Offering Healing and Hope to Children and Families...Affected by Abuse

Offering healing and hope to children and families...

...affected by abuse, abandonment and neglect.

Providing healing, hope, and a FISCAL YEAR home 2018 to children ANNUAL and familie REPORTs. WHAT WE DO WHO WE ARE MISSION: For nearly 35 years, SJRC Texas has been caring for the most vulnerable children and families who have been affected by To offer healing and hope to children and families affected by abuse, abandonment or neglect. trauma, abuse and neglect, and have been removed from their homes by the Department of Family and Protective Services. VISION: Daily, we care for over 100 children in and from the Greater Abused and neglected children will be empowered to grow up to be happy, productive and caring adults. San Antonio and surrounding area. We give them a safe place to live, feed and clothe them, and truly help them to heal while CORE VALUES: striving to provide them with a happy childhood. We strive to provide the best care possible, and bring a wealth of knowledge RESPECT: Treating yourself and others with kindness, compassion and understanding despite differences. and experience to our work in raising children in foster care, JOY: Creating an uplifting environment that provides laughter, optimism and hope. the mental health of children and families, and the welfare of INTEGRITY: Holding ourselves to high moral and ethical standards. children and adoptions. The programs of SJRC Texas ensure FAITH/COMPASSION: Service through faith and compassion. that children placed in our care receive therapeutic treatment along their journey of healing towards a brighter future. We COMMITMENT: A dedication to the success of the organization and to each other. utilize a therapeutic model of care, TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) based on brain research on EXCELLENCE: As the industry leaders we are creating positive results and healing our children. how trauma affects the developing brain and how to best offer healing from that trauma, giving children the tools to heal from trauma, abuse and neglect. We offer a continuum of care that is nationally accredited through the Council on Accreditation (COA) and achieve our mission by offering the following programs: Emergency Placement, Therapeutic Residential Foster Care, Pregnant and Parenting Teen Services, Healing for Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking, and Foster Care and Adoption Services and Community Outreach. THERAPEUTIC RESIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE PROGRAM This program houses 38 youth at any one time on a 10-acre ranch, and primarily focuses on teaching social skills, facilitating education and helping children deal with past issues and trauma through targeted therapeutic services as they live in homelike environments that model a functional family dynamic. Children who are admitted with psychiatric diagnoses and significant emotional and/or behavioral issues receive individual therapy more frequently than other youth in care to address their increased mental health needs. PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS PROGRAM AND EMERGENCY SHELTER SJRC Texas has responded to one of the greatest unmet needs for children—girls in the foster care system that are pregnant and/or parenting. This 24-bed program, added to our New Braunfels campus in 2009, gives these young mothers prenatal and birthing care to address health, wellness, structure and stability as they learn life skills, job skills and parenting skills. This location also serves as an Emergency Shelter – we meet the most basic and immediate needs of children in a crisis situation. They come with often just the clothes on their back, confused and scared not knowing what their future holds. We immediately ensure they are fed, clothed and receive any medical care they may be lacking. CHILD PLACING AGENCY The program, with offices located in San Antonio, consists of our Community Foster Care and Adoption Services. In response to the community need for additional quality foster care providers, this program maintains the high quality of SJRC Texas programs, but provides services in community-based, individual Providing healing, hope, and a home to children and families. family foster homes for children that can maintain and succeed in a lower level of care. In 2015, we received our adoption license, making it possible to provide forever families to our states most vulnerable children. 1400 RIDGE CREEK LANE • BULVERDE, TEXAS 78163 • Our Emergency Shelter provided LETTER FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER emergency care services to 63 children. Dear SJRC Texas Friends and Family, • This year, we provided loving As June 30, 2018 marked the end of another fiscal year for SJRC Texas, I am amazed at all the accomplish- and supportive services to 10 ments the organization experienced, and I am very excited for what this coming fiscal year holds. Even more confirmed survivors of Child so, I am grateful for the many children and families that we cared for, and the healing that could transpire Sex Trafficking. In fiscal year because of SJRC Texas, our staff, and our wonderful volunteers and donors. Because of YOU, we have successfully continued our mission to offer healing and hope to children and families affected by abuse, abandon- 2019, we hope that our ment or neglect, and our vision that abused and neglected children will be empowered to grow up to be happy, continued efforts will save productive and caring adults. On behalf of SJRC Texas, I thank you for your generosity and support through it more young teens from the all. Your generosity and support transformed lives, met physical needs, and helped us to truly offer healing and hands of sex traffickers and hope to the children we care for. provide therapeutic services to help these youths heal. Only receiving 60% of our costs from the State of Texas leaves us with fundraising the remaining 40%, which is nearly 2 million dollars annually. Because this fiscal year was a bit of a struggle due to natural disasters and • Classes began on August 14 at other changes in the fundraising landscape, we were just shy of meeting our annual fundraising goal. our new on-campus school ran by the UT Austin Charter School System. • We had a total of 31 licensed foster homes provide safe, loving homes for 60 children throughout the year.

