2008 Annual Report
3800 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77098 Ph 713-600-1100 www.collabforchildren.org
Fax 713-600-1105
Table of Contents
Early Education Matters ........................................................ 1 How Our Children Are Succeeding .......................................... 3 Champions for Children ....................................................... 9 Financial Highlights ........................................................... 10
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
Early Education Matters Collaborative for Children is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life. We achieve this mission by working with families, educators and community leaders— the people who most influence a child's quality of life. By strengthening families, helping parents find quality child care, improving learning environments and driving community awareness and action, we ensure that our youngest citizens have the foundation they need today for a brighter tomorrow. What We Know Research continues to reveal the importance of high-quality, meaningful interactions during a child’s formative years— the time when children develop the skills they will need for lifelong learning and success. Without a strong educational foundation, children, particularly disadvantaged children, will fall behind their peers long before they step foot in the kindergarten classroom, often developing an expensive dependence on remedial services to get by in school. This is evidenced by the fact that, in the Houston Independent School District alone, $25.1 million dollars was spent on children who had to repeat either first, second or third grade during the 2007-2008 school year. State-wide this figure is almost $450,000,000. Retention Expense for Children Repeating Grades 1-3 in Houston ISD
Expenditures
$15,000,000
$12,145,659
$10,000,000
$7,153,754
$5,796,375
$5,000,000 $0 1st
2nd
3rd
Grade Level
Despite the overwhelming evidence in support of quality early education investments, public prekindergarten programs, federal Head Start and all sectors of child care remain severely under-funded in Texas. While eighty-five percent of a child’s core brain structure is formed by age three, less than four percent of public investments in education have occurred by that time. In fact, Texas only invests $2,836 per child enrolled in prekindergarten, ranking in the lower third of all states that fund pre-kindergarten programs.
Source: Texas Education Agency, Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) Performance Report 2007-2008. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/aeis/2008/state.html
How can we correct this seemingly ―upturned‖ educational investment model? Research points to an obvious answer: invest earlier. According to studies, for every dollar invested in the earliest years of a child’s education, before unhealthy patterns develop, communities receive a return of $3.50 to $16 based on the decreased likelihood that children will become high-school dropouts, dependent on welfare or arrested for criminal activity. Instead, young children will grow to become literate, socially welladjusted and employed, consequently building a stronger community and boosting our nation’s economic engine.
2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
Page|1
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
How We Put Our Knowledge to Work Collaborative for Children is committed to improving the lives of young children by creating a healthy environment within which they can grow during the most impressionable time of their lives. To carry out this work, we focus on the following: We Strengthen Families – Creating safe and nurturing families is the first step to helping children thrive in the challenging world around them. We partner with parents and caregivers to help them create stable home environments that encourage the healthy development of young children and provide ample opportunities for learning. By offering parenting classes on such topics as Recognizing the Traits of a Healthy Family, Effective Discipline Techniques, Valuing Your Child and Stages of Parenting, our Parent Educators empower parents with the skills they need to raise healthy, productive members of society. Since the majority of parents of young children are in the workplace, we also help families with one of the most important decisions they have to make— selecting a quality child care program. Our Resource and Referral helpline and readily-accessible online database provide parents with the support they need to make well-informed decisions for their family 24/7. We Improve Learning Environments for Young Children – The quality of care that a child receives during the first six years of life is critical to his or her future success. During these formative years, biological and intellectual connections are being established at a rapid pace within the maturing brain, laying the foundation for all future learning. If a child is not properly stimulated during this crucial stage of development, important opportunities for intellectual growth are lost forever. Because Texas has some of the lowest standards for early care and education in the country, many child care programs in our region fail to provide the stimulation that young children need to do well later in school. And when children fall behind in school, they often fall behind in life, facing potential lifelong poverty, crime, substance abuse and mental health challenges. Instead of allocating sufficient funding to strengthen the early systems that can help get our children off to a healthy start, Texas invests the majority of its educational resources building infrastructure in kindergarten through twelfth grade. For example, while the state administers stringent education and training requirements for K-12 teachers, child care educators are only required to have a high school diploma or GED and eight hours of pre-service training. While important legislation is being considered to improve the quality of child care in Texas, we partner with educators today to improve learning environments in child care programs throughout Houston. This ensures that more children arrive at kindergarten on track and ready to learn. We achieve this by providing hands-on training opportunities, curriculum resources, classroom materials, teacher scholarships for continuing education and wage supplements. Through these resources and our on-site consultation services, we equip teachers to maximize the growth of the young minds entrusted to them. We Fuel Community Awareness and Action – Knowledge fuels action, which is why we are committed to educating the community about the critical early years of a child’s life. By participating in community events, leveraging the media and using interactive mediums to spread our message, we work every day to help parents, educators and legislators 2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
Page|2
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
understand the connection between quality early experiences and a child’s chances for lifelong success or failure. The priorities for our 2009 legislative agenda include: 1) supporting full-day, high-quality pre-kindergarten programs; 2) increasing the reimbursement rates paid to child care programs that serve our highest need children; 3) supporting the development of early Childhood Professionals; 4) maintaining existing quality programs throughout Texas; and 5) establishing a pilot early childhood behavioral consultation program in Texas.
