FY21 YOS Annual Report

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FY2021 Annual Report Results for the 12-month period from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Prepared by

Presented by

Beth Spallone

Jamie Noto

A MESSAGE FROM OUR

LEADERS Dear Friends,

As challenging as 2021 was in many ways, we kept our focus on our clients and their access to care.

Throughout the turbulence of 2021, many households were disrupted, and daily routines were changed.

Youth faced many obstacles including the closures of schools and virtual instruction, social isolation, income loss, and food insecurity, which led to increased symptoms of anxiety, or depression and worsened the state of their mental health. Communities of color experienced disproportionately higher rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths, with increased reported mental health impacts as well.

Despite the challenges this past year, YOS expanded with two new Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) programs. We continued to provide telehealth services and virtual engagements with clients and their families, including social, emotional, and mental health support, as well as basic needs and financial assistance. Due to many variables created by the global pandemic’s reach, we did experience a decrease in the number of clients served, services given, and hours served compared to the previous year.

As we look ahead, we will continue to provide new and safe opportunities to youth, celebrate their milestones, and help guide their visions for their futures. We hope that the stories found in this year’s annual report will inspire you as they have us. Your support has helped us increase our impact on those we serve. Thank you!

Jamie Noto

Karl Stark

CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BOARD PRESIDENT

Meet our Board of Directors The YOS Board of Directors is an integral part of furthering the agency's mission, vision and goals, helping to ensure the safety and well being of youth and families served.

Karl Stark (Chair) Avondale Consulting Douglas Geiger (Vice-Chair) City Colleges of Chicago Silvia Talavera (Secretary) Jaguar Land Rover North America Charles A. Krugel (Treasurer) Labor & Employment Law Nikki Hale Nikki Hale Consulting Inc Danny Hest Togo Group Mike Hessling Gallagher Bassett North America Michelle Menconi Hendricksen Russell Monco PricewaterhouseCoopers Nicole Osequeda, LMFT Lincoln Park Therapy Group Johanna Spellman Latham & Watkins, LLP Jamie Noto Youth Outreach Services

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At A Glance FY21 Financials Youth Outreach Services, Inc. and Youth Outreach Properties, Inc. For the period July 1, 2020 -June 20, 2021.

FY2021 Financials

FY'21

TOTAL REVENUE

$

8,954,127

EXPENSES

$

8,759,058

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS

$

195,069

BEGINNING OF YEAR

$

2,997,778

END OF YEAR

$

3,192,847

Summary of our performance # of Services Given

42,799 In FY 2021 # Clients Served

1,955

# of Services Hours

2,010

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At A Glance FY21 Revenue FY21 REVENUES AND OTHER SUPPORT:

FY2021

Government grants and contracts DHS

$

3,901,607

DCFS

$

1,161,364

Department of Juvenile Justice

$

1,870,028

Other Government Grants

$

957,636

Contributions

$

565,069

MCO Income

$

370,660

In-Kind Contributions

$

112,863

Other Interest and Investment Income

$

14,900

$

8,954,127

Total Revenues and Other Support

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At A Glance FY21 Expenses Youth Outreach Services, Inc. and Youth Outreach Properties, Inc. For the period July 1, 2020 -June 20, 2021.

FY21 EXPENSES

$

Program Services

$

7,218,826

Administrative & General

$

1,456,848

Fundraising

$

83,384

Total Expenses

$

8,759,058

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Summary of Ethnicity & Referrals 42%

African American

28%

Caucasian

27%

Latino

1%

Asian

1%

American Indian

1%

Other

School

Court

Parent/ Family

Other Agencies

Self

Hospitals

Other/ Unknown

17%

34%

19%

18%

5%

4%

2%

A Year in Review In fiscal year 2021, Youth Outreach Services served 1,955 clients, a 24% reduction in clients from the previous year.

Contributing Factors Closure or suspension of four programs Services were suspended in most schools until permission to use online services could be obtained.

Chicago Public School restrictions and closures lead to the inability to serve clients until the beginning of the 2nd quarter.

As a result, referrals for substance abuse treatments dropped drastically.

Despite two new Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) programs created in FY21, the number of clients in those programs could not make up for the deficit created by the global pandemic’s reach and influence.