As we move forward in the next fiscal year and beyond, I am proud of what SJRC Texas has accomplished, and excited about the future. This year alone across our organization we worked with 400 volunteers, cared for close to 200 children/young adults, employed 92 dedicated staff, and expanded our Board of Directors to 12 active members that have helped us dramatically increase our donor base and presence in the community.

Our community of supporters is strong and vibrant, and together, we will continue our efforts to ensure that the children we care for truly feel healing and hope. We are looking forward to much more in Fiscal Year 2019!

Sincerely,

A FEW OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR INCLUDE: • SJRC cared for close to 200 children and had them safely within our beds for 27,326 nights. Tara Roussett, CEO • In both our Emergency Shelter and Long-Term Program, we provided services to 35 Pregnant and Parenting Youth to include employability classes, prenatal and parenting classes, financial literacy classes, Trust Based Relational Intervention guidance, Domestic Violence Prevention, Sex Education, and Healthy Relationship classes.

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Hello, Overall, SJRC Texas cared for close to 200 children and cared for them My name is József Terényi, and I am the proud chairman of SJRC TX’s Governing Board. There are many safely in our beds for 27,326 nights! reasons why I am proud to be involved in this fantastic organization, but the main reason is that we provide loving and caring homes for children, whom in many cases, never had a stable support system. Last year, our direct care and support staff provided 213,873 counseling When friends ask me what is the mission of SJRC minutes and spent 271 minutes TX, and what do we do, I always warn them before referring our youth to resources answering; as it is hard not to get involved with us, in the community. because our organization helps so many neglected and abandoned children. How do you walk away EMERGENCY SHELTER from that? It is such a worthy cause. This 24- bed facility, located at our New Braunfels campus, serves as an The likely reason you are reading this is because in Emergency Shelter, where meet the one way or another, you did not walk away from most basic and immediate needs getting involved with children needing help; you of children in a crisis that have been became one of our supporters. The main reason I removed from their homes due to am writing this, is to Thank You. I want to thank abuse, neglect or abandonment. The you, because no matter how passionate we are about children come with often just the our mission, we cannot do any of our work without clothes on their back, confused and supporters and fans like YOU. scared not knowing what their future holds. We immediately ensure they are Our board’s job is to provide strategic guidance to our CEO, Tara Roussett. Tara runs an outstanding fed, clothed and receive any medical care they may be lacking. organization with low overhead cost and great suc- • Provided emergency services for 63 children cess in providing a safe and nurturing environment to our children. Your hard-earned dollars, volunteer hours, • 100% of children remained safe while in care and donations go directly to the care of our youth. RESIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE Please keep up the good work and spread the word about us. As the need in our state’s foster care system ever This program houses 38 youth at any one time on a 10-acre ranch, and primarily focuses on teaching social grows, we need more supporters like you. Please come out to one of our campuses, bring friends with you, visit one of our volunteer events, promote us on social media, or tell a friend about us. Our children will get the skills, facilitating education and helping children deal with past issues of trauma through targeted therapeutic benefit of every donated dollar, social media post, one hour volunteered or donated goods. That is powerful… services as they live in homelike environments that model a functional family dynamic. • Provided care for 120 children Please, continue to be our children's biggest fans. They all need more fans like you. With your help they • 92% served were able to move to a less restrictive level of care upon discharge can grow up to be a driven, happy and productive part of our social fabric. • Opened the doors to an on-site charter school ran by the University of Texas Charter School System Respectfully, • 100% graduation rate • 100% of children remained safe while in care

PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEEN PROGRAM SJRC Texas has responded to one of the greatest unmet needs for children—girls in the foster care system József Terényi that are pregnant and/or parenting. This 24-bed program, added to our New Braunfels campus in 2009, gives these young mothers prenatal and birthing care to address health, wellness, structure and stability as they learn life skills, job skills and parenting skills.

6 FISCAL YEAR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 7 • In both our Emergency Shelter and Long-Term Program, we provided services to 35 Pregnant and OUR IMPACT Parenting Youth to include employability classes, prenatal and parenting classes, financial literacy Bella was part of a sibling group when she classes, Trust Based Relational Intervention guidance, first came to the SJRC Bulverde campus. Domestic Violence Prevention, Sex Education, and Her two older sisters chose to be adopted Healthy Relationship classes. by a family they knew through school. Bella didn’t feel that they were the right family for • Of 19 teen mothers in our long-term Pregnant and her, so she chose to forgo being adopted, but Parenting Teen program, 15 were eligible for and instead supported her sisters becoming part gained employment, and worked at least part time of a new family, while she continued to live while attending school! The other youth either in our care. volunteered or focused solely on their education. 100% of our youth saved money for their future. While Bella patiently waited for her perfect • 100% of these young mothers were enrolled into family to find her, she put all her energy into school and worked through classes to get caught up learning gymnastics and cheerleading. All in their educational goals. We celebrated 4 graduations from these mothers in the 2017-2018 school year. her hard work paid off because she made the • This year, we provided loving and supportive services to 10 confirmed survivors of Child Sex Trafficking. cheerleading team at her school, which was In fiscal year 2019, we hope that our continued efforts will save more young teens from the hands of sex no easy feat considering how competitive traffickers and provide therapeutic services to help these youths heal. athletics are at this school.

CHILD PLACING AGENCY As fate would have it, not too long later, The program, with offices located in San Antonio, consists of our Community Foster Care and Adoption Bella met her soon-to-be forever family at Services. In response to the community need for additional quality foster care providers, this program the shooting of SJRC’s Public Service Announcement one Saturday morning in Bulverde. The Baynham maintains the high quality of SJRC Texas programs, but provides services in community-based, individual family fell in love with Bella that day and couldn’t get her out of their mind. A few days later we arranged family foster homes for children that can maintain and succeed in a lower level of care. a dinner for them to get to know Bella better, and a few days after that was the first of many extended visits • We licensed 17 brand new foster families who the family had with Bella. After just a few short weeks Bella decided she wanted to live with the Baynham were all very passionate about opening their family permanently. doors to children in need! The Baynhams are such a perfect fit for Bella – they’re • We had a total of 31 licensed foster homes a very young, active family, which is exactly what an provide safe, loving homes for 60 children energetic girl like Bella needs. They have nurtured her throughout the year. God-given talents and allowed her gymnastics skills to • 13 of those children were ultimately adopted flourish. Living with the Baynhams, Bella was able to by their foster families. They will now get to join a competitive cheerleading team and travel all over grow up in their forever home, breaking the the country to compete. She made the cheerleading cycle of abuse for that child. team at her new high school, and now has her very own • 10 children were reunited with their biological “Cheer Mom” since being adopted by the Baynhams families. How amazing for these children that in December 2017. such overwhelming challenges were overcome to allow them to return home! It’s hard to imagine where Bella might be today if she hadn’t met her forever family, and we couldn’t be more happy to have been a part of the creation of this amazing family!

