CSF Annual Report 2023

I M PAC T

Investing in Children.

Strengthening Community.

We began 2023 with three goals: More funding. More staff. More space.

In support of the first goal, we announced our most ambitious funding plan ever. Three Core Funding opportunities over a 16-month period, in addition to launching two new funding categories around Capacity Building and Collaboration. We also shared the new Community Impact Framework that would help guide our funding decisions.

With a focus on Prevention and Resilience, this framework outlined CSF’s desired outcomes around strengthened mental health, reduced abuse and neglect, and increased skills and knowledge around personal safety and socialemotional wellbeing.

The first Core Funding opportunity was for Calendar Year 2024, resulting in $15.7M being awarded in support of 86 projects across 72 partner organizations. The second Core Funding opportunity was for two years of funding for Academic Years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, and the third Core Funding opportunity will also be for two years of funding for Calendar Years 2025 & 2026. We’ll talk more about those two opportunities in next year’s report.

Capacity Building was born from the desire to invest not only in children, but also in the organizations that serve them. The goal was to support organizations seeking to improve their performance by investing in either staff capacity, such as training or certification, or organizational capacity, such as strategic planning or organizational change initiatives. Envisioned as a multi-year investment, the CSF funded 38 capacity building projects in 2023, with those projects slated to receive $4.9M over the next three years.

If Capacity Building was about investing in organizations individually, Collaboration is about investing in projects that bring organizations together…that leverage expertise not found at any single organization in support of driving community level-impact. The first two Collaboration awards were made in November of 2023 and will see the CSF invest $3.2M into those two projects over the next four years.

In support of these opportunities, we grew our team. Our Program Team expanded with the addition of Jovanna Rohs as Chief Program Officer and Bernadette Spooner Thompson as an additional Program Officer. Our Finance Team additions included Shannon Dupree as our Accounting Specialist and Celeste Ortiz as our Contract Administrator. They have all brought skills and value to what was already a very talented team.

In the final weeks of 2023, we settled into our new home at 2345 Grand. In addition to office and conference space for our team, we also created the CSF Community Room. This space not only supports meetings with both our Board and our partners but is also a space where outside organizations can gather to meet, train, and collaborate.

So much good in 2023…looking ahead to creating more impact for Jackson County kids in 2024.

ROB WHITTEN Chief Executive Officer

JESSICA RAMIREZ Board Chair

Where we invest for impact We fund 10 service areas to promote the mental health and social-emotional well-being of Jackson County children 19-years-old and younger.

AMOUNT AWARDED

SERVICE AREA

HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION

$

4,479,940

These important services allow children and youth to access behavioral health interventions in their homes and communities.

TO 23 ORGANIZATIONS

INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND FAMILY COUNSELING

$

Supportive services promote the wellbeing of children and families with psychological evaluations, mental health screenings, and therapy.

4,622,839

TO 27 ORGANIZATIONS

$

OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT

Children receive comprehensive mental health care services from evaluation and diagnosis to treatment and medication management.

PREVENTION

Children and youth build resilience through services that develop socialemotional skills, enhance coping skills, strengthen relationships, and increase community engagement—ultimately decreasing the likelihood that they will develop substance use and mental health issues.

SERVICES TO TEEN PARENTS

Young parents are supported in the development of positive parenting skills, receiving adequate counseling and behavioral health services, and resources and referrals for additional support needs.

TEMPORARY SHELTER

Safety and stability are vital to healthy development. These services provide up to 30 days of shelter for youth experiencing abuse, neglect, homelessness, or other housing barriers.

TRANSITIONAL LIVING

Counseling and supportive services are an integral part of programs that help youth transition from homelessness to safe living arrangements.

THREE ELIGIBLE SERVICE AREAS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED IN 2023:

CRISIS INTERVENTION

In response to acute mental health crises, these services focus on rapidly restoring a child’s baseline functioning.

34,915

TO 1 ORGANIZATION

5,757,408

$

TO 39 ORGANIZATIONS

124,352

$

TO 1 ORGANIZATION

550,000

$

TO 3 ORGANIZATIONS

971,108

$

TO 5 ORGANIZATIONS

CHILDREN SERVED

7,558 8,173 22

35,572

33

436

326

52,120 TOTAL

OUTPATIENT SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT

Youth and families receive therapeutic services including assessments, early intervention, education, counseling, therapy and aftercare.

RESPITE CARE

Families with kids get access to temporary emergency shelter during crises or periods of stress in order to safely preserve the family unit.

