Family Service & Children’s Aid

2015 Annual Report

Family Service &

Children’s Aid is a

leading and innovative

organization recognized

for excellence and

compassion in the

delivery of services to

families in the

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2015

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Family Service & Children’s Aid

Dear Friends:

We are proud to present Family Service & Children’s Aid’s Annual Report for 2015. This year, as we have for 73 years since 1943, we remained true to the vision we all believe in—A healthy community built on strong families.

We focus our efforts on keeping children safe and families together. In the following pages, we have outlined our programs and how they fit into our mission to strengthen the emotional health and functioning of children, adults and families in our community. In 2015, through counseling, substance abuse treatment and education, parent education, foster care, adoption, advocacy, adult guardianship and conservatorship and other services, we are grateful to have had the opportunity to serve almost 6,000 people in Jackson and the surrounding community.

Our priorities for the next 12 months will be to continue to develop and grow our services to meet community needs. We are actively enhancing our learning about trauma and its effects in all areas of our programs and agency. We continue to add talented leadership in these areas as our clients ask us for additional services.

We appreciate every person who has supported Family Service & Children’s Aid along the way and has made a real difference in the lives of so many. We hope this annual report on our activities will continue to inspire your support and generosity. We are deeply grateful for all you do.

Sincerely,

Judith Jove, Richard D. Hitt, Jr. Executive Director Board President

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Highlights of 2015

In the past year:

Born Free enhanced programming and case management services to target women who are pregnant or have young children.

Born Free Launched Celebrating Families in Recovery group: parent education mixed with psycho-educational activities for each level of the family, including age appropriate lessons for children, to try and help the family move forward as a family from a substance affected family to a family in recovery.

FSCA merged First Time Offenders and Truancy Diversion Programs. The merger allowed the two programs to share resources and add an additional session to the calendar.

FSCA provided leadership for the formation of the Trauma Informed Community Collaborative and coordinated trauma informed trainings throughout the county.

FSCA secured and maintained funding for various agency program through generous grants from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (Wendy’s Wonderful Kids), Jackson Community Foundation, Weatherwax Foundation, Children’s Trust Fund of the State of Michigan, Great Start Collaborative, Eaton Foundation, Speckhard-Knight Foundation, Comerica Charitable Foundation, John George Foundation, Melling Foundation, Camp Foundation, and Stanton Charities for Children.

FSCA initiated a community-wide stakeholders group to develop a sustainability plan for Guardian services (ongoing) and began engagement in collective impact planning.

FSCA raised several thousand dollars to ensure that children in care had access to resources needed as well as holiday gifts through Operation Good Cheer.

FSCA organized The Art of Giving Event in November 2014.

FSCA successfully held our 13th Annual Run for Fun on May 2, 2015.

FSCA supported the Wendy’s Charity Classic in August of 2015.

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5BFinancial Summary

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2015 Programs and Services

BORN FREE

Family Service & Children’s Aid’s Born Free Program provides gender specific, therapeutic interventions and supports to

women and children as women seek recovery from substance use disorders. Born Free proudly provided services to 185

women and their families in 2015. Furthermore, they served 180 children through childcare options and were able to assist

four women to have drug free births.

BREAKOUT PROGRAM

The Breakout Program provides school-based drug prevention education to Jackson County students during the school day.

Students learn about short and long term affects of alcohol and other drugs, decision making, handling peer pressure, self

esteem, coping skills, economics of drug use, peer refusal techniques and how to avoid high risk situations. During the 2014-

2015 school year 2,231 students participated in the program at 18 different sites. 728 Classroom presentations were provided

for students in 6th through 10th grades.

DIVERSION PROGRAM

The Juvenile Diversion and Truancy Prevention program focuses on delinquent behavior of juveniles. The program served a

total of 106 youth in 2015. The Jackson Courts and Intermediate School District experienced an increase in juvenile truancy

issues and petitions in 2015. Recognizing a need for additional resources, they increased referrals to our program. We

facilitated 5 Shoplifting Prevention groups educating a total of 45 youth, educated 67 youth on anger management skills, and

enrolled 15 youth in the J.U.M.P. program. Diversion’s outcomes were all positive. 97% of youth who completed the

program did not reoffend within six months. 98% reported improved familial relationships. 99% exhibited improved

academic performance.

EMPLOYEE RESOURCE NETWORK (ERN)

This year FSCA’s Employee Resource Network expanded its services to provide substance abuse assessment and supportive

counseling. Crisis response services as well as counseling support were provided on site for companies that experienced

deaths and trauma in the work place. In addition the ERN provided some managerial conflict resolution. Out of 10,842 lives

covered by ERN, counseling services were provided that directly affected 336 individuals in 2015.