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This past year has shown to be a great success At our Bulverde campus we are finding more and for our SJRC teen moms! One of our young more that our older teenagers are with us in long moms successfully aged out of the Foster Care term foster care while their sibling group is placed system and our Parenting Program before her together in a foster home and adopted into forever 21st birthday! A successful transition from foster homes. Statistics will tell you that once a youth in care to independence means that this young foster care becomes a teenager, their opportunities mother and her 2 children, are living in an apart- for adoption get smaller and smaller until finally ment on their own, mom is employed full time, there is little to no hope. This was the reality that one child is in head start, the other in daycare, Casey was facing when she came to SJRC Texas as and mom’s paycheck pays for her to provide food, a 17-year-old in foster care. utilities, rent, and other basic needs for her family! She is a productive member of our community and Before being discharged from a psychiatric hospital calls New Braunfels her home. She is a high school due to severe depression and anxiety, Casey would graduate and has attended classes at Central Texas constantly worry that there would be no place for Technology Center! her to go as she exited foster care and entered the real world. Casey is the oldest of her 4 siblings Also, two of our other teen moms transitioned from our program to Foster Families with the hopes of whom she did not have visits with prior to coming finding their forever families! Even Teenagers pray for a forever family to be there while they continue to SJRC Texas. Her father died when she was younger, and her mother suffered from severe depression to grow into adults! Most Foster families hope for a child to love and care for but it takes a special foster and a drug addiction. Casey spent most of her teenage years caring for her little brothers and sister. She parent, who wants to love and support a teen mother and her child in their home! knew that to keep her family together and keep CPS from getting involved she needed to make sure they were fed, clothed, and made it to school. When we asked Casey about this time in her life she told us that “her job was to be the mom because she knew that is what her siblings needed.”

As time passed, the children’s elementary school realized what the family dynamic actually looked like and called a report into the child abuse hotline. This was, as Casey put it, “the beginning of the end." Or so she thought. Because they were so much younger than Casey, her siblings were placed in a foster- to-adopt home and Casey went to an emergency shelter. As her siblings began to thrive, Casey began to deteriorate. Her whole world had crashed down and her role of being their caregiver was over. Casey was forced to leave three placements before she was finally sent to the psychiatric hospital after not wanting to leave her room for several days.

As their mother was unwilling to accept parental responsibility and later relinquished her rights to all four children, they were all legally available for adoption. This expedited the process for the three little siblings and they were officially adopted after being in the foster home for two years. Casey was once again alone. On a Tuesday night, SJRC staff welcomed Casey to her new home and introduced her to her roommate and the other kids and staff on campus. Casey was several years behind in school since her education was never a priority growing up. It was going to take a lot of work and patience from the staff and more importantly from Casey, but after only a few months, Casey is doing well in our charter school and finding her new normal at SJRC Texas. The turning point came when she was finally able to resume visits with her brothers and sister. Sadly, Casey knows that her life will never be the same, but she has said that if she can’t live with her siblings, then the next best thing is to be with us at SJRC Texas where the staff love her and treat her with respect. We will be there for Casey and cheer her on as she graduates high school next year and celebrate with her as she prepares to leave foster care. When asked about her future, Casey states “There is no way I would be graduating or preparing for adulthood without the help of the staff and SJRC Texas!”

