2015 ANNUAL REPORT “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dear Friends,
Every family faces setbacks. Sometimes we can weather them on our own. Sometimes, without help, those setbacks can lead to lasting, even life-threatening problems.
Didi Hirsch has been a safety net for families in Southern California for nearly 75 years. Whether they call our Suicide Prevention Center, receive therapy in our clinics, see a therapist at school or move into one of our residential treatment centers, children and adults find the help they need at Didi Hirsch.
The safety net has become even stronger thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With its rollout, millions of impoverished adults under 65 became eligible for health insurance through Medicaid. And, the ceiling on the allowable income of impoverished families was raised. What a momentous change. In 2015 alone, we served over 1,700 newly insured children and adults.
Although coming to fruition more slowly, the ACA also opens up access to care for millions of Americans with substance use disorders. They have been the most underfunded of all diseases; according to a national survey, less than 11% of those with substance use disorders receive treatment. We celebrate the growing acceptance that substance use is a disease, not a moral failing.
Didi Hirsch has approached our clients’ care with an integrated approach for years. To address the often-neglected medical needs of our clients, South Bay Family Health Care and Westside Family Health Center send health practitioners to our Inglewood and Culver City Centers respectively. To promote the mental health of women receiving residential substance use treatment at Via Avanta, we built a mental health clinic on site.
When you read about the transformations in the lives of the clients featured in our 2015 Annual Report, imagine their lives without the care that tended to all their needs.
Yes, there’s much to celebrate, not the least of which is you. Every time you make a gift to Didi Hirsch, volunteer your time, or spread the word about what we do, you strengthen the safety net. And our communities are the better for it.
Warmly,
Carlos Garcia Kita S. Curry, PhD Chair, Board of Directors President/CEO A Didi Hirsch psychiatrist literally saved Davera’s life.
She had arrived at her appointment feeling especially weak and tired. Her psychiatrist knew her depression and anxiety were taking a toll, but this seemed different. She ordered a blood test that led to the discovery that Davera had fibroids and was bleeding internally. Her blood loss was so great that, if left untreated, she could have died. “She saved my life,” MEDICAL FACT: Davera said. When Davera came to Didi Hirsch in 2008, she Serious mental was struggling to overcome a history of abuse as a child, domestic violence, homelessness illness can take as and thoughts of suicide. But with treatment, much as 24 years medication and a caseworker’s support, she learned how to deal with day-to-day issues she off a person’s life— didn’t think she could handle alone. She found a place to live and received financial support to more than the help pay rent and child care while she looked for ways to get back on her feet. impact of heavy Today, she is pursuing a college degree in smoking. business administration at El Camino College and shares her story with others to spread the word that hope and help are available. “Whenever I needed a friend, Didi Hirsch was there,” Davera said. Overcoming Trauma
“Whenever I needed a friend, Didi Hirsch was there.” Carlos struggled for much of his life with periods of intense listlessness— one so bad that he couldn’t get out of bed for six months and had to quit his job as an elementary school teacher. But it wasn’t until he had his first session with a Didi Hirsch therapist at the age of 30 that he learned the cause of his lack of energy: clinical depression.
He began meeting regularly with a therapist and caseworker who helped him secure temporary disability while he took steps toward his recovery. Adopting Didi Hirsch’s IN AMERICA: holistic approach to wellness, Carlos began incorporating regular exercise, a healthy diet, More than 6 plenty of rest, meditation and reading into million men suffer his daily life. With support, treatment and a healthy routine, Carlos found mindfulness, from depression balance and a new job as a sixth-grade teacher. each year. “Having depression is like living in hell,” said Carlos, who is thrilled to be back at work. “But the people at Didi Hirsch really care and went above and beyond in supporting me. When I hit my lowest point, Didi Hirsch was my lifeline.” Learning About Depression
“When I hit my lowest point, Didi Hirsch was my lifeline.” The feeling of dread surged through the little boy every day.