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FAMILY COUNSELING

The Family Counseling Program positively impacted the lives of over 1,875 individuals during 2015. Clients are seen on site,

in-home, or at various community sites such as schools. FSCA has maintained support of community efforts to become more

trauma focused. Counseling services are designed to improve the problems they experience, whether due to anxiety,

depression, relationships, child raising or other circumstances. When clients completed services, they demonstrated an 88%

improvement in overall functioning.

FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION

Foster Care provides temporary out-of-home care for children who are unable to safely remain at home due to child abuse or

neglect. In 2015, the Child Welfare Department provided foster care services to 52 children and their families. The program

has 30 foster homes providing safe, nurturing care to the children in our program. Six new homes were licensed for foster

care in 2015. The Adoption staff completed 22 adoptions for children in the foster care system, allowing children to be in

safe, loving homes.

JACKSON COUNTY GUARDIAN SERVICES

Jackson County Guardian Services provides Guardian and Conservator services to enrich the lives of Legally Incapacitated

adults who are unable to protect their own interests, and who are vulnerable to exploitation, neglect or injury. The Guardian

program helped over 450 vulnerable adults in 2015.

HOME AGAIN (FOSTER CARE SUPPORTIVE VISITATION)

Home Again is a foster care supportive visitation program, contracted with the State of Michigan Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS). The Home Again program served 80 families in 2015, which included 182 children, from Jackson,

Calhoun, Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee and Washtenaw counties. None of the families had a substantiated case of child abuse or

neglect in the six months after completing the program.

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HPRP (HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RECOVERY PLAN) PROGRAM

FSCA’s Health Professionals Recovery Plan (HPRP) program is designed to provide treatment support to men and women

who have lost their medical, dental, nursing or other health professional licenses as a result of substance use disorders. During

2015, 7 individuals participated in FSCA’s HPRP Group, 2 of whom successfully graduated the program.

JUMP PROGRAM (JUST UNDERSTAND MY POTENTIAL)

– formerly the First Time Offenders Program (FTOP)

The JUMP Program is a diversion program for court ordered youth with a Minor in Possession offense or a chronic

truant petition. Both youth and parent(s) attend six weeks of classes, one night a week. The program utilizes the life

skill lessons from the Breakout Program for the youth. The parent program uses the Nurturing Parenting curriculum,

adapted from ten weeks to six. The JUMP Program provided services for 46 youth and 50 parents in 2015, with a

93% success rate.

PARENTING EDUCATION

Fifty-eight adults completed the Nurturing Parenting classes and 100% showed they acquired new knowledge about

parenting. We conducted 10 workshops during the year, benefitting 138 adults and 256 children.

In addition, 9 workshops, designated specifically for DHHS Child Welfare workers, Youth Center workers, Child Care

workers and school educators, were conducted on various aspects of trauma and how it affects adults and children.

WWK (WENDY’S WONDERFUL KIDS)

In 2015, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids served 21 special children waiting for forever families. Five of those children were

matched with families, and two were adopted. Through the support of the Wendy’s Charity Golf Classic and the Dave

Thomas Foundation for Adoption, this program has focused on finding permanent families for our community’s longest

waiting youth for over 12 years.

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6BThank You to our supporters for caring and

supporting our mission in 2015.

11BNo gift is too small to earn our sincere appreciation. We are grateful to all the members of our community who gave so generously of their personal resources to help FSCA make a difference in people’s l ives. We offer our special thanks to all who donated to Family Service & Children’s Aid throu gh the United Way of Jackson County and the Jackson Community Foundat ion.

Every effort has been made to ensure a complete list of donors and supporters. If you find any errors or

omissions, please accept our apologies and notify us so that we may correct our records.

William and Karen Abbott Brian and Jane Adamczyk Alvin L. Glick Foundation Inc. American Title Company of Jackson Anonymous Giver Ron & Galeeta Galusha Antes Art Moehn Chevrolet-Honda Kelly Bannister Steve and Becky Billingsley Craig Borden Constance Brooks Chad & Diane Brunk Danielle Brunk Lawrence and Valerie Bullen Patricia & Dr. Woody Burbank Camp Foundation Cascades Baptist Church C.A.R.E.S. Center for Family Health Children’s Trust Fund Stanley & Darlene Chmiel Comerica Charitable Foundation Consumers Energy Foundation Bob & Jeannene Corwin Country Club of Jackson Country Kids 4H Club County National Bank CP Federal Credit Union Wendy Crawford Angela Crittenden Elaine Crosby Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Frederick and Deborah Davies James Delaney Detroit Tigers Foundation Dorothy M. Blakely Foundation Robert & Geraldine DuBois Corey Duncan Eaton Corporation Erica & David Furnas Tom & Elizabeth Geisler Gerdau Jackson Mill Great Start Collaborative Greenstone Farm Credit Services GT Sports Joyce Hasson Art and Sallie Henrie Highfields Inc. Richard and Shaun Hitt, Jr. Sarah Holsinger-Friesen Inosencio & Fisk, PLLC Jackson Bar Association Jackson Community Foundation Jackson Pediatric Dentistry Drs. Daniel & Arielle Jacobs Raymond S. Jewell John George Foundation Merry St. John Ronald and Marvel Jones Raquel Jove Kellogg Youth Fund Robert and LeeAnn Kendall, III Sean and Carla Kennedy Kids-N-Stuff Children's Museum Chantez Knowles

