Three Rivers Youth 1880-2016

Annual Report 2014 & 2015 135th Anniversary Reflections

Peggy B. Harris Chauncey Smith, President and CEO Chair of the Board This is the printed version of the remarks delivered by president and CEO Peggy B. Harris at the 135th anniversary gala of Three Rivers Youth on May 15, 2015, at the Rennaisance Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh.

Good Evening As we mark this occasion of Three Rivers Youth’s 135th I would love to end this tale by telling you that our ship’s navigation Anniversary, I do so with a rear view mirror where much history has been propelled by smooth waters, under glistening sunlight, resides but more importantly with a front window where our no undercurrents and no stormy seas. But this would not be true bright future awaits. for anything or anybody who has been around for a long time. “The Home for Colored Children But allow me tonight to look through the rear view mirror and For being around for a long time means you’ve had some rough I will tell you a tale of a grand ole ship that has endured the test sailing, that you set out sometimes without a good weather of time. forecast, that your anchor was not always secure, that you left the dock short of supplies needed to endure the length of the That ship was built to last. Made of the finest woods, veneers, trip, that the visibility sometimes dropped precariously low even is the only home I ever knew.” metals of its day, it was fashioned from a vision of being a under visionary captains and that the rough dance with the sea safe harbor and a place where its ports of call would lead to sometimes through us a bit off our course and almost claimed transformation. victory for the sea. In the belly of the ship we held our first client, little Nellie Grant So while wearing the gift of longevity and the evidence of time, who had no other place. So we set sail and soon welcomed we have come tonight with polish and pride to raise high our sails ~ Rachael Washington, in 2005 the oldest living alumna aboard thousands of other little Nellies over the years. as the SS Normandie, for a cause celebre and a tribute to all of Enter the 70’s when we changed our direction from institutional the faces that have been at the shoreline for us and all the faces of the orphanage she referenced, since 1970 care to community based care, setting up shop in several that we have anchored and delivered to the shore for safe harbor. Three Rivers Youth neighborhoods all over Allegheny and in Washington Counties. If we have been anything, Three Rivers Youth has been that Over time, we would add new sails signaling our foray into the anchor in this community. We are that grand ole ship. troubled waters of homeless and runaway youth, parenting teens and transitional services. We are that ship of Zion… in the words of the songwriter…. We docked for three years on a parent engagement initiative Looking out over life’s troubled sea and ignited a place in parents where some had never been and Noting the ole ship that is still sailing calmed those murky waters with liberal doses of research based Is the ship of Zion you see fodder and wit. Our hull may be bent and battered Over the past year, we welcomed Behavioral Health on board From the storms of life we see enabling us to tackle chronic and severe issues compromising Waves have been rough but that ole ship mental health. Is still sailing And it’s the ship of Zion we see And just one year ago, we set sail with a new organization, At the stern of the ship stands our captain Addison Behavioral Care; a community vessel steeped in the And we could hear her call out your name tradition of providing culturally sensitive and on- the -ground Get on board it’s the ole ship of zion approaches to drug and alcohol services. Following the untimely It will never pass this way again death of the captain of that ship, Bernadette Turner, those As we step on board we’ll be leaving services are being proudly continued today under the Three All our troubles and trials behind River’s Youth’s flagship. You’ll be safe with our captain And on this day, for the first time in our history, we hoist yet Sailing out on the ole ship of Zion. another sail – Foster care-!!! With a modest crew of a few families This is a message from one of your captains of this Ole Ship of today, we hope to grow our modes crew of ship mates to steer Zion and I thank you. Good Evening many youth needing forever families to a safe harbor.

PAGE 1 135th Anniversary of Three Rivers Youth Part of Uneven Pittsburgh Race Relations History

