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YWCA OF NORTHWEST Bi-Annual Report 7/1/2010-6/30/2012 ywca of northwest georgia

Your YWCA of Northwest Georgia is a dynamic agency whose work focuses on programs to reduce domestic violence and sexual assault. We seek to ensure that those who find themselves facing one of these challenges find hope and a renewed sense of purpose.

In 1978, the YWCA opened the first domestic violence shelter in the State of Georgia. Started by advocates who deemed a need for a domestic violence shelter, the program began in a three bedroom house in Cobb County. Now, 35 years later, the request for domestic violence beds has increased significantly and space requirements have changed.

Since 2008, the YWCA has had a 181% increase in requests for services (Legal Advocacy 55%, Sexual Assault 46%, Counseling 41% and Domestic Violence 39%). This increase is linked to community awareness of our programs and services and is believed to be a direct result of job loss, home foreclosures, financial losses, fear of the unknown and anger displacement. There are more than 700,000 residents in Cobb County, of which 51% are female. Potentially, in this county alone, 89,000 (1 in 4) adult women could be victimized annually. This does not include secondary victims, the children, or victimizations while employed in or visiting Cobb County.

Our Vision… A community free of domestic violence and sexual assault. Our Mission… We are committed to delivering programs and services that increase the awareness and reduce the occurrence of domestic violence and sexual assault in our community. Our Commitment… • To advocate for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault • To provide programs and services for those we serve in order to rebuild their lives and improve their self-esteem • To be the leading knowledge source in the areas of domestic violence and sexual assault in our community • To collaborate with other organizations to provide superior services for our clients • To conduct ourselves, and our programs and services with integrity, excellence, and professionalism • To create an atmosphere of trust with clients, staff, volunteers, and donors

01 www.ywcanwga.com working for a community free of domestic violence and sexual assault

www.ywcanwga.com 02 7/1/2010-6/30/2012 Annual Fund Donors We thank of all of the following organizations who supported us in 2010-2012. Each and every gift is extremely important to our work. 3M Foundation Croy Engineering LLC Acworth United Methodist Church Women Cumberland Diamond Exchange Alpha Ob-Gyn Group D C Rowe Enterprises Inc. American Legion Post 296 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Amy & Tammy’s Boxed Lunch Company Diana Young Attorney at Law Ashton Staffing DK Gallery Association of Utility Professionals Dollar Prescription Shop AT&T Georgia Don Johnson State Farm Insurance Bailey Beauty Enterprises, LLC Duckett Design Group Balfour Beatty Construction E. Smith Heating & Air Bank of East Cobb Bridge Club BB&T East Cobber BC Entertainment Group, LLC. ECOMM Bel Fiore Bridal Empire Education Group, Inc. Benbrooke Partners, LLC Engineering Design Technology, Inc. Bentley, Bentley, & Bentley Eugene Clark Operating Account Berry & Reynolds First Citizens Bank & Trust Beulah Group, LLC First Landmark Bank BNYMellon Wealth Management First Presbyterian Church Breaking Bread DBA Panera Bread Company #4300 First United Methodist Church Marietta Brown & Caldwell Freedman Engineering Group, LLC Byrne For Chairman Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP C & S Paving Friends of Jason Shepherd Capitol Special Risks Inc. Friends of Joellen Smith Carlyle Fraser Employees Benefit Fund Friends of Judge Bodiford Carriage House Catering Friends of Judge Green Casey Cagle for Lieutenant Governor Friends of Stacey Evans Cauthorn, Nohr & O'Dell Friends of Steve Tumlin Charles D. Burnett Foundation, The Fundamental Speech Childress Klein Properties Futren Corporation Church Women United in Cobb County Gas South City of Marietta Board of Lights & Water GDP Business Solutions, Inc. Cobb Chamber of Commerce Gene Clark For Judge Cobb County Assn. of Educators, INC Georgia Business Travel Association, Inc. Cobb County Assoc. MW&W Georgia Dept. of Corrections Cobb County Branch NAACP Georgia Power Company Cobb County Community Services Board Gingrey For Congress Cobb County Democratic Executive Committee Gordon Document Products Cobb County Friendship Club Graphic Vision, INC Cobb County Republican Women GRC Wireless (Shelter Alliance) Cobb County Solicitor General's Office Greater Community Church of God in Christ Cobb County Welfare Fraud & Abuse Account Hanley-Shelton Funeral Directors Cobb EMC Harrison High School Cobb GOP Hawkins Moore & Cubbedge Color of Public Safety Haynie & Litchfield & Crane, P.C. Committee to Elect Angela Brown Historic Marietta Trolley Co. Committee to Elect Anthony Coleman Hitachi Consulting Committee To Elect Judy Manning Holly Enterprises Committee to Elect Neil Warren Sheriff Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Committee to Keep Judge Robert Flournoy Hooters of America (HOOCEF) Committee To Keep Judge Robert Leonard Huff & Woods, P.C. Committee to Re-Elect Judge George Kreeger IBM Employee Services Center Committee to Re-Elect Justice Harris Hines, Inc. Indian Hills Country Club Committee to Re-Elect Pat Head InfoMart Committee to Re-Elect Van Pearlberg Insurance Planning Solutions Inc. Community & Southern Bank Integrity Extinguisher Co Crace, Galvis McGrath, LLC Itelnetworks

