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Children's
Bureau, Inc.
2005
Annual Report |
Contact:
Children's Bureau Main Office
email: info@childrensbureau.org
317.264.2700 |
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Serving
as a caring parent to two sons has been simultaneously
the most challenging and satisfying experience of my
life. It is a wondrous thing to see our young adult
children embracing our family's core values of respecting
the dignity of every person, valuing diversity, fostering
creativity, being self-responsible, and participating
in community service. It's hard not to notice how much
my own family's core values line up with those of the
Children's Bureau.
As my sons moved out into the world, I looked for other
ways to continue as a parent. For one year my husband
and I hosted a German foreign exchange student, who
has returned to visit numerous times already, despite
the fact that we had no teenagers at home. A second
way of continuing to be a caring parent was to join
the board of the Children's Bureau. In the nearly nine
years that I have spent on the Board of Directors, I
have been enriched through service to our community's
children and educated by CBI's leadership and staff.
Each year I learn something new and find new ways to
give back. One of those gifts back is the ability to
take a multi-year look at CBI's work with children and
families outside the hurly-burly of daily operations
and client services. As chair of the |
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I make CBI the top priority for my volunteer energies
and flexible time, as well as a top recipient of my
donor dollars, alongside my church support. I believe
in the old adage that where you heart lies, so should
your treasure. The Children's Bureau has both of mine.
In
the same way that at a good parent looks after a child,
the CBI board serves as a caring parent for the organization.
Just as a responsible parent does not do the child's
homework, the board does not intrude itself into daily
management or service delivery. But it takes a keen
interest in CBI's programs with their attendant successes
and challenges, fostered by the imperative to know
what is going on in the CBI household of 27 programs.
Last fall I attended a staff development day and helped
to welcome nearly 20 new employees to CBI, as staff
from ACT in Johnson County, like the Family Exchange
Resource Center in Andersen and the Vivian Smith House
staff before them, joined our family of programs.
I couldn't help noticing that it seemed as if every
third person raised a hand when Ron Carpenter asked
for a show of hands from employees new to CBI. That
means a lot of new CBI members will learn our family
norms: that is, our CBI core values of accountability,
diversity, neighborhood delivery, partnership, and
advocacy for constructive change. Fors some, that
means learning new concrete ways of measuring successful
service results while managing the bottom line.
Like a parent, the board keeps a careful eye on the
financial health and challenges to the safety of CBI's
services. This spring the board and senior staff met
for a day-long retreat with Beth Skidmore, a senior
consultant of the Child Welfare Institute, to look
atthe future. We see a troublesome, changing landscape
as the federal budget cut $40 billion worth of funding
for children and families which in turn threatens
state funding. At the state level, we experienced
the dramatic shift of services being administered
on a regional, rather than county, basis. Both of
these changes will pose huge challenges for the survival
of smaller not-for-profits serving children and families,
and some of them will come knocking at our door seeking
shelter. The board is taking the issue of growth in
both our staff and service size seriously, with a
very careful eye on financial stabiliy. We are keenly
aware that while we are a not-for-profit organization,
we must be profitable enough to stay in business.
You can't do business if you don't stay in business.
Rest assured, we commit ourselves to a dynamic and
successful strategy.
We
are pleased to report that community stakeholders
reported to Ms. Skidmore that they see the Children's
Bureau's strengths as trustworthiness, strong board
and staff leadership, financial stability and discipline,
and responsive, high quality, diverse programs. At
the same time our internal and stakeholder survey
identified services to Hispanic children, fund development
of individual donors, brand identification, management
of size and growth, and succession planning as areas
to watch and improve. Your CBI board is taking these
challenges seriously and is actively recruiting new
board members who embody diversity in personal background,
skills, and community resources to work on these issues.
Just as it famously takes a village to raise a child,
it takes a dedicated, visionary and courageous board
to safeguard an organization's future. I can say with
confidence that your CBI Board of Directors commits
itself to being all of those things.
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As
the President and CEO of one of Indiana's most historic
and diverse child serving organizations and a proud
father of a blended family of five children, I am often
asked for advice on parenting. My usual response is
that there are no technical manuals on parenting, it
is more of an art than it is a science. It is a learning
process with a life-long commitment. There are societal
parameters on acceptable parenting practices, but every
child is unique and their family's circumstances dictate
creative individualized guidance. What is a basic common
foundation is unconditional love. With that being stated,
how does my perspective relate in context of severely
dysfunctional parenting resulting in the tragedy of
child abuse and neglect? How is the agency I am fortunate
to lead responding to that tragedy?
