th Anniversary 2004-2005 Annual Report Our Mission: In partnership with communities, develop resources to promote the positive growth of their children. AzYP 2004-2005 Program Funding SPRANS / DFC…..$829,365 Statement of Financial Position Saddlebrook Rotary / ….$11,546 Assets Arizona Rural Human Services / Tucson Electric Power / Cash and cash equivalents $284,477 Catalina Community Services Grants and contracts receivable $105,314 Total Funding…..$1,746,743.10 City of Tucson …..$25,000 Prepaid expenses and deposits $5,542 Pima County…..$33,320 Furniture and equipment, at cost, net of $46,474 accumulated depreciation of $70,114 $441,807 ADHS…..$160,000 Liabilities and Net Assets CPSA…..$166,502 Accounts payable $37,600 CPSA - Tohono…..$225,000 Accrued expenses $47,929 Governor’s Office…..$296,010 Total liabilities $85,529 Net assets: unrestricted $356,278 $441,807 Statement of Activities Year Ended June 30, 2005 Temporarily Temporarily Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total Revenue gains and other support Net assets released from restrictions: Grants and contracts Satisfaction of program U.S. Department of Health and $563,257 $563,257 restrictions Human Services $1,394,613 ($1,394,613) $0 Community Partnership of $391,500 $391,500 Southern Arizona Total revenue, State of Arizona $377,538 $377,538 gains and other income $1,706,884 $0 $1,706,884 Pima County, Arizona $33,320 $33,320 City of Tucson $24,998 $24,998 Expenses: Other grants and contracts $4,000 $4,000 Contract expenses $1,442,686 $1,442,686 Total grants and contracts $1,394,613 $1,394,613 Management and general $166,477 $166,477 Total expenses $1,609,163 $0 $1,609,163 Program Fees $11,255 $11,255 Donations and contributions $6,910 $6,910 Change in net assets $97,721 $0 $97,721 In-kind contributions $277,182 $277,182 Fundraising Projects $9,380 $9,380 Net assets at beginning of year $258,557 $0 $258,557 Interest Income $3,655 $3,655 Other income $3,889 $3,889 Net assets at end of year $356,278 $0 $356,278 Total revenues $312,271 $1,394,613 $1,706,884 Page 2 15th Annual Report AzYP 2004-2005 Board of Directors Rochelle Swanson, President Cesar Ahumada Jane Howell Non-Voting Members: Consultant EDA, Electrical Engineer D.R. Horton Homes, Sales Agent (1995) (2003) (2005) Anita Lohr Honorary Member Kim Ferranti, President-Elect Dawn Begaye Joe Johnson Albanese-Brooks Associates PC, ADHD Treatment, Project Director Teacher, Retired Pamela Treadwell-Rubin AIA Principal (2004) (2005) Goerning, Roberts, Rubin, Brogna, (2002) Enose, & Hernandez, P.C. Sonya Evans-Linsell Mark Jones (1993) Julie A. Stephens, Secretary Tucson Veterinary Housecall Pima Accommodation District, RHPRC, Office Manager Services, Veterinarian Superintendent Luan E. Wagner, Ph.D. (2002) (2003) (2003) Arizona Youth Partnership, Executive Director Barbara Jacobs, Treasurer Richard Fimbres Mary Magill (1994) Bank of America, Assistant Bank Governor’s Office of Highway University Medical Center, Center Manager Safety, Director Pediatric RN (2004) (2000) (2003) Warren M. Alter Leyda Herring Alexandria Soto Pima County Sheriff’s Department, Human Resource Director, Ret. Behavioral Health at CARF, Captain (1999) Resource Specialist LCSW (1997) (2005) Letter from the President Dear Friends of Arizona Youth Partnership: Pima County that request our services and that we find funding to cover those services. With a new name came a 2004-2005 has brought us a year of excitement, hard work, new logo. We want to thank Pam Stone of “day nite design” phenomenal growth, friendship and many positive for her generous time and talent to provide us with this memories. The strength of our organization lies in the new image. programs we offer and the staff that bring them alive in each local community where we have been asked to serve. The Board raised a record amount on the Poker Run. Our We have recovered financially from the challenges of the Sponsors, Dr. Candace Walters, Orthodontist, and Pathway terrorist attacks and can only wonder how the catastrophic Development gave generously. Due to the inclement weather earlier this year will affect our financial bases and weather our numbers did not bring out the huge turnout we resources. Our Executive Director, Dr. Luan Wagner, and had expected. A second successful fund raiser was the her superb grant writing skills put us so close to a million monthly Twilight Cabaret at Hotel Congress. Two past dollar grant record for our agency. board members, Bonnie Brooks’ and Tom Kusian’s efforts are deeply appreciated for their complete involvement. Our agency stepped forth on a pilot project into the Apache and Navajo counties with the hope of involving 400 youth in This is a great time for Arizona Youth Partnership. In our 3 schools. Word of mouth between parents and educators first 15 years, we have made great strides to