One of the region’s most notorious gangs difference.” Through play therapy, they had his family by the throat: gang members reenacted the violence he had witnessed. constantly harassed and threatened his tita, Slowly, he began to open up and get his pretty older sister, and then had shot his comfortable seeking help from adults. uncle, who had been like a father to him. To Maira, the unaccompanied minors she treats Right in front of his eyes. After that, they are a source of wonder. “I am learning so much came around regularly and took the money from listening to them,” she tells a visitor. “I his mother earned from the shop. am so impressed by their strong drive to get From the time “Javier” hugged mamita better so they can give back to family in their goodbye and set out with his teenage sister home countries and here in the U.S. There’s a on their 30-day trek to the American border, lesson in that for all of us.” to the moment they left the detention center with his cousins, he was full of fear, although he was careful not to show it. He was 9 years old. In Los Angeles, school was hard. Javier IN 2015: felt like he messed up a lot, especially when speaking English, and got angry at About one in five the other kids and teacher. He had trouble making friends and thought a lot about his unaccompanied uncle. When his mother joined them, Javier wondered why it had taken so, so long. minors were under Thousands of children in the Northern the age of 13. Triangle of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala have stories like Javier’s, fueling recent surges in migration to the United States and calls for international protection. Un Camino Rocoso Didi Hirsch received a $50,000 grant from Cedars-Sinai to provide mental health care for traumatized minors who recently immigrated to the U.S. and have nowhere A Rocky Road else to turn for help. “Javier could so easily have fallen through “Javier could so easily have fallen through the cracks. the cracks,” says his therapist Maira Vargas, ACSW, and daughter of Mexican The one-on-one attention he gets at Didi Hirsch has immigrants. “The one-on-one attention made all the difference.” he gets at Didi Hirsch has made all the Before arriving at Via Avanta, Loeryna had experienced so many traumatic events in her life that she had given up hope. Her relationships went from bad to worse as the mother of four battled depression, drug addiction, domestic violence and a suicide attempt.
It was her nine-year-old daughter who rescued the family from her mother’s abusive IN LA COUNTY: boyfriend. Seizing an opportunity to escape, the daughter walked her mother and siblings to a Almost half of all nearby 7-Eleven to get help. Her quick thinking and courage saved them from a dire situation, homeless families are but Loeryna was wracked with guilt. “I was in a headed by a single black hole,” Loeryna said. “I let down my kids and myself and wanted to die.” mother who often And then she learned about Didi Hirsch Via struggles with mental Avanta. One of the only residential centers that allow women in treatment for substance use illness, substance use and mental illness to live with their children, Via Avanta offered Loeryna the haven of safety, disorder and trauma. respect and dignity that she needed to recover. “At Via they told me we’re going to love you until you love yourself. For the first time, I wanted to get better.”
Clean and sober for a year-and-a-half, Loeryna is now a shift leader at her job and enjoys time with her children, who are thriving under her care. “Via gave me self-respect and self- Gaining confidence and taught me that I have value,” Self-Respect Loeryna said.
“Via gave me self-respect and self-confidence and taught me that I have value.” Ann Taylor’s first suicide attempt came after experiencing divorce and the death of both of her parents and a close friend in a two-year span. When a friend accused her of being selfish for putting her family through so much pain, she decided to keep her feelings to herself—and tried to end her life several more times over the next five years.
The cycle of shame, silence and suicide attempts finally ended when Ann joined a support group developed at Didi Hirsch for people who have attempted suicide. With the support of peers who “understand what it’s like to feel utterly hopeless,” Ann learned new ways WORLDWIDE: to cope with her stress. After volunteering as a peer co-facilitator for the groups, she underwent training Didi Hirsch has to become a crisis counselor on our Crisis Chat service, which is popular with teenage girls. had 450+ requests “I love this work,” Ann said. “It feels really good to use what I’ve learned to help others.” for its Manual for Didi Hirsch’s Survivors of Suicide Attempt support Support Groups for groups have been so successful that our manual is now listed on the Suicide Prevention Resource Suicide Attempt Center’s national Best Practices Registry. Soon, many other communities in the U.S. and abroad will offer Survivors this life-saving tool. Ending the Silence
“It feels really good to use what I’ve learned to help others.” More than 2,100 people walked, ran and volunteered at Didi Hirsch’s 17th Annual Alive & Running 5K Walk/Run for Suicide Prevention, which raised awareness and more than $334,000 for programs that help people affected by suicide.
The largest team, #RememberAaron, was at the heart of this year’s event. In a huge outpouring of love and support, more than 85 family members and friends of Sherry and Albert Yanagisawa carried a large banner in memory of their 14-year-old son who had taken his life just a few months earlier.