03 www.ywcanwga.com Jackel & Phillips, P.C. Reconnecting Families, Inc. Jett Service Station, Inc. Regions Bank Jinks Private Foundation Regions Bank Corporate Joyette For Judge Remax Around Junior League of Cobb Marietta RLO Publishing Group, LLC Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. Rome & Associates, P.C. Katie S. Harris State Farm Insurance Agency Rotary Club of Marietta Metro Foundation Kell for Superior Court RSUI Group, Inc. Kennesaw Business Association S.A. White Oil Co. Kennesaw State University S.M. Clay, PC Kiwanis Club of Marietta, Inc. Sg Financial Advisors, Llc Lanie Shipp & Associates Simple Needs Ga, Inc. Law Offices of William P. Holley, III Smyrna Optimist Club Legacy Promotional Group Sope Creek Enterprises Legacy Wealth Management Southern Company LGE Community Credit Union State Bank Limelight State of GA Dept. of Human Services Lisa Y. West DDS P.C. Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor Little & Smith Sudul Law Group, LLC. Little Quilts Sundial Plumbing Lockheed Martin Aero Club Swofford Construction Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. Synovus Trust Company LoRusso Law Firm PC Tangu, Inc. LOUD Security Tharpe Printing Mack Eppinger & Sons Funeral Services, Inc The Barnes Law Group Maria Sheffield for Insurance Commissioner The Bottoms Group Marietta Board of Lights and Water The Committee to Re-Elect Frank Cox Marietta Center for Advanced Academics The Georgia Ballet Incorporated Marietta Cobb Homecoming Committee The Herrin Law Firm, PC Marietta High School The Hitachi Foundation Marietta Housing Authority The Home Depot Foundation Marietta Kiwanis Foundation, Inc., The The Investigative Accounting Group LLC Marietta Podiatry Group INC. The Northern Trust Company Marietta Rotary Foundation Fund, Inc. Tim Lee for Chairman Marsha Lake Attorney at Law Tippins Contracting Company Martin's Restaurant Systems, Inc. United Community Bank Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Mayes Ward Dobbins Funeral Home Unity North Atlanta Church McKenney & Froelich Valuation Management Group Merck Partnership for Giving Verizon Wireless Mobilized Fuels Vic Reynolds PC Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele LLP Vinings Bank Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP. W. Frank Newton, Inc. Motorola Wallace Coopwood and Associates Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Warner, Mayoue, Bates & McGough Mt. Zion United Methodist Women Waste Management Charitable Foundation Newcomers Club of Cobb County Wells Fargo Bank Norfolk Southern Corporation Trust Account Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign People Source Solutions, INC. Wells Fargo Foundation Pond & Company WellStar Health System Poole For Superior Court WiseAsh Cigars Precision General Contracting, Inc. Yeager For Cobb County Prime Power Services, Inc Zion Baptist Church ProCore Solutions Publix Super Markets Charities Inc. Publix Super Markets, Inc. Purvis Purvidise Yoga