AGENCY FOUNDED IN 1880 AS A “COLORED” ORPHANAGE Even in this town whose history is crowded with remarkable In 1893 the home moved to a handsome mansion on Termon accounts, the 135 year-old story of Three Rivers Youth is Avenue that was purchased for $50,000. Upon the deaths astonishing. Founded in 1880 in Allegheny City, the North of friends of the Termon Avenue Home(the second name Side of Pittsburgh today, the organization had an answer for of the home), last wills and testaments named the colored one form of racial prejudice and child neglect. orphanage as beneficiary. In one, $10,000 was bequeathed by Jane Holmes. When little orphaned Nellie Grant was found wandering those 19th century Allegheny City streets by the Reverend Dr. As the Termon Avenue home was making its still-segregated James Fulton he realized she was homeless. The pair differed way through the first third of the 20th century, the Junior in almost every other respect that mattered. Nellie was about League of Pittsburgh established the Girls’ Service Club for four or five years years old, an African American girl about mostly needy White girls in 1932; it located on Ditheridge whom history records little else. Street in Oakland. By 1970 leaders of the two homes, Jane Freeland of Termon and Betty Dickey of Girls’ Service noted, The Rev. Fulton was a young White man and the pastor of except for race, the similarity of missions at the two agencies. Fourth United Presbyterian Church. In 1878, he had founded But Termon was emerging as a race-neutral child welfare the United Presbyterian Orphans’ Home to honor the request agency. In addition, the Health and Welfare Association of of a dying widow to find homes for her five children, who Allegheny County encouraged the homes, each founded to were then destined to be orphans. help vulnerable children in a uniquely American segregated way, to merge. As the worlds of Nellie and Dr. Fulton converged on a dreary and rainy day, according to “From Colored Orphans to Youth Forty-five years ago this month, the merger of the Termon Development: The 125-year History of Three Rivers Youth Avenue Home and the Girls’ Service Club together 1880-2005”, published by the University of Pittsburgh Office created Three Rivers Youth. It is one of the premiere child of Public Affairs to mark that milestone, he saw the child development agencies in Western Pennsylvania, serving barred from admission to all of the area orphanages because thousands of youth and families without regard to race. And they did not admit “colored” children. Even the orphanage unlike most programs that purport to help Black youngsters he had founded two years earlier but did not control, did not today, the programs of Three Rivers Youth place children in enroll her. homes located in successful residential communities in Greater Pittsburgh, and the youngsters attend integrated schools. He sought help from local White civic leader Julia Blair. And in 2014 the agency assumed the operations of Addison The response was immediate and direct: “The only thing Behavioral Health to offer drug-abuse prevention services to to do is to make a home for her.” Opened in 1880 as the children and families. Home for Colored Children by Ms. Blair and other partners with backing from the Women’s Christian Association, the Today, Addison joins a host of programs and services that orphanage enrolled Nellie Grant as its first resident. A house include In-Home Family Services, Residential Group Homes, on Fountain Street behind what is now Allegheny General Foster Care, Outreach Services, Behavioral Health, and Drug Hospital was the original location. In the early 1880s the and Alcohol Services. number of residents ranged from 27 to 44 African American boys and girls. Whatever mystery residing within the hearts of 19th century Pittsburgh-area do-gooders that enabled them to lovingly This was no creepy Little Orphan Annie/Miss Hannigan protect, nurture, and rear African American youth in a safe affair. Consisting of one Black and six White women—- and comfortable home also ensured their segregation from some of whose husbands were trustees of Western University children of other races; not so anymore at the agency founded of Pennsylvania, today’s Pitt—-the Board of Managers 135 years ago. It is a good time for Pittsburgh to join CEO The Home at 2051 Termon Avenue members actively engaged in the operation. The finances Peggy Harris in recognizing that Three Rivers Youth—-which were managed by them. The children attended the Morrow celebrated its anniversary on May 15, 2015, at a Renaissance School, and they were dressed in fine clothes for dinner. For Hotel gala—- has assisted children for a period that touches both religious nourishment and health maintenance, the three centuries. children attended Bidwell Presbyterian Church where Black ______dentist Dr. Ray Primus Sr. treated them for 25 years and Edited version of an article that originally appeared in the New Pittsburgh Courier on May 9, 2015 served on the board until his death when his son, dentist Ray Primus Jr., replaced him in 1955.

PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PROGRAMSPrograms and AND Services SERVICES 2013-2014 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES 2013-2014 Three Rivers Youth annually provides over 1,000 disadvantaged youth and their families with the Threeresources Rivers and Youth skills annually they need provides to thrive. over Our1,000 services disadvantaged are provided youth and24 hours their familiesa day/365 with days the a resources year in RESIDENTIAL GROUP HOMES. andprofessional skills they facilities need to locatedthrive. Our through servicesout are Greater provided Pittsburgh 24 hours― a in day/365 East Liberty, days aHighland year in professional Park, Brighton Serving youth, ages 13 to 18, that have been court-ordered into out-of-home placement, TRY’s five facilitiesHeights, locatedMt. Lebanon, throughout and McMurrayGreater Pittsburgh―. Three Rivers in EastYouth Liberty, added Highland two new Park, licenced Brighton programs Heights, in 2014: community-based group homes provide safe holistic residential services in homelike settings, including Mt.Behavioral Lebanon, Health and McMurray. and Drug and Three Alcohol Rivers services. Youth added Foster two Care new for licenced older youthprograms will bein 2014:added to TRY’s educational support, therapeutic care, counseling, and life skills. (91 youth served) Behavioralservice continuum Health and in 2015. Drug and Alcohol services. Foster Care for older youth will be added to TRY’s service continuum in 2015. SHELTER SERVICES. In a welcoming emergency shelter for youth assigned by Allegheny County, TRY provides a safe haven for 1168 Clients Served in 2014 1168 CLIENTS SERVED IN 2014 at-risk female youth, ages 13 to 18, with comprehensive services, counseling and case management to reunite youth with their families. (107 youth served) 400 200 286 Adults Gender Youth Gender Adult Client Age Groups 882 Youth 0 Female Male Female Male <10 11-17 18-25 26-54 Drug & Family HUB Loft/TLP Mental Residential Shelter Alcohol Services Health 9% 7% 9% 17% 44 91% 56 Drug and Alcohol Services. TRY’s services expansion focuses on prevention, assessment and recovery for % DRUGhighly at AND-risk populations ALCOHOL of SERVICES. all ages, including school aged youth. % 67%

