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Annual Report annual report 2015 leake & watts supporting children, adults & families 43 programs at 27 sites 4,374 direct program participants more than 11,000 total family members supported 2015 annual report :: 1 table of contents 2 8 16 mission and values educating youth board of directors and key staff 3 10 message from the promoting positive choices 17 board president and supporters executive director 12 helping individuals 25 4 thrive map of leake & watts building strong foundations locations 14 6 financial statements protecting children & strengthening families 2 :: leake & watts mission and values Leake & Watts respect, is dedicated achievement, safety, to supporting responsibility. children, adults R We demonstrate RESPECT by practicing open and and families. honest communication and, in this way, earn trust. We appreciate each individual’s uniqueness and Working together, treat all with dignity. we create strong O We are ON TASK and committed to ACHIEVEMENT by setting and accomplishing goals. We take pride in our programs and ownership of our foundations for work. We support those we serve through initiative, success. teamwork and innovation. A We ACT SAFELY by promoting a culture and environment that supports sound judgment and decision-making. We safeguard the well-being of all. R We accept RESPONSIBILITY for the benefits and consequences of our actions. We are consistent and fair in our treatment of others. 2015 annual report :: 3 message from the board president and executive director Dear Friends, In the past year, we have continued to grow, to expand our reach, and to evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of the greater New York City area. Since our founding in 1831, this sort of evolution of support and care for the most vulnerable children, adults and families in our communities has defined Leake & Watts and ensured our continued ability to help those we support overcome adversity and thrive. Today, we are proud to assist more than 11,000 individuals and their family members annually through 43 separate programs at 27 locations. Thanks to the help of our many friends, partners, and supporters, we have nearly doubled in size and scope over the past five years and are continuing to grow. The commitment and hard work of our 1,300 staff and our hundreds of volunteers, donors and community partners are the cornerstones of this growth and our ability to successfully support so many in need. Nevertheless, there is always so much more to do and so many opportunities to help more of our neighbors to triumph over personal challenges, achieve greater independence, realize personal growth and create strong foundations for success. That is why we are excited about launching the PROMISE model this year – the Leake & Watts approach to service delivery. In launching PROMISE, we are incorporating best practices in a wide variety of fields to create an integrated approach to service that is most meaningful, most relevant, most effective and genuinely matters in the lives of the individuals and families we support. In doing so, we will be able to further increase our impact on the communities we serve and in the lives of those we support. In continuing our growth trajectory of recent years, 2015 saw the addition of new services. We opened our Family Resource Center in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx. We partnered with the City of New York in its School Renewal Program and now serve as nonprofit partner for the James M. Kiernan Junior High School and the School of the Performing Arts in the Bronx. We launched our citywide Respite Care Program for court- involved teens as an alternative to incarceration, and we expanded our residential juvenile justice programs by opening a Non-Secure Placement Program in Bensonhurst, our first Brooklyn-based program. We assumed operation of a Day Habilitation Services Program in Mount Vernon and moved our Children’s Learning Center to a new location in Manhattan. We are excited to be launching several additional initiatives in the coming year, including the development of community-based mental health services. None of our work would be possible without our many friends and supporters, whom we recognize in this Annual Report. Every dollar donated and each hour volunteered is crucial to our ability to help those we support. To our donors, volunteers, staff and community partners, thank you for contributing to our life-changing work. José M. Jara Alan Mucatel Board President Executive Director 4 :: leake & watts building strong foundations early childhood programs love of learning. From play to structured lessons, our work with young children encourages them to actively question, explore and experiment while gaining a solid foundation for future success in and out of the classroom. Recognizing the vital role of parents and caregivers as the first teachers of young children, our Parent-Child Home Program works to give caregivers the resources necessary and an understanding of their role and the importance of their interactions with children in ensuring school readiness and age-appropriate development. The Soundview Family Resource Center In the first years of life, the interaction, stimulation opened in January 2015 to provide critical parenting and early education that children are engaged in education and support for low-income families with is critical to the development of their brains and children ages 0-5 in one central community-based the formation of social-emotional intelligence. hub, providing parenting guidance, organized play Unfortunately, millions of children nationwide, groups, instructional recreation activities and access especially those from low-income families and to a multitude of resources to ensure children thrive in communities, lack sufficient stimulation and are safe, nurturing environments. not adequately prepared for Kindergarten. These children struggle to close the proven “achievement In poor communities where educational challenges are gap” for years to come. To combat this problem, our many, children with developmental delays also often Early Childhood Programs are dedicated to building lack the specific care and attention necessary to help strong educational foundations for every child. As we them overcome adversity and pursue the most effective support young children and their families in the Bronx, education possible. Even the most pro-active parents Manhattan and Yonkers, we work to ensure that our can struggle to have their child’s needs adequately met. students are receiving the early educational support In our Preschool Special Education programs, teachers they deserve. and staff provide children with developmental delays and disabilities the additional supports and services – In our Head Start, Early Head Start, Universal Pre- such as speech or occupational therapy – in a nurturing Kindergarten and Child Care programs, teachers and setting that will enable them to progress and succeed staff provide the guidance, stability and assistance as well as provide parents/caregivers with a community that young children need to thrive, striving to inspire a of support. 2015 annual report :: 5 liz and john ames early childhood center “I remember when John was first important early years, Liz brought that John is there because I think that, diagnosed with autism at 16 months John to the Leake & Watts Marion anywhere else, he wouldn’t be doing as of age. I was so scared. I didn’t know and George Ames Early Childhood strongly as he is right now. And I don’t what the future was going to hold for Center. “The first thing that caught my think he’d be as happy.” him,” recalled Liz Burke, a mother of attention as I walked in was that three in Yonkers. I saw these little kids running, and they were running to hug their teachers, Wanting to ensure the best life and I thought that was the sweetest possible for her son, Liz sought various thing,” Liz said. “I feel that when you supports for John and wanted to make have children with special needs, even 37% sure he received the most conducive more, you need to be more nurturing is the increase in school readiness education to lead a full life. In local with them.” per year seen by children enrolled schools, Liz struggled to convince in the Parent-Child Home Program administrators that John belonged in Through nurturing and encouragement an integrated classroom, where he to interact with his new classmates, could benefit from interaction with John soon began to flourish beyond many peers. John was fidgety and Liz’s expectations. She now fully often expressed frustration about envisions a bright future for her his difficulty expressing himself. Liz’s son, and John is on track to enter 40% request was denied. John remained mainstream kindergarten in his public of our special education isolated. school this fall. “By the end of his first preschoolers moved on to year at Ames, John was calling friends Kindergarten needing less intensive or no special education services Certain that her son’s development by name, he was taking them by their was being stunted in the most hand,” she recalled. “I’m very grateful 6 :: leake & watts protecting children & strengthening families preventive services, foster care, adoption, mother & child, and passage of hope programs Many families supported by Leake & Watts face Focused on reuniting families whenever safe and overwhelming challenges. In the high-needs possible, we provide birth parents with counseling, communities we support, factors such as poverty, parenting skills training, substance abuse counseling lack of access to education, inadequate housing, and more, so they can safely bring their families domestic violence, and the inability to access resources back together. significantly impact the abilities of many parents and caregivers to positively engage their children, promote When children in Foster Care cannot be safely school readiness and can increase the frequency of reunited with their birth parents, we help to create new child abuse and maltreatment.
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