help the youth pushed us to reach over 800 youth in 13 schools in just the and strengthen their families. I have felt we are a “bridge” first year. The grants blossomed from $25,000 to over organization. We can provide services which sometimes $260,000 as the state eagerly embraced the programs we don’t quite fit in a school, parks or recreation department, offered with the support of the community and local juvenile justice system, church or religious affiliation, or agencies. This phenomenal growth is a tribute to the other social group. We can be there for the youth and help special programs we offer with their scientific proven data them to make positive choices and help them get to and the caring, dedicated staff that are the key to adulthood. We can help communities work together to successful programs. change laws and norms for their common good. Arizona Youth Partnership- an amazing organization. With the outreach and growth into other parts of the State of Arizona, the Board of Directors felt it was time to This is the time to become involved. Our future is bright. evaluate the appropriateness of the current name of Pima Join us on our team. Youth Partnership. During this evaluation, the Board undertook reviewing their Bylaws, and a 5 year Strategic Sincerely, Plan. While the vision includes looking to provide our Rochelle A. Swanson “bridge” services to other rural, low income communities President in the state, we will continue to work with all the areas of 2003-2005 15th Annual Report Page 3 AzYP 2004-2005 Highlights For the 15th year, Arizona Youth Partnership continued to work in rural communities to facilitate activities and foster opportunities that build and sustain community climates that promote healthy youth, families, and communities. Ajo Total 764 Youth 553 Pascua Total 129 Youth 99 Adults 211 Yaqui Adults 30 Apache Catalina Total 478 Youth 387 Tohono Total 223 Youth 172 Adults 91 O’odham Adults 51 Navajo Marana Total 285 Youth 246 White Total 869 Youth 839 Adults 39 Mountains Adults 30 (NOTE: These numbers represent unduplicated youth and adults. Except for the White Mountains youth numbers, these numbers do not include youth and adults that participated in our Abstinence Only Education program. See below for those numbers.) Pima Abstinence Only Education Total Youth 5,792 Pima Total 5,858 Youth 4,994 White Total 798 Youth 798 County Adults 66 Mountains Life Skills Education Almost 500 5th to 8th grade youth participated in AzYP Life Skills Education classes. Goals were: 1) to increase school attachment and 2) increase delay and refusal skills. We used two (2) curricula to reach these goals. Changing Scenes: Teen Outreach Program (TOPs) is composed of three (3) parts: To the question “The thing I community service, small group discussions, and service learning. Youth design, like the most about this implement, and evaluate their community service projects. program is….” youth responded: Botvin’s LifeSkills Training (LST) addresses critical substance abuse/use prevention issues that help youth develop: alcohol and drug resistance skills; • Probably just talking personal self-management skills, like positive self-image, and goal setting; and instead of listening. We got general social skills, like overcoming shyness, communicating effectively, and to say what was on our decision making. minds. • How we get to talk freely Life Skills Education programs occurred in Ajo, Catalina, Marana, New Pascua about what we know about Yaqui Reservation, Old Pascua Yaqui, and the Tohono O’odham Nation. drugs and not be judged about it. Number of Life Skills Education Youth By Community • We learned many ways to Ajo 128 Pascua 87 stay calm. Catalina 43 Tohono O’odham 157 • We learned to control our Marana 62 Total 477 anger. • I like to talk about ways Research has shown that youth who participate in 20 or more hours of a program that can help youth through are less likely to engage in high risk behaviors such as alcohol and drug use, life violence, skipping school, and early sexual activity. • That they tell us how to say 61% of Life Skills youth participated for 20 hours or more. no • That we can solve problems 85% of youth successfully completed the Life Skills program. • We get to have fun at the same time we learn Overall, youth reported that they thought the program was pretty great. They • We learned how to deal rated it 4.08 on a scale of 1 to 5 with “1” being “poor” and “5” being “great.” with every day stuff Page 4 15th Annual Report AzYP 2004-2005 Highlights Upon completion of the program, youth: • Were less likely to plan attending a vocational school and more likely to plan to attend a 2 or 4 year college. Essay quotes from youth who • Maintained negative attitudes towards drug. successfully completed the Wake • Maintained high levels of refusal and delay skills.