Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Orlando, FL Permit No. 506 Corporate Office 1485 South Semoran Boulevard Building 6, Suite 1448 Winter Park, FL 32792 www.chsfl.org RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED ‘‘ Children are the world's most valuable ‘‘ resource and its best hope for the future. Our Mission Embracing Children. Inspiring Lives. –John F. Kennedy Our Vision We envision Children’s Home Society of Florida as a state and national leader in providing high-quality, community-based solutions to meet the needs of individuals, families and communities. Our Values Service We are committed to the highest standards of quality in our programs and operations. We promote courtesy and dedication in our environment and utilize our quality improvement system to meet changing client and customer needs. Integrity We will maintain loyalty to our Mission and the highest standards of ethical and professional character within a supportive work environment. We work honorably and justly in all our work and service. Innovation We provide leadership in the development of research-based, solution-driven programs for children and their families, and we encourage creative visionary ideas from our staff, our volunteers and our community. Respect We will maintain respect for the worth and dignity of all persons with whom we work and serve. We are committed to teamwork, patience and congeniality that encourage inclusion from stakeholders and the people we serve. Diversity We will maintain employment policies and provide services that promote cultural diversity and capitalize on the strength of our geographic and programmatic diversity, while pursuing our Mission. Stewardship We will be diligent, responsible stewards of financial and human resources while maintaining resources to address the needs of our clients/constituents. Leading the Way to a Brighter Tomorrow Ambitious goals CHS is committed to bringing a brighter tomorrow to children and families struggling today. Building upon our mission of Embracing Children. Inspiring Lives., we’re not only embracing the children of today, but also the children of future generations. Still fully focused on providing our current Innovationservices, we’ve also embarked on a new path, concentrating Contents on confirming – and eliminating – the roots of abuse and neglect. We’re using our strategic innovations to determine what factors combine to cause the generational cycle of child abuse – and, more importantly, what stops it. Contents Looking Back ......................................................................................2 Through several partnerships, CHS is pursuing field-based research on programs and interventions to determine which are State Board of Directors ..............................................................3 most effective for troubled children and families. Through this strategic effort, we’ll identify data-driven practices that can President’s Message ......................................................................4 best impact future generations. Chairman’s Message ....................................................................4 Our divisions across the state are already hard at work developing innovative, worthwhile projects to incorporate into Management Team ........................................................................5 existing or new programs, continually furthering progress toward our ambitious goal of breaking the cycle of abuse New Beginnings ... Happy Endings ........................................6 and neglect. CHS Executive Directors ..............................................................9 Raising the Bar Continuously raising the bar in child welfare services, CHS is A Measure of Our Success ....................................................10 constantly creating original tools and training programs to improve the way we and other child welfare organizations CHS Division Map ......................................................................12 care for children. Cutting-edge technology, strategic partnerships and forward thinking push our Learning Institute CHS Timeline....................................................................................13 and Center for Applied Innovations to produce software, interactive Web-based trainings, manuals, classroom training 2005-2006 Financial Information ........................................14 sessions and other resources that dramatically enhance our service delivery and management capabilities. We’re also Your Dollars Making a Difference ........................................15 developing materials for children in the dependency system to help ease transition, promote healthy self-esteem and introduce 2005-2006 Supporters ............................................................16 coping skills. Leading the Way to a Brighter Tomorrow........................28 Striving for Excellence As a unified team, CHS staff wholeheartedly embrace our mission, vision and values. In an effort to integrate our corporate values into the core of our organization, the Values Matter committee develops motivational, communications and recognition tools to deliver and reinforce CHS’ values. The program encourages employees to model our values – Service, Integrity, Innovation, Respect, Diversity and Stewardship – in their daily work and lives. To encourage staff to continually reach beyond CHS’ high standards, the Stars of Excellence internal program recognizes divisions demonstrating exceptional leadership in the core areas of business. When division and corporate business teams plan, achieve and celebrate together, excellence results. 28 1 Looking Back Thousands of children, dirty, malnourished and alone, throughout the country. CHS leaders lobbied for the reform of boarded the Orphan Trains near the turn of the 20th century, childcare institutions, secured separate housing arrangements desperately hoping to find families. Older children – especially for boys and girls in Florida, and fought for the rights of strong ones – found homes quickly; younger ones, however, mentally ill children. often went from city to city before someone noticed their sad, lonely eyes. More than 400 children who stepped aboard After playing an integral role in enacting Child Labor Laws, Servicethe trains arrived in Florida – adding to the state’s already CHS drafted the Compulsory Education Law and rallied for growing population of homeless and abandoned children. the creation of the State Welfare Board and the agency that Pinnacle Direct Funding Mr. and Mrs. Lee Spector Work Force Development Board - Corporation Spirit of Christ One Stop Career Center would become the Department of Children and Families. Pizza Hut St. James Episcopal Church Wyndham Property Management During a time when public welfare was nonexistent and few Most recently, CHS assumed a lead role, financially and Dr. and Mrs. Carlos Poler St. Johns River Water Management Xerox Corporation laws protected children, a national movement was beginning in philosophically, supporting the launch of Community Based Polish Heritage Society District Ms. Mary Young Illinois, triggered by the constant stream of orphans traveling Care as Florida underwent a dramatic shift with the The Ponte Vedra Recorder St. Joseph's Catholic Church the tracks. On a quest to find families for homeless, neglected privatization of child welfare. Ponte Vedra Women's Tennis St. Joseph's Episcopal Church and destitute children, the movement ventured to Florida in the Association St. Lucie Mets Posh 27 St. Mark's Episcopal School early 1900s, counting on support from the wealthy. The year And, as one of the founding members of the Child Welfare Pricewaterhouse Coopers St. Mary's Catholic Church before, however, fires destroyed much of Jacksonville, League of America, CHS continues to fight for additional Professional Health Training St. Stephen Catholic Community eliminating potential philanthropic dollars. But the lack of funds legislation protecting the rights of children and families. CHS Academy Starwood Vacation Ownership didn’t change reality – Florida needed a foster and adoptive has attained continuous accreditation by the Council on Project Linus Steve Counts, Inc. placement agency to care for the countless children without Accreditation of Services to Children and Families (COA) Prudential Financial Mr. and Mrs. Tomas Stransky homes, without families. since 1982, recently earning Queen of Peace Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Strickland reaccredidation through 2010. Queen's Harbor Women's Group Summer Fun For Kids, Inc. Quilting Angels SunGard Corbel So, on November 17, 1902, CHS is the fourth-largest Ms. Cindy Y. Racco Sunglass World under the guidance of Rev. D.W. nongovernmental not-for-profit Mr. David Rachlin Mr. Larry Sweat Comstock, Children’s Home organization among 1,400 Ms. Brenda Rapp Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Szajnert Society of Florida (CHS) was entities in the United States and Mr. Dwight Reightnour Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Taft established in Jacksonville. CHS Canada accredited by COA. Reliable Land Title Corporation Tallahassee Democrat found homes for 21 children its Ring Power Corporation Tallahassee Mall Partners, Ltd. RKC Construction, Inc. Tampa Bay Buccaneers initial year, operating with a Although CHS began more than Mr. and Mrs. Tim Roberson Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tegge budget of $400. And when 100 years ago to find families Robert Half Finance & Accounting Temple Beth Emet Marcus “Daddy” Fagg became State Superintendent in 1910, for homeless and abandoned children, the organization