How Our Children Are Succeeding With over two decades of experience with families, Collaborative for Children is known for its successful track record of helping young children reach their full potential. Cumulatively, our initiatives have resulted in striking improvements in child care quality, service coordination, and community building. The following services are offered in partnership with families to create strong, stable home environments that help young children thrive. Strengthening Families: In 2008, we served 21,154 families through our child care resource and referral services and 947 families through our parenting education classes. Ninety-one percent (91%) of families reported high satisfaction with these services. Child Care Resource and Referral- Selecting child care is one of the most important and overwhelming decisions a parent has to make. A child’s future success is dramatically affected by the quality of education he or she receives during the early years, and strong bonds with a few select educators who support parents can help a child become more confident, curious and emotionally secure. Since parents with full time jobs often rely on child care for up to ten hours a day, selecting the right program is critical. For over 20 years, our Child Care Resource and Referral Service has educated parents about how to select quality care, how to interact with child care programs and how to be an effective advocate for their children. Our recognized team of Parent Educators offers complimentary phone consultations, child care referrals, and guides parents to appropriate resources. We've also recently expanded our referral services by developing a new tool called QualiFindSM, which provides in-depth information on a variety of child care centers in the Houston area. QualiFind makes it easy for families to compare important program characteristics such as teachers’ education and training, accreditation, child-to-teacher ratios, parent involvement, environment and daily activities and teacher tenure—the factors we know create the quality learning environments children need to succeed. In 2008, we served 21,154 families through these services, impacting the lives of 32,137 I found the Parenting Training excellent! It was not only informative, but enjoyable to children. Parent Education Classes- Parenting is one of our hardest jobs, yet most of us rarely train for it. Our parenting classes educate parents and other caregivers by providing practical, hands-on parenting information within a relaxed environment. The more parents feel equipped to care for and nurture their young children, the better parents they will be. Our certified Parent Educators are trained in group facilitation and use the nationally-recognized, research-based Practical Parent Education curriculum. Typical sessions cover communication skills, child development, child guidance and discipline, family development, parent-child 2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
openly discuss, among other parents, different parenting styles, along with what parents hope or want their children to become once they grow up […]. It was enjoyable for me to give my daughter (grandchild’s mother) the highlights from the training. I have encouraged her to request the time off from her place of employment to “invest” in her daughter to gain professional insight and knowledge of the “creative” way to parent a young child in today’s society. Thanks again! Great !!! -Angela S. Morgan (S’Ri Feliciano’s Granny) Page|3
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
activities, financial literacy and community resources. We can customize our sessions to address specific early childhood development issues. Over the past year, we have helped 947 parents implement effective parenting strategies, touching the lives of 1,439 children. P3 Training – Parents as Partners in Preschool- Because Texas does not limit class size in early education classrooms and does not cap student-to-teacher ratios like they do in grades one through four, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students are not receiving the individualized attention they need. We are addressing this problem by preparing parents to become active volunteers in the classroom. Parents are educated about how young children develop and learn best so they can help with classroom management, allowing teachers to focus more time on quality instruction and one-on-one attention. Further, as parents learn how to create positive learning environments in the classroom, they become engaged in their own children’s education and actively reinforce healthy learning habits at home. In 2008, we finalized a practical implementation model that continues to operate seamlessly at Travis Elementary, where 16 parent volunteers have completed pre-service training and are ready to begin various assignments in one of six pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. By engaging with children in these classrooms, allowing teachers to focus on lesson planning and individualized attention, these parents will help to improve the educational experiences of 132 children. Plans for 2009 include recruiting additional schools to participate. Baby Basics- Pregnancy should be a hopeful time for all women, but for those with limited prenatal health literacy skills, pregnancy is often accompanied by feelings of confusion and fear. In partnership with The What To Expect Foundation (WTEF), University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, we are offering the Baby Basics prenatal health ―[I learned] how to deal with my labor and delivery curriculum to incarcerated pregnant women at the Carole Young in the best possible way Medical Facility in Texas City. By educating these women about and the different parts of my body that are affected.‖ prenatal health, they will be more knowledgeable about their -Program Participant baby’s development during pregnancy, better equipped ―I very much appreciate this to ask doctors/nurses questions and better prepared for class and the ladies that take the the birth of their baby. Future plans include finalizing time to prepare and teach. I have five babies and yet I still agreements with transitional living facilities so that learn something new every time eligible women and their babies can live together in a safe I come. I am going to miss coming.‖ environment before transitioning back to their home -Program Participant communities. This will further support mother/infant bonding and attachment. Improving Learning Environments and Empowering Educators: Our staff improved the quality of learning environments for 21,698 children through various quality improvement programs. Moreover ninety-five percent (95%) of teachers reported that our services were of significant value. Early Education Partnerships- Texas has some of the lowest standards for child care in the country, yet many Houston-area child care programs struggle to maintain even the minimum licensing requirements. Children in low-quality programs face tremendous risks for falling behind their peers, often arriving at kindergarten ill-prepared and faced with a lifelong struggle to catch up. While state lawmakers are considering bills to improve quality across Texas, we are helping child care centers today to achieve national standards and create quality learning environments for Houston’s children. Our consultants help child care programs work towards achieving improved standards such as higher teacher education and experience, stimulating physical classroom environments and strong parental involvement. During the past year, we have empowered 994 teachers, impacting 21,698 children. 2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
Page|4
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
The following programs are implemented in partnership with educators and child care programs with the goal of improving learning environments for young children. College Bound - Beginning at Birth is a neighborhood-based initiative that unites the resources of family, educational, neighborhood and health care entities in underserved Houston communities to help children succeed. Our goal is to significantly improve kindergarten school readiness, third grade reading scores and ultimately high-school completion and college participation rates among youth living in these communities. The program is already making tremendous progress in Sunnyside, a neighborhood in Southeast Houston, selected as the first to participate. Four child care centers and nine family child care homes, which together serve 254 young children, participated in early education improvement projects in 2008. Twenty-two infant and toddler teachers from the four centers completed their first Professional Pathway Course, a nine-month comprehensive training program designed to introduce students to college-level coursework requirements and provide monthly training for teachers pursuing their Child Development Associate credential. Seventeen of the twenty-two teachers are pursuing this credential, which will greatly improve the quality of instruction they provide to young children. Five of the teachers already had this credential. Ten teachers from the nine registered family homes also participated in quality improvement projects that increased the quality of learning environments for young children, helped programs maintain state licensing standards, and increased health and safety standards. In 2008, Hurricane Ike robbed thousands of families and children of their homes, schools and communities. Further exacerbating this trauma, the Gulf Coast child care community suffered such extreme devastation that many programs were forced to close their doors permanently or until they could afford to make repairs, resulting in a severe shortage of dependable child care resources for families. As the child care community entered a state of crisis, families with young children were faced with the challenge of returning to work without reliable child care for their loved ones.
Photographs of damaged child care centers immediately Hurricane Ike.
In response to this emergency, Collaborative for Children stepped in as the lead agency for the Texas Gulf Coast Region Hurricane Ike Child Care Recovery Project, a collaborative community effort to help child care programs recover and restore essential 2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
Page|5
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
services to families. Thanks to overwhelming support from the community, including a $1.5 million gift from the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund, we raised over $2 million in financial and in-kind resources to help 330 child care programs replace classroom materials and outdoor equipment, meet insurance deductibles, replace food, and repair appliances and fencing, restoring services to 16,254 children and their families. In partnership with the Galveston Independent School District and the YMCA, we also established and fully out-fitted a temporary child care facility in Galveston, which is serving 104 infants, toddlers and preschool-age children and 250 children in after-school programs.
