sinai assisted housing foundation · 2019-11-23 · sinai assisted housing foundation 2016-2017...

Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation 2016-2017 Annual Report

Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation

Our mission is to enable families to move from homelessness to

independence by providing safe and affordable housing,

comprehensive social services and financial support.

From the President and the Executive Director

Our focus this past year was to explore ways to ensure that our alumni find affordable housing in safe and appropriate neighborhoods for at least five years after leaving Sinai House. We strengthened our relationships with Manna, Inc., and our property manager, Fred A. Smith Company, to provide more housing options for our alumni within D.C., so that the children do not have to change schools when they leave Sinai House. A job development component has been added to our program to help our residents increase their income. A former Sinai House resident related her moving story of overcoming drug addiction and homelessness at our Annual Sinai House Homes & Hearts Shabbat Service at Temple Sinai on December 16, 2016. She now works as a drug counselor and lives in Northeast D.C. with her two daughters. In June 2017, we were thrilled to welcome our new Assistant Program Director, Linda Dupree-Lopez. She has begun working closely with our Executive Director, Lucane LaFortune, to manage volunteers and assist with property management tasks. She also reaches out to former residents to assess their needs and ensure that they remain independent. Our hard-working families made significant strides this year. One of our residents purchased a home in Spring 2016. Another came to us about two years ago with her two young sons from Ethiopia seeking asylum. Her adult son was able to join the family last year and he quickly found a job. The family purchased a home in Summer 2017. One resident graduated from UDC with an Associate's degree in Criminal Justice. Another resident is training to be a certified yoga instructor. A tuition-assistance loan from Sinai House enabled a former resident to graduate from Trinity University with a Bachelor's Degree in Human Development. One of our current families is originally from Japan and survived domestic abuse. We are rising to the challenge of identifying and providing the additional resources needed to help this family to be safe and to thrive at Sinai House. Working with our educational specialist, child therapist and an attorney, we ensured a resident child diagnosed with autism was placed in an appropriate school. Amy Schear Lucane LaFortune President, Board of Directors Executive Director

2016 - 2017 Annual Report

2017-2018

Board of Directors

President

Amy Schear

Vice President

Victoria Bor

General Counsel

Michael Werner

Treasurer

Miles Mutnick

Assistant Treasurer

David Wessel

Secretary

Debbie Jaffe

Temple Sinai Board

Liaison

Nancy Golding

Directors

Amy Borrus

Gerald Burg

Kirsten Chadwick

Edward Cohen

Jeanne Cohn-Connor

Glenn Engelmann

Larry Freedman

Reuben Gamoran

Rosemary Hart

JoAnn Reiss

Therese Salus

Susan Snyder

Joanne Tanner

Cantor Laura Croen,

ex officio

Sinai House Staff

Executive Director

Lucane Lafortune

Assistant Program

Director

Linda Dupree-Lopez


Charting the Path to Independence

Sinai House is devoted to providing a safe home for families who are experiencing displacement and housing insecurity, giving them the tools they need to achieve independence. The Sinai House Executive Director meets with each resident upon arrival to develop short and long term plans for each member of the family. Weekly meetings are held thereafter to adjust those plans to tackle life's unforeseen challenges. One of our current resident families was referred to us last year by the Domestic

Violence Resource Project (DVRP), which works to end domestic violence and sexual assault in Asian/Pacific Islander communities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. We rose to the challenge of providing the additional services needed by this family, including enhancing our building security, securing legal assistance, and finding an appropriate school for a special needs child. Regardless of the issues, Sinai House creates a space for entire families to heal and rebuild. We require a significant level of commitment from our residents. Adults must work full-time, or engage in a combination of part-time work and part-time school or job training (which Sinai House may help finance). The children must attend accredited daycare or an appropriate school, and a structured summer camp program (either a free program or a program for which Sinai House pays). Adults sign a contract acknowledging their obligation to abide by the rules, including paying a monthly stipend towards rent, to meet regularly with our staff, and to attend all programming including:

Financial Coaching, which is provided by an outside consultant who meets with the

residents in weekly group sessions and individually three times a month. The coach helps each

resident create a budget, understand her credit score and work to improve her financial status.

Tricia Davis Matching Savings Program, which requires residents to set aside a specified

amount each month, that we match on a 2:1 basis. Most residents leave Sinai House with

about $5,000 in savings.

Weekly Individual Therapy, provided by licensed therapists for current and former Sinai

House resident parents and children, as needed.

Education Coordination, provided by an outside consultant who administers an

educational assessment for each child and observes them in the classroom. Parents are

advised on the best school options and can receive assistance in advocating for their children

at school. Children who participate in the Good Grades program can receive financial

incentives for good grades, even after their families have graduated from Sinai House. We are

also now offering educational assessments for adult residents who request it.

Career Coaching, which was recently added, thanks to a grant from the Temple Social

Action Committee. A certified career coach has started working with our residents on

identifying and implementing achievable goals in order to find higher paying jobs and advance

their careers.


Gaining a Home and a Community

When a family moves into one of the four fully-furnished apartments at Sinai House, they gain

more than just housing -- they gain a community. Many residents form friendships and caring,

meaningful connections with the staff, board members, Temple Sinai members and the other

residents. Throughout the year, the community comes together to tutor, mentor, plan outings

for our residents and attend community events.

Mentoring: After going through a screening process, volunteers meet with adult or child

mentees on a monthly basis for unstructured activities after school or on weekends. The

relationship often continues after the family leaves Sinai House.

Tutoring: Volunteers meet with children twice a week at Sinai House to work on homework,

reading and math, and to play educational games.

Playtime: Volunteers come to Sinai House once

a week for a scheduled playtime of arts and

crafