and families in our community.

with a little help from our friends

Sponsored by&Hands Hearts

United Way Day of Caring

Hitachi Race for the Next Generation

Annual Fundraising Luncheon

OU Athletic Department Boomer Blessings

Tinker Federal Credit Union Day of Volunteering

OU IBC Student Volunteers I Love My Neighborhood

The Center received renovations to the therapeutic play rooms from Home Creations, Ideal Homes, St. Stephens Men’s Group, and LWPB Architecture.

5K to benefit the Center during August.

YMCA + St. Thomas Moore Holiday Donations

The information reported above has been obtained and summarized from the Center for Children and Families, Inc.’s 2010 audited financial statements. For complete audited financial statements, please visit www.ccfinorman.org.

$50 provides a safe environment at the Center for a child to transition between high conflict divorcing parents.

$100 provides one hour of therapy for a child who has experienced significant abuse or neglect.

$500 provides eight parenting support and educational sessions for at-risk moms and dads.

$1,000 provides a semester of out-of-school enrichment activities for a child from a low income neighborhood.

Dollar for Dollar

34%

50%

9%

5%2%

Revenue

$ 513,129$ 768,603$ 131,500$ 34,592$ 81,963

1,529,787

Government Grants and ContractsContributions

United WayFees/Other

In-Kind

Total Revenues

Expenses

83%

10%7%

$ 1,031,340$ 80,959$ 123,499$

1,235,798*

ProgramsAdministrative and General

Fundraising

Total Expenses

FY 2010 financial highlights

OvER 380 vOLUNTEERS

A $158,256vALUE TO THE ORGANIzATION*

CONTRIBUTED 7,409 TOTAL HOURS

*Based on the hourly estimated wage for volunteers for 2010, $21.36 (www.independentsector.org).

Value of Our VolunteersGifts In-Kind

TOTAL RETAIL vALUE OF

In-kind donations consisted of $81, 963 in space donations and $46,745 in diapers, food, books, services, office supplies, etc.

$128,708

*2010 revenue exceeded expenses due to award of three-year foundation grant.

Caring Adult NetworkAnonymous Donors

Rene’e and Jim Adairvon Adair

Belinda and David ArmstrongHeather and Ed BakerErin and Eric Barnhart

Jamie BelknapJane and Ben Benedum

Kris and Todd BoozeDarlene and Charlie Bowline

Heidi BrandenburgAnne and Alan BrinkleyTina and Jack Burdett

Judy and Jim BurnsDebby and Larry BurnsSharri and Steve ClarkDiane and van Cline

Pam and Gary ClintonCrystal and Shane CoheaPat and Wallace CollinsNicole and Shon CookJanet and Steve Corley

Lisa CoxMolly and Jim Crawley

Jaquina and Brent DobsonKit Peterson and Les Doty

Lisa and Kelvin DroegemeierMyra Elliott

Linda and Scott ElliottThe Farzaneh FamilyAmy and Eric Fleske

G & G Development, L.L.C.Judith Garrett

Gymboree Play and MusicMelanie and Pat Hall

Mandy and Doug HawsPamela Heitz

Amy and Michael HobsonIdeal Homes of Norman, LLC

Donna and Rhett JacksonSharon and Tom Johnson

Journey Church

Jeanne and Joe KingDebbie and Randy Laffoon

LaReau and AssociatesLeslie and Tyler LaReauJill and George LevanLisa and Chuck Long

Crystal and Tom LucasGeorjana and Tim MauldinJenna and Mike McIntoshJudy and Gene McKown

vernon McKownLinda and Keith Miller

Lynne MillerMichael Miller

Holli and Jeremy MooreJanet and Monty MooreAndrea and Payam NaelKathy and Jeffrey Nees

Jennifer NewellJulianna and Kevin Osuna

Anna and Craig ParkerPhilip J. Boyle Foundation

Teana Lewis-Poarch and David PoarchPat and Ray Potts

Carol and Keith ReamesFran and Glen Roberson

Jacci and Joe RodgersLibba Smith

Katie Barwick-Snell and Dan Snell Beth and John Sparks

Billie SpectorKate Stanton

Cherie and Bob Staples Katie Fitzgerald and Brad Stevenson

Brandi and David SullivanMaricha and Bob Thompson

Suzanne and Randy venkPatty and Charles Wadsack

Lori Walkley and Bryan Walkley Naila and Lee Williams

Linda Terrell and David Wilson

2010 Champions

Anne and Henry zarrow FoundationBob Stoops Champions Foundation

City of NormanDobson Family FoundationExchange Club of Norman

Inasmuch FoundationKirkpatrick Family Fund

McCoy FoundationNorman Public Schools

Norman Rotary ClubOkahoma Electric Cooperative

Oklahoma Bar FoundationOklahoma City Community Foundation

Oklahoma Community Service Commission (Americorps)Oklahoma District Attorneys Council – victim of Crime Assistance (vOCA)

Oklahoma Parents as Teachers (through Norman Public Schools)Pfizer Foundation

Potts Family FoundationState Department of Health Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP)

State Department of Human Services (DHS)State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Sue Wilson Charitable FundUnited Way of Norman

UPS FoundationWK Kellogg Foundation

Funders and Champions as of December 2010. For a list of all donors visit www.ccfinorman.org.

2010 Funders

Volunteer, Van Cline, at Neighborhood Centers after-school program.

Volunteer, at the 2010 Neighborhood Centers Fall Carnival.

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