10 FISCAL YEAR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 11 Chevron Matching Employee Funds KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION THANK YOU! - YourCause, LLC Trustee ….to our corporate donors, and foundation Comal Cops for Kids Foundation WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDS: HOW WE SPEND OUR FUNDS: funders for all your generous support! Comal ISD 6% Development County of Comal ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, CSX Transportation c/o Cybergrants FOUNDATIONS, & CHURCHES CustomInk LLC 15% Other Government 14.2% AbbVie Employee Engagement Fund Dell Giving - YourCause, LLC Paying Agent Admin Funding - YourCause, LLC Trustee DOCUmation Accenture LLP - YourCause, LLC Trustee DonateWell - Good Done Great 12% Aetna Foundation, Inc. c/o CyberGrants, LLC eBay Foundation - YourCause LLC Trustee Donations AGC of Texas - San Antonio Ed Rachal Foundation 60% Air Force Chaplin Corps Estrup LTD DFPS Funding 10% Amazon Smile Account F.O.E. Ladies Auxiliary, #2999 Foundation Grants American Express Company Employee Giving Program First Protestant Church of New Braunfels - JK Group c/o EasyMatch First Protestant Church Women's Ministries America's Best Charities First United Methodist Church - Ruth Circle Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust 79.6% Programs Fitness Kinektions Andeavor Foundation Inc. - YourCause, LLC Trustee 4% Foresters Financial Event Income Anytime Fitness Frost Bank - San Antonio & Sponsorships Asset Preservation Solutions Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas Troop #1064 TOTAL REVENUE: TOTAL EXPENDITURES: AT&T Corporate Employee Giving Program - YourCause Give With Liberty Employee Donations $3,976,888.19 $4,028,463.00* Athlete Guild - EasyMatch ( JK Group) Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. Goodshop DFPS Funding: ...... 60% Development Costs: ...... $249K Bank of America Employee Giving Campaign Grande Communications Community Chest Other Government Funding: ...... 15% Administrative Costs: ...... $573K c/o CyberGrants, Inc. Gruene Harley-Davidson Donations: ...... 12% Program Services: ...... $3.2M BBVA Compass Charity Employee Giving Program GVTC Foundation - YourCause, LLC Trustee Foundation Grants: ...... 10% Halliburton Giving Choices - JK Group c/o EasyMatch *Includes $143,374 depreciation expense BEC Corporation Event Income & Sponsorships - NET: . . 4% HCA Caring for the Community - YourCause Trustee Best Buy Employee Giving Program - YourCause Other Income: ...... 0% H-E-B Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust Bless Your Heart LLC Howard Energy Partners Boeing Company Employee Gift Match Program IMPORTANT STATISTICS ABOUT THE WORK WE DO: Iron Order Motorcycle Club - Gruene TX Chapter c/o Cybergrants Javelina/Crew Total clients served FY18 ...... 200 Boeing Employee Individual Giving Program Total nights in care FY18 ...... 27,326 IsoSpectra, LLC Bracken Christian School and Student Council Daily cost to care for a child ...... $112.70 JCPenney Change for the Better Campaign Children remaining safe while in care ...... 100% Branches Fellowship c/o CyberGrants, LLC Youth moved to a less restrictive environment after leaving SJRC ...... 92% Broadway National Bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. Youth who remain in school or graduate ...... 100% Buffbunny LLC Kendra Scott LLC ...... Number of youth for whom emergency services were provided 63 Bulverde Lions Club Laurel Ridge Treatment Center • This year, we provided loving and supportive services to 10 confirmed survivors of Child Sex Trafficking. Bulverde United Methodist Women Local Independent Charities of America • Classes began on August 14 at our new on-campus school run by the UT Austin Charter School System. Canyon Lake Noon Lions Linda D. Lehr Charitable Trust • Last year, our direct care and support staff provided 213,873 counseling minutes and spent 271 minutes Canyon Lake Parrot Head Club Lions Foundation of West Comal County referring our youth to resources in the community. Carl C. Anderson Sr. and Marie Jo Anderson Little Rock Chapel Charitable Foundation • SJRC Texas is nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA), Fewer than 10% of Texas LMEPAC c/o Public Affairs Support Services Catholic Daughters of the Americas CT. Our Mother providers are COA accredited. COA Accreditation signifies that SJRC Texas is effectively managing its Longhorn Recycling, LP resources and providing the best possible services to its consumers, employees, board, donors, funders of Peace & Unity, 2487 Make My Donation Inc and regulators. Celebrations Bridal and Prom