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Larry and Diane Krasiecko Lally Group, PC Abe and Judy Jove Landau Katie Lavery Steve and Deborah Lazaroff Regan Leach Laura Lutz MACI Tristan McBain Melling Family Foundation Jerry Michalowicz Michigan Dentists Michigan Specialty Insurance Agency Miller Tool & Die Company Brandy Myers New Hope Worship Center Old National Bank Melvin & Gwendolyn Parker Skye Pletcher Robert Powell Robert W. Rando DDS PC Robin Reynolds Judy Richardson

Kent Richardson RidgeCrest Health Campus Tara Robinson Schoendorf Construction Company Marcia Smith-Murphy Cynthia Smith-Rudd South Central Credit Union Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation St. Paul's Episcopal Church Stanton Charity for Children The Samuel Hibgy & Margaret H. Camp Charitable Fund TLC Jackson Justin Tobin United Way of Jackson County Marcellus Waldron Gerald & Crystal Walmsley Walton Insurance Group Walton Reed Wealth Management Partners Weatherwax Foundation Harold and Louise White, Jr. Angela Williams

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7BTribute Gifts

In Honor of Jo Sutfin Emily Packer In Memory of Kristen Corwin Ron & Galeeta Galusha Antes Patricia & Dr. Woody Burbank Stanley & Darlene Chmiel Bob & Jeannene Corwin Judith A. Craddock Jill & Joe Darrow Thomas & Lois Darrow David & Toni Dent Lorie Fernald Kathleen & J. Michael Foster Robert & Jennifer Grant Kurt & Barbara Guter William & Susan Kelley Abe & Judy Jove Landau Melvin & Gwendolyn Parker Robert Powell Roger & Teresa Proctor Aaron Rydjord Douglas & Pamela Sieb Emilee & LeeAnn Smith Linda Tallman

In Memory of Julio Jove Raquel Jove In Memory of Carl J. Fox Abe & Judy Jove Landau In Memory of Dr. Bernard Reizner Abe & Judy Jove Landau

In Memory of Denise Adams Abe & Judy Jove Landau

In Memory of Traci Lons Abe & Judy Jove Landau

In Memory of John Reynolds Secord Abe & Judy Jove Landau

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8B2015 FSCA Board of Directors

President

Richard Hitt, Jr.

Vice President

Rebecca Billingsley

Vice President

AdamChipman

Treasurer

Jon Nowinski

Secretary

Melissa Laird

Member at Large

Nancy Tuckey

Directors

Simon Foster

Daryl Frederick

LeeAnn Kendall

Katie Lavery

David Mahon

Emily Neely

John Ocwieja

Aaron Rydjord

John Waugh

Honorary Board

Elaine Crosby

Erin DuBois

Margaret “Peg” Eaton

Art Henrie

Bruce Inosencio

Marvel Jones

Ron Jones

Sheila Patterson

Earl Poleski

Debra Powell

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9 B 2015 FSCA EMPLOYEES

20 years of service or more:

Steven York Teresa Proctor

15 to 19 years of service:

Mary Nixon Angela Pensyl Judith Jove-Landau Marianne Batterbee

10 to 14 years of service:

Elizabeth Geisler Kenyon Kopp Robert Powell Linda Tallman

Colleen Krusky Shelly Milligan Kelly Adams Toni Dent

5 to 9 years of service:

Patricia Burbank Melissa Davis Melissa Ribbey Judith Richardson Jessie-Mae Secord Marcia Smith Cynthia Spiess Jennine Stern

Barbara Van Houten Seana Watson Sarah Stiver Stasia Milligan Jasmin Adams Colleen VanCampen Angela Williams

0 to 4 years of service:

Stacy Chamberlain Wendy Crawford Dawn Dodge Jennifer Grant Sarah Holsinger-Friesen Joan Lewis Amber McKenzie Cambria Myers-Mattice Skye Pletcher Debra Pugh Laura Putney Nicole Reason Susan Robilliard Sabrina Weatherwax

Emily Zimmer Roxanne Cross Amy Swartz Danielle Brunk Traci Lons Kate McCully Lindsey Johns Mackenzie Richards Angela Crittenden Tristan McBain Cynthia Smith-Rudd Kelly Bannister Sarah Poulin Corey Duncan

John Zakrzewski Ericka Johnson Tamara Ward Lisa Castro Denise Liles Nichole Dunlap Tonya Kendra Melissa Tinervia Connie Brooks