Success and a Scooter
For nearly six months, CCR’s Homeless Child Care staff member Terrie had the privilege of working with a single mom who has two busy and beautiful daughters under the age of five. Terrie met ‘Sarah’ in a confidential domestic violence program where, because of a “no guest policy and confidentiality”, she lost the supports that had made her life work in the past.
Sarah had a worsening genetic condition that has made mobility very difficult for her. She was walking with a cane when Terrie met her and was having trouble going up and down stairs much less consider taking a bus to get to child- care. Terrie went to work and identified a provider who could offer transportation, meet the early learning needs of the children and be counted on to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
Terrie secured DSHS child care funding so Sarah could get to her domestic violence counseling, legal and medical ap- pointments. Terrie then turned her attention to meeting the family’s need of applying for Social Security benefits.
When Sarah received her Social Security benefit, though, DSHS unexpectedly discontinued her cash benefits and her state childcare subsidy. CCR’s Homeless Program stepped in to pay for three full days and two part days of care each week for over three months, giving the family time to work out their next steps.
During this time Sarah obtained an electric scooter to help her get around and she has used some of the time the chil- dren were in care to learn how to maneuver it safely. We are happy to say that her children continue to get door to door transportation from the family child care Terrie connected her with. Terrie’s working with her shelter advocates to figure out next steps for maintaining childcare for her children. CCR was able to direct Sarah to a community college that offers basic education and training opportunities (including a childcare subsidy).
One day, around 4 pm, Terrie called to check in. Sarah said she was unable to talk because she was out in the little park near her housing program on her scooter watching her children play and enjoy the late afternoon sun.
What a sweet image!
Report to the Community for fiscal year 2011
It is during the really challenging times that non profits need to clarify their strategy and to stay focused on their mission. We are happy to report to you, our supporters, that Child Care Resources did just that in 2011.
The recession put Child Care Resources (CCR) in the middle of a squeeze play between serving the increasing needs of families and providers and the reality of the economic impact on every sector that supports our work: government, foundations, corporations and individual supporters. The CCR Board decided that, despite funding challenges, this was the right time to take a fresh look at CCR’s strategic plan; to build on the organization’s strengths and position CCR to achieve our vision: every child has a great start in school and in life.
In August, CCR embarked on a strategic planning process to support the organization in growing and moving forward with thought- fulness and innovation. A strategic planning committee comprised of members of the Board of Directors and Staff utilized a new form of strategic planning that resulted in a more flexible, real time strategic planning and ongoing monitoring process.
Once data was gathered from a wide range of stakeholders, and a competitive analysis was complete, we developed an identity statement and strategy screen for the organization. We also identified the Big Question on the horizon that the organization needed to address; “How does CCR define and fulfill its unique contribution as a leader in the Washington State Early Learning community?”
Although we know our work is vital for families and children, we needed to clarify our role as an organization while framing our strategies moving forward.
CCR delivers programs and advocates for policy – both independently and in collaboration with partners – that increases the ability of families, caregivers, and providers to nurture the social emotional, physical, and intellectual growth of young children.
CCR exercises leadership in the early learning community using our competitive advantages of: field expertise and cultural compe- tence that allows us to play a translator role between caregivers and policy makers; and our ability to leverage our expertise and data in a responsive way to inform decision-making.
We have a diverse funding strategy, which prioritizes an increase in earned income and individual support reducing our reliance on government/public funding.
With your support we have continued to define and fulfill CCR’s unique contribution as a leader in the Washington State Early Learning community with a King County focus.
With deep appreciation,
Laura Midgley Deeann Burtch Puffert Board President Chief Executive Officer CCR delivers programs that increase the ability of families, caregivers, and providers to nurture the social emotional, physical, and intellectual growth of young children. Resources for Families Through our CHILD CARE INFORMATION, REFERRAL and CONSUMER EDUCATION SERVICES, we helped over 7,000 families in 2011 (and over 150,000 families since 1990) identify and select quality child care. We emphasize support for families with low income. Starting July 2012 we provide this service statewide.
Staff assesses the child care needs of families, in the language they prefer to use; provide referrals to appropriate child care providers and other community resources that enable them to access child care; and provide education about quality child care. Parents may also access the database, resource information and educational materials online.
