Lake County Haven Annual Report 2017
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LAKE COUNTY HAVEN ANNUAL REPORT 2017 www.lakecountyhaven.org In 2017 Lake County Haven celebrated its 25th our MISSION anniversary! We thank you, our supporters, for trusting us with the responsibility of saving and changing the lives Lake County Haven empowers homeless of women and children who are homeless and in crisis. women and their children to achieve Our Transitional Housing Program grew this year, with permanent, independent living. the acquisition of two condominiums. Both have been fully occupied and will go on to help people for many years to come. Shelter Housing We launched two new volunteer groups this year: Friends of Lake County Haven and the Leadership Council. We also started our new Corporate Partnership Program, an innovative way for businesses and their employees to make a real difference in the community and in the lives of women and children in crisis. • Provides warmth, comfort, safety and a • Provides safety, structure, services, and the next Finally, we concluded a multi-year strategic planning family environment step toward independent living process which demonstrated the urgent need to expand • Typical length of stay is 4–6 months • Typical length of stay is 1 year our shelter program. Please read on to learn more about • Accommodates 10 women and children at a time • Accommodates 20 women and children at a time this exciting and important development! • Served 49 people in 2017 • Served 42 people in 2017 Thank you for your generous support. Without your • Provided 3,624 nights of shelter in 2017 • Provided 7,730 nights of shelter in 2017 donations, we could not help one more woman or child. The intervention that your gifts enable truly means the • 98% capacity rate • 110% capacity rate difference between life and death for the people we serve. On behalf of all of them, thank you! 2 www.lakecountyhaven.org our MISSION our VISION Our vision is that our residents will never be homeless again. Day Program Achievements of Agency Achievements of Residents • 7 days per week, 5–6 hours per day • 3,650 meals provided • 70% gained employment • Classes and therapeutic groups • 11,354 nights of shelter & housing provided • 88% increased income • 14,163 hours of counseling, case management, • Designed to prepare people for independence • 97% learned to manage finances advocacy and group services provided • Topics include: Job Acquisition, Money Smart, • Countless amounts of groceries, clothing, furniture • 82% opened and managed a bank account Recovery First, Mental Health Care, Success at Work, and necessities of life provided Communication Skills, Spiritual Life, Physical Health • 94% saved a nest egg Management, Meditation, Building Relationships, Parenting, Emotion Management, Nutrition for Family • 82% graduated to the next level of safe, stable, Health, Art Therapy, Random Acts of Kindness, and independent living! Stress Management. • Provided 11,502 hours of group services in 2017 www.lakecountyhaven.org 3 FRIENDS OF LAKE COUNTY HAVEN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL • A group of volunteers dedicated to helping women and children in crisis • Elite group of volunteers who are willing to serve where they are most-needed • Activities include: bring bagged lunches for residents, grocery shop, service work, • Focuses on organizing events that raise the funds to keep our programs open office work, organize fun events for residents, decorate the shelter for holidays, participate in group activities with the residents and other volunteers, network, bring dinners for residents 4 www.lakecountyhaven.org ADOPT-A-NIGHT Corporate Partnership Program Adopt-a-Night is a program designed for individuals, families, clubs, houses of worship This program shows what happens when community-minded businesses pair with and small businesses. You can adopt any night at our shelter for $250. By doing so, you local nonprofits to make a difference. Our Corporate Partners help in a variety of ways are sponsoring that night…providing the means for shelter, food, and services for all the including lending business expertise, working on agency projects, financial support, shelter residents. This program offers a wonderful way to connect with our shelter and and lending executives to work on leadership projects. Staff of involved companies its residents. For more information please visit: gain the ability to make a difference, an opportunity to make new connections, and the www.lakecountyhaven.org/get-involved/adopt-a-night/ satisfaction of helping others. To learn more about this program please call 847-680-1901. www.lakecountyhaven.org 5 BRANCHING OUT Every day, there are hundreds of people in Lake County who are homeless. Shelter beds are being lost, with Lake County losing 58 At this time, we’ve