TRY’sFamily servicesPartnership expansion Program focuses. Provid on prevention,ing in-home assessment crisis intervention and recovery, prevention, for highly and at-risk support populations services of, all ages,TRY counselors including school and therapists aged youth. help empower and unite struggling families. (211 families and 348 youth served) Measuring Our Impact FAMILYHub Street PARTNERSHIP Outreach. TRY PROGRAM.conducts outreach for homeless youth who need emergency assistance and Providing in-home crisis intervention, prevention, and support services, TRY counselors and therapists help Committed to an outcomes-driven model of service, TRY tracks client outcomes using five nationally-endorsed help with accessing housing and health care, legal advocacy, GED preparation, job placement, referrals metrics: Permanency, Functioning, Education, Life Skills, and Safety (PFELS). empowerto educational and unite programs struggling and families. career training.(211 families Not andonly 348 does youth the served)HUB provide these needed services, Grounded in continuousMEASURING quality improvement, PFELS assessmentOURs monitor IMPACT and measure progress made toward but access to the facility also reduces the possibility of further physical or sexual abuse. (18 youth preferred outcomes for the youth and families served by our programs and services. Outcomes are HUBserved) STREET OUTREACH. methodically documented, assessed monthly by Three Rivers Youth’s executive team, and reported quarterly to Committed to an outcomes-driven model of service, TRY tracks client outcomes using five nationally- TRYThe Loft conducts. A 21-day outreach shelter for program homeless for youth runaway who needand homeless emergency girls, assistance ages 13 and to 18help years, with who accessing are housing the Board of Directors with charts, written analysis, and projections for achieving targeted outcomes. endorsed metrics: Permanency, Functioning, Education, Life Skills, and Safety (PFELS). andassisted health with care, life legal skills, advocacy, family reconciliation, GED preparation, and support job placement, to graduate referrals from to higheducational school onprograms time with and careerproficiency training. in core Not subjects. only does (See the HUBTransitional provide Living these below) needed services, but access to the facility also reduces PERMANENCY – Three RiversPFELS Youth Outcomes tracks whether youth, who have been placed outside the home, theTransitional possibility Living of further. Targeting physical youth or sexual, ages abuse. 16 to 21,(18 TLPyouth provides served) supervised community-based housing return home120 or to less restrictive settings. If a client can’t be reunited with their family of origin, the next best for homeless youth while assisting them in developing the skills and resources they need to possible100 situation is diligently sought to place the youth with a caring extended family member, foster care THEsuccessfully LOFT. transition into self-sufficient adulthood. (Together, the Loft and TLP served 14 youth) family, or80 independent living. AMental 21-day and shelter Behavioral program Health. for runaway As a licensed and homeless mental girls,health ages services 13 to 18provider, years, who Three are Rivers assisted Youth with life skills, familycontinuously reconciliation, broadens and and support improves to graduate mental fromhealth high services school for on youth, time with adults proficiency and families in core delivered subjects. by (See FUNCTIONING60 – Three Rivers Youth nurtures and measures the ability of youth and families to navigate Transitionalexperienced Living licensed below) therapists and other clinical personnel strengthened by evidence-based best social Percent interactions,40 identify and build circles of support, improve home management and develop skills for practices. coping with20 adversity, challenges, and difficult tasks. TRANSITIONAL LIVING. 0 Residential Group Homes. Serving youth, ages 13 to 18, that have been court-ordered into out-of-home EDUCATION – Three Rivers Youth promotes and monitors clients’ progress in the areas of age- Targetingplacement, youth, TRY’s ages five 16 communityto 21, TLP -providesbased group supervised homes community-based provide safe holistic housing residential for homeless services youth while in Permanency Functioning Attendance Attendance Graduation Graduation Life Skills Safety 96.5% appropriate grade73.75% advancement,80% school93% attendance,PFL 89.5% high schoolRate 100% graduation,Rate PFL 80%proficiency27.33% in core subjects, and assistinghomelike them setting in developings, including the educational skills and resourcessupport, therapeuticthey need to care,successfully counseling, transition and lifeinto skills. self-sufficient (91 youth a grade point average that is competitive for scholarship and financial aid opportunities. adulthood. (Together, the Loft and TLP served 14 youth) served) Permanency – Three Rivers Youth tracks whether youth, who have been placed outside the home, Shelter Services. In a welcoming emergency shelter for youth assigned by Allegheny County, TRY LIFEreturn SKILLS home –or prepareto less restrictiveyouth for successsettings. at Ifhome, a client in school,can’t be and reunited in life andwith measures their family their of attainment origin, the of MENTALprovides a AND safe haven BEHAVIORAL for at-risk HEALTH.female youth, ages 13 to 18, with comprehensive services, counseling self-sufficiencynext best possible competencies situation based is diligently on a program sought that to placeoffers 1,352the youth hours with per yeara caring of skills extended training. family Asand a caselicensed management mental health to reunite services youth provider, with Three their families.Rivers Youth (107 youthcontinuously served) broadens and improves member, foster care family, or independent living. SAFETY – Three Rivers Youth safeguards youth in our care and charts their progress. Many of them have mental health services for youth, adults and families delivered by experienced licensed therapists and other Functioning – Three Rivers Youth nurtures and measures the ability of youth and families to navigate prior experiences of abuse and/or neglect and are at risk of destructive behaviors, encounters, and incidents clinical personnel strengthened by evidence-based best practices. social interactions, identify and build circles of support, improve home management and develop that could jeopardize their own and others’ wellbeing. skills for coping with adversity, challenges, and difficult tasks. Education – Three Rivers Youth promotes and monitors clients’ progress in the areas of age- PAGE 4 appropriate grade advancement, school attendance,PAGE 5 high school graduation, proficiency in core subjects, and a grade point average that is competitive for scholarship and financial aid opportunities. Life Skills – prepare youth for success at home, in school, and in life and measures their attainment of self-sufficiency competencies based on a program that offers 1,352 hours per year of skills training. Safety – Three Rivers Youth safeguards youth in our care and charts their progress. Many of them have prior experiences of abuse and/or neglect and are at risk of destructive behaviors, encounters, and incidents that could jeopardize their own and others’ wellbeing. 2