Research clearly demonstrates that the first five years are critical in shaping a child's life. Brain development is most intense from birth to 3 years of age and is compromised when children are not in settings – either at home or in out-of-home care – that positively support their cognitive and social-emotional development.
Currently 60 percent of mothers with children birth to three and 75 percent of mothers with older children are in the workforce, making affordable, quality child care a critical necessity for many families.
Family, Friend and Neighbor Babies are born learning. Children’s earliest experiences and relationships make a huge difference in the way their brains develop. Caregivers, like par- ents, have a significant impact on young children’s development. It is important that all understand that time spent with young children can positively affect each child’s growth and development. There are dozens of “teachable mo- ments” everyday in which family, friends and neighbors can help children develop skills that lay the foundation for school readiness. Caregivers are more likely to understand how children learn when they have access to information, resources and support. The goal of our FAMILY, FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR PROGRAM is a comprehensive, community-based network of supports and resources for family, friend and neighbor caregivers and the children in their care. This work is funded by private foundations, local gov- ernment, United Way of King County, and individual contributions.
Our Work with Homeless Families
Between 2006 and 2010, there was a 20 percent increase in family homelessness resulting from a variety of factors, including lack of affordable housing, financial setbacks, poverty, domestic violence, changing family demographics, and reduced government supports. In 2011, 42 percent of homeless children were under the age of six. Because research shows that the developmental foundations for learning and quality of life are established during the early years of life, when brain development is especially active, the insta- bility and stresses of homelessness have particularly concerning consequences for young children's healthy development and school success.
For children without homes, a nurturing caregiver and safe environment are especially crucial to success later in life Yet child care is a major expense that working families are challenged to balance with their multiple other needs – finding housing, attending domestic violence counseling, seeking employment, and more.
In 2011 our HOMELESS CHILD CARE PROGRAM helped 539 families who were homeless with 1,175 chil- dren by combining case management services alongside support for the child care providers who care for these children. Through our Homeless Child Care Program, we help thefamilies obtain child care, child care subsidies and other community resources in order to establish a supportive environment for their children and families; and deliver appropriate training and support to child care providers who care for children who are homeless.
Child Care Financial Assistance The CCR CHILD CARE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM provided over 11,000 days of child care scholarships in 2011 to families who have moderate or low incomes, but whose incomes are over the threshold for the State’s Working Connections Child Care Sub- sidy. These families struggle to pay for child care at the level of quality needed by their children to be successful in school. To qualify for CCFA, parents must be working and/or completing their education and be ineligible for other financial assistance.
Child Care Resources Annual Report 2011 CCR exercises leadership in the early learning community using our competitive advantages of field expertise and our ability to leverage our expertise and data in a responsive way to inform decision-making.
Resources for Teachers and Providers
CCR provides culturally relevant and inclusive technical assistance and training to the 2,200 licensed child care providers in King County. This is provided onsite and by telephone and addresses issues that providers are experiencing: a child of concern, marketing their program, creating an environment or curriculum that supports children's development.
Staff also create materials that assist providers in developing and improving their programs, and provide trainings that offer basic to ad- vanced instruction on a variety of child development topics and best practices.
Training and Professional Development Professional development opportunities are offered at each of our sites (Kent, Redmond, Seattle), often in the evening and on weekends. We also offer classes in libraries, community centers, child care programs, and other locations throughout King County.
A number of classes are offered in Spanish, Somali and Vietnamese. Individualized technical assistance is available by phone and email, or by in-person site visits conducted by CCR staff. Technical assistance may be provided in the language the provider prefers. Providers who are unable to access resources, libraries, computers and other equipment for planning and preparation of teaching materials can access these materials and equipment at our offices. CCR Resource Specialists also bring materials and other resources to family child care homes and centers.
Careers The CHILD CARE CAREERS PROGRAM offers career opportunities in child care for women transitioning from welfare to work, and also increases the availability of high quality, affordable and culturally-relevant child care in King County. Careers does this by providing intensive skills-building and support for refugee women so they can either gain employment in a child care center, or open a family child care business of their own. Since the formation of the program in 1998 over 600 individuals have enrolled; 500 have found jobs in child care centers, and 100 have opened family child care businesses. Careers graduates who have opened family child care homes have a better success rate in staying in business than others who haven’t received the assistance Careers provides.