raised 80% of the beds in the last 5 years. Last year alone our community funds needed to open the new shelter lost 22 shelter beds for women and children. On top of (almost $789,000.00 toward our goal that, medical care and mental health services have been of $985,500.00). If you would like more cut to a minimal level for these vulnerable people. This information about this effort, please creates a particularly difficult problem for a woman who contact our Executive Director at director@ has no job, no money, no insurance, poor health, and no lakecountyhaven.org or 847-680-1841. support network to turn to for help. Since Lake County Haven has such a successful track record helping women to leave homelessness for independence (82–88% 80% success rate), we are branching out! Lake County Haven is planning to open a new transitional shelter for women and children in 2018! New Shelter Fund Funds Raised to Open a New Shelter 6 www.lakecountyhaven.org FUNDING 2017 Operating Year How Funding is Used Where Funding Comes From SHELTER PROGRAM 43 % 42% INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING 42 % 12% FOUNDATIONS FUNDRAISING 8% 11% GOVERNMENT GRANTS % ADMINISTRATIVE 7 11% SPECIAL EVENTS EARNED INCOME 10% CORPORATIONS 7 % HOUSES OF WORSHIP 4 % % CLUBS 3 Shelter Program $290,697.00 Transitional Housing Program $285.459.00 Fundraising $56,299.00 Administrative $51,032.00 TOTAL $683,487.00 Contributions from Interest & Dividends and United Way accounted for less than 1% each in funding. All figures are pre-audited. For a copy of our audit, please contact our Executive Director. www.lakecountyhaven.org 7 OUR DONORS 2017 Operating Fund Mark & Maureen Miller $25,000+ $2,500–$4,999 $1,000–$2,499 Family Foundation $100–$999 Lynn Morrissey & Joseph The Grainger Foundation Debra Lynn Basler Advocate Condell Medical Salvatore Abbott Logistics Inc. Lake County Planning, Lori & Kevin Burns Center Neumann’s Cigars & More Access Steel Supply, LLC Building & Development Preston B Cannady Jr Cathy & Tom Andrews Julie & Ken Neumann Tim Adams State of Illinois Department Jennifer & Jay Ceithaml Baxter Credit Union of Tara Nofziger Suresh Agarwal of Human Services Sheridan Road Charitable Vernon Hills North Shore Bible Chapel Bob & Caryn Ahern Foundation Baxter Healthcare Nancy & John Ochi Anthony Albano $10,000–$24,999 Bridget & Coert Davis Bertaud Family Foundation Ora Kathleen Flynn-Barnett Peter & Mary Albertson Ann & Bill DeBruler Bluff City Materials, Inc. Family Foundation Nathaniel Alden Jane & Matthew Dudley Daniel Boggs Alice & Elmer Kaplan AbbVie Inc. Patterson Family Charitable First Presbyterian Church Julie & Chris Brown Foundation Alverin M. Cornell Fund of Libertyville Margo & Stephen Burns Maurice & Marianne Foundation David Pribyl Gillette Foundation Carolyn & Stephen Chase Alkemade Caring Women’s Connection Debbie & Sukhdev Rai Heritage Church of Lake Cheryl A. & John M. O’Meara Steven Allen Damico Family Foundation Denise & David Reilly Zurich Charitable Foundation Gretchen Allen First Presbyterian Church of Debbie & Ryan Rodbro Barbara & Arthur Higgins Shari & David Damlich American Legion, 10th Lake Forest Sam’s Club Vernon Hills Libertyville Sunrise Rotary Sheila & Meade Detweiler District Council Helen Brach Foundation Schneider for Congress Elizabeth & David McKenna Nancy & Dan Dickinson Aynsley & Marco Amidei Judy Family Foundation Patty & Jim Shanks Charlie Mills Elert Family Charitable Fund Melanie Anderson Thomacina & Steven Leia & Erik Skie O’Toole’s Libertyville Glenbrook Excavating Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter, Jungmann Patti & Tom Snickenberger PharMedium, LLC & Concrete NSDAR Trustmark Foundation Jennifer Springer & Devi Nair & Ravi Rajagopalan Irene Hahn & Denny Kim Brendan Pruse Christine Applehans Beth & Tim Reese Kelley & Lawrence Happ St. Matthew Lutheran Church Bill & Jill Argall $5,000–$9,999 Rust-Oleum Amy & Robert Heinrich STS Foundation Kayla Azzato Sysmex America, Inc Katie & Chris Henning Peg & David Styler Florence & Terry Baker Abbott Fund The Church of the Holy Spirit Herman B. Lustigman Janet & Kevin Terry Cynthia & Dudley Bandy Julie & Paul Adams The Reichert Foundation Charitable Foundation The Cable Company, Inc. Bank Financial, Libertyville Wendy Alling & Steve Lundy The Room Place Highland Park Presbyterian Mary & Anthony Thompson Michael Barbini Edmond and Alice Opler United Conveyor Church Terri Thompson & Nicholas Patricia Ann Barker Foundation United Way of Lake County Hollister Incorporated Koberstein Mary Jane & Timothy Barnett F.P.C. Corporation Utopia, Inc Laura & Kris Hoult Lucille Thoss Donna & David Barnett Allison & Bob Felgenhauer Jeanne & Thomas Wilkinson Ellen Hyndman Timothy O’Toole’s Pub Annette & Tom Freyman YWCA of Lake Forest / John Marshall Family Katherine Todd Jodi & Craig Hackendahl Lake Bluff Foundation United