Good Shepherd 2013 Annual Report

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ANNUAL REPORT 2013

HOME IS WHERE OUR HEART IS They say that “home is where the heart is.” Here at Good Shepherd, we could just as easily say that home is where OUR heart is. At the center of Good Shepherd’s work is helping to find healthy, happy and permanent homes for the children and families we serve. As our mission directs us, we do this not only by connecting children with loving families, but also by supporting, nurturing, and preserving families facing sometimes overwhelming odds and obstacles. Just as importantly, we also do this by strengthening our own home, financially and otherwise, through careful stewardship of resources, collaborative, accountable relationships with stakeholders, and passionate dedication to mission and ministry. With that approach, 2013 was a resounding success. We invite you take a brief, close look at our efforts, accomplishments and experiences in 2013, and we thank you for your support of Good Shepherd in helping to make good homes for our brothers and sisters in need.

Michael P. Meehan , Ph.D. Michael P. Meehan, Ph.D. Executive Director

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In response to the call of Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, to help those in need, we connect children with families and keep families connected.

YEAR IN REVIEW Good Shepherd Children & Family Services served 853 children and/or families in 2013!

EXPECTANT PARENT

MATERNITY

RESIDENTIAL

FOSTER CARE

ADOPTION

We served 168 women facing a crisis pregnancy and 468 of their family members. 91% of the babies delivered by enrolled clients were born with healthy birth weights, beating national norms for similar programs and dramatically improving rates seen in many of our target zip codes.

We served 33 teen moms and their babies. 100% of clients demonstrated increased knowledge about healthy parenting and 100% of babies born in the program were of a healthy weight.

We served 64 foster youth in residence and 164 of their related family members. 94% of residents enrolled in school remained in school, earned credit, and progressed to the next educational level. !

We served 162 children and our Foster Care staff helped 48 of them achieve permanency.

In addition, we worked with 206 families who were in some stage of development towards foster, kinship or adoptive parenting.

We served 142 adoption clients and 345 of their related family members.

100% of the children placed in adoptive homes remained with that family.

91

%

of our Expectant Parent babies were born with healthy birth weights – higher than the national norm.

100

%

of the children we placed in Adoption homes remain with those families.

SERVICE Serving the St. Louis metropolitan area and the 11 counties of the Archdiocese of St. Louis:

Foster Care provides case management and resource development as it seeks to heal families and link abused and neglected youth in Missouri’s foster care system (birth-­21) with permanent loving homes.

Maternity Care provides transitional living, therapy, and resource linkage, as well as training in parenting and independent living, for pregnant and parenting youth ages 12-­21.

Expectant Parent provides counseling, education, resource linkage, and concrete aid to pregnant women in crisis to ensure healthy births and happy, healthy families.

Adoption Services helps to find safe, loving , adoptive homes for children in need.

All children deserve to grow up in a loving, stable home. We focus on assisting adoptive parents towards building their family through adoption.

Residential Care provided shelter,support, and treatment for abused/ neglected foster youth ages 12-­21. In response to decreased need for residential services in our community, we determined in 2013 to phase out our

traditional Residential Treatment Program in early 2014. The change will allow us to expand the reach of our Maternity and Foster Care Programs, where need continues to outpace available services.

94

%

of our Residential foster youth enrolled in school earned school credits and progressed to the newt educational level

48

of our Foster Care children found permanent homes.

HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR YEAR Our work at Good Shepherd in 2013 was all about leading us home – leading clients to permanent, safe and healthy homes; and leading staff and friends to a better home facility.

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With St. Louis Partners, Good Shepherd opened a new office in Jefferson County to meet the growing need for foster care services in that area.

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We opened and dedicated the Carleen-­Goddard Mazur Family Center, newly renovated space to provide much needed confidential and small group meeting rooms for clients and staff.

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We added 6 new work stations and a small conference room on the third floor of the 1880s building of our facility for our growing Foster Care staff.

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We earned United Way Volunteer certification.

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We were re-accredited by the Council on Accreditation.

More than 600 volunteers conducted over 20 Collect to Connect projects, including our annual Christmas Collect to Connect appeal that gathered 100s of presents for our foster youth and families.

Our 6th annual Golf Tournament brought in more than $94,000 from more than 130 golfers, sponsors and auction bidders!

Good Shepherd clients were helped by the generosity of our friends who donated a record level of charitable tax credits, such as for our YOP educational project – more than $370,000! Other tax credit programs include NAP, Maternity Home and Pregnancy Resource Center.

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Strong leadership and sound stewardship helped us retire a capital debt and still maintain a healthy reserve fund. We overhauled our Quality Management system to better track performance outcomes and adjust programs more efficiently for better response to meet both client needs and staff objectives.

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We achieved uniformly excellent outcomes for clients in all service programs, confirming the positive impact of our efforts.

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We started our St. Joseph Fund to help provide Foster Care clients with emergency assistance such as clothes or school supplies and our Marian Fund to help our Expectant Parent clients with immediate rent and utility assistance.

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We initiated our Collect to Connect project as a way for more friends and supporters to volunteer and make a difference. School and youth groups conducted more than 15 projects to collect items such as diapers, gift cards and school supplies as a way to connect with their young brothers and sisters in foster care.

THE NUMBERS Financial Statement for the year ended June 30, 2013 CHANGES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS

MISSION SUPPORT

$667 17%,670

4 35 3.