Looking Ahead to 2012 and Beyond
Washington State has recognized the importance of child care quality and is implementing a quality rating and improvement system, Early Achievers in King and five other counties. This addresses three major issues:
* ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Parents need safe, affordable child care for their children so that they can work. In a 2010 survey by the National Child Care Resource and Referral Agency, 57 % of parents of young children reported child care was an economic necessity.
* SCHOOL READINESS: According to the Washington Department of Early Learning, only half of children have age-appropriate language, literacy and communication skills for Kindergarten success. Quality early education is critical to addressing this preparation gap. The Perry Preschool Study, a decades-long longitudinal study comparing children in high quality preschool to a control group, found that for every dollar invested in high quality early learning, seven dollars were saved in later social costs.
* EQUITY FOR CHILDREN: Research on quality has demonstrated that children from low-income families experience more adverse effects of poor quality and more positive effects of high quality care. Ensuring that all children have access to safe, affordable, high quality child care is vital to the health and well-being of our communities.
Beginning July of 2012 CCR will grow to expand services to assist families across all of Washington state find child care that meets their needs. This service will be provided under the name of ChildCare Aware of Washington and will be staffed by CCR.
Consolidating services will improve quality and reduce the cost of providing information and referral. CCR is excited to be taking on this new role. We have extensive experience responding to calls from parents seeking child care. The CCR Information and Referral phone line has operated for 22 years. Cultural competence allows us to play a translator role between caregivers and policy makers
Why CCR Works to be Culturally Competent
CCR has a vision that ALL children will have a great start in school and in life. Right now not all of our communi- ties’ children have equal access to that great start. Racial and economic disparities result in disproportionate opportunity and achievement in our public schools and in the child care and early learning settings that are preparing children for school.
For example, a recent survey of kindergarten teachers in Washington revealed that less than 50% of children were prepared for school in all areas. For low income children of color, less than 25% were prepared. CCR is dedicated to working towards removing barriers for these children and their families so that we can truly achieve our vision.
One of the ways we can do this is by creating an organization that supports a culturally diverse work environment where we seek to grow and “undo” our own racism and where authentic input from the people we serve helps guide our actions and decisions.
CCR has worked to achieve a culturally competent work force over 20 years, starting in its very first year by creating an Anti-Bias Task Force. Over our history, we have strived to hire a diverse work force and provided training in cultural competency, anti-bias issues and more recently on anti-racism.
In the early 90’s, our organization was the lead in bringing the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond to Seattle which had created a three day comprehensive Undoing Institutional Racism training. That led to an agency policy of having every CCR staff member receive this training as a basis for understanding the causes and issues of racism.
Becoming an anti-racist organization is a process that takes time and is often achieved through small steps. As these steps are achieved, we move closer to our vision. All of us at CCR envision a society and educational sys- tem free of racism and bias, and offering an equal chance to succeed to all children no matter what their eco- nomic status, race or culture. We hope you will join us in this work!
CCR’s Anti Racism Statement: Children are deeply harmed by the inequities of race and class that they experience in our early learning system. Child Care Resources is dedicated to eliminating institutional racism within our organization and our community.
Child Care Resources Annual Report 2011
CHILD CARE RESOURCES STATEMENTS OF UNRESTRICTED ACTIVITY YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011
Unrestricted Public Support and Revenue Unrestricted Public Support Government contracts and grants $ 3,126,962 United Way of King County 11,014 Contributions and private grants 395,037 In-kind contributions 46,374 Total Unrestricted Public Support $ 3,579,387
Revenue Employer fees 45,261 Program services fees 206,150 Investment income 19,346 Other income 48,912 Total Revenue $ 319,669
Net Assets Released from Restrictions Satisfaction of purpose restrictions- United Way of King County 305,938 Satisfaction of purpose restrictions- Others 818,768 Satisfaction of time restrictions Total Net Assets Released from Restrictions $ 1,124,706
Total Unrestricted Public Support, Revenue, and Other Support $ 5,023,762
Expenses Program services 4,130,549 Management and general 606,133 Fundraising 280,706 Total Expenses $ 5,017,388 Change in Unrestricted Net Assets $ 6,374
2011 Expenses CCR received an unqualified audit opinion on our 2011 financial $5,017,388 statements as a whole from the independent auditing firm of Jacobson Jarvis & Company, PLLC.
