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2019 Annual Report ...StepsANNUAL Forward REPORT 2019 | 1 HEALTH EDUCATION WORKFORCE READINESS 2 | ANNUAL REPORT 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 5 WHAT IS AAMA? 6 PREVENTION & COUNSELING 10 EDUCATION 10 George I. Sanchez Schools 12 Early Childhood Center 13 Sanchez North 14 Adelante Adult Education 17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & EXECUTIVE TEAM 18 FINANCIAL SUMMARY 20 DONORS LIST 22 PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE POSITIONED FOR GROWTH INTO 2020 AND BEYOND n 2019, AAMA achieved significant success and progress PROGRESS IN STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS Iagainst our strategic targets. Our programs benefited from a high demand and, driven by strong increases, expanded Our overall progress in operational excellence is what will services to our community. During the year, we also drive our future into 2020 and beyond. A well-organized successfully strengthened our position in the community and recognized process will allow us to compete effectively through key partnerships and high-level initiatives focused in the future through superior academics, improved on growth and excellence. workforce readiness, and high-quality prevention and counseling services for our community. At AAMA, we continue to invest in focused initiatives that are expected to return a high level of organizational performance. These new initiatives will help our students, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE our clients and our families to transition to the next We had a very strong 2019 that will help us into 2020. Our generations of a well-educated community that ensures organization has grown from a $13MM operation in 2016 their own well-being, self-actualization, and financial to nearly a $19MM enterprise. Expenses remain under security for their future. We remain well positioned for control, allowing our operational margin to increase. Our long-term value creation for all of the people we serve. priority on maintaining a strong balance sheet enables us to continue investing in the growth of our business of Our achievements would not be meaningful if we did helping others. Our commitment to use excess cash for the not achieve them responsibly. We continue to focus on benefit of our students, clients, families served, and the improving the way we do business, in our operations, in professional development of our staff will make us even our programs, and in our commitment to overall success. better than what we were before. This report is yet another step in further integrating our responsible business practices into our strategies and the Of course, none of this would be possible without your value we bring to society through our non-profit. continued financial support and commitment. Thank you for continuing to help us and enabling us to improve our There were many highlights in 2019, some of which you will operations and provide services to our community. see in this report. The benefits our community has gained will help with substantially improving the capabilities Respectfully, which enable both our organization and our community to improve their lives. With the successful launch of our Work & Learn Center and through the generous support of the Trafigura Foundation coupled with our champion partners, such as Wells Fargo, Comcast, JPMorgan Chase, Starbucks, JOE JIMENEZ, MBA, RRT, RPFT, RCP and H-E-B, we are increasing our footprint in the workforce President and Chief Executive Officer opportunity youth labor market. As part of our growth strategy, we also will invest selectively in other parts of our organization that will deliver solutions-oriented programs and initiatives benefiting our students and clients. 4 | ANNUAL REPORT 2019 What is AAMA? AAMA Families & Community AMA (pronounced ah’ ma), began as The AAssociation for the Advancement of Mexican Americans in 1970. Through the years, AAMA has remained deeply committed to advancing the lives of youth through integrated programs in the areas of education, counseling services, and career development. Our vision is a community of Latinos who have achieved financial security, well-being and self-actualization. The Community here at AAMA is like one big family. Everyone works together for the greater good. PATRICK ROCHA, Director of Prevention and Counseling We direct families in the community to our three main program areas: • GEORGE I. SANCHEZ SCHOOLS, including Early Childhood Center • PREVENTION & COUNSELING DIVISION, where we provide prevention and treatment of substance use disorders • ADELANTE PROGRAM FOR ADULT LEARNERS, offering High School Equivalency preparation and English as a Second Language classes as well as workforce development and career readiness training. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 5 PREVENTION & COUNSELING AMA’s holistic approach to behavioral health service Aincludes substance use prevention, intervention and treatment to reduce the number of lives affected by substance use and communicable diseases. We believe in removing barriers to clients’ success and in empowering individuals to be proactive with health concerns. Through our Prevention and Counseling Services, AAMA is one of the largest providers of alcohol and substance use prevention and treatment in Texas. Our programs help youth and adults break the cycle of addiction. Programs include in- school prevention education for elementary, middle, and high school students; inpatient treatment for teens; and outpatient treatment for teens and adults. AAMA also provides outreach health education, testing, treatment, and referrals for adults who are at high risk of communicable infections. In October, 2018, Patrick Rocha, LCDC, CARC, became Interim director for the division and officially Director of Prevention and Counseling in May, 2019. In 2018-19 Prevention & Counseling served 2,376 adults, 19 and older, and 2,598 children (up to 18 years of age). The most comprehensive array of services is based in Houston, with select services available in San Antonio and Laredo. About two months into the program, I changed a lot. I made it. MATHEW, Casa Phoenix Participant Our San Antonio area program offers the Selena Center for Youth Potential, a residential treatment center for teen girls; Selena Youth Outpatient counseling services Houston services include: for teens. • DiNo PREVENTION PROGRAM for elementary and In Laredo, AAMA’s Concilio Hispano Libre program middle school students provides pharmacological treatment for adults through • PROJECT TEJAS, which provides individual adult our clinic, where people who are addicted to opioid- and family counseling in English and Spanish. Largest based drugs, such as heroin or prescription painkillers, Hispanic outpatient treatment program in the State. can receive medication-based Suboxone, Vivitrol and • CASA PHOENIX residential treatment center for teen Methadone. Laredo Adult Outpatient treatment. boys. In 2019, AAMA’s Prevention & Counseling Division • MINORITIES ACTION PROGRAM (MAP) outreach received $225,000 for Core services as well as $150,000 services reach individuals who are at-risk of acquiring HIV at the Client Level. This $375,000 combines with two and other communicable diseases. The Outreach team SAMHSA grants awarded, for a grand total of $1.175 provides HIV and Hepatitis C Rapid testing, referral and million a year for the next five years. Prevention & linkage to services in the community. Case Management Counseling entered into contract negotiations for HIV services are available for individuals diagnosed with HIV/ Prevention Activities with The Department of State Health AIDS, focused on the support to reach viral suppression Services (DSHS) through the Texas Health and Human and to improve overall well-being. Services Commission (HHSC). 6 | ANNUAL REPORT 2019 For the Minority AIDS Initiative - Substance Use Disorder Partnerships for Success” through CSAP. This grant Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at High- is intended to prevent the onset and reduce the Risk for HIV/AIDS grant, $2.5M is expected over five years. progression of substance abuse and its related problems. The purpose of this program is to increase engagement in The program addresses one of the nation’s top substance care for racial and ethnic minority individuals with substance abuse prevention priorities – underage drinking among use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and persons aged nine to 20. The grant will also be used to mental disorders (COD) who are at risk for HIV or are HIV target two other substance use prevention priorities, the positive, that receive HIV services/treatment. use of marijuana and tobacco, the most commonly used The second five-year SAMHSA grant, in the amount substances used in this age group. of $1.5M, is for “Strategic Prevention Framework – AAMA’s history of excellence delivering prevention and treatment services to diverse communities makes them the ideal organization to do this work. AAMA is poised to make a significant impact in expanding access to treatment. With these grants, AAMA’s capacity and infrastructure to deliver services will be strengthened, enabling them to reach a broader constituency. DR. LUIS TORRES, AAMA Board Member and University of Houston Professor MAP HEI Program Overall Viral Suppression: MAP HOPWA Supportive Services Program are virally suppressed as defined 16 out of 23 qualifying individuals 87% by a viral load of < 200). 70% were virally suppressed. Reaching viral suppression, defined by the CDC as less than main focus of all HIV programs whether providing medical 200 copies of HIV per milliliter of blood, not
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