GR A

9%

$3,982,702

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OTHER REVE NU E

TOTAL SUPPORT

$2,0

VICE SER

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$41, 011 1% 063 72, $4 12%

$7 4

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Revenues and gains: CONTRIB UTI ON S

1,249,038

Government Fees and Grants

2,058,604

Investment Income

(3,026)

Fees and Services

472,011

Net gain (loss) sale, disposal or impairment of property

5,449

Total unrestricted revenues and gains

3,782,076

Net assets released from restrictions: Restrictions satisfied by time

747,735

Restrictions satisfied by purpose

747,735

Total unrestricted revenues, gains and other support

5 8, 6 0 4

N M EN T GR A NTS

4,529,811

Expenses: Program

Discontinuing the traditional Residential Care program will allow resources to be invested in our growing Maternity Care program, as well as the development of a Treatment Foster Care (TFC) Program. Foster Care continues to be our largest program with significant caseload growth in Jefferson County.

3,218,967

Management and general

355,751

Fund-raising

169,010

Total expenses

3,743,728

Change in unrestricted net assets from operating activities

Transfers for recovery of past deficiencies of endowment investments

21,381

Total nonoperating

21,381 807,464

CHANGES IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS: Contributions and other - net ADM INI ST RA TI O

2 ,02 08 % $2 3

$3,743,728

E

1 78

RESI

51%

DE

IA NT

AR

E

, 03 $ 1,3 5% 3

LC

ADOPTION SERV ICE S

3%

$124,908

26%

$ 975,980

F OSTE R C AR

TOTAL INVESTMENT

77,806

Net assets released from restrictions

N

EX

$52 4 14 ,76 % 1

723,829

Net investment gain

NT ARE TP AN CT PE

276 06, $6 16%

786,083

Nonoperating:

Change in unrestricted net assets

MISSION INVESTMENT

RE Y CA NIT ER T A M

-

Other Revenue

Total net assets released from restrictions

52 %

VER

Contributions, pledges, bequests and grants

(747,735)

Transfers for recovery of past deficiencies of endowment investments Change in temporarily restricted net assets

32,519

CHANGES IN PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS CHANGE IN NET ASSETS

(21,381)

(500,000) 339,983

NET ASSETS - Beginning of year

6,273,628

NET ASSETS - End of year

6,613,611

More than 51% of our total funding came from government fees and grants, with a majority from the Missouri Department of Social Services -­Children’s Division.

19%

Contributions increased by more than 19% over the previous year.

74%

Over 74% of those contributions came from individuals.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board of Directors and Officers FY2013 Officers Mr. Danny Stevens President – VP, Huntleigh McGehee Mr. Norm Conley, Vice President President & CEO, J.A. Glynn & Co Ms. Jeannette Bax-­Kurtz Secretary – CPA/Owner, Mueller Prost Mr. Michael Devereux Treasurer – CFO, Emerging Business Resources Corp.

Members Mr. Rich Benkelman Vice President, Crown Packaging

Ms. Rosie Ford Account Development Manager, Switch Ms. Mary Paspalas Lazare Ms. Kym Martin-­Smith Manager Business Intel, The Boeing Co. Mr. Mark Mueller Attorney, The Law Office of Mark Mueller, LLC Ms. Cheryl Muniz Sr. VP, Cassidy Turley Commercial Real Estate Mr. Brian O’Malley President, Catholic Charities of St. Louis

Mr. Mike Burns Executive Vice President, KBM Group

Ms. Antonia Ponder Director of Development, Rosati-­Kain HS

Ms. Kristin Mueller Croce Associate, Polsinelli Shughart PC

Mr. Mike Rupinsk COO, L. Keeley Construction

Mr. Michael Devereux, II Tax Consultant, Mueller Prost

Ms. Julia Thorpe Assistant Superintendent, Hazelwood School District

Mr. Michael Evans Partner, Anders, Minkler & Diehl, LLP

One of the marks of strong leadership is the ability to make bold decisions and the Good Shepherd Board of Directors demonstrated that quality in 2013. The Board approved the payoff of a sizable debt that will significantly strengthen the mission’s financial profile. The decision process exemplified leadership in researching the options and protecting Good Shepherd’s reserve funds in a still uncertain economy. The Board encouraged Good Shepherd to apply for Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) charitable tax credits to help raise funds for much needed facility enhancements. The credits were approved and renovation begun. The Board initiated the process for an updated Strategic Plan beginning with a review of Good Shepherd programs to determine areas of decreasing need and strengths to address areas of emerging needs.

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP Thoughtful donors to the United Way of Greater St. Louis gave over 18% of the funds Good Shepherd needs to help our kids and families.

Beginning its next hundred years in 2013, the 7 partners of our Catholic Charities federation and Good Shepherd served more than 150,000 people in the St. Louis community.

Supporters of the St. Louis County Children’s Service Fund provided more than 10% of the financial resources to deliver our Nurturing Kids and Nurturing Teens services.

Thanks to the Annual Catholic Appeal, Good Shepherd benefited from thousands of dollars not only from caring Catholics in St. Louis, but also from others who believe in our good works for children and families.

VOLUNTEER & INITIATIVE the Sacred Heart Girl Scouts, run a diaper drive for the young moms in our Maternity shelter.

New ways to make a difference in the lives of our clients come from all our friends. It only takes a good idea and teamwork. The American Heritage Girls at St. Joseph Cottleville started our Collect to Connect projects with care More than 700 volunteers put in over 11,000 hours

kits for our foster youth. Board and staff teamed

of their time, talent and elbow grease to help Good

up to start our NAP tax credit facility renovation

Shepherd’s clients in 2013. Volunteers from area

project with the opening of the Carleen Goddard-­

businesses, such as Deloitte, help make the Good

Mazur Family Center, where clients, partners and

Shepherd facility a comfortable home for our

friends can meet.

foster youth in residence. Younger volunteers, like

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