2006 Accomplishments
 
 
 
2 children at graduation in Reach for the Stars programWe are proud of our success in developing programs, mobilizing funding and successfully meeting our program goals.  Thanks to our outstanding staff for another successful year!

Here are the results for 2006.

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Supportive Housing Program

Accomplishments

> 75 Families were served

> 79 Adults

> 124 Children

> 5 Families Graduated to our Permanent Housing Program

> 26 Families Discharged from the Program

       - 14 Families Graduated and Moved into Their Own Housing

       - 8 Families Chose to Move into Their Own Housing Before Completing the Program

       - 3 Families Experienced Relapse and Had to Leave the Program

       - 1 Family Abandoned their Apartment

Ten Things to Celebrate

 > 29 Residents Celebrated 2 or more Years of Sobriety

> 70% of Residents were employed or in school or both

> 58% of Children here were reunited with their parent at move in or shortly after

> 8 Families were able to close their Child Protection Cases

> 7 Residents were able to close their Probation Cases

> 4 Residents were able to Expunge their legal records

> 3 Residents won Court Appeals to obtain Public Housing

> 3 Teen Residents graduated from High School and went on to college

> Successful Start Up of a Summer Basketball Program
 

Kids Connection Program

Accomplishments

> 75 Students were served

> 71% of students in 04-05 were retained

> 72% of students met the St. Louis Park District level for attendance

Five Things to Celebrate

> 11 Students Graduated

> 62% of Students raised their reading level .5 grade or more

> 66% of Students raised their math level by .5 grade or more

> Program exceeded reading goal by 7%

> Program exceeded math goal by 1%
 

Summer Explorers Program

Accomplishments

> 54 Students were enrolled

> 41 or 75% of the 54 retained and enrolled in the 06 school year

       - Other 13 students were graduates or moved out of the district

> Results of testing done at the beginning and end of summer program showed:

       - 71% maintained or improved their reading ability

       - 70% maintained or improved their math ability
 

Parenting Time Program

Accomplishments

> 75 Families were served/Increase of 19 Families from 2005

n> 126 Children were served/Increase of 42 from 2005

n> 17 Families Completed the Program and moved to Unsupervised Visits on their own/Increase of

      11 from 2005

n> 398 Supervised Exchanges occurred between parents
 

Mental Health Services

Accomplishments

> 78% of Residents have a persistent Mental Health Diagnosis
n> 65 -70% of Diagnosed Residents are billable for case management and group hours
n> 9 Graduate level Interns providing individual and group services
n> Medication Education Services were provided to residents
 

Volunteer Program

Accomplishments

> 8,558 hours of volunteer hours have been logged as of 10/31/06.  This is a 20% increase

      from last year at this time

> These hours are equivalent to over 4 full time employees

> Largest increase is in the Kid’s Cafe program due to an increase of Guest Chefs

      New Additions:

        - Chris and Rob’s Restaurant

        - Willie’s Wine Bar

        - Bucca Di Peppo

        - The Mission

        - Minneapolis Airport Marriott
 

Additions to the Program

> Standardized Yearly Volunteer Orientation and Training

n> Updated Volunteer Manual

n> Volunteer Welcome Board

n> Monthly Volunteer Recognitions
 
 

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