Gender Youth Gender Adult Client Age Groups Female Male Female Male <10 11-17 18-25 26-54

9% 7% 9% 17% 44 91% 56 % % 67%

Measuring Our Impact Committed to an outcomes-driven model of service, TRY tracks client outcomes using five nationally-endorsed Groundedmetrics: Permanency in continuous, Functioning quality improvement,, Education, Life PFELS Skills, andassessments Safety (PFELS). monitor and measure progress made 2014-2015 toward preferred outcomes for the youth and families served by our programs and services. Outcomes are Grounded in continuous quality improvement, PFELS assessments monitor and measure progress made toward 2014-­‐2015 PFELS – Based off of the Performance Report Card methodicallypreferred outcomes documented, for theassessed youth monthly and families by Three served Rivers by Youth’sour programs executive and team, services and .reported Outcomes quarterly are to methodicallythe Board of documented, Directors with assessed charts, monthly written by analysis, Three Rivers and projections Youth’s executive for achieving team, and targeted reported outcomes. quarterly to Permanency: the Board of Directors with charts, written analysis, and projections for achieving targeted outcomes. GOALS: FPP GOALS: Residential Home with Family at Discharge: 70% PFELS Outcomes Reunification 50% 120 Other Positive: 25% GOALS: Shelter Other Negative: 25% Positive Discharge: 50% 100

80 60 100% 90% Percent 40 80% 20 70% 60% 0 50% Permanency Functioning Attendance Attendance Graduation Graduation Life Skills Safety 96.5% 40% 73.75% 80% 93% PFL 89.5% Rate 100% Rate PFL 80% 27.33% Q1 30% 20% Q2 Permanency – Three Rivers Youth tracks whether youth, who have been placed outside the home, 10% return home or to less restrictive settings. If a client can’t be reunited with their family of origin, the 0% Q3 GH-­‐ GH-­‐Other next best possible situation is diligently sought to place the youth with a caring extended family GH-­‐NegaOve Shelter FPP Q4 member, foster care family, or independent living. ReunificaOon PosiOve Q1 40% 20% 40% 34% 77% Functioning – Three Rivers Youth nurtures and measures the ability of youth and families to navigate social interactions, identify and build circles of support, improve home management and develop Q2 28% 29% 43% 30% 82% skills for coping with adversity, challenges, and difficult tasks. Q3 22% 22% 36% 60% 75% Education – Three Rivers Youth promotes and monitors clients’ progress in the areas of age- Q4 14% 22% 64% 24% 95% appropriate grade advancement, school attendance, high school graduation, proficiency in core subjects, and a grade point average that is competitive for scholarship and financial aid opportunities.

Life Skills – prepare youth for success at home, in school, and in life and measures their attainment of self-sufficiency competencies based on a program that offers 1,352 hours per year of skills training. Functioning: Safety – Three Rivers Youth safeguards youth in our care and charts their progress. Many of them have prior experiences of abuse and/or neglect and are at risk of destructive behaviors, encounters, GOAL: 80% and incidents that could jeopardize their own and others’ wellbeing.