12 FISCAL YEAR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 13 Marietta K. Randall Foundation Target Corporation c/o CyberGrants, LLC McFadin Foundation TCA - Texas Corvette Association BOARD OF DIRECTORS McKenna Foundation Texas Mutual Insurance Company ADAM BOLAND Merchant Multiservice, LLC - Gov-Pay Texas Zeta Iota Chapter 2460 Strasburger and Price Morning Glory Garden Club The Children's Dental Ark LYN BLUM Mulberry Canyon Associates The Greehey Family Foundation Texas Corvette Association Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust The Harvey E. Najim Family Foundation NINA DURAN Natural Bridge Wildlife Heritage Foundation The Nonprofit Council Inc. Insperity NetWorth Realty, LLC Tom Hotaling Insurance Agency SIRO GUTIERREZ New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild Toothtime Family Dentistry Bank of America New Braunfels Presbyterian Church Trane Air Conditioning BILL HAMILTON New York Life - YourCause, LLC Trustee Travelers Community Connections c/o CyberGrants Inc. Oakwood Tuesday Morning Men's Group TRUiST Peterson Regional Medical Center Painting with a Twist Union Pacific Corporation ERIC KING Panda Express Union Pacific FFEG Charity Custodial Account Insight Consulting Group, Allmed, SleepTek, PEC United Charities, Inc. United Transportation Union Insurance Association KVS, Genesis Medical Consulting, Exigo Medical and Insight Diagnostics. PepsiCo Foundation United Way Worldwide DAF United Way for Greater Austin STEPHEN LIN - YourCause LLC Trustee United Way of Comal County PG&E Employee Giving - YourCause, LLC Trustee United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. CDS Muery Philanthropy Ventures UTUIA Local Unit One JOHN LUJAN PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - YourCause, LLC Trustee Valero Energy Foundation Y&L Consulting Promptu Immediate Care Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign SAMANTHA NAJERA Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union Whataburger HeartFire Media River Chase Bunko Belles Woodcraft LISA SHORT Rotary Club of New Braunfels Wurstfest Association Valero Energy Corporation Rothell Charitable Foundation of Central Texas Wyndham Worldwide - YourCause, LLC Trustee AMANDA STIVER SA Renovations Howard Energy Partners SA United Soccer Club JOZSEF TERENYI-BOARD CHAIR Salesforce.org THANK YOU! San Antonio Area Foundation ….to our individual donors that were NuStar Energy LP San Antonio Pipeliners Association inducted into SJRC Texas’ Benefactor Santa's Rolling Reindeer Circle for FY 2018! EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM Santikos Entertainment TARA ROUSSETT Smithson Valley Family Medicine, LLP BENEFACTORS CIRCLE Solms Bowling Club Chief Executive Officer SoTex Bernie Jensen - Friends of our Future CARLYE DUPART South Texas Thunderbird Club Vaida Jordan - Friends of our Future Chief Operating Officer St. Luke Catholic Church Men's Club Josh & Jessica Odom - Friends of our Future TIFFANY MARTIN St. Luke Catholic School BETA Club Rick Lindner - Friends of Hope Chief Financial Officer St. Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries, Inc. Dan & Brenda Chapman - Friends of Hope CYNTHIA LOPEZ St. Paul Lutheran Church - Bulverde David Disbrow - Friends of Hope Chief Development Officer St. Thomas Episcopal Church Gary Mills - Friends of Hope RACHEL RICHTER Strasburger and Price, LLP John Stephens - Friends of Hope Chief Advocacy Officer Sundowner International Corporation Gaylon “Monte” Akers - Friends of Faith LAUREN SHEPHERD Sundt Foundation Jim & Beverly Burton - Friends of Faith Synchrony Financial - YourCause, LLC Trustee Chief Residential Officer H.H. Rothell, Jr. - Friends of Faith 14 FISCAL YEAR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 15 Providing healing, hope, and a home to children and families.

1400 RIDGE CREEK LANE BULVERDE, TEXAS 78163