Annual Report: program yearly review 2019

2019 Annual Report

HEALTHYFAMILIES ™ KANSAS

Pittsburg, Kan.-Dec. 2019- Staff help families capture their child’s height with ribbon to make one-of-a kind keepsake ornaments during a winter Family Time event. Families also enjoyed dinner and took home a blanket and book.

OUR MISSION: to protect and promote the well-being of children

LOCATIONS EMPORIA 215 W 6th, Suite 209 (620) 340-0408 GREAT BEND 3520 Lakin Ave, Suite 107 (620) 603-8442 HUTCHINSON 129 W 2nd Ave, Suite E (620) 664-5000 INDEPENDENCE 201 N Penn Ave, Suite 307 (877) 530-5275 NEWTON 215 S Pine St, Suite 314 (316) 333-1888 OVERLAND PARK 6025 Metcalf Lane, Suite 300 (913) 371-2220 PITTSBURG 100 S Broadway St, Suite 201 (620) 875-0078 TOPEKA 3545 SW 5th (785) 274-3100 WICHITA 1365 N Custer (316) 942-4261

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ABOUT KCSL turning dreams into reality For 2019, Kansas Children’s Service League (KCSL) chose “A Million Dreams” as our theme symbolizing KCSL’s work that improves the lives of more than 40,000 children and families throughout Kansas each year. We have extraordinary opportunities every day at KCSL to help families build resilience and become stronger contributing members of our community. It is those we serve who have dreamed a million dreams and reflect the promise of what a future Kansas can be without child abuse and neglect.

HEALTHY FAMILIES KANSAS™ KCSL is an accredited multi-site system through Healthy Families America® (HFA) that provided oversight to 10 programs serving 28 Kansas counties in 2019. KCSL provides a central administration function that includes training, technical assistance, quality assurance and evaluation.

HFA launched in 1992 as the signature model of Prevent Child Abuse America. KCSL started the first Kansas program and began serving families in Hutchinson in 1996. There are more than 600 affiliated HFA program sites through the country. Research has shown that HFA helps parents and children by:

Reducing child maltreatment

Improving child health including increased birth weight

Promoting parentchild interaction

Increasing school readiness

Strengthening family self-sufficiency

Improving coordination of services & referrals

WHAT OUR FAMILIES SAY...

"My worker has been very supportive and helpful. I feel much better knowing I have this support for my daughter, for my husband and for myself. I enjoy my time I spend with all of the workers right now."

"My worker (home visitor) is very respectful, helpful, kind and organized! She has made a very positive impact on our lives!"

"My worker is like my family. Knowing that my son’s needs are important to someone else helps in more ways than one!

Thanks for helping my family grow.”

"I love the program and everything it stands for. They’re a great support person to add to my team of support."

"I just love everything and having (home visitor) here to help me learn about my son and help me out when I needed it."

"My KCSL worker is really great. She has been very available for me when I have needed it. She always listened to my concerns and made me feel cared about."

"I really enjoy gathering information from my worker. She provides me with many resources and is always helpful!"

"I believe this is an amazing program for families and children."

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2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS 10,976 HOME VISITS

were completed in 2019, A 56% INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR

Since 2017

774 at-risk FAMILIES

received in-home support & resources reducing child maltreatment, A 40% INCREASE FROM 2018

28 COUNTIES

increased SERVICE AREA BY 22% to support more at-risk parents of newborns

KCSL’s Healthy Families Kansas™ has been a MULTI-SITE SYSTEM of Healthy Families America®

children & families outcomes:

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90%

82%

94%

of children received a child development screen

of mothers screened for depression prenatally or within 3 months of birth

of parents responded with appropriate empathy to their child

95%

88%

94%

of children had a medical home

of children were up to date with immunizations at 12 months old

of children were not placed in out-of-home placement due to abuse or neglect

SERVICE AREA by county | # of families served In 2019, KCSL served 774 families and added five new counties* to our Healthy Families Kansasâ„¢ service area bringing the total number of counties to 28. Our coverage area and number of families served out of each location are: # families served