Adapting to a New Normal To meet the needs of our clients, YOS continued to provide our services virtually as well as with in-person group sessions.

Our Program Areas

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Our Program Areas

Prevention

Counseling

YOS’s Prevention Services help youth and families develop the skills and opportunities they need to make good choices and pursue positive activities. We assist youth and families by providing the skills, opportunities and recognition they need to succeed, such as substance abuse prevention, communication and leadership skills, career development and conflict resolution.

YOS’s Counseling services help youth learn how to overcome challenges and make changes needed to live healthier lives. We help youth overcome challenges that lead to addiction, such as low self-esteem, drug and alcohol abuse, gang involvement, poor school performance, delinquency and family conflict.

Juvenile Justice

Child Welfare

YOS’s Juvenile Justice Services seek to prevent youth from entering the child welfare and juvenile justice systems by addressing obstacles that prevent their

YOS's Child Welfare Services seek to ensure the safety and well-being of youth and their families. We strive to keep families together by providing support and education for those at risk of separation.

Our program helps youth prepare for independence while living in safe, stable homes. When it is not safe for kids to remain in their biological homes, we connect them to caring foster families, as well as the life skills training they need to transition to adulthood.

future success. We provide alternatives to detention, services to youth awaiting court, and support for youth reentering the community. Our highly structured programs provide a diversion from negative influences and offer alternatives to detention while contributing to public safety.

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COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY BASED YOUTH SERVICES (CCBYS) CONTINUES STRONGER THAN EVER

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YOUTH OUTREACH SERVICES’ PREVENTION TEAM SPEARHEADS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ONE SUMMER CHICAGO (OSC) Youth Outreach Services’ Prevention team spearheads our partnership with One Summer Chicago (OSC). One Summer

Chicago

institutions,

brings

together

community-based

government

organizations,

and

companies to offer over 20,000 employment and internship opportunities to youth and young adults ages 14 to 24.

YOS has partnered with OSC since 2013 but we have been providing programming and job placement opportunities for youth, including one-on-one career

In addition to LRNG playlists, students also

exploration services, a curriculum developed by YOS

participated in workshops/trainings and self-

staff to help youth learn the skills needed to research,

care challenges. Workshops included college

apply,

students

and

gain

employment

since

2005.

Our

giving

an

economic

council

prevention team, consisting of 5 dedicated staff

presentation on topics like preparing for college,

members, works with youth to provide training, job

saving, investing, and entrepreneurship. Also,

placement, and continuous professional development throughout their summer employment.

This summer our staff had the capacity to employ 80 young people at 6 different job sites. Last year, due to the pandemic, we had to pivot our programs to all virtual, so it was exciting to have a hybrid model in which some of the jobs invited youth onsite this summer. The youth had the option to work at one of

the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program was a three-day-long training in which presenters

started

with

lessons

about

abstinence, sexual health, self-harm, dealing with emotions and by the last day evolved into discussing bullying, prejudice, stereotypes, and accountability. Many of the youth told YOS staff

the following sites: Youth Outreach Services, Chicago

they enjoyed the training, citing things they

Public

learned, like the fact that teen pregnancy is

Libraries,

Lawndale

Community

Church and

higher in minority groups, or that other youth

Transformation (TRHT), Firehouse Community Center

are having the same anxieties during the

and Territory.

pandemic as themselves.

L.I.O.N.S.

Program,

Truth,

Racial

Healing

Youth learned several professional skills on the job like the importance of showing up on time and being ready to work. Four hours each week youth were also taught several other skills like creating a budget, money

management,

resume

and

cover

letter

building, interview skills, personal and professional networking. The youth learned from and reflected on these skills through short LRNG playlists. LRNG, an abbreviation

for

LEARNING,

are

activities

and

resources, stitched together into a compelling mediarich narrative around a common theme that tries to reshape the traditional way of learning.

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“The best part of One Summer Chicago was learning how to facilitate a racial healing circle with wonderful peers and amazing facilitators."