To see the full audited financial statements, the audit opinion, and the IRS 990 filing please visit: www.childcare.org.
Program Services = 82% Management and General = 12% Fundraising = 6%
Child Care Resources Board of Directors Laura Midgley, President - Community Volunteer Christine Martin, Vice President - HR Strategies International Lisa Bontje, Treasurer - Community Volunteer Roycee Hasuko, Secretary – King County Grace Alams - Grace’s Kiddie Corner Cesily Crowser – North Seattle Community College Natalie Gendler, Ph.D. - Psychologist (retired) Child Care Resources Staff Elizabeth Hall - Microsoft Deeann Burtch Puffert – Chief Executive Officer Chris Hewett – MindBloom, Inc. Kathryn Flores – Chief Administrative Officer Stephanie James – Bright Horizons Family Solutions Tom Slattery – Chief Development Officer Paula Janson – Sound Mental Health Phoebe Anderson – Chief Program Officer (2012) Hannah Kim – Child Advocate Angelica Alvarez - Family Resource Coordinator Peter Kline - Merrill Lynch Reinette Arase - Community Resource Specialist Janet Levinger - Child Advocate Starla Bailey - Resource Specialist—Providers Natalie Robbecke – The Boeing Company Li Bernstein - Controller Carol Ryan - Explorations in Math Soleil Boyd - Coach Jeannie Simpson – John L Scott Real Estate Laura Brosas - Resource Specialist—Providers Valisa Smith – Consultant Angelica Cardenas-Chaisson - FFN Program Coordinator Kendrick Stewart – Washington. Employment Security Dep’t. Lisa Conley - Play & Learn Network Coordinator Rashelle C. Tanner – CRISTA Sarah Crilley - Office Manager Michelle Terry, MD – Seattle Children’s Amy Donnelly - Intake Specialist, Homeless Program Sherri Wolson – Child Advocate Oriana Estrada - Resource Specialist, Homeless Program Adrienne Fatur - Project Coordinator Liliana Gaxiola-Cuerpo - Community Resource Specialist Katie Graham - Resource Specialist—Providers Deadru Hilliard - Resource Specialist-Providers Marty Jacobs - Director - Family Services Mike Kasprzak - Coach Mary Keating - Project Assistant Fario Khan - Staff Accountant Rebecca Larsen - Resource Specialist—CCFA Theressa Lenear - Director of Diversity and Inclusion Kris Lowe - Resource Specialist—Providers Claudia Marquez - Coach Valerie McCoy - Program Assistant Barbara Miller - MIS, Information & Referral Lesley Nelson - Executive Assistant Renato Pascual - Senior Accountant Lorina Person - Accounting and Program Specialist Kathy Schirman - Resource Specialist—Providers Heidi Seliger - Resource Specialist—Information & Referral Caroline Shelton - Assistant Director - Provider Services Tilman Smith - SERF Project Manager Paula Steinke - FFN Project Manager Melissa Waters - MIS Manager Adrienne Wingo - Resource Specialist—Providers Terrie Yaffe - Homeless Program Lead
Table Captains Grace Alams / Angelica Alvarez / Nina Auerbach / Elizabeth Benedict / Sue Bennett / Lisa Bontje / Ndudi Chuku / Stacy Donovan Kathryn Flores / Natalie Gendler / Roycee Hasuko / Stacie Hawkins / Chris Hewett / Karen Howell-Clark / Marty Jacobs / Mari Jalbing Stephanie James / Hannah Kim / Rebecca Larsen / Theressa Lenear / Janet Levinger / Christine Martin / Tessa Martin / Marta Messelu Laura Midgley / Eric Nicholson / Erin Okuno / Chelsea O’Neal / Deeann Burtch Puffert / Natalie Robbecke / Carol Ryan / Jill Seidel Jill Sheldon / Caroline Shelton / Jeannie Simpson / Tom Slattery / Tilman Smith / Valisa Smith / Alan Spicciati / Paula Steinke Nan and Ken Stephens / Michelle Terry / Liz Tesch / Ruth Warren / John Welch / Laura Wells / Adrienne Wingo / Sherri Wolson