Didi Hirsch Board Member Andrew Rubin chaired the record-breaking 5K and presented the Inspiration Award to Board Member Pam Kluft. The Corporate Hero award went to BDO USA, and the Top Fundraiser award went to Board Member Charlotte Fletcher, whose team raised $70,123 for the event. The 5K was dedicated to Dr. Norman L. Farberow. He co-founded Didi Hirsch’s Suicide Prevention Center in 1958 and died on World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10, 2015)—a day that wouldn’t exist without his contributions.
(Top): Emcee Tom Kenny, 17th Annual the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, signs autograph.
(Middle L-R): Event Chair Andrew Rubin thanks sponsors from the stage.
(Bottom): Runners cross the starting line.
September 27, 2015 Photos by Beth Herzhaft “Mental illness does not have to be a life sentence of hopelessness and despair. Recovery happens.” - Darrell Steinberg
Former California Senate President pro Tempore Board Members Shawn Amos and Lisa Petrazzolo Darrell Steinberg shared that hopeful message as co-chaired the event, which was emceed by he and his daughter, Jordana, were honored at comedian Wendy Liebman. The program included our 19th Annual Erasing the Stigma Leadership a moving presentation about stigma, a musical Awards on April 27, 2015. The event drew more performance by Mary Lambert, and videos than 550 guests and raised a record $475,000 for featuring Didi Hirsch clients that Amos produced. Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. Amos, a singer/songwriter who performs under the name The Reverend Shawn Amos, closed the event Steinberg co-authored the California Mental with an upbeat classic blues set. Health Services Act, which expanded mental health services to millions of Californians. Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez presented While fighting to pass the groundbreaking the Steinbergs with a Leadership Award. Also legislation, the former legislator struggled in honored were singer/songwriter Mary Lambert, private with Jordana’s mental illness. television personality Howie Mandel, who received the Beatrice Stern Media Award for using Noting that it wasn’t his place to tell his daughter’s the power of media to help erase stigma, and NBA story, Steinberg said he was moved when Jordana New Orleans Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson. decided to talk about her experience with Jeanne Phillips (“Dear Abby”) introduced Ryan’s childhood mood disorder with a reporter for father, Jack, who accepted the award on his son’s The Sacramento Bee. behalf because the Pelicans were in the playoffs. Former California Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and daughter, Jordana
DIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Los Angeles Times Columnist Steve Lopez Event Chair Shawn Amos Photos by Beth Herzhaft by Photos Jeanne Phillips (“Dear Abby”) and Jack Anderson TV personality Howie Mandel Singer/songwriter Mary Lambert Comedian Wendy Liebman Meet Our Newest Board Members Betsy H. Breen is a passionate mental health advocate for teens and young adults. The mother of triplets, Betsy served on the board of TEEN LINE, a teen-to-teen crisis hotline, while her two daughters volunteered as “listeners.” When one daughter began to struggle with severe depression and suicidal thoughts, Betsy began to advocate for more accessible resources and early intervention so kids like hers could lead happy, healthy and empowered lives. “A lot of people think BOARD OF DIRECTORS that mental illness can’t happen to them or their family, and it’s a wake-up call when it does. It’s how you handle it and move forward to help others - not only your family members and friends, but the CHAIR community at large - that matters.” Carlos Garcia
EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIR Philip B. Strauss, CPA Rudolph I. Estrada first served on the Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services Board from 2003 to 2008 and rejoined it in 2015 SECRETARY when he realized how many people he knew had been touched, Charlotte W. Fletcher, PhD directly and indirectly, by mental illness. “If mental illness were simply referred to as ‘brain pain,’ many more people would admit TREASURER Rudolph I. Estrada to the affliction,” Rudy said. “This is exactly why ‘erasing the stigma’ is so very important.” Rudy, who lives with depression, is president VICE CHAIR and chief executive officer of Estradagy, a business and financial Shawn Amos services company that provides comprehensive advisory assistance to business, banking and public services sectors. He also serves as the VICE CHAIR lead director of East West Bancorp, Inc. Martin J. Frank