2 90% 84% 83% 84% 85% 79% 80% 69% 68% 70%

60% Q1 50% 46% Q2 40% Q3 30% Q4 20% 10% 0% FPP GH

PAGE 6 PAGE 7 CLIENTS SERVED 2014-2015 ACCORDING TO PROGRAM: 2014-2015 CLIENTS SERVED ACCORDING TO PROGRAM: 2014-2015 120% 120% .0017% 96% 100% 93% 96% FPP 100% 93% 28% HUB 75% 80% 71% ResidenYal 80% 75% 71% Shelter 60% BH 4% 60% 60% D&A 40% Foster Care 40% 2% 20% 1% 5% 20% 0% 0% AWendance TOTAL CLIENTS SERVED:2, 287 AWendance Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Family Partnership Program:TOTAL Providing CLIENTS in-­‐home crisis and SERVED: non-­‐crisis intervention 2,287 and support services, TRY Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 works to strengthen and empower struggling families.( 249 adults &381 youth served ) FAMILY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM: Providing in-home crisis and non-crisis intervention and support Kristin Frye 11/19/2015 9:28 AM Foster Care:Providing placement and support in family settings for teens and youth without permanent homes. Comment [1]: I would say that 62% services, TRY works to strengthen and empower struggling families. (249 adults & 381 youth served) of clients are African American and Program launched in May is designed to serve up to 30 youth over time. (4 clients served) 46% are Caucasian and 2% are other AVG GPA:2.07 including Hispanic. Biracial FOSTER CARE: Providing placement and support in family settings for teens and youth without permanentclients are included in the 62%, Shelter Services: Operating an emergency shelter and a shelter for runaway and at-­‐risk youth, TRY provides although in the future, perhaps AVG GPA:2.07 homes. Program launched in May is designed to serve up to 30 youth over time. (4 clients served) Graduate Rate 100% comprehensive therapeutic services and crisis intervention for females ages 13-­‐18 in an attempt to reunite this category should be factored youth with their families as soon as possible.( 110 clients served) separately. Graduate Rate 100% SHELTER SERVICES: Operating an emergency shelter and a shelter for runaway and at-risk youth, I would say that 80% of clients are Hub Street Outreach: TRY maintains an outreach and drop-­‐in-­‐center for homeless youth who need emergency female and 20% are male TRY providesassistance comprehensive and help with therapeutic accessing housing services and and health crisis care, intervention legal advocacy, for females GED ages preparation, 13-18 in an job placement Kristin Frye 11/19/2015 9:46 AM attemptservices to reunite and referrals youth with to their educational families programs as soon and as career possible. training. (110 (Outreach clients to served)100 clients ) Comment [2]: 94% Female & 80% Minority

99% 99% HUB GroupSTREET Homes OUTREACH:: Serving youth, TRY ages maintains-­‐ 13 18, who an have outreach been courtand-­‐ordered drop-in-center into out-­‐of-­‐ homefor homeless placement, youth our who five need 99% 99% community-­‐based group homes provide safe holistic residential services in a homelikeetting, s including 99% emergencyeducational assistance support, and therapeutic help with accessing care, counseling, housing andand life health skills. (53 Clientscare, legal) advocacy, GED preparation, job 98% 99% placement services and referrals to educational programs and career training. (Outreach to 100 clients) Kristin Frye 11/19/2015 9:47 AM 98% Behavioral Health Services: Three Rivers Youth has secured a Pennsylvania mental health services license and is Comment [3]: 83% Minority & 75% Female 98% GROUPready HOMES: to provide Serving a spectrum youth, of ages behaviora 13-18,l health who services have been delivered court-ordered by experienced into out-of-home licensed therapists placement, and 98% other clinical personnel. (Approximately: 12 clients served) Q1 our five community-based group homes provide safe holistic residential services in a homelike setting, 97% Q1 including educational support, therapeutic care, counseling, and life skills. (53 Clients) 97% Q2 Drug & AlcoholServices: Three Rivers Youth provides prevention & Intervention services to youth and young Q2 adults through a variety of programs in their community and schools, in addition to providing assessments and 96% Q3 referrals at the local DRC . site (1378 clients served: prevention/intervention & DRC ) 95% BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES: Three Rivers Youth has secured a Pennsylvania mental health Q3 Kristin Frye 11/19/2015 12:25 PM 96% Q4 services license and is ready to provide a spectrum of behavioral health services delivered by experienced 95% Comment [4]: African American: 85% 95% Q4 Females: 40% licensed therapists and other clinical personnel. (Approximately: 12 clients served) 95% 94% DRUG & ALCOHOL SERVICES: Three Rivers Youth provides prevention & Intervention services 94% to youth and young adults through a variety of programs in their community and schools, in addition to 93% providing assessments and referrals at the local DRC site. (1378 clients served: prevention/intervention 93% Safety & DRC) Safety

PAGE 8 PAGE 9 NELLIE LEADERSHIP AWARDS 2014 NELLIE LEADERSHIP AWARDS 2014

A TASTE OF NEW ORLEANS

Three Rivers Youth annually presents the Nellie Leadership Awards gala to honor champions for disadvantaged youth while illuminating the plight of youth removed from their homes due to trauma, neglect, and abuse.

In May 2014, Three Rivers Youth welcomed nearly 300 guests to the Carnegie Museum to experience a Taste of New Orleans, accented with the unique Big Easy blend of Cajun, Creole, African, and French culture.