Our team ROB WHITTEN Chief Executive Officer MOJI SHOGBAMIMU Chief Financial Officer JOVANNA ROHS Chief Program Officer SETH BAKER Program Officer KATHERINE RIVARD Program Officer BERNADETTE SPOONER THOMPSON Program Officer SUE RICHTER Operations Manager CELESTE ORTIZ Contract Administrator SHANNON DUPREE Accounting Specialist

Our board JESSICA RAMIREZ Chair District 5, Exp 3.31.25 AMY HARRIS Vice Chair District 1, Exp 3.31.24 JUDY MORGAN Secretary District 1, Exp 3.31.25 AJIA MORRIS Treasurer District 2, Exp 3.31.24 BRIAN KABERLINE District 3, Exp 3.31.24 MEG MCCALL District 4, Exp 3.31.26 MONICA MEEKS District 6, Exp 3.31.26 ANN MESLE District 1, Exp 3.31.25

Our partners From early childhood to late adolescence. In homes, in schools, and in the community.

Our funded partners are doing important, innovative work for kids.

Our partnerships reach beyond just funding. We devote ourselves to supporting organizations through site visits, consulting, and day-to-day engagement as they work to give hope to every child in Jackson County.

AWARD KIDS AMOUNT SERVED

Amethyst Place Therapeutic Family Support Services

210,000

$

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City Mentoring to Support Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City Whole Child Development Program

50,000

$

89

35

270,000 2,150

$

Calvary Community Outreach Network Helping Youth Plan for Excellence

$

Campfire Heartland SEL Programming Support for Children

$

SEL Support for JusticeInvolved Youth

$

AWARD KIDS AMOUNT SERVED

Child Protection Center, Inc. ACT Raising Safe Kids

$

155,000

339

Child and Family Trauma Treatment Program

$

135,992

168

Children’s Mercy Hospital TIES - Team for Infants Exposed to Substance abuse

$

195,000

68

Citizens of the World Kansas City Building a Trauma Informed School

$

153,000

445

$

98,000

148

70,000

67

Community Assistance Council CAC’s Empower Program (Hickman Mills)

76,660

332

Community LINC Homeless Youth and Children’s Safe Haven

$

153,000

117

64,640

175

Community Services League Family Stability Initiative

$

180,000

380

150,000

46

Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc. PUSH: Jackson County School Prevention and Therapy Program

$

Catholic Charities of Kansas City St. Joseph Promoting Parenting Skills & Childhood SEL

$

Center for Conflict Resolution Breaking Cycles of Violence

$

Center School District #58 Elementary School-based Social Workers

$

Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) Clinical Services: Sustaining Impact

$

Expanding SchoolBased Prevention and Community Education

$

111,600 1,966 279,873 1,142

257,241

153,290

218,121 1,123

Core Changing Concepts Community Core ChangingViolence Prevention Project

$

50,000

88

Cornerstones of Care Functional Family Therapy

$

265,000

64

178

Mental Health Prevention and Intervention Services

$

250,000

546

360

Crossroads Charter Schools Comprehensive Student Counseling Program

$

197,691 1,654

Our partners (cont’d) AWARD KIDS AMOUNT SERVED

DeLaSalle Education Center The Kairos Program

$

225,000

200

Drumm Center for Children Drumm Farm Clinical Expansion Project

$

232,024

135

EarlystART Mental Health Intervention Program (MHIP)

$

Easterseals Midwest ABA Therapy

$

Emmanuel Family & Child Development Center Trauma Smart Continuum of Care at EFCDC

$

Empowering Parents KC EPKC Therapeutic Services

$

135,000 180,000

153,000

135,000

148 15

460

186

Every Child’s Hope Community-Based Transitional Living at Steppingstone

$

Temporary Shelter at Steppingstone Familyworks, Inc. Brainworks Virtual Residential Treatment Program First Call Alcohol/Drug Prevention & Recovery First Call Family Services

$

Foster Adopt Connect Behavioral Interventionist Program

$

170,000

14

Fostering Prevention Jackson County

$

131,218

54

Front Porch Alliance – Kansas City Neighborhood Families: Early Childhood Education

$

175,000

188

Genesis School Genesis School Counseling and Wellness Program

335,000

21

$

262,500

49

$

160,000

40

126,365

90

100,000

$

61

AWARD KIDS AMOUNT SERVED

Gilda’s Club Kansas City Gilda’s Club KC Children, Teen, and Family Programming Gordon Parks Elementary School Improved Mental Health and Well-Being Supports in School

