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ANNUAL REPORT 2018

THE STARS ARE ALIGNING What a difference a year makes or rather what a difference the first year of Families Forward Virginia makes The stars have aligned and we re disrupting the cycles of child abuse neglect and poverty by strengthening Virginia s families and communities And we re driving change through the strength of three great organizations that have come together as Families The day I started paying taxes instead of getting food stamps was one of the proudest days of my life Sonya Forward Virginia Working with parents and their children we champion home visiting programs family support and education professional development child sexual abuse prevention programs advocacy and public education in partnership with our 50 affiliates across Virginia With investments from both public and private funders we support statewide leadership for a OUR JOURNEY multitude of Virginia programs that provide evidence based and multi generational prevention strategies As Families Forward we also provide annual training and support for more than 1 500 Virginia parenting professionals and volunteers and we track service provision and outcomes for multiple services across the Commonwealth Though we just passed the one year mark as Families Forward our journey began more than three years ago when the CHIP of Virginia and Prevent Child Abuse Virginia boards began discussing ways to strengthen resources for Virginia s families Now even stronger leadership through our merged board has created a Created last year through the merger of CHIP of Virginia Early stronger voice for children and families and is driving Impact Virginia and Prevent Child Abuse Virginia we also significantly increased individual giving in both serve as the state office for Circle of Parents Healthy Families number of people and their investment in our mission America Parents as Teachers and are the Virginia Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America One organization supporting 50 affiliated local organizations and partners across Virginia

STARS ALIGNING FOR HOME VISITING We re guiding our 43 home visiting affiliates to be stronger voices for children at local state and federal levels When Virginia s two largest private providers of home visiting CHIP of Virginia and Prevent Child Abuse Virginia decided to consolidate and provide a home for expanding our training offerings nationwide Early Impact Virginia we knew it would change how we represent home visiting both across the Commonwealth Early Impact Virginia is now working in partnership with and around the country And that change has come quickly the Virginia Department of Health on the administration through a number of avenues including of the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting grant commonly known as MIECHV Serving a greater number of families through our three state models CHIP of Virginia Parents as Teachers Representing home visiting on state level groups that and Healthy Families Virginia as well as through the are addressing parental substance use disorders additional four models that Early Impact Virginia sup nutrition programs foster care prevention Familiy First ports through our alliance for early childhood home Prevention Services Act and redesigning children s visiting mental health services Representing home visiting on the gubernatorial appointed Virginia School Readiness Committee Testifying before Congress and congressional committees on the importance of and return on investment provided by home visiting and including a Working in close partnership with state agencies to address systems of family support and education family touched by home visiting testifying to its lifealtering effect for parents who have experienced substance use disorders by helping them be their children s first and best teachers while also addressing their addiction We also created a stronger voice supporting policy changes such as Medicaid expansion that has now created access to health insurance beyond pregnancy Increasing the number of people trained and the for many more parents that we serve number of courses offered through Early Impact Virginia more than 160 hours of in person training and 2 100 eLearning modules completed Through our partnership with the Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals we re Home visiting has helped me so much I have learned stuff you can t find anywhere else From the visits and the activities my daughter has grown so much I tell all of my friends so they can benefit as well Lindsay Pregnant women in our home visiting programs have 40 percent fewer preterm births than a comparison group 6 700 families received parenting education and family support through high quality home visiting

CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION Our focus is unwavering on preventing child abuse in all of its forms across Virginia All parents want their children to be successful in school life and work In spite of that we know that the root of child abuse and neglect is often related to lack of role models limited education and few support systems And we know that parenting is not instinctive That s why we promote programs that Provide all parents with information and support so they can raise and nurture their children without physical or emotional abuse knowledge and tools to prevent child abuse and neglect Trauma such as childhood abuse and neglect increase the chance of illness substance abuse and early death in adults It is critical that where child abuse has occurred services designed to support children and families do not re traumatize them That s why we re infusing an emphasis on trauma informed practice throughout our services and trainings and it s also why we ve partnered with Voices for Virginia s Children Greater Richmond SCAN and Family and Children s Trust Fund of Virginia to convene the first statewide conference on trauma informed services in 2019 Organize and expand evidence based high quality home visiting programs to provide ongoing support to families prenatally through age five Train teachers day care providers doctors and other professionals about how to prevent abuse and how to recognize and treat abuse when it does occur Support laws policies and programs that protect children This year we celebrated the 35th anniversary of Hugs and Kisses a traveling theatrical production that educates elementary school children about how to keep safe from or report sexual abuse Performed by the Virginia Repertory Theatre Hugs and Kisses To ensure Hugs and Kisses continues reaches more than 40 000 Virginia elementary students for many more years to come Families each year through 160 performances Along with the Forward and Virginia Rep established performances educators learn how to responsibly and an endowment honoring Prevent Child compassionately respond to a child s disclosure of Abuse Virginia s founding executive abuse and how to engage the proper authorities director Johanna Schuchert She retired in 2018 after 42 years of leading child We re also changing social norms because everyone abuse prevention efforts in Virginia no matter their situation or socio economic outlook needs help parenting and should know it s ok to ask for help That s why we ve worked to increase the number of Circle of Parents support groups and expanded our 1 800 CHILDREN parenting support warm line that now includes a texting option and is available 24 7 We re focused on positive parenting because we know that being a supportive and responsive parent can help set children on positive paths It s also why we re expanding I don t like to use the Internet for parenting because not everything you find on the Internet is accurate I use 1 800 CHILDREN because I really like to talk to a person and know that it is a reliable source of information Cynthia our 2019 Annual Child Abuse Prevention Conference to two days with a larger audience to have more depth and greater reach so that even more people will have the 40 000 children at 160 schools learned how to keep safe from and report sexual abuse

A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN GUIDES OUR GROWING REACH We know that through evidence based programs such as home visiting positive parenting education and child sexualabuse prevention along with a strong voice for children we will build healthier stronger more self sufficient families and communities Our outcomes are remarkable But we have more work to do and we re driving that work through our comprehensive strategic plan We re deepening and broadening our reach through prevention programs such as 1 800 Children and Circle of Parents both of which provide direct support to families so parents can get answers to questions 24 7 ranging from toddler tantrums to teenage depression and know they are not being judged We re growing and enhancing home visiting in Virginia through workforce development for home visiting professionals and improved state level coordination so we can expand our reach to those families most in need of this more intensive prevention service We re leading the effort to change social norms related to prevention and positive parenting With our expanded staff we re able to be a stronger voice for children and families with our elected officials and state policy makers We know that all families need support it s the strong parents who ask for help We re building our long term organizational capacity so we can continue growing and strengthening our essential prevention programs advocacy and public education efforts Thanks to home visiting I am a confident good I don t have a lot of outside friends for support for mother to my two children This program has helped my daughter because I m a single mom I need that me learn more about my children and myself It Circle of Parents group every week I need to go to helped me with every social connection needed it and get advice from everyone their support It s whenever the need arose something that I would not more of a help than I thought it would be be able to do alone And they did a lot more Valentina Belinda 675 home visitors completed 2 100 courses online to better serve families

THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DONORS DONORS Shawn and Kyra Dolley Carol McMurray Lalor Earle Sean Mallon Joseph Galano Susan and Stephen Meyers Rudy and Catherine Garcia Michael Mitchell Susan Gholston John Morgan Family of Martin L Giles Paul and Cathy Munson Larry Gorkin and Grey Walls Edward Murrelle Robert and Nina Graves Carol Hurst and Jon Nafziger Paul and Jan Grossman Laura O Brien P Christopher and Cheryl Guedri John and Sharon Harrell Meredith Handakas Jace and Alisa Padden Stephen and Pamela Haner Sonia Quinonez Jeanine Harper Alexis and Brent Rawlings Sharon Harrell and John Oliver Victoria Riendeau Chavis Harris Angie Russ James Hatcher Robert and Susan Salsitz Hillary Hawkins Johanna Schuchert Joseph Hogan Janice Seawell Mary Jane Hogue Mr and Mrs James E Seevers Jr Philip and Phyllis Jacoby Porter Smith Thayer Hope Kestle Syral Specter ORGANIZATIONS Rebecca Kiefer Lisa Specter Dunaway Tracy Leonard John P Thomas Kiwanis Club of Chesterfield Columbia Gas of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Dominion Foundation GFWC Fairfax Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP IBM Employees Markel Corporation Kappa Delta Sorority Kiwanis Club of Midlothian Chesterfield Mary Washington Healthcare Foundation Newport News Shipbuilding Rite Aid Foundation Robins Foundation SMARTBOX of Richmond TJX Foundation Village Bank Wells Fargo Foundation Nancy Levin Courtney Van Winkle Drs Dave and Beth Levin Village Bank Employees Vida Logan Kim and Bobby Weir Cathryn O Connell Lowe Victoria Williamson Julie McAdam Duff Young and Family Carolyn McDaniel Barbara Zedler Chavis Harris Chair Steve Haner Vice Chair Jamia Crockett Treasurer Lisa Specter Dunaway Secretary Elizabeth Whalley Buono Angie Collins Alex DerHovhannessian Rudy Garcia Jeanine Harper Dave Levin Sarah McLean Jon Nafziger Jace Padden Brent Rawlings Angie Russ Jim Seevers John Thomas DONORS Sarah and Grey McLean Every effort was made to present an accurate listing of donors who contributed between July 2017 June 2018 If we have overlooked you or made an error in your name please accept our apologies and contact us at 804 359 6166 POSITIVE MULTIGENERATIONAL CHANGE FOR VIRGINIA S FAMILIES Parents are their child s first and best teachers but not all have the experience knowledge and tools needed for success We build healthier stronger more self sufficient families by working with parents and their children through voluntary home visits positive parenting and child sexual abuse prevention programs Program Support and Resources Families Forward s 1 500 affiliated home visiting professionals served more than 6 700 Virginia families over the past year We ve helped struggling parents with resources parenting insights and comforting David Adelman support through our 1 800 CHILDREN parenting helpline Our Hugs and Kisses Anonymous 2 traveling theatrical production reaches more than 40 000 Virginia elementary Marjorie Bleiweis school students each year helping them understand how to stay safe from and Nicole Borghard Sharon Brickhouse Martin report sexual abuse Calvin Burgart Education We provide high quality competency based professional develop Elizabeth Whalley Buono ment with standardized curricula for early childhood home visiting profession Jean Busboso als through Early Impact Virginia s online and classroom programs We offer David Calkins Ann Childress Angie Collins model specific professional development for parent educators Circle of Parents professionals and volunteers and others through our robust training programs Tim and Betty Wade Coyle We also host the premier statewide home visiting and child abuse prevention Jamia MT Crockett conferences Susanne and Beverley Crump Karla Curtis Kipton L Davis Alex DerHovhannessian Advocacy We re committed to promoting legislation policies and programs that help prevent child abuse and neglect support healthy childhood development and strengthen families

BY THE NUMBERS Consolidated Financial Information for Families Forward and Predecessor Organizations unaudited July 1 2017 June 30 2018 BY THE NUMBERS 2018 EXPENDITURES Grants to Sites Program Services including training quality assurance and evaluation 2 726 055 2 083 073 Supporting Services including management advocacy and 535 134 fundraising TOTAL EXPENDITURES 5 344 262 REVENUES Commonwealth of Virginia General Fund 832 946 Commonwealth of Virginia TANF Funds 3 084 916 Contracts Fees and Training Revenue 1 009 856 Grants and Foundations 244 000 Other private donations including individual giving 145 404 TOTAL REVENUES 5 317 122 When investing in our communities we look for opportunities that either take advantage of collaborations or have significant impacts and outcomes for those most in need Families Forward has proven to be a great investment because they ve realized the synergies of aligning mission focused organizations to create greater impacts and outcomes for children and families across Virginia James S Seevers Jr Partner Hunton Andrews Kurth More than 100 individuals foundations and corporations invested in our Families Forward mission

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