In reflection, 2005 was another exceptional and enlightening
year for the Children's |
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Bureau. Our focus remains to help children from disadvantaged
situations. But how we do that most effectively is
driving a philosophical service provision shift..
.hence the enlightenment. Traditionally we have focused
on rescuing children from failing families. Oftentimes,
in pursuing that goal 'that practice has torn apart
the only world those children have known. Unfortunately,we
have focused on the symptom of abused and neglected
children, and not enough on the cause of the "disease"
which is ineffective, negligent and destructive parenting.
Consequently, in 2005 we began to pay even more attention
and resources on programs to address better parenting
like our Parents As Teachers, Neighborhood Alliance
for Child Safety, Family Group Conferencing, and Vivian
Smith Teen Parenting programs. We will also aggressively
seek even more parental involvement and engagement
in other traditional out of natural home services
like our Retreat, Therapeutic Foster Care, and Group
Home programs.
As
we face the future of strengthening families, such
engagement will also take greater artistic creativity
on the part of our committed staff. Our staff will
seek to help dysfunctional parents find their innate
and intuitive parental abilities beyond their foundational
paternal and maternal love. The end result will more
likely be that very unique, yet attainable, masterpiece
of a healthy family. That will be our primary goal
as we continue to improve the lives of the children
whom we are entrusted and blessed to serve. That will
be our organizational legacy.
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| ASSETS |
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Cash |
$829,314 |
Accounts
Receivable
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$1,784,353 |
| Contributions
Receivable |
$42,372 |
| Prepaid
Expenses and other assets |
$208,892 |
| Investments
- Board designated and restricted |
$3,068,421 |
| Property
and Equipment |
$4,732,778 |
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| TOTAL
ASSETS |
$10,666,131 |
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| LIABILITIES |
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| Accounts
Payable and Accrued expenses |
$153,062 |
| Deferred
Support |
$21,112 |
| Accrued
Payroll and Taxes |
$185,985 |
| Accrued
Vacation Pay |
$143,293 |
| Accrued
Pension Expense |
$428,828 |
| Annuity
Payment Liability |
$10,374 |
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| Total
Liabilities |
$942,654 |
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| NET
ASSETS |
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| Unrestricted |
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| -Board
designated |
$2,625,605 |
| -Undesignated |
$6,431,017 |
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| Temporarily
Restricted |
$477,485 |
| Permanently
Restricted |
$189.370 |
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| Total
Net Assets |
$9,723,477 |
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| TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS |
$10,666,131 |
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| REVENUE,
GAINS AND SUPPORT |
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Contributions |
$1,183,515 |
| United
Way Allocations |
$917,022 |
| Government
Grants and contract fees |
$8,663,924 |
| In-kind
contributions |
$445,634 |
| Interest
income |
$111,828 |
Net
realized and unrealized investment
gains (losses) |
$(22,899) |
| Other
Income |
$252,910 |
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$11,551,934 |
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| EXPENSES |
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| United
Way supported programs |
$1,999,251 |
| Other
programs |
$6,785,196 |
| Management
and general |
$1,914,033 |
| Fundraising |
$221,472 |
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| Total
Expenses |
$10,919,952 |
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| INCREASE
IN NET ASSETS |
$631,982 |
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stats
Project Horizons
Youth
Served 62
Project
Safe Place
Children
Served 132
Retreat
Children
Served 37
Scattered Sites
Apartment Living
Children
Served 25
Supervised Visitation
FRS
Children
Served 55
Supervised
Visitation FSC
Children
Served 586
Teen
Pregnancy
Parenting
Children
Served 57
Terre Haute Youth
Intervention Center
Children
Served 21
Thereapeutic Foster
Care
Children
Served 143
Access Coordination
Team Services
Families/Children
Served 62
Adoption & Special
Needs Adoption
Children
Served 118
Aftercare &
Independent Living
Youth
Served 61
Any Child
Children
Served 109
CCDF
Families
Served
19,374
Crisis Shelter Care
Children
Served 596
Evans House
Children
Served 29
Family Group
Conferencing
Conferences
107
Foster Care Licensing
Children
Served 530
W.I.S.E.