# families served

EMPORIA Lyon, Chase, Coffey* & Greenwood Counties

NEWTON Harvey, Marion, McPherson & Northern Butler Counties

GREAT BEND Barton, Rice, Pawnee* & Stafford Counties

PITTSBURG Crawford, Cherokee & Bourbon Counties

HUTCHINSON Reno County

TOPEKA Shawnee, Jefferson* & Osage* Counties

INDEPENDENCE Montgomery, Labette & Neosho Counties

WICHITA Sedgwick, Sumner* & Southern Butler Counties

JOHNSON (OVERLAND PARK) Johnson & Miami Counties

WYANDOTTE (OVERLAND PARK) Wyandotte & Leavenworth Counties

Jefferson Leavenworth Wyandotte Shawnee

Osage Barton Rice Pawnee Stafford

Reno

McPherson Marion

Lyon Chase

Johnson Miami

Coffey

Harvey

Sedgwick

Butler

Greenwood

Bourbon

Neosho Crawford

Sumner

Labette Cherokee Montgomery

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SUCCESS STORY | Meet Shawnna & Havick Shawnna was on her eighth day of no sleep and her third visit to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) office that week, which was no small task. Her 2-month-old son, Havick, wouldn’t stop crying. She was looking for a formula that her son could digest. She wasn’t expecting to meet someone who would help change her life.

The previous year, Shawnna was pregnant with her second child, happily married and recently received a promotion at work. She felt her life was nearly perfect, and this new baby was going to be the nearly perfect addition to their family. A few days after his long and difficult birth in December 2016, Havick was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit due to complications. Shawnna was also informed that she just lost her job. Shawnna suffered from depression and anxiety after Havick’s birth. She often struggled to leave her bedroom or change her own clothes. This made Havick’s increased crying nearly impossible to manage.

“I went from being a full-time working mom with my life together to having intense postpartum depression,” Shawnna said.

While Shawnna was waiting for her WIC appointment on that day three years ago, a KCSL Healthy Families Kansas™ home visitor approached her to talk about the program.

Shawnna was not in a positive mindset at the time but agreed to sign up for the program so the woman would leave her alone. Realizing what she just agreed to, Shawnna did not look forward to having a stranger in her home and felt anxious about this decision until she had her first few visits.

“The worker came in like she knew me, my entire life and never made me feel like a bad mom,” Shawnna said. “Mentally, she helped me overcome a lot of the dread that comes with postpartum depression.”

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Wichita, Kan. -March 2020- (pictured from left) Adriana Nava, KCSL family support specialist, presents graduation certificate and t-shirt to Havick and his mother, Shawnna.

Shawnna’s home visitor gave her emotional support in a time when she felt isolated. She started looking forward to her regular meetings and often opened up to her worker about her struggles as a young mom. Since Shawnna lost her job and her husband recently switched careers taking a pay-cut, they struggled to make ends meet. Healthy Families Kansas™ was able to provide their family with needed baby supplies and other resources to help them succeed.

Now, Shawnna voluntarily helps KCSL recruit new families to the program including her close family and friends.

“I recommend this program to literally everyone,” Shawnna said. “Just having that one person to talk to can change their lives.”

Shawnna and her son graduated from Healthy Families Kansas™ in March 2020. Her family has high aspirations and plans to be debt-free in five years and to put Havick in preschool.

And although being a young mom still has its challenges, Shawnna feels confident about her future and how Healthy Families Kansas™ helped her get here.

“I feel like I’m more me than I was three years ago.”

2019 FINANCIAL REPORT Healthy Families Kansas™ Private Funds $382,507

United Way $131,673

Kansas Children’s Cabinet & Trust Fund $462,088

Kansas Department of Children & Families

MIECHV $629,160

$2,715,464

Medicaid Administrative Match $641,169

TOTAL REVENUE

$4,962,061

Total Program Expense

$4,340,382

Total Indirect Expense

$601,592

Change in net assets

$20,087

OUR SERVICES AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS FOCUS ON PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES and EMPOWERING PARENTS & YOUTH.

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Kansas Children’s Service League is the Kansas chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America and Circle of Parents, a Kansas multi-site system of Healthy Families America® and a member of the United Way.

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