Temporary child care center at San Jacinto Elementary School in Galveston.
Bright Beginnings, which involves a partnership with the United Way of Greater Houston and ExxonMobil, facilitates intense quality improvement projects in eighteen Houston-area child care programs serving at-risk populations. The program provides classroom materials and playground equipment, teacher scholarships, in-class mentoring for teachers, leadership training for center directors and support to achieve national accreditation standards. Bright Beginnings offers some of our most vulnerable children the highquality early education that will enable them to rise above the adverse financial and life circumstances into which they were born. In 2008, we trained 237 early childhood professionals on various early childhood topics with an emphasis on curriculum and instruction, impacting 1,057 young children. We also provided 65 educational scholarships to early childhood professionals and hosted 40 parent education sessions on topics related to child development. Between 2002 and 2009, the participating centers improved their Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS) and Infant Toddler Environmental Rating Scale (ITERS) average scores from 2.63 to 6.14 on a seven-point scale, representing a 215% increase in the quality of learning environments offered to young children. Research consistently demonstrates that the more children know about language and literacy before they arrive at kindergarten, the better equipped they are to succeed in school. While reading and writing skills are refined throughout the life span, the early childhood years are the most important for language and literacy development. Through a contract with the State Center for Early Childhood Development, we implement the Texas Early Education Model (TEEM Project) in Galveston and Brazoria Counties, helping child care, Head Start and public pre-kindergarten teachers improve early literacy and language teaching strategies in the classroom. In 2008, we trained and provided consultation to 53 early childhood professionals on early childhood topics related to early literacy, math, social-emotional development, curriculum development, classroom management, and developmentally appropriate teaching practices; we provided 38 pre-K classrooms with curriculum and classroom materials; and we 2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
Page|6
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
prepared 51 pre-K classrooms to participate in the Texas School Ready Certification System. These activities impacted the lives of 561 young children. Employees with young children are more productive at work and have greater peace of mind when they know their children are in safe, capable hands. For this reason, we designed Corporate HANDS to allow Houston-area companies to participate in quality improvement projects with child care programs selected by their employees. Through the project, employees nominate their child care program to receive intensive quality improvement services, including training, educational scholarships and classroom resources. Since 1992, this collaboration has helped dozens of child care programs in Houston attain national accreditation standards, creating the kinds of education environments that ultimately produce a more vibrant future workforce. In 2008, we trained 250 early childhood professionals on math and literacy concepts for young children, we provided 51 equipment grants for classroom resources to early childhood programs, and we provided 170 educational scholarships to early childhood professionals. These activities served 391 A True Success Story of children of company employees and 7,858 Success Express… additional children in the community. ―I just briefly wanted to share the excitement of one of our on-site trainings. The topic was Outdoor Play, and on this day it took place at Watch Me Grow. The teachers were so excited and pleased to receive the HUGE outdoor kit full of goodies for the kids. They received a parachute, a book to use with the parachute, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, Frisbees, wands, jump ropes, hula hoops, ribbon sticks, dinosaur sand molds, balls, sand bowling kit, egg relay games and the list goes on. I am honored to see the delight and possibilities in the eyes of the directors, staff, and children. It is our true passion to directly enhance the lives of children!!!!‖
Success Express is offered in partnership with Workforce Solutions to help child care programs that are struggling to meet licensing standards. State-subsidized child care programs are selected to participate in the project based on how many notifications of non-compliance they receive from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the state licensing organization. Non-compliance issues include exceeding the required student-to-teacher ratio, failure to perform background checks on staff, negative interactions with children and failure to supervise children properly. -Kasondra Brown, Workforce Solutions Because subsidized programs serve mostly Consultant at Collaborative for Children low-income families in neighborhoods with little community infrastructure to support young