2012 Annual Report

® Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters

2012 1221 Bishop Street │Little Rock, AR 72202 │Phone 501.537.7726 │ Fax 501.537.7716 │ info@hippyusa.org │ www.hippyusa.org

Educate. Empower. Enrich.

Message from the Executive Director

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Early childhood education and development are gaining attention as effective prevention programs by helping children succeed before they fall behind. For more than two decades HIPPY USA has been partnering with parents to prepare their children for success with a peer home visitor model, a school readiness curriculum and weekly visits with families. To build on the past and prepare for the future, HIPPY USA has engaged in several key initiatives:

Age 3 and Age 4 Curriculum Revision Project: In partnership with Clayton Early

Learning and with funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation, HIPPY USA is updating our Age 3 and Age 4 curricula to align with the Common Core Standards, current research and suggestions from parents in the program. The curricula are currently being field tested at nine HIPPY program sites.

Clinton Global Initiative-America (CGI): Created by President Bill Clinton, CGI-

America brings together leaders from the business, foundation, nonprofit and government sectors to develop solutions to the country’s pressing problems. In 2012, we participated in the Clinton Global Initiative-America early childhood education work group. Our commitment will enhance the home visitor education and strong workforce development components of the HIPPY model.

Social Impact Exchange: In 2012, HIPPY USA was named one of America’s top-

performing nonprofit organizations on a newly launched giving platform, the Social Impact 100 (S&I 100), a broad index that aggregates top-performing, evidence-based nonprofits so that funders – donors and foundations – can have confidence that they are contributing to organizations that consistently deliver impact.

National Research and Evaluation Center for HIPPY USA: The University of South

Florida and HIPPY USA have created a new partnership to assist HIPPY programs in conducting high quality research and evaluation projects. Under the leadership and vision of Dr. Mario Hernandez, in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, Dr. Kirsten Ellingsen is designing and implementing a national research program for the Center.

Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV): As one of the original

seven home visiting models designated as being evidenced-based and eligible for funding through the federally-funded MIECHV program, HIPPY USA has been working closely with other home visiting models and state MIECHV leads to start and expand programs in Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, New Jersey, Nevada and Washington, DC.

HIPPY home visitors support parents in their critical role as their child’s first and most influential teachers. HIPPY parents who then become home visitors share the curriculum with others in their communities. With the majority of our home visitors having been current or former HIPPY parents, and our network of programs have hundreds of stories from women who found a path to better employment and educational opportunities through their participation in HIPPY. In this publication, we highlight a few of their stories. We thank Denise, Mydwine and Shannon for sharing them with us.

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Total Number of Families Served in Spanish

32%

Total Number of Families Served in English

68%

Number of Children by HIPPY Curriculum

Age Group

Age 3 → 38% Age 4 → 42 % Age 5 → 20%

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Denise Walker, highlighted on the poster shown at right, credit’s HIPPY with changing her life. Denise financed her higher education with her HIPPY AmeriCorps educational stipend and a scholarship she was awarded from a program for GED graduates. She began her career development path as a HIPPY mother in the Montgomery, AL program, then worked as a parent educator (home visitor), and was later hired by the school system to work as a preschool aide with Even Start. Denise then became a HIPPY office aide, where she was named Montgomery Power Professional of the month for outstanding work. After leaving HIPPY, Denise served as a parent liaison at a local elementary school and then as a school district reading and math tutor.

When Laura Collins, Early Intervention Coordinator/HIPPY Director at the Montgomery (Alabama) Public Schools, shared this information, Denise was on her way to completing her B.A. degree in elementary education. HIPPY has transformed her life, a process she will continue in her upcoming career goal as a public school teacher!

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Mydwine Joanis, a HIPPY Home Visitor with the Family Central program in North Lauderdale, Florida, shared her story below of how HIPPY empowered her and her family. “I am a parent of three children. I have been a home visitor with Family Central for almost two years now. My HIPPY story began when I met a lady named Rita Pierre at my daughter’s school who asked me if I wanted to participate in the HIPPY program with my then four year-old daughter, Geraldine. Soon after, Rita started coming to my home to role-play the curriculum with me. I was amazed at how much my child was learning. HIPPY encouraged me to spend quality time with Geraldine. She had so much fun doing all the activities and my confidence in teaching her grew as I learned to be her first teacher. HIPPY really works; it teaches our children skills that they need to be successful in school and it prepares them for the real world” Mydwine started the HIPPY program as an unemployed single mom who lived with her mother. She became a part-time HIPPY Home Visitor and was soon promoted to full-time. “I absolutely love being a home visitor,” says Mydwine. “I am helping families, I am learning so much and I am becoming more professional every day. I feel good about the work that I am doing; it has helped me feel more confident as a mother and as a woman. Last year I moved out of my mother’s home and now I have my own place with my three children. I recently started college and I am looking forward to earning my degree. HIPPY definitely changes lives…because it changed mine.”