Child Care Resources Annual Report 2011 We have a diverse funding strategy, and greatly appreciate the support of individuals, foundations, corporations and government. GREAT START CIRCLE $10,000 AND OVER Sarah Everitt Vicki and Peter Sorg Peter Feichtmeir and Kendrick Stewart Baer Family Foundation Sarah Patton * Debra Sullivan Bank of America Feinberg Foundation Rashelle Tanner * The Boeing Company * Kathryn Flores and Michelle Terry and Ken Burton * Employees Community Lynn Gordon * Sandy Teufel * Fund of Boeing * Foundation for Early Learning * Dawn Trudeau Hugh S. Cannon Marc and Megan Frazer * United Health Group Foundation * Janet Frohnmayer and Vanguard Charitable Endowment Jewish Women's David Marques * Maggie and Douglas Walker Funding Network Roycee Hasuko * Nancy and Greg Gale Margie Wetherald and Len Barson * Barbara Lawrence * Chris Hewett and Anne and Wayne Gittinger Charlotte Wingo Janet Levinger and Will Poole * Shannon Tutko * Molly and Mike Hanlon Sherri Wolson and Neil Black The Medina Foundation * Horizons Foundation * Hayward Baker, Inc. Susan Yang Affolter * Laura and David Midgley * Hyde Foundation * Heliotrope * YMCA of Greater Seattle RealNetworks Foundation Jewish Communal Fund Highline Education Association * Safeco Insurance Foundation Kiwanis Club of Issaquah * Cynthia Huffman and Ray Heacox * Schwab Charitable Fund Christine Martin and International Telcom, LTD The Seattle Foundation * Tom Varga * Jack Schenker Charitable Trust Luncheon Sponsors United Way of King County * Richard Mockler and Marty and Buz Jacobs * amazon.com Ruth and Todd Warren * Gini Lawson Jacobson Jarvis & Co., PLLC * The Boeing Company Osberg Family Trust Jean Johnson and Peter Miller * Ruth Engle Early LEARNING CIRCLE - Kimberley Osberg Lippman Kawabe Memorial Fund Enterprise Cascadia $5,000 to $9,999 Tamara and Jeff Roberts Adrianne and Brian Keffeler Foster Pepper PLLC Foundation for Early Learning Emily Anthony and Seattle Children's * Hannah Kim Thrive by Five Washington * King County Housing Authority The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation David Maymudes * Goldman Sachs The Bill & Melinda Gates Umpqua Bank Anne Kroeker and Richard Leeds Washington Dental Laura Kussick Hayward Baker, Inc. Foundation * Heliotrope Lisa and Norm Bontje * Service Foundation * Laird Norton Company LLC * Washington State Margaret and Tony Laliberte * Highline Education Association Costco Wholesale Jacobson Jarvis & Co., PLLC Natalie Gendler * Combined Fund Drive Christine Larsen Washington Women's Foundation * Donna and Todd Larson * King County Housing Authority David and Cathy Habib * Mar Properties, LLC Kirkpatrick Family Foundation * Life Preschool Learning Center BUILDING BLOCKS – Donna Lou and Peter Bladin * MCM, A Meisenbach Company Peter and Michelle Kline * Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Laird Norton Tyee $500 to $1,499 Don Luby Anne and Frederick Matsen Organizational Research Services Microsoft Matching Carolyn Akinbami and Steven Lees * John McCormack Pacific Office Automation Gifts Program * Grace Alams and Steve Mauritsen * MCM, A Meisenbach Company * Seattle Children's Muckleshoot Indian Tribe * Lisa and Michael Anderson * Frank McSherry * Thrive by Five Washington Norcliffe Foundation Andy Anderson Cliff Meyer and Alle Hall * Toomey & Associates Mary Pigott * Nina Auerbach and Steve Moreland * United Way of King County Natalie and Derek Robbecke Gretchen Douma * Molly and Blake Nordstrom Washington Dental Service Foundation John and Nancy Sabol Sue Bennett * Ashley O'Connor YMCA of Greater Seattle Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund Bezos Family Foundation Pam and Phil Okeson Fraser and Deidre Black Organizational Research Services * CREATIVITY CIRCLE - Bobbe and