www.ywcanwga.com 04 7/1/2010-6/30/2012 Annual Fund Donors donors We thank of all our friends who supported us in 2010-2012. Each and every gift is extremely important to our work. Individuals $500+ Ms. Debbie Abernathy Lt. Joseph G. De Santis Mrs. Lynn Allen-Flood Ms. Kathy Dowling Mr. Felton Seagroves Anderson Commissioner Gail Downing Ms. Kathleen M. Atkins Ms. Nancy Dunlay Mrs. Babe Atkins-Byrne Mr. Hylton B. Dupree, Jr. Ms. Tracey B. Atwater Ms. Beth Eckford Ms. Lynda T. Ausburn Mrs. Nancy Edwards Mr. Glenn Austin Mrs. Ruth Eppinger Ms. Jeri Barr Mr. Fred Fatemi Mrs. Vivian Battershill-Diaz Ms. Susan W. Faulkner Ms. Patricia Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Fauver Ms. Terri Benson Ms. Hope Felshaw Commissioner JoAnn Birrell Mr. Craig Ferguson Ms. Dorothy H. Bishop Ms. Cassy A. Ferrell Mrs. Robin C. Bishop Ms. Kim Fleming Ms. Carol Bowser Ms. Pam Flournoy Ms. Jennifer Brett Gay Ms. Linda J. Flournoy Mr. Tony Britton Ms. Marilou Taylor Franklin Ms. Manon Brochu Mrs. Sheila Gatlin Mrs. Sheila Brower Commissioner Helen Goreham Mr. David T. Brown Ms. Kim Gresh Ms. Terri Bunten Guthrie The Honorable Adele P. Grubbs Mr. Daniel Buyers, Sr. Mrs. Linda McKinley Hagood Ms. Carol Awtrey Callaway Ms. Susan R Hampton Mrs. Juanita Carmichael Mrs. Vickie L. Haney Ms. LaBrita Cash Baskett Ms. Katie S. Harris Mr. Lewis Chamberlain Ms. Jean Hawkins Ms. Andrea L. Chappelle Mr. Pat Head The Honorable Melodie Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Mack Henderson Mr. Bruce Clayton Ms. Amie Herd Ms. Tammy Cohen Mrs. Barbara K. Hickey Deputy Lynda S. Coker Mr. James Holmes The Honorable Beverly Collins Ms. Lanie Hoover Ms. Holly Comer Tuchman Mr. Troy Howell The Honorable Sharon Cooper Mr. James Hudgins Mr. Eddie Cooper Mrs. Adrienne Hunter Strothers Ms. Barbara Corey The Honorable S. Lark Ingram Mrs. Nurdan Cornelius Ms. Laverne Jackson Mr. Gary B. Coursey Ms. Mary D. Karras Ms. Louise E. Crapps Ms. Carla Keasler Ms. Lisa Crossman Mrs. Carole Kell Mr. Jim Croy Mr. James Kellogg Mrs. Lillian Darden Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kilgore

05 www.ywcanwga.com Mr. Mitchell B. King Ms. Laura F. Searcy Mr. Ron Koger Ms. Beth Sessoms Ms. Donna Krueger Ms. Angela Shipp Mr. Jim Lawrence Ms. Tracy L. Sirmans Mr. Ryan Lee Mr. & Mrs. Earl Smith Ms. Donna Lehto Ms. Patricia W. Smitherman Ms. Annette Paige Lewis Ms. Ellen V. Springer Ms. Stephanie Joy Loose Mrs. Mary Agnes Stearns-Montgomery Ms. Valerie Makant The Honorable Juanita Pierson Stedman Ms. Blair C. Marks Rev. and Mrs. Sam Storey Ms. Debby Marsell Dr. Elizabeth Street Ms. Lorraine Martin Ms. Angela Green Strickland Ms. Chris A. Martin Mrs. Paulette Szabolcsi Ms. Nan R. Mays Mrs. Diane Taylor Mr. Allan McCollum Mr. Bobby Tharpe Ms. Kimberly B. McCoy Ms. Vicky Thompson Mr. Craig Menear Mr. James M. Tiernan Ms. Gay Mercurio Ms. Carol Tome Mr. Stephen D. Merritt Mr. Michael Turner Ms. Sandy Miller Ms. Victoria C. Turney Ms. Sydney Mullins Ms. Debbie Underkoffler Ms. Valerie Neesmith Ms. Stacy A. Vandiver Investigator Christie Nerbonne Ms. Joan M. Veesaert Fendelman Ms. Karen Newton Ms. Holly Walquist Ms. Katara Nix Mrs. Penny Warren Mr. Jerry Nix Ms. Pat Waters Ms. Denise A. O'Connell Ms. Diane B. Webb Ms. Judy Osborne Mrs. Sandra L. White Commissioner Bob Ott Ms. Mary Saad Williamson Ms. Becky Nash Paden Ms. Rose Lee Wing Mrs. Kim Paris The Honorable Kelli Wolk Ms. Amy V. Phillips Ms. Sue W. Wootton Dr. Debra Pickett McCracken Mr. Calvin Wright Mrs. Susan Plaster Ms. April Wright Ms. Sally Rhoden Mr. David Wyatt Grantors Ms. Frances Roberson Mrs. Sue Wyatt Bright from the Start Mrs. Susan Roberts Mrs. Pam Younker Cobb County Board of Commissioners Mrs. Erinn K. Robinson Cobb County CDBG Office Ms. Linda R. Rodriguez Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Mr. Paul A. Sabella Dept. of Housing & Urban Development Ms. Candice Saunders Governor's Office on Children & Families Ms. Marion Schremp State of GA Dept. of Community Affairs The Honorable J. Stephen Schuster State of Georgia DHS United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta

www.ywcanwga.com 06 financial information Investments, State $22,114 grants, Foundation , $115,365 $54,102 Other, Fundraising, $(456,243) $263,231 Federal grants, $1,349,703 United Way, $218,621

Contributions*, $1,993,331 Program, $64,226

Sources of Revenue - $3,624,450 FY 2011

Investment losses and other, $466,999.00

Development and Family Violence, Fundraising, $1,149,071.00 $243,192.00 Management and General, $245,780.00

Expenses by Program - $2,105,042 FY 2011

07 www.ywcanwga.com State Foundation* , Investments, $53,244 $2,177 grants, Other, $(6,740) $41,739 Other grants, $-

United Way, Fundraising, $147,626 $277,257

Contributions, $249,650

Federal grants, $1,795,334

Program, $78,534

Sources of Revenue - $ 2,638,821 FY 2012

Development and Investment losses Fundraising, and other, $222,969.00 $16,194.00 Management and General, $196,712.00

Family Violence, $1,237,519.00

Expenses by Program - $1,673,394 FY 2012

www.ywcanwga.com 08 our stories taking steps to move forward and change from victim to survivor

Kelli came to the YWCA Transitional Helping to save a life Housing program after suffering The YWCA Temporary Protective Order years of physical, verbal, mental and Office assisted Katherine in obtaining a emotional abuse. She was hospitalized 12-month protective order in 2011. Since several times. Once she was cut with a then, her estranged husband violated the saw and suffered a neck fracture. Her protective order several times but had not abuser has stalked and harassed her been arrested. After another upsetting relentlessly through text, phone calls incident, she returned to the Protective Order and breaks-ins. He has terrorized her Office for immediate help. Concerned about through third parties and has even had her safety, the Legal Advocate contacted her arrested. the YWCA’s Victim Liaison, who is stationed at the Cobb County Police Department’s After Kelli’s abuser moved out of their Domestic Violence and Stalking Unit. The residence she was left homeless. Victim Liaison worked with one of the unit’s Because of Kelli’s strength and detectives to arrange for an interview that overwhelming desire, she has been same day. A warrant was eventually issued determined to do what’s necessary to for the arrest of her husband, for the charge keep him behind bars. She continues of aggravated stalking – a felony. When he to fight her abuser in court due to was finally picked up by law enforcement, numerous violations of his TPO. he was found in the victim’s neighborhood, wearing all black, with a butcher knife in his Kelli is the mother of three girls and vehicle, under his driver’s seat. working full-time as a Case Manager After his arrest, she sent us the for DFACS. Kelli would like to obtain following e-mail: “I am incredibly grateful her Licensure as a Master Social for your assistance last week and during Worker. She continues to participate my previous requests for protection. The in counseling, budgeting, parenting compassion, expertise, determination, and and LifeSkills classes. Kelli is highly guidance you have shown me since we first motivated to be self-sufficient. She has met is amazing and commendable! I will always followed a strict budget and paid off believe that you saved my life by listening to old debt which has increased her credit me and taking action when I felt no one else score by 79 points. The YWCA provides would. I can't imagine what would have come her with a safe place to live and gives of my situation without your assistance, but I her the support she needs to overcome am certain my children and I would not be as protected by the court as we now are. God Bless many challenges and move herself and you and your team of associates who give so her children to a violence free lifestyle. unselfishly! Since I do not have your supervisor's contact information, I am humbly asking you to forward this e-mail to her or him because you and the entire team should be commended.” - Katherine, Survivor