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Additional photos are of Family Central families during 2012 HIPPY Graduation activities.

Mydwine Joanis is pictured second from the right, along with Family Central HIPPY staff pictured from left to right: Edwin Castillo, Odalys Calleja, Alia Pierre, Yaneida Contreras, Lidia Clarke, Senator Nan Rich, Adeline Mackenzie, Diana Palacios, Clara Medina and Miranda Palloo.

Mydwine Joanis is pictured second from the left, along with Family Central HIPPY staff.

FY 2012 Program

Sites States (including DC) Children Racial/Ethnic Composition: African American/Black Latino/Hispanic White Other (listed below) Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Multi-racial

148 23

14,548

36% 33% 21% 10%

REVENUE Program Revenue Grant Funding Contributions Miscellaneous In-Kind

Total Revenue

EXPENSES Program Costs Administrative Costs Fundraising

Total Expenses

750,779 116,260 77,242

6,268 142,052

$1,092,601

770,849 295,149 16,178

$1,082,176 5

enhance Above: A family enjoys HIPPY Family Gathering Nights, sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women, Milwaukee Section. Below left: COA-YFC staff conducting Role Play during a weekly training.

Another key to the success of COA-YFC is its established collaborations with community partners. Partners such as the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) – Milwaukee Section provide ongoing support in many ways. The Milwaukee NCJW Section was instrumental in implementing the HIPPY program and continues to provide volunteer and program support through events such as Family Gathering Nights. Because of strong community support and innovative programs such as COA-YFC, HIPPY continues to close the achievement gap by reaching more children and families.

and telephone communication, newsletters, meetings and organizing out-of-school events. Studies of the program have demonstrated that HIP schools have higher involvement by parents and higher reading scores in early elementary grades. Executive Director Tom Schneider and Andre Goode, Parental Involvement Program Director, both agree that HIP extends HIPPY’s success into elementary school, building on the weekly in-home instruction for children ages three to five. This continued approach is fundamentally changing the ways parents and children learn together. COA’s HIPPY and HIP programs are now being integrated in 15 Milwaukee Public schools.

For more than 100 years, Children’s Outing Association Youth and Family Centers (COA-YFC) has been serving Milwaukee children and families. In addition to camps, childcare, youth development programs and community service options, COA-YFC has a remarkable family support services component that includes a thriving HIPPY program. An innovative program called Having Involved Parents, or HIP, was created to increase parent involvement in Milwaukee elementary schools. HIP recruits and trains parents to be Parent Involvement Coordinators, to interact with parents daily through face-to-face

FY 2012 Finance

HIPPY USA 2012 National Conference

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─ Opening session speaker Dr. Mike Longoria, a.k.a. Dr. Mike, featuring his “Sing to Read!” multi-sensory interactive approach to teaching and learning through his musical and kinesthetic techniques.

─ Attendance and featured lunch presentation from our HIPPY International partners from Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Israel, New Zealand and South Africa.

─ A luncheon hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women, Dallas Section, with a presentation on their Food + Fit = Fun initiative.

─ Presentation of the Avima Lombard Award to retired coordinator and National Program Trainer Mary Doyle, followed by an emotional and uplifting testimonial by HIPPY Alumni Cindy Estrada – plus an enthusiastic keynote address by nationally known speaker Vicki Clark.

─ Closing luncheon keynote address by Jonah Edelman, advocate for public education and the co-founder of and Chief Executive Officer of Stand for Children.

─ Engaging training and dialogue on Early Childhood Assessment Tools facilitated by the new director of the HIPPY National Research and Evaluation Center.

─ Professional development sessions focused on intense early childhood education professional development and best practices in the field of home visitation.

The 2012 National Conference was held in April at the Hyatt Regency DFW in Dallas Texas, with attendance by HIPPY staff and guests from across the globe. Highlights of the two-and-a-half day event include:

Total Number of Coordinators

148

Total Number of Home Visitors

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CHAIR Adam Kohler Welsco Inc.

Little Rock, AR

VICE-CHAIR Linda Frank

Author San Francisco, CA

TREASURER Tom S. Novak

Center for Public Leadership Harvard Kennedy School

Cambridge, MA

SECRETARY Jim Spurlino

Spurlino Materials Dayton, OH

Deborah Gentry Davis BASF

Cincinnati, OH

Mark Gross, Ph.D. Family Central, Inc.