VICE CHAIR Lewis C. Horne joined the board of Didi Hirsch in 2015 to Thomas J. Han, DDS, FACD fully support our efforts to provide quality mental health services to communities where stigma or poverty limits access to resources. He VICE CHAIR is dedicated to ensuring that all people who suffer from mental illness Janine B. Lichstein can get the help they need. Lewis is president of the Greater Los Angeles-Orange County Region for CBRE, Inc., the leading global IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR provider of commercial real estate services. He and his wife, Lisa, are Michael C. Wierwille the parents of four children, among them a son who died by suicide in 2003. “Through our family’s personal experience of loss and our MEMBERS OF THE BOARD life journey since then, we have become passionate about suicide Betsy H. Breen prevention and supporting efforts to cure mental illness.” Christopher J. Harrer Lewis C. Horne Pamela Kluft is a dedicated community volunteer and Vera M. Jashni, EdD philanthropist who joined Didi Hirsch’s Board in 2015 to help promote suicide prevention and support the agency’s efforts to erase Pamela Kluft the stigma of mental illness. After her sister, Beth Joy Hess, died by Gail Kamer Lieberfarb suicide in 2012, she found comfort in Didi Hirsch’s Survivors After Suicide program. “I was stunned by how many people confided in Laura Ornest me they had also lost someone to suicide but never felt comfortable Lisa Petrazzolo talking about it.” Her sister suffered from depression but hid her pain from her loved ones. “I want to be a voice for my sister and the many Andrew E. Rubin other people who have taken their own lives, and be a comfort to Todd Rubin those who have survived the loss of a loved one.” Cheri Renfroe Yousem LOCATIONS Financial Summary FY 14-15 FY 13-14 Government Contracts $40,458,788 $38,695,923 Contributions and Grants 2,898,362 1,939,608 Pacoima United Way 52,086 53,228 Special Events 422,403 242,014 Patient Fees 103,827 63,784 Donated Goods and Services 516,782 458,740 Pasadena Glendale Other 26,481 22,776 (Loss) on sale of donated property (61,736) Total Revenue $44,416,993 $41,476,073 Los Angeles
Santa Personnel $31,564,355 $29,783,696 Monica Culver City Operating 5,728,011 6,163,160 Occupancy 2,934,402 2,930,556 Depreciation 1,441,515 1,292,461
Inglewood Downey Donated Goods and Services 516,782 458,740 Total Expenses $42,185,065 $40,628,613
Excess of Revenue over Expenses $2,231,928 $847,460
Torrance Anaheim Cash and Cash Equivalents $4,136,281 $2,809,044 Orange Accounts Receivable/Prepaid 3,515,030 2,566,459 Long Beach Donated Property Held for Sale - 317,052 Santa Ana Property and Equipment 13,262,971 12,764,393 Total Assets $20,914,282 $18,456,948 Headquarters Inglewood Center Orange County Center 4760 S. Sepulveda Blvd. 323 N. Prairie Ave. 2000 E. 4th St., Suite 110 Culver City, CA 90230 Inglewood, CA 90301 Santa Ana, CA 92705 Accounts Payable/Accrued $5,495,608 $5,109,340 (310) 390-6612 (310) 677-7808 (714) 547-0885 Notes Payable 5,806,396 6,108,874 Culver-Palms Center Jump Street S. Mark Taper Center Capital Lease Obligation 141,616 - 11133 Washington Blvd. 1233 S. La Cienega Blvd. 1328 W. Manchester Ave. Culver City, CA 90232 Los Angeles, CA 90035 Los Angeles, CA 90044 Total Liabilities $11,443,620 $11,218,214 (310) 895-2300 (310) 855-0031 (323) 778-9593
Excelsior House Mar Vista Center Via Avanta 1007 Myrtle Ave. 12420 Venice Blvd., Suite 200 Pacoima, CA Net Assets 9,470,662 7,238,734 Inglewood, CA 90301 Los Angeles, CA 90066 (818) 897-2609 (310) 412-4191 (310) 751-1200
Glendale Center Metro Center Total Liabilities and Net Assets $20,914,282 $18,456,948 1540 E. Colorado St. 672 S. La Fayette Park Pl., Suite 6 Glendale, CA 91205 Los Angeles, CA 90057 (818) 244-7257 (213) 381-3626 Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. For information on contributions or planned gifts, please contact the Development Department at (310) 751-5455 or [email protected]. by the numbers 2015 Suicide Prevention Center 87 cents of every dollar received goes directly to services
70,512 3x more Mental Health Services Spanish, Korean calls, chats, texts and Vietnamese Latino calls since 2011 40% callers with White 29% 36% past suicide attempts African American 9,198 25% Asian /Pacific Islander 42% callers and texters were under the age of 25 individuals 2% Other 4% 3 of 4 Outreach and Education Clients under age 18: youth more than one third surveyed improved their coping 17,986 We treat children in skills people learned about drugs, nearly schools 100 alcohol, suicide and depression
of adult clients surveyed would recommend 93% Didi Hirsch to a friend or family member TOTAL Served 97,696 $100,000 and above