Gala Chair Randall L. Crawford, president of EQT Midstream Distribution & Commercial (pictured right) exemplifies compassionate corporate leadership through his personal and professional commitments to improving the lives of disadvantaged youth and families in this region.

Honorary Co-chairs Roseanne Ruggiero and Mark H. Wholey, MD, are well known for their charitable work. Together, they led a Host Committee which raised $10,000 for Three Rivers Youth.

THE 2014 NELLIE LEADERSHIP AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO:

The Black Association of South Hills for Women, founded in 1978, for the volunteerism of its Community Service Committee particularly benefiting vulnerable women and girls.

Duquesne Light, for its corporate responsibility represented by President and CEO Richard Riazzi. The Heinz Endowments for is advocacy, since 2007, through its African American Men and Boys Initiative led by Carmen A. Anderson, the senior program officer for Children Youth and Families.

The Reverend Harold T. Lewis, Ph.d, D.D., D.C.L., for his humanitarianism as an ordained Episcopalian priest who, in addition to becoming the first African American rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside (1996) has pastored congregations from his native Brooklyn, New York to and taught homiletics and Christian ethics in the Caribbean, Central America, and Great Britain and the Caribbean and throughout the U.S. and Africa.

The Pittsburgh Pirates, for its community engagement through its charitable giving, its youth engagement, and its community programming guided by Chaz Kellem, manager of diversity initiatives. Photos by Fred Kenderson

PAGE 10 PAGE 11 135th Anniversary and Nellie Leadership Awards 135th Anniversary and Nellie Leadership Awards HALL OF FAME 2015 HALL OF FAME 2015

The Three Rivers Youth 135th Anniversary and 2015. Nellie Leadership Awards Hall of Fame Gala was celebrated on May 12, 2015 at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. Evoking the melieu of the Art Deco S.S. Normandie ocean liner, the gala was sponsored by Presenting Sponsos Highmark and Highmark Insurance.

More than 200 guests dined, danced, and donated through table games of chance at the gala to support the agency that has served the neediest children and their families since 1880. The annual gala is the largest fundraising event of Three Rivers Youth, which inducts into the Hall of Fame previous Nellie Leadership Awards winners every five years.

Inducted were George Miles, The Thornberg Community Club, Massaro Corporation, Robert Hill, Cecile and Eric Springer, PricewaterhouseCoopers, FedEx, Esther Bush, Karen Wolk Feinstein, BNY Mellon, Mt. Lebanon High School, Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh Pirates, Black Association of South Hills for Women, and Harold Lewis; also Greg Peaslee, Margaret-Larkins-Pettigrew, Randall Crawford, Roseanne Ruggiero Wholey, Mark Wholey, and Duquesne Light.

Photos (by Saihou Njie) from top: Photos (by Saihou Njie) from top: HM Insurance Group president Matthew Rhenish (left) and Highmark senior vice 2016 Nellie Leadership Award Hall of Fame Honorees president Even Frazier. gather wearing their medallions. Francine Sims-Gates, a Termon Avenue Home client during the 1970s, Mr. Rhenish, Three Rivers Youth addresses the gala audience. Carmen Miller, who sang president and CEO Peggy Harris, and the songs of Josephine Baker at the gala, poses next to Mr. Frazier. a cut-out image of the singer. Ms. Baker was a homeless teenager in St. Louis, but reached stardom in Paris Accepting on behalf of the Hall of Famers during the heyday of the Art Deco era and later Robert Hill. adopted many children of different races.

PAGE 12 PAGE 13 135th Anniversary and Nellie Leadership Awards Volunteers working to remodel HALL OF FAME 2015 Three Rivers Youth facilities Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Katelyn Jones/Post-Gazette Amanda Foley of Butler chips away at the tile on the walls in one of the bathrooms Photos (by Saihou Njie) from top: at the Termon Avenue location of Three Rivers Youth.

Ruth Richardson, honorary board of directors member and former head of the Peggy Harris knows that a bed in a clean, secure Termon Avenue Home when it merged with home can make a difference to a troubled teen. the Girls Service Club to form Three Rivers The president and CEO of Three Rivers Youth is in charge educational support, drug and alcohol prevention and Youth in 1970. of five facilities that serve as temporary homes for troubled intervention, and behavioral health services. youth, and this month three of them (two in Brighton Heights Hall of Fame honorees George Miles (left) and one in Mt. Lebanon) are getting face-lifts from volunteers “These are the children’s homes, though they are temporary and Harold Lewis with his wife, Cludette who are updating kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, storage, homes,” Ms. Harris said. “It’s really, really making a Lewis, board of directors member and lighting, furnishings, windows, roofing and landscaping. difference to be able to live, at least for some short time, former board chair. where they can have some hope. Many have never had their The volunteers are from Lowe’s, which is drawing people and own bedrooms, or their own bed. For some children it’s Peggy and Cordell Harris. resources from its 18 regional stores to work on the facilities. providing an experience they’ve never had. It’s important to Three Rivers Youth is an independent, nonprofit child the work we do to heal and nurture.” welfare agency serving abused, neglected, troubled, homeless and runaway youth from the Pittsburgh region since 1880. The volunteer program, called Lowe’s Heroes, is a One of the Brighton Heights facilities, on Termon Avenue, companywide volunteer initiative that offers Lowe’s is the site of the original home. employees the opportunity to work on a project in their own neighborhoods. Most of the residents are ages 13 to 18, though some choose to remain up to age 21, Ms. Harris said. They live in the “The children, families and staff of Three Rivers Youth are Three Rivers Youth homes for weeks to months at a time, grateful to the Lowe’s Heroes volunteers for their generosity depending on their family situations and Children Youth and and spirit of community-mindedness. Our youth and families Families recommendations. Three Rivers offers therapeutic will benefit from this caring and good-neighbor support well Photos Saihou Njie group homes, family crisis and support services, foster care, into the future,” Ms. Harris said.