North Lauderdale, FL

Shanti Halter Attorney

Little Rock, AR

Kelly O. Levinson Professional School Counselor

Homewood, IL

Barbara Samuel Retired Administrator

Ocala, FL

Mary Beth Salomone Testa Early Care and Education

Consortium Washington, DC

Paul Wirtz, Ph.D. Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

Penny Pensak Former HIPPY Coordinator

Cincinnati, OH

Robin Frank National Council of Jewish

Women (NCJW) Chicago, IL

Peggy Herrera Field Representative

Alamosa, CO

Miriam Westheimer, Ed.D. HIPPY International

New York, NY

TRUSTEES EMERITI Hillary Rodham Clinton

Secretary of State Washington, DC

Nan Rich Florida State Senate

Weston, FL

Dr. Ruth Westheimer Professor and Therapist

New York, NY

HIPPY ADVISOR Diane Keller Kessler

Child Advocate Flossmoor, IL

*Board members during the period covered.

HIPPY USA National Board of Trustees

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HIPPY USA Supporters*

HIPPY USA National Office Staff M. Gayle Hart National Program Director

Lia Lent National Executive Director

Letha Todd Accountant/Contract Administrator

Natha Jolly Data Management Specialist

Renee Sanders Office Manager

Teri Todd Director of Operations

Qutina Watson National Program Assistant

Corporations and Organizations

Arkansas Children’s Hospital Catlett Tower Partnership

City of Little Rock Connelly 3 Publishing Group

GHP Media Heifer International

Heising-Simons Foundation Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Little Rock Advertising and Promotion Commission

Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) – Greater Dallas Section

Rodgers Financial Group Social Solutions Group

Stone Ward University of Arkansas Foundation

University of Arkansas Bowen School of Law Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP William J. Clinton Foundation

Individuals

Ivye Allen Joan Finton Baumrind Nanci A. Bobrow Joel and Susan Brenner Sue Ann Copeland Christopher Flores Eli and Linda Frank Robin Frank Arlene Freedman Molly M. Fubel Sue Frueauff Carol and Louis K. Good, Jr. Barbara Gordon Mark Gross Louis Grossman Betsy Hall Bill and Shanti Halter

Melanie Hand Tracie Hart Barbara K. Herman Mr. and Mrs. Eric. W. Hodson Nancy Kelleher Melissa Kelley Diane Kessler Diane Klotz Cornelius Kluepfel I. Koenig Adam Kohler John S. and Elizabeth C. Komorowski Andrew Kumpuris Lia Lent Maurice D. and Nicole M. Levy Sharon Lorsch Margaret M. Loughlin

Ann Marchetti Mark P. McAndrew Bronwyn McFarlane Mark and Katie Melton Donald and Barbara Munro Tom Novak Chris Parker Lynn Parker Myles and Patricia Pensak Michael and Carlas S. Pilo Phillip E. Rathbun Ronald F. Ries Bobby and Kathy Roberts Lisenne Rockefeller Chadwick Rodgers Beatrice Romer Barbara M. Samuel

Jim Spurlino Kathaleen Stauffer Wallace and Bernice Stepler Jason and Robyn Stewart Leah Stolar Jeff Tabak Teri Todd Rett and Becky Tucker Will Whiting Paul Wirtz George and Barbara Wise

*We have carefully reviewed the names and donors listed in this report. However, errors may occur in a listing of this length. If your name has been omitted, misspelled, or incorrectly listed, please accept our apology and call the error to our attention so that we may correct our records.

1221 Bishop Street │ Little Rock, AR 72202 Phone 501.537.7726 │ Fax 501.537.7716 info@hippyusa.org │ www.hippyusa.org

HIPPY programs empower parents as primary educators of their children in the home

and foster parent involvement in school and community life to maximize the chances of

successful early school experiences.

HIPPY focuses on parent engagement, supporting the idea that every parent wants the best possible life for his or her child. HIPPY home visitors show parents how to positively influence their child’s growth and development through evidence-based school readiness activities. Some of our most effective HIPPY home visitors and coordinators were once HIPPY parents, whose lives were changed by basic techniques of role playing and teaching. The Rameriz family is an example of how HIPPY engages families. Shannon, became Hawaii’s first HIPPY Home Visitor in 1996, and since that time has gone on to complete her degree and become Family Support Services of West Hawaii’s (FSSWH) HIPPY Coordinator in Kailua-Kona. Shannon’s daughter, Shannel Ramirez, the first child in HIPPY’s Hawaii program, is now attending the University of Hawaii. HIPPY service is a Ramirez family trait. Over the years, Shannel has helped with the HIPPY graduations of more than 1,000 five-year-olds. Pictured from top right: Shannon Rameriz, with daughter Melina, who graduated from HIPPY in 2005; Shannel Rameriz as a HIPPY participant and high school graduate.

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