children, it is critical that we improve the places where these children spend the most time developing mental connections— child care classrooms. By providing consultation, training and resources, we help these programs meet or exceed licensing standards and ultimately improve the critical foundations our most vulnerable children need to thrive. In 2008, we trained 53 early childhood professionals from five child care programs, impacting 344 young children. Three of the programs improved their licensing status as a result of participating in the program. Texas Rising Star- Through our contract with Workforce Solutions, we maintain the Texas Rising Star (TRS) certification program, the State’s quality improvement system for Workforce Solutions child care providers. Programs that attain TRS certification offer higher quality learning environments that enhance the development of young children. In 2008, we assessed four programs, which each received their first TRS certification. We also conducted 74 assessments for TRS recertification. These programs collectively foster the healthy development and education of 7,871 young children. Children with Special Needs- As part of our efforts to enrich the lives of all of Houston’s youngest citizens, we provide training, classroom resources, and consultation services to help child care programs improve their care for children with special needs. In addition, we help families select child care programs that serve special needs 2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
Page|7
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
children. In 2008, we trained 183 early childhood professionals on various topics related to children with special needs and provided 29 scholarships for early childhood professionals to attend a local conference focused on early childhood inclusion. These activities impacted the live of 1,587 young children and their families. Community Training Offerings- As part of our efforts to increase the quality of care offered to all of Houston’s young children, we offer affordable, comprehensive professional development training for early childhood professionals in Harris and surrounding counties. Our training sessions cover research-based best practices in the field of early care and education, and are specifically designed for child care center staff, administrators and registered family home providers. Our highly skilled and experienced trainers provide interactive and hands-on-training sessions designed to influence the quality of the learning experience in early childhood settings. In addition, we offer State Licensing’s required pre-service training course for new teachers who have no prior experience in child care settings. The course covers the developmental stages of children, age-appropriate activities for children, positive guidance and discipline of children, and health and safety practices, among other topics, to equip new teachers to enrich the development of the young lives in their care. In 2008, we empowered 157 early childhood educators to foster the growth and development of the 1,775 young children in their care.
2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
Page|8
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
Champions for Children Funding Partners Ann and Stephen Kaufman Foundation ARAMARK Bank of America Bank of America Foundation Bobbi & Vic Samuels Foundation Bright Horizons Family Solutions The Brown Foundation CenterPoint Energy David Weekly Family Fund Enrico & Sandra di Portanova Charitable Foundation EOG Resources ExxonMobil Freed Foundation Frees Foundation Greater Houston Community Foundation
Harriet and Joe Foster Foundation H-E-B Houston Endowment Jack & Jill of America Foundation Kaplan Early Learning Co. Kathryn & Jim Ketelsen Foundation Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP MACEIL Foundation Marathon Oil Memorial Hermann Foundation Mir Fox & Rodriguez Montgomery County United Way PLUS Foundation The Powell Foundation Randalls Food Markets
Robert R. & Kay M. Onstead Foundation Rockwell Fund Inc. Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation Schlumberger Ltd. Silver Eagle Distributors Simmons Foundation Sterling Bank United Way of Greater Houston University of Phoenix-Houston Campus UT Health Science Center at Houston Valero Golf Tournament Wachovia Bank Wells Fargo Workforce Solutions Yellow Cab/Taxis Fiesta
Collaborative for Children also wishes to acknowledge additional support from individual donors.
Volunteers & Partners Executive Committee
Committee Members
Mrs. Pamela K. Onstead Board Chair Community Volunteer
Ms. Janet Cockrell The Cockrell Foundation
Ms. Janice E. Character Board Vice Chair ExxonMobil Corporation Ms. Julie R. Hempel Secretary & Chair of Human Resources Community Volunteer
Ms. Delia J. Guzman Guzman Workplace Solutions Ms. Linda Jones Community Volunteer Ms. Joi Lecznar Top Dog Communication and Development, LLC
Ms. Neena Newberry Vice Chair of Human Resources Newberry Executive Coaching & Consulting, LLC
Mr. Jesse Lozano Shell Oil Products
Ms. Glenna G. Pierpont Chair of Nominating US Liquids of Louisiana
Ms. Shareen D. Nash EOG Resources, Inc.
Mr. Juan Torres Chair of Fund Development Mir•Fox & Rodriguez, P.C.