PAGE 14 PAGE 15 INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS Thank you for your support! JULY1, 2013 - JUNE 30, 2015 THREE RIVERS YOUTH BALANCE SHEET A Second Chance Diana Charletta A. Franklin Charles Adreon Ted and Diana Charletta Gateway Health June 30,THREE 2014 RIVERS YOUTH Charles and Nancy Adreon City of Pittsburgh Gateway Health Plan African American Chamber ClubCorp Charties Renee Gestrich BALANCE SHEET of Commerce David and Meredith Cohen Giant Eagle June 30,JUNE 2015 30, 2015 Allegheny County WITH COMPARATIVE TOTALS FOR JUNE 30, 2014 AND JUNE 30, 2013 Michele K. Cvetkovic Susan D. Gilmore Allegheny County Bar Cohen and Grisby L. Glasco Association Foundation 2015 2014 Comcast Laurence and Ingrid Glasco ASSETS Allied Insurance Brokers Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Angela Gonzalez-Hassan Current Assets Alpha Alpha Omega Chapter/ Cash $ 193,412 $ 289,929 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. V. Copeland Ada S. Griffin Accounts Receivable 609,295 680,150 Anonymous X 4 Frederick Crawford and Barbara Griffin Prepaid Expenses 86,038 86,821 Michelle Ritter-Crawford Lori and Robert Andrews Andrews Fred and Linda Griffin Total Current Assets $ 888,745 $ 1,056,900 Randall Crawford J. Arkus Gianna Griffin Susan Cruz Land, Building and Equipment - At Cost Jane Arkus Peggy B. Harris Timothy D. Less: Accumulated Depreciation of Askesis Development Group Thomas L. Hawes $3,624,879 and $3,518,793 1,474,372 1,514,360 Thomas Reiter and C. Hayes Banksville Express Printing Stephanie A.J. Dangle Heinz Endowments TOTAL ASSETS $ 2,363,117 $ 2,571,260 Lisa Mebane Barnett F. David Ruscetti Henderson Brothers Bayer Material Science J. Delacio Sharon Hicks LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Beachler III in memory E. Dickey Current Liabilities of Bud Beachler Highmark Dollar Bank Accounts Payable - Trade $ 144,555 $ 79,402 Susan Beam Charlene Hill-Coleman Accrued Expenses and Withholdings 116,988 119,842 Roy and Susie Dorrance III Dotti Bechtol E. Hollis Accrued Vacation 100,880 94,805 David C. Droppa Jaqueline A. Blakey and Paulette Ralph L and Elizabeth Hollis, Jr Line of Credit 249,613 225,000 Duquesne Light Notes Payable 7,149 - J. Blakey-Kelly Kenneth Huston DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Mortgage Payable 5,823 70,257 BNY Mellon J. SCOTT MAZUR CPA Total Current Liabilities $ 625,008 $ 589,306 Duquesne Light BNY Mellon Foundation Underground Crew Naron Jackson of Southwestern Pennsylvania Accrued Pension Liability 200,000 200,000 Eaton Corporation Jewish Health Care Foundation David J. Blair and Marianne Joden World Resources Auto Payable 28,495 - Bokan-Blair Tracy J. Elliott Mortgage Payable 559,177 957,877 S. Kennedy F. Bovina Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh Total Liabilities $ 1,412,680 $ 1,747,183 Julia M. Kleeman Heather Bowlin EQT Corporation Kayla Kohlman Net Assets Matthew and Lynne Bradley EQT Fund Claude and Laura Penrod Kronk Unrestricted 630,437 565,151 J. Brady Christian Dean Everly S. Kuraati R. Brand Every Child Temporarily Restricted 320,000 258,826 Michael Kutsenkow Sandie Brand Carmine and Amber R. Fantini R. Kutsenkow Total Net Assets $ 950,437 $ 823,977 L. Bryand C. Fantini Fast Signs Thomas E. Cummings and R. Burke Mary E. Lang TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 2,363,117 $ 2,571,160 Fedrecia Reid S. Buss Le Pink and Green Strolling Byars and Alexander Fifth Third Bank Dream Team Cortez Lee Carey First Commonwealth Bank K. Lesker Kelly Ann Carrow First Niagara C. Lewis B. Carter Daimian Foster Lois Michaels Tony Foster The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. James C Chaplin IV Aaron A. Mickens