YOUTH OUTREACH SERVICES’ REPORTING CENTER TEAM BEGINS NEW PROJECT WITH CPD’S JUVENILE INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT CENTER (JISC) YOS Staff participated in the JISC Ribbon Cutting

In partnership with citywide providers, JISC hopes

Ceremony on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 where

to touch the youth and their families, which will

we will volunteer the first Tuesday of each month

in turn help us reduce the rate of recidivism and

from 10:00 am-2:00 pm.

violence that we are currently experiencing

The Juvenile Intervention and Support Center (JISC) works to provide juveniles and their families with programming that fits their individual needs, services directed

at

all

aspects

of

their

lives,

and

opportunities that will help give them and their families the tools to succeed.

YOS has partnered with JISC and a team of citywide partners (Family Resource Center on Disabilities, Westside Health Authority, Chicago Youth Centers, Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago Center for Art & Technology, WestCare Illinois, and Cook County

throughout the City of Chicago.

Beginning September 1st providers and agencies will volunteer for 4 hours a month at the JISC. Our agency and services will be advertised on a JISC Calendar and on Social Media to get the message out. JISC families and Community Members would then be invited to attend “office hours” to learn more about the services and programming that we offer. JISC has provided a secured brand-new office space for YOS and other partners to utilize during our time at the JISC.

Behavioral Health) to help make JISC a new and improved city-wide resource facility. The vision is to see the JISC transformed into a center where youth and their families feel safe, can come for support and can get services to help improve their lives.

“The best part of One Summer Chicago was learning how to facilitate a racial healing circle with wonderful peers and amazing facilitators."

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Your Support Means the World to Us $10,000 + Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois CarMax Foundation Lisa Loster Lynnette and Foster Friess Meridian Health Telligen Community Initiative The Bank of America Charitable Foundation The Upswing Fund For Adolescent Mental Health Youth Outreach Properties, Inc.

$1,500 + Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundations Future Philanthropists Program Spiffy Pictures

$100 + Allen Levin Ally Wojick Ariana Berkowitz Barbara Rudzin Bright Funds Buddy's Helpers NFP ComED D.T. Chicagoland Express Daisy and Ryan McKenna Don Canty Elizabeth Kurth Frank Tenbrink Harry Sommer IBM Employee Charitable Contribution Campaign Jennifer Molina Judith Hamill Jaconetty Mark and Kathleen Bishop Paypal Charitable Giving Fund PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Robert Rohlman Rochelle Grimbau Sparkfluence The Gregg Elstien Charitable Fund The Crown Group Vitner's Food & Beverage Company Bob's Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation, Inc. Golan/Christie/Taglia LLC Meaghan Panfil Youth Act Chicago

Under $100 Amelia Vojt ComEd's Nonprofit Special Hardship Program Daniel and Rhoda Pierce Devyn Davis Emily Goldsmith Eric Bohl Jackson National Life Insurance Company Jewel Osco Jo Ann Theriault-Fazio Kevin Anthony Zickterman Laura Amrein Mari Martillo Martin and Gail Glink Michael DiFranco Michael Grosch Michelle J. Jones Ramon Ruiz Samantha Lasky Steve and Barb Krech-Sickler Suzanne Fraker Tanya Lee Taylor Walker The Honest Company

In-kind Alex Bieschke Angela Grimes DonateGifts Donna Speigel Force Energy Group LLC Great Lakes Coca-Cola Bottling Kortney Carr Myco Sativa Parkdale, Inc. Premier International Richard Gibb

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Our Vision A society that treasures the safety, well-being and self-worth of every child.

Our Mission Youth Outreach Services promotes the strengths and abilities of youth and families by providing community-based services that empower and enrich each to face life’s challenges with confidence, competence and dignity.

About Us Youth Outreach Services (YOS) is dedicated to caring for youth in and around Chicago, inspiring positive development in their lives, families and communities. Founded in 1959, YOS serves more than 3,000 youth and families each year through a wide variety of child welfare, counseling, juvenile justice and prevention services. We believe all kids are capable of excellence and are committed to providing the community-based support they need to overcome challenges and succeed.

We thank you for your continued support!

Contact US Youth Outreach Services 2411 W. Congress Parkway Chicago, IL 60612 773-777-7112

www.yos.org info@ryos.org @yos.org

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