Annual Report

2014

Looking back

at 20142014 was an eventful year for the Women’s Bureau. We saw many clients come to the organization broken and hurting, and leave with a renewed enthusiasm to continue their journey of healing and rejoin the community, make a better life for their families and give back to others who are in a place where they once were.

In 2014, we planned and executed fun events: Night of Style in May, Dress for Success tent sale in June, and Walk a Mile in Her Shoes in September. The monies earned from these events went into maintaining and improving the quality and quantity of our programs.

Unfortunately, we lost two grants in 2014. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) changed their criteria for funding and decided not to fund programs like Transitions. While Transitions doesn’t deal directly with finding housing, it gives our clients the tools that enable them to stay in the housing. The Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault closed their doors and the Bureau lost a grant that was funding a counselor/advocate position in the northern counties. The combined loss of those two grants was $152,000. As you will see that took a toll on the bottom line of our 2014 income.

Even with a set back, we are happy to be gaining momentum in 2015 with finding new funding sources (earned and contributed) and continuing to reach out to empower women (as well as children and men) and transform their lives.

Collaborating

agencies

AAUW

Allen County Christmas Bureau, Inc.

Allen County Community Corrections

Allen County Drug Court

Benchmark (formerly Anthony Wayne Services)

Bethesda

brightpoint (formerly CANI)

Brown Mackie College

City of Fort Wayne

Community Harvest Food Bank

Crazy Pins

Crime Victim Care

Drug and Alcohol Consortium

East Allen County Schools

Easter Seals /ARC

Edsall House

Eco-Lab

Family Dollar

Fort Wayne Area Local Planning

Council on Homelessness

Fort Wayne Baptist Church

Fort Wayne Community Schools

Fort Wayne Mad Ants

Fort Wayne Police Department

Genesis Outreach

Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana

Greater Fort Wayne Inc.

Harrison College

Hope House

Huntertown United Methodist Church

Indiana Department of Child Services

Indiana Tech

IPFW

Ivy Tech

Junior League of Fort Wayne

Kristos Hands & Feet

Love In Deed Sharehouse

Mayor’s Commission on Rape, Domestic Violence & Sexual Harassment

Mentoring Women’s Network

Metropolitan Human Relations Commission

National College

Noble House

Northwest Allen County Schools

Park Center Inc.

Peerless Cleaners

Planned Parenthood of Northeast Indiana

Promising Partnerships

Prosecutor’s Office

Redemption House

Sexual Assault Treatment Center

Southwest Allen County Schools

Spherion Staffing

United Way of Allen County

University of Saint Francis

Urban League

Victims Assistance

Vincent Village

Walmart

Women’s Studies IPFW

YWCA

Wayne Township Office

2014 Foundations

& corporationsFoundations & Trusts

Business & Corporate Donors

Indiana Department of Housing and Urban Development

Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

Indiana Department of Child Services

State & Federal Funding

2014 Financial

reportIndividual donations ................................................... $7,189Foundations/Corporations ................................. $143,190United Way ................................................................$25,603Government Grants ..............................................$675,744Special Events .......................................................... $78,766Contract Fees ......................................................... $148,647Investments & Interest ............................................$31,759

Revenue

REACT ........................................................................$295,614Transitions .................................................................$629,671Dress for Success ....................................................$64,933Administration ........................................................... $52,103Development ............................................................ $35,457

Expenses

Net Assets

Howard P. Arnold Foundation

AWS Foundation

Community Foundation of Dekalb County

Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne

Dress for Success Worldwide

Ecolab Foundation

English Bonter Mitchell Foundation

Charles Kuhne Charitable Foundation

Edward M. & Mary McCrea Wilson Foundation

Foellinger Foundation

Lincoln Financial Foundation

Prophet Sisters Foundation

Pointesette Altman Sledd

3Rivers

A-1 Mark’s Appliance

Allen County Christmas Bureau, Inc.

CarsonBoxberger, LLP

The Caudill-Burkhart Team

Chico’s

Christopher James Menswear Inc.