Children
Served 176
Volunteer
Engagements 681
Volunteer Hours of
Support
9400
Foster Parent Training
Completed
Training
374
Garrard House
Children
Served 35
Home-based
Counseling
Children
Served 208
NACS
Children
Served 780
Parenting
Assessments
Assessment
Completed
539
Parents As Teachers
FRC
Children
Served 116
Parents
As Teachers
FSC
Children
Served 328
Pro-100
Children
Served 69 |
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BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
(Reflects service in 2005)
Rees Olander
Chair
David Licko
Vice Chairperson
Ali Warr
Treasurer
Kathy Minx
Secretary
Carrie Henderson
Immediate Past Chair
Amy Alley
Julie Beck
Ralph Bedwell
Heather Bolejack
David Bratton
Ron Brumbarger
Bill Brunner
Toby Cole
Amy Davidoff
David Dodd
Michael Garrett
Joe Giordano
Jennoa Graham
Priscilla Keith
Jan Krukemeier
Bruce Livingstone
Roger Lyons
John McCoy
Mark McFatridge
Milan Milivojevic
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Mark
Mitchell
Mary Kate Myers
Tom Morales
Beverly Mukes-Gaither
Ersal Ozdemir
Renita Peck
Chris Phillips
Tiombe Plair
Melissa Reardon Winget
Candes Shelton
Matthew Simpson
Jamie Stone
Andra Sudler
Pete Van Baalen
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
Marilyn Creedon
Moses Gray
Sally B. Harrell
B.J. Maley
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Phillip Bounsall
Stephen Browne
Keith DeHann
James Dimos
Pattiann Gavaghan
Larry
Gigerich
Marv Hackman
Katheryn Jordan
Marc Novotney
Deena Nystrom
Mary Ann Pahud
Pam Palmer
Tom Zupancic |
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LARGE FOUNDATION
Board Members
Shirley Romine, Chair
Nadine C. Bonds
Walter Bruen
Marilyn Creedon
Dan Ent
Kyle Fisher
Carrie Henderson
Euene Henderson
David Licko
B.J. Maley
Marilyn Pecsok
Michael T. Price
John Schlechte
Joseph Whitsett
EXECUTIVE
STAFF
Ron D. Carpenter
President/CEO
Janice Klein
Executive Vice President/COO
Clara Anderson
Executive Vice President/CAO
Susan Meyer
Executive Vice President/CFO
Jon Bennett
Executive Vice President
Lee Vriesman
Senior Vice President
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Board
and Staff |
Corporate
Office
615 N. Alabama St. Room 426
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel/317.264.2700
Fax/317.264.2714
TTY/317.803.9833
www.childrensbureau.org
FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER
1575 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. St. Indianapolis, IN
46202
317.634.5050
FAY BICCARD GLICK FAMILY PLACE
3801 North Temple Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46205
317.545.5281
RACHEL
GLICK COURAGE CENTER
2115 N. Central Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317.808.3330
GROUP TRANSITIONAL LIVING HOMES
Evans House
Mallon
House
Garrard
House
NACS WEST & CCDF
2001 W. Washington St. Suite B Indianapolis, IN 46222
317.951.8476
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NACS
EAST
2855 N. Keystone Avenue, Suite 150
Indianapolis, IN 46218
317.924.6203
NACS NORTH
40 West 40th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46203
317.923.4581
NACS SOUTH
880 Virginia Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46203
317.686.0161
TERRE HAUTE YOUTH
INTERVENTION CENTER (THYIC)
504 S. 15th St.
Terre Haute, IN 47807
812.234.9515
EXCHANGE
CLUB
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
1102 W. 14th Street
Anderson, IN 46016
Tel/765.643.8022
VIVIAN SMITH HOUSE
2835 North Tibbs
Indianapolis, IN 46222
(317) 924-4666
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CCDF
PARTNERSHIP SITES
CCDF Hamilton County OFC
942 N. 10th Street
Noblesville, IN 46060
(Located on the 2nd floor,
United Way building)(
317) 776-3461
CCDF Hendricks County OFC
6781 East US 36, Suite 200
Avon, IN 46123
(317) 368-9080
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