W. M. Keck Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation The Ahmanson Foundation $25,000 - $99,999
California Community Foundation Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Fletcher Family Foundation Didi Hirsch Legacy Society Jami and Nikolaus Heidegger The Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges an extraordinary group of philanthropists National Suicide Prevention Lifeline whose bequests and other estate gifts ensure access to mental health, substance use and The Nickoll Family suicide prevention services for generations to come. Ronda Rousey Nancy and Miles Rubin Legacy Society Founders United Way of Greater Los Angeles Honoring those who have made planned gift commitments of $1,000,000 or more $10,000 - $24,999
Michael Becker Beacon Capital Partners, LLC Cynthia Chaillie Marchant Breen Family Trust Andrew E. Rubin Tamara and John Brown Kita S. Curry, PhD and Peter Curry East West Bank Legacy Society Members In Memoriam: Flanny Productions Curley L. Bonds, MD Robert E. Emerson Linda and Martin J. Frank Anette R. Brown Gerald Geismar Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Kita S. Curry, PhD and Peter W. Curry Edna H. Larkin Pamela and Earl Kluft Linda and Martin J. Frank Stanley D. Lelewer Gail Kamer Lieberfarb and Warren Lieberfarb Kate Zimmerman Geismar Max Silver and Louise E. Light Matthew Silverman Memorial Foundation Julianne Grossman Judith Anne Phillips
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Knaus Vicki and Roger Sant Eileen Dardick The Apatow-Mann Family Foundation Kim Kowsky and Sheldon Cohn Ann Costello Cynthia Kolodny Ann and Greg Santilli Julianne Grossman Deme and Tibor Deme Mimi and Carlos E. Garcia KPlans, Inc. Areta Crowell, PhD David Krumholtz Scarantino’s Italian Inn David Dukesherer Sr., The Glick Family Foundation Max Leeds Damien Doss Ellen and Ken Kuchta Tanner Schlientz David Dukesherer Jr. Thomas J. Han, DDS, FACD Bernice and James McCombie Charlie and Lyda Eddington La Tijera UMC Heidi Schulman and Mickey Kantor and Jack Dukesherer Jolie and Jon J. 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PRESIDENT/CEO Kita S. Curry, PhD
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VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES Dr. Norman L. Farberow Cynthia Bryan, SPHR 1918 - 2015
VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS Michael A. Gassis, MA On September 14, 2015, Didi Hirsch Mental enforcement and support groups for people who Health Services lost a beloved friend and co- have attempted suicide and bereaved families. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER founder of the Suicide Prevention Center, Dr. In the early 1960s, Dr. Farberow and his Howard Goldman Norman L. Farberow. As a psychologist in the colleagues pioneered the psychological autopsy, 1940s, suicide was “a long-neglected, taboo- which they used to conclude that Marilyn encrusted social and personal phenomenon,” Monroe’s death was a probable suicide. Dr. Farberow said. He felt a moral imperative to ease the cultural and social shame attached to its They believed suicide was a public health victims and their survivors. problem, and healing could come as much from a conversation as from a pill. The author of many Joined by psychologist Edwin Shneidman and Didi Hirsch 2015 Annual Report books and articles on suicide, Dr. Farberow was psychiatrist Robert Litman, Dr. Farberow opened interviewed frequently and lectured widely on the Designer Joey Buda the nation’s first Suicide Prevention Center in subject. He participated in trainings at the Suicide Editor Kim Kowsky 1958. Among the first researchers to examine the Writers Randy Cohen Prevention Center until the end of his life. psychological aspects of suicide, they concentrated Janine Perron on its causes and prevention. Together, they “Dr. Farberow was a pioneer in helping to erase Photographers Carla Blumenkrantz developed an approach of nonjudgmental listening the stigma of suicide” said Dr. Kita S. Curry, Beth Herzhaft used in their 24-hour suicide prevention hotline Didi Hirsch’s President/CEO. “He never stopped Printed by Weber Printing Co. and adopted by crisis centers around the world. wanting to ease people’s pain and understand what In later years, the Suicide Prevention Center brings people to the brink of such despair.” expanded its services to provide training for law Mission Statement Since 1942, Didi Hirsch has transformed lives by providing quality mental health and substance use services in communities where stigma or poverty limits access.
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