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Jim Griffin and Elisa Long Grace Ravenna D. Thomas 2014 2015 Andrea T. and Glenn R. Mahone Mary Reed F. Thomas BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Massaro Constuction Group Maureen Rees Thornburg Community Club Massey Charitable Trust Richard and Carol Riazzi Tickets for Kids Chuck Adreon, Board Chair Chauncey Smith (Chair) Brock McCandless Richard King Mellon Foundation Tier 1 K. McCarl Monique A Roberts Scott Mazur Fred Griffin, Treasurer Diana Charletta (Secretary) Robert McCutcheon William M. Robinson and Alan and Mary Beth Trivilino Lisa Mebane Barnett, Esq. Lisa Mebane Barnett Joseph McDaniel-Chinn Sharon A. Semenza Truist Diana Charletta Brandon Bell V. McDonald-Roberts Rose Kutsenkow in memory of Chaton Turner Kimberly A. Ruud Susan Cruz Kathryn Harrison Edwin McGinnis United States Department of Rycon Construction Sharon Hicks Sharon Hicks W. Mickens Health and Human Services J. Sabatos TaMara Howard TaMara Howard Jeffrey and Jacqueline Morby United Way Karen E. Saine Morby Family Chartitable Fund United Way of Allegheny County Claudette R. Lewis Claudette R. Lewis Raymond W Sauer, Jr. MT LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL United Way of Butler County Chauncey Smith Brock McCandless, Esq. Robert and Rosemarie Schuler Mt. Lebanon United United Way of Tishekia Williams, Esq. John Sabatos Lutheran Church J. Schwab Westmoreland County Jenyce Woodruff, Esq. Verlon E. Salley Joan Mukogosi Schwab Charitable University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work Joe Murawski Sciullo Insurance Marshall Wunderlich Adam Smith Eckert Seamans UPMC Community Valerie Yvette Nance Behavioral Health William M. Robinson and Sharon NEED UPMC Healthcare A. Semenza J. Neu Upper St. Clair High School William J. Shanley, Jr. C. Nickens Urban Ballroom Dancers HONORARY MEMBER Edward and Judith Sherry Robert Nicklos Urban League of Greater Ruth Richardson PACE A. Smeltz Pittsburgh Anthony and Amy Pardo Pardo Chauncey Smith Jay Villela PRESIDENT AND CEO Peoples Gas Chauncey and Bernice Smith Mary R. Weidlein A. Perlow Shanice Smith Lauren Wholey Peggy B. Harris, MPA G. Perlow Eric Springer Loisanne Wholey Chenits and Margaret Larkins Staunton Farm Foundation Mark Wholey and Roseanne EXECUTIVE TEAM Ruggiero Wholey Pettigrew Evelyn Stephens Stephanie Clark, director of Drug and Alcohol Services R. Taliaferro Wholey Family Fund Pittsburgh Fund Leroy Hackenberg, vice president of Finance Pittsburgh Pirates The Care Registry Tishekia Williams Charlene Hill-Coleman, vice president of Human Resources PITTSBURGH PIRATES The Cindy and Murry Christopher Winston Gerber Foundation Mary Jo McCoy, director of In-Home Services PNC Women of Southwestern PA, Inc. The Grable Foundation PNC Bank WPXI Aaron Mickens, vice president of Operations The Park Mansions PNC Charitable Trust Freida Reid, director of Foster Care and Behavioral Health The Pittsburgh Foundation PNC Financial Group Courtney Wilkins, director of Residential Services PNC Foundation Richard and Mary Polley *Contributions made between July1, 2013 and June 30, 2015. PricewaterhouseCoopers Three Rivers Youth makes every effort to list all contributors who PWC donated during the period. Please notify us if your contribution Range Resources-Appalachia during the period is not acknowledged: 412-441-5020.

PAGE 18 PAGE 19 Mission Three Rivers Youth preserves and unites families, combats homelessness, enhances educational opportunities, and builds life skills for at-risk youth. Co Vision To be a leader in innovative and model programs, providing excellent, comprehensive services for at-risk youth and their families. Contact us HOPE Peggy B. Harris, President and CEO Artist Saihou O. Njle’s artwork depicts what Nellie Grant, the first Three Rivers Youth client, Three Rivers Youth may have looked like. The discovery of little Nellie Administrative Offices wandering the streets alone in 1880 led to the 6117 Broad Street creation of Pittsburgh’s Home for Colored Children Pittsburgh PA 15206 Phone: 412-441-5020 Fax: 412-441-5021 www.threeriversyouth.org

PAGE 20 On the fence of the pavilion in the yard of the Termon Avenue property by a teenager.

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