09 www.ywcanwga.com Taking the first steps… Hi. My name is Christy, and I am a resident of the transitional housing program at the YWCA of Northwest Georgia. Three weeks after becoming married, the physical violence started. At first, it was just a slap or a push, but quickly escalated into hits, punches, and even bites. I couldn’t even lay down and sleep at night for fear that he would wake up and be mad. I finally left when he threatened to kill me and I no longer felt like he was just saying it. Leaving was the easy part…staying away was the hardest. He always seemed to know what to say to make me come back and I would find myself feeling like I was in the wrong for leaving. I was incapable of making any decisions on my own because he had taken away all of my confidence. It was hard for me to get a fresh start and I always found myself right back where I started. The shelter director where I sought refuge in had told me about the YWCA, but I couldn’t see myself moving somewhere I didn’t know anyone or anything. I was working a minimum wage job and couldn’t afford to pay childcare, much less pay my bills. I just decided to move and did it before I lost my nerve. I got into the YWCA shelter in August of 2011. I was scared. I didn’t know anything about Marietta or the transportation system (buses). After a short time, I told my case worker I was ready to find a job and get the ball rolling. Within a week, they had my child enrolled in daycare and I was out looking for a job. I found employment quickly and, based on my job and recommendation from my case manager, I was recommended for the YWCA’s transitional housing program. I had a setback due to losing my job; however, after a brief job search, I found a part-time job and was named employee of the month shortly thereafter. Since then, I have been promoted to a lead associate and hope to become an assistant manager in the near future. With the encouragement from my case manager, I have enrolled in Chattahoochee Tech and will begin classes shortly. I can honestly say none of this would be possible if it wasn’t for the help of the YWCA. I have a beautifully furnished apartment in a safe neighborhood. I am able to focus on my goals without having to worry about how I am going to make “ends meet.” I am also able to obtain counseling so I can work on healing the hurts throughout my life. I am held accountable and, at 33 years old, I am learning to budget my money and realize what is a want and what is a need. My case worker is always willing to offer encouragement when I am down. I feel like she really understands me and genuinely cares about my success in this program. I am blessed to have been given a chance to be in this program and make a life for myself and my children. The YWCA is a wonderful program. It provides so much to women and meets them where they are, if they just need a safe place to stay, or if they are really ready to change and put the work into it, they are able to help out. - Christy, Survivor

www.ywcanwga.com 10 board of directors

7/1/2010-6/30/2011 Board of Directors

Sandy Miller, President Sue Wyatt, Vice President Kim Gresh, Secretary Beth Eckford, Treasurer Amy Phillips, Immed. Past President

Kathleen Atkins Sgt. Stacey Bains Juanita Carmichael, Kathryn Woods Seat Nurdan Cornelius Jim Croy Commissioner Gail Downing Nancy Dunlay Jim Kellogg Mitchell King Chris Bartolick Martin Kimberly McCoy Mindy Mercaldo Denise A. O’Connell Tracy Sirmans Adrienne Hunter Strothers Diane Webb Kelli Wolk

11 www.ywcanwga.com 7/1/2011-6/30/2012 Board of Directors

Sue Wyatt, President Nurdan Cornelius, Vice President Kim Gresh, Secretary Vivian Battershill-Diaz, Treasurer Tracy Sirmans, Immed. Past President

Kathleen Atkins Terri Bunten Guthrie Juanita Carmichael, Kathryn Woods Seat Bruce Clayton Nurdan Cornelius Jim Croy Commissioner Gail Downing Nancy Dunlay Beth Eckford Amie Herd Jim Kellogg Mitchell King Jim Lawrence Chris Martin Allan McCollum Kimberly McCoy Jen Plante Holly Walquist Kelli Wolk

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A CHILD’S PERSPECTIVE

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