Board of Directors Mrs. Dorothy M. Ables Spectra Energy Dr. Robert Austin Texas Children’s Pediatric Associates Mr. Dan F. Boyles, Jr. NAI Houston Ms. Laurie Bricker DEPFA First Albany Securities Mr. Philip D. Fraissinet Thompson & Horton LLP Mr. Shawn A. J. Gross SAJG Investments, Inc. Mr. Harlan Hooks H-E-B Houston Division Mr. Rick C. Jaramillo Bank of America Mr. Rodney E. Nathan Allen Austin Executive Search Consultants Mrs. Margaret Vaughan Robinson MVC Consulting Dr. Barbara G. Samuels University of Houston Clear Lake – retired
Ms. Pam L. Reiland Gulf Star Group Ms. Myrna Saavedra Community Volunteer Ms. Vanessa Schulte Spectra Energy Mrs. Patricia Snyder Amegy Bank, NA Ms. Jocelyn Wright, SPHR McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP
Partners Council Ms. Kim Watts Anderson Reach Out and Read Texas Ms. Anna M. Babin United Way of Greater Houston Ms. Pam J. Brasseux The Brown Foundation, Inc. Dr. Patricia Gail Bray St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities Ms. Elizabeth O. Bunk, CPA, CFP The Junior League of Houston, Inc. Ms. Suzanne R. Chauvin Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P. Ms. Linda Clarke Mayor’s Office, City of Houston Ms. Ann Beall Crider HoustonPBS/KUHT
Mr. Michael P. Williams II The Novati Group
Dr. S. Brooke Durbin University of Houston Ms. Bennie Green Rockwell Fund Inc. Ms. Janelle James Young Learners School Ms. Dianne Johnson HISD-Board of Education Ms. Tracy Anne Jones, M.Ed. University of Houston Ms. Tammie J. Kahn The Children’s Museum of Houston Mr. James L. Ketelsen Project GRAD Dr. Patrick Leung University of Houston Mr. David Lumpkins PetroLogistics LLC Ms. Linda Lykos YMCA of Greater Houston Mr. Steven D. Maislin Greater Houston Community Foundation Ms. Sherea A. McKenzie Joint City/County Commission for Children Ms. Nancy Pittman The Brown Foundation Inc. Ms. Caroline J. Sabin The Powell Foundation Dr. John Sawyer Harris County Department of Education Dr. Peggy B. Smith Baylor College of Medicine – Teen Clinic Dr. Jeffrey R. Starke Ben Taub Hospital Ms. Sue Thornton North Harris College Ms. Kay Tittle Texas Children's Pediatric Associates Mr. Michael Vinson KPMG LLP Ms. Leslie Chandler Wang Houston Endowment Inc.
Senior Staff Members Ms. Carol S. Shattuck President and CEO Mr. Pat Calelly, CPA Vice President Administration & CFO
Ms. Erin Charlton Vice President of Resource Development & Public Relations
2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
Mr. Sul Ross Vice President of Programs and Collaboration Developmen
Page|9
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
Financial Highlights Statement of Financial Position As of December 31, 2008
Assets:
Expense Allocations for 2008
2008
Investments, cash and cash equivalents
$ 1,893,222
Pledges and accounts receivable
$ 1,566,027
Furniture and equipment - net
$
110,565
Prepaid expenses and other assets
$
96,426
Total assets
$ 3,666,240
Liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
848,879
Other liabilities
$
4,630
Total liabilities
$
853,509
Unrestricted
$
319,412
Temporarily restricted
$ 2,493,319
Total net assets
$ 2,812,731
Total liabilities and net assets
$ 3,866,240
Net Assets:
2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
P a g e | 10
Share in our mission of building a strong educational foundation for young children to succeed in school and life.
Statement of Financial Activities Year ended December 31, 2008
Revenue:
2008
Direct public grants
$ 4,025,109
Government contracts
$
991,154
Program Income
$
957,032
Other
$
188,185
Total revenue
$ 6,161,480*
Program Services for 2008
*$813,357 of contributions were restricted for future use in the College Bound – Beginning at Birth initiative. $464,345 was restricted for 2009 Hurricane Ike recovery efforts.
Expenses: Provider Engagement
$ 2,826,326
Family Engagement
$
676,271
Community Engagement
$
385,980
Management and general
$
788,374
Fundraising
$
239,574
Total expenses
$ 4,916,525
Excess revenue over expenses
$ 1,244,955
Change in net assets
$ 1,244,955
A complete copy of financial statements audited by Blazek & Vetterling is available upon request from Collaborative for Children, 3800 Buffalo Speedway Ste. 300, Houston, TX 77098 or on our website at www.collabforchildren.org
2008 Annual Report | Presented by Collaborative for Children
P a g e | 11