City of Fort Wayne

Coe Heating and Air Conditioning

Dress For Success Worldwide

Excursion Trailways

FedEx

Fresh Market

First Presbyterian Church of Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne Metals

Gladieux Consulting

Glo

Homeward Bound Northeast Region

Housing Urban Development

IINYX Fort Wayne

Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

Indiana Department of Children’s Services

Indiana Michigan Power

Indiana Stamp

Junior League of Fort Wayne

Lincoln National Corporation

McCulloch System

Mike Thomas Associates

NIPSCO

Norfolk Southern

Paula’s On Main

Physicians Health Plan

Prairie Farms Dairy

Prairie Quest Consulting

Republic Services

Sanco Industries Inc.

Shilling Sales, Inc.

Smokey Bones

Star Financial Bank

Summit Middle School Extra Curricular

Susan’s Inc.

Sweetwater Sound

Three Rivers Running Company

Two B Enterprise Inc.

United Way of Allen County

United Way of Dekalb County

Verizon Wireless

Wells Fargo Bank

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Total Clients Served ........................................................... 5,98324/7 Rape Crisis Hotline ......................................................... 115Counseling Services ................................................................. 121Assault Educations for Teens (APT) ............................ 3,348Safe Dates ............................................................................... 1,740Collegiate Primary Prevention ............................................ 125Project Care Training .............................................................336Project Care Groups ................................................................. 46Outreach Services/Speaker’s Bureau ............................. 620

REACT

2014Women’s BureauPrograms

Total Women Served ................................................................67Children Served ......................................................................... 42Pregnant Women Admitted .....................................................8Drug-free Babies Born ............................................................... 7Women Who Obtained/Maintained Employment......... 14Successfully Completed Residential Services ...................9Number of Skills Training Groups ................................. 3,939Number of Therapeutic Groups ..........................................701Billable Hours .........................................................................7,296

Transitions

Suitings ........................................................................................165 100% reporting satisfaction with servicesClients Returning for Employment Suitings ................... 29Volunteers ....................................................................................40Community Presentations .......................................................12Referring Community Agencies ........................................... 41Suit Drives/Shoe Parties ............................................................4Career Center Clients ...............................................................74

Dress for Success

Empowering women.

Transforming lives.

Leslie-Anne Harants - ChairCecile Weir - Chair ElectStacey Smith - TreasurerShelly Beard - Secretary

Kristie BaneSherry Early-AdenMichelle Gladieux Leslie HillAndie Mobley

Ray PerryMona ReimersRichard SamekJason StanfordAnita Waller

2014 Board of Directors

2014 Staff

We’re proud of our ability to serve hundreds of women and children throughout northeast Indiana.

A Rural Outreach Clinician, in the REACT program, provides FREE clinical counseling and case management in the

counties of DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble and Steuben, in addition to clients in Allen county. Although Fort Wayne is our base,

our mission has spread in many directions through the caring, dedication, education and experience of our staff.

2417 Fairfield Ave.Fort Wayne, IN 46807

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Empowering women. Transforming lives.

Whether it’s location or staff, the Women’s Bureau has you covered!

ADMINISTRATION Ben AdesopeKathleen AlterEarlene CuneginAmanda FallCindy Glover Rose Hardy

REACTMaryClare AkersLeslie BaileyMagdalen BotteronLydia Priest-FerraroKaitlan HartmanAdrienne HoffmanNakeve Kelsaw Linda SloatDeborah Steinman Elizabeth Toporas

TRANSITIONS Mary CampbellCynthia ChandlerShella HarrisKarol Hawthrone Darcell HermannArlesia HughesMarie Gardner-JohnsonMarketta JonesKenya Irby-KingPatricia LunaNeAkeba McMullenLaura MoellerLezley ScottTammy SilowskyAmber SmithVonya SmithCynthia StephensRenate TroutmannAurora WhiteCarmen YatesYolette Young

DRESS FOR SUCCESSFonda BrownTrina Evans