$

11,603

136

128,030

172

$

Grandview Assistance Program Putting Students First

$

57,265

68

Green Works in Kansas City ECOS Urban Outdoor Nature Discovery

$

41,300

222

Guadalupe Centers Bilingual Substance Use Prevention for Adolescents & Youth

$

106,687

497

Enhanced Bilingual Child & Youth Counseling & Therapy

$

107,000

43

Hillcrest Ministries of MidAmerica, Inc. New Youth Transitional Living Program in Jackson County

$

134,108

15

Hope House, Inc. Hope House’s Children’s Services Program

$

104,576

163

Hope House Guardian Program

$

185,563

126

Independence School District Expanded Family Services Initiative

$

Hispanic Outreach, Partnership and Engagement Services

$

Jackson County CASA Intervention and Advocacy for Children

$

217,350

167

Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Intervention and Advocacy

$

171,000

164

Jewish Family Services Child and Family Counseling

$

110,000

53

258,500 1,450 200,300 1,078

66,600 14,220

YouBeYou Jewish Vocational Service JVS Social Work - Youth (JVS Youth)

$

275,000

$

278

AWARD KIDS AMOUNT SERVED

Kansas City Autism Training Center Treatment for Jackson County Kids on the Autism Spectrum

214,752

$

Kansas City CARE Clinic (KC CARE Health Center) Psychiatry and Behavioral Healthcare at Homeroom Health Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy SEL Team Supports Positive Mental Health Outcomes Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Grief Support & Counseling for Youth Impacted by Trauma/Loss

34,915

$

144,203

$

135,000

$

Kansas City Public Schools Restorative Justice Alternative School Support Model

$

KC Healthy Kids Healthy Kids Bright Futures

$

87,500

90,000

Transitional Living Program for Young Mothers and Babies

$

210,000

15

Newhouse Reversing the Negative Developmental Impact of Violent Trauma

$

211,348

68

Nurture KC Moving Beyond Depression Promise 1000 Partnership

$

276,030

101

Promise 1000 - Collective Impact Home Visiting

$

300,000:

88

$

180

Operation Breakthrough Children and Youth Collaborative Mental Health Services

275,000

544

55,677

83

206

Peace Partnership Peace Partnership In-School Counseling Program $

371

Police Athletic League of Kansas City, Inc. PAL Wellness & Resiliency Program

$

43

Preferred Family Healthcare STEP UP - Independence

154,015

117

STEP UP - Raytown

$

200,381

133

Raytown C-2 Public School District Raytown Connect

$

ReDiscover School-Based Mental Health Services

$

129,780

370

Show Me Zero Youth Suicide Project (Zero Suicide)

$

231,240

285

reStart, Inc. Youth Emergency Shelter

$

200,000

86

11

22

61

KIPP: Endeavor Academy Mental Health & Healing In Schools

$

KVC Missouri (formerly Niles) KVC Niles Day Prep Treatment: Helping Youth Heal from Trauma

$

240,000

72

Strong and Connected Families

$

157,500

58

Mattie Rhodes Center Violence Intervention and Prevention - In School Services

$

125,000

175,000

Metro Lutheran Ministry Prevention and Re-Housing for Youth and Families

AWARD KIDS AMOUNT SERVED

558

$

105,000 5,753

195,221 1,221

87,500

301

265,254

2301

Youth Street Outreach Services (YSOS)

$

210,000

175

Rose Brooks Centers Project SAFE In-School Violence Prevention Program

$

253,980

654

SAFE Futures Program

$

$

MOCSA Preventing Sexual Violence in Jackson County Schools

$

Sexual Violence Counseling for Children in Jackson County

$

288,467

62

Mother’s Refuge Therapy and Shelter for Homeless Teenage Mothers and Babies

$

124,352

33

144,471 1,206

Our partners (cont’d) AWARD KIDS AMOUNT SERVED

Saint Luke’s Hospital (Crittenton) Smart Connections In-Home Mental Health Services

$

Samuel U Rodgers Health Center Blue Springs School District Expansion

$

205,920

242

Parent Education Expansion

$

215,073

945

Sheffield Place Immediate Crisis Intervention for Children

$

139,000

158

Start at Zero Evidence-Based Family Visiting

$

295,000

38

The Children’s Place, Inc. Day Treatment Program

$

171,927

73

The Family Conservancy Childhood Mental Health

$

300,000

406

The Plaza Academy School Based Mental Health Services for At-risk Adolescents

$

103,500

73

The Transition Academy Creating Transition Success For Central City Youth With Disabilities

$

112,500

220

University Health TMC, Hope Leadership, Crossroads & DeLaSalle – Enhancing Futures