Jon Bridge Dianna and Scott Peterson * 2011 Challenge Fund Sponsors $3,000 TO $4,999 Debbie and Henry Brown * Colymbus Foundation Mary Lynne Poole * Brett Burris and Cyndee Kraiger * amazon.com * Carolyn Poterek Emily Anthony & David Maymudes Debra Cady E B Schneider Foundation Tara Prakriya Natalie Gendler Amy and Matthew Cockburn Foster Pepper PLLC Deeann and Rich Puffert * Horizons Foundation Paul and Pam Cope * Kathleen and Michael Hebert Reed Coleman Family Foundation * Hyde Foundation Karen Criddle and Jon Reingold Nanny and Ken Stephens * Deborah Rosen Mary Pigott Marion and John DeForest * Christine Ruana * Ruth & Todd Warren Katherine DeForest Evans and QUALITY CIRCLE - Carol Ryan and Chaz Wichman * Jon Evans * $1,500 to $2,999 Libby and Andy Sanders Thank You! Emer Dooley and Robert Short Charlotte and Blake Sanders Nancy and Charles Bagley * Julie Edsforth and Jabe Bev Schaaf and Rick Kirkwood * Anne and Geof Barker Blumenthal * Liz and Steve Schmidt * Colymbus Foundation Yvette Eisenberg Melendez Jeannie Simpson Trish and Jim Davis * Ruth and Bruce Engle * Tom Slattery and Pat Reh * Fales Foundation Trust Mark and Carol Englizian * Valisa Smith Goldman Sachs Enterprise Cascadia * consistent donors for five or more years! Helene Obradovich and Irene Basloe-Saraf Peggy and Charles Fitzgerald Ed Phippen * Diana Bender * Patrick Foran Timothy Sam O'Neill Cris Berns Rosita Forbes * COMMUNITY CIRCLE – Susan Onstad and Brian Cran Li Bernstein * Lora Ford $250 to $499 Pacific Office Automation Bonnie Beukema Barbara Fortun Penn Cove Veterinary Clinic Tara Binge Amy and Gregg Fossum Glenn and Shawna Ader Judy Poll Roxanne and Charles Mitchell Dana and Theresa Frank Sherilyn Anderson and Michelle Potvin Arnold Blinn and Leslie Brewer * Fresh Fitness & Dance David Tan Puget Sound AEYC Nichole Bockner Jamie Froebe Phoebe Anderson and Andrea and Alan Rabinowitz * Penny and Vernon Bolton Susan and Allen Funk Jeff Anderson Joan Sato-Hernandez Elizabeth Bonbright * Rosalie Gann and Steve Breyer Mari Anderson Caroline Shelton and Steve Hurd Dianne Boyd * Laura Giddings City of Seattle Employees * Tilman Smith * Wendie Bramwell and Linda Gladman Emily Barrett Laurel Spelman Dan Cherkin * Susan Goding Cindy Bellomy Alan and Shannon Spicciati Jean and George Brumder Arpana Goel Elizabeth Benedict * Sid and Pam Stahl Michelle Buetow and Justo Gonzalez Ashley Blanchard Jane and John Stiehl George Heynen * Cynthia Goodwin * Patti Brooke and Jude Kavalam Linda and Peter Stoner * Marie Bui Cheryl and William Gossman Eric Brown and Margaret Susan Sullivan and Nicole Bunselmeyer Betty Greene * Huchting Bill Henningsgaard * Brenda Buras-Elsen Lila and Joseph Greengard * Kim Brown and Jeff Seely * Caryn Swan Jamero * Phyllis Byers Steve Grubb Chuck and Alice Burtch * Phil Thompson and Terri Caditz Christian Guerra Michele Butler-Myles Elizabeth Dolliver Sheila and Fred Capestany Lori Guilfoyle Bruce Carbary Harla Tumbleson and Susan Capriotti Donna Haggarty-Robbins and Pey-lin Carroll Beverly Norfleet-Tumbleson * Catherine Carbone Rogers David Robbins Hueiling and Yu Leung Chan * Sara and Luis Tupac Diane Carroll Elizabeth Hall Community Day School Liz and Frederick Walters Kathy Carson * Mark Hamilton * Association Cecilia Carter Bob Hamilton Judy and Bill Courshon NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCLE— Christine Chang and Russ Hanford * Christina and Mark Dawson $100 to $249 Steven Bush Lenee Hildenbrand Jeri Donnelly Stephanie Cherrington Lauren Hilterbrant Maryan Abdulle Steve Duncan Rolande Chesebro Zulema Hinojos-Fall and Jeff Fall Susan and Douglas Adkins * Janie and Chuck Ekberg * Faye Chess Prentice Carolyn