$

300,000

59

$

130,500

175

61,000

82

YMCA of Greater Kansas City The Y’s Children’s Behavioral Health Expansion Project Youth Guidance Becoming A Man (BAM)

$

90,000

144

Working On Womanhood (WOW)

$

90,000

117

Swope Health Services Swope Health: Prevention & Early Intervention Services

$

Swope Health: Prevention Education and Teen Parent Program

$

77,300

221

236,856

34

Synergy Services, Inc. School Based Integration Services

AWARD KIDS AMOUNT SERVED

$

251,303 1,762

Strategic initiatives Two partners received support from our Strategic Initiatives funding in 2023:

Lee’s Summit Cares Community Approach to Youth Mental Health Award Amount: $100,000

Saint Luke’s Hospital (Crittenton) Trauma Smart: Raytown Schools Award Amount: $164,698

Capacity Building Awards We believe it’s important to not only invest in services for children, but also in the organizations that provide those services. Through awards for Capacity Building, we partner with organizations to improve performance through the development and strengthening of skills.

Amethyst Place Award Amount: $120,000

Guadalupe Centers Charter School Award Amount: $300,000

Calvary Community Outreach Network Award Amount: $35,000

Hope House Award Amount: $76,384

Center School District #58 Award Amount: $65,000

Jackson County CASA Award Amount: $65,500

Citizens of the World KC Award Amount: $65,170

Kansas City Academy Award Amount: $228,774

Community LINC Award Amount: $80,000

Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Award Amount: $76,685

Cornerstones of Care Award Amount: $300,000 Crossroads Charter Schools Award Amount: $31,041

KIPP Kansas City Award Amount: $230,000 KVC Niles Award Amount: $300,000

Emmanuel Family & Child Development Center Award Amount: $210,000

Lee's Summit R7 Schools Award Amount: $299,844

First Call Award Amount: $55,900

Mattie Rhodes Center Award Amount: $40,000

Foster Adopt Connect Award Amount: $73,000

Mother’s Refuge Award Amount: $52,500

Gordon Parks Elementary Award Amount: $29,700

Oak Grove R-VI Award Amount: $246,000

Grain Valley School District Award Amount: $240,520

Operation Breakthrough Award Amount: $300,000

Providence School of Arts Award Amount: $74,500 Raytown C-2 Schools Award Amount: $100,000 Rose Brooks Center Award Amount: $274,500 Seton Center Award Amount: $10,760 St. Luke's/Crittenton Children's Center Award Amount: $1,789 Start at Zero Award Amount: $255,000 Steppingstone/ECH Award Amount: $37,345 STW Charities Award Amount: $12,866 The Family Conservancy Award Amount: $30,350 The Plaza Academy Award Amount: $17,945 YMCA of Greater Kansas City Award Amount: $74,913

Trusted & transparent Our unique funding model ensures that partner organizations get the critical support they need while taxpayers feel confident that their dollars are being well spent. Instead of a traditional grant approach, we reimburse for actual program expenses, enabling us to stay accountable to taxpayers and partners.

In addition, every year we are audited by an outside firm to ensure accuracy and compliance in our financial records. For maximum transparency, we post complete audit results on our website.

REVENUE Sales Tax Proceeds

26,765,715

$

Interest Income TOTAL REVENUE

522,995

$

27,288,710

$

EXPENSES Partner Support - Core Funding

18,846,832

$

Partner Support - Capacity Building

$

Partner Support - Collaboration

$

PARTNER SUPPORT TOTAL

329,478 123,209

19,299,519

$

Personnel (Salary & Benefits)

$

Professional Contracts

$

996,442 212,515

General Administration/Operations

$

Rent & Occupancy

$

Professional Insurance

$

Technology Costs

$

43,273 50,373 21,171 10,970

Transportation (Staff Mileage)

2,291

$

Depreciation

16,352

$

TOTAL OVERHEAD TOTAL EXPENSES

1,353,387

$

20,652,906

$

*New sales tax rate effective 4.1.23 generated excess revenue for the year. *Financials are subject to change upon completion of 2023 audit.

2023 BY THE NUMBERS

18.9 million

$

77

partner organizations received funds

Children impacted by services receiving CSF funding

264,698

$

in strategic initiative awards to support two organizations

99

PROGRAMS IMPACTED

52,120

Funding decisions for greatest impact We make funding decisions based on key areas of impact and specific activities and outcomes. This framework is designed to support programs focused on prevention, resilience, and community, as well as support new opportunities that strengthen organizations and help them grow, expand their reach, and help more of our kids thrive.

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