and John Hojaboom Emeka Alams Suzette Espinoza-Cruz Lisa Chin and Nigel Green Tom Hujar Catherine and Thomas Allan Thomas Everill Miriam Chung O.J. Humphrey III Stan Allison Ann Fasano City of Kent Ross Hunter Humberto Alvarez Ann Felton Mrs. Kate Cochran Bevette Irvis Laran and Thomas Andrews * Barbara and Tim Fielden Alex Coffey Carla Jackson * Melissa Arias Kristine Forbes Duncan and Rike Connelly Christina and John Jacobs Laura and Bill Bailey * JoAnn Galliano and Tom Emig Jennifer Cooper Paula Janson John Bancroft * Christine and David Gedye Sarah and Curt Cox Jennifer Jennings-Shaffer Margaret Barrett Jill Hammond Nikki Coyote Lonnie Johns-Brown Vaughnetta and Peter Barton Doris Hill * Creative Kids Learning Center Maryann Johnston Mari Jalbing and Sarah Crilley Ruth Kagi James Robart * Sharon Cronin Jean Kasota Stephanie James Amalia Cudeiro Mike Kasprzak and Baird Johnson Peter and Linda Dahl Betty Williams * Seth Kelsey and Leilani Dela Cruz Pamela Keenan Fritz Virginia Lachmann Jane Dobrovolny Bea Kelleigh Nan and Ken Leaman * Amy Donnelly * Amy and Max Kleinman Allan Lee Melissa Dyk Ann and Jerry Knutsen * Theressa Lenear * Susan Eastgard Jeff Koontz Senator Steve Litzow Catherine Edwards Diane Kroll Hilary Loeb and El Centro De La Raza Bruce Kurtz * Marc Friedman * Elaine and Dave Eva * Sherry Ladd * Vanessa Maanao-French Becky and Bill Evans Kay Lancaster Mar Properties, LLC Cambrea Ezell and Jerry Large Carol Maurer and Robin Romeo Julie Larkin Rich Cohen * Casey Fairchild * Teresa Moore Tom Falkner Giving List Continues... 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Child Care Resources Annual Report 2011 CHILD CARE RESOURCES IDENTITY STATEMENT
CCR promotes equity for children, community stability and school readiness as a Washington State leader with a King County focus. We work with families, caregivers and providers and col- laborate with community partners to ensure that
every child has a great start. Contact Child Care Resources We deliver programs and advocate for policy – For general inquiries call: 206-329-1011 both independently and in collaboration with Or toll free: 1-877-543-0059 partners – that increase the ability of families, Referral Line: 206-329-5544 or 1-877-512-3948 caregivers, and providers to nurture the social Provider Line: 206-329-5333 or 1-877-512-3949 emotional, physical, and intellectual growth of Or contact us by email: [email protected] young children. Information about CCR including copies of
our audited financial statements: www.childcare.org We exercise leadership in the early learning community using our competitive advantages of: Seattle Office 1225 South Weller, Suite 300 field expertise and cultural competence that Seattle, WA 98144 allows us to play a translator role between Redmond Office caregivers and policy makers; and our ability to 16315 NE 87th St—Bldg B leverage our expertise and data in a responsive Redmond, WA 98052 Kent Office way to inform decision-making. 232 2nd Avenue S, Suite 104 Kent, WA 98032 We have a diverse funding strategy, and greatly appreciate the support of individuals, foundations, corporations and government. Save the Date
The 2012 Child Care Resources annual benefit luncheon is set for Friday, November 2nd at the Westin Seattle. N ot -for Profit Status Keynote speaker: Dr. Dimitri Christakis Child Care Resources is a registered not-for-profit social service agency with a tax identification number Master of Ceremonies: Angela Russell of KIRO TV of 91-1465046. Contributions are tax deductible as proscribed by law. Call 206-329-1011 x 221 for information or send an email to [email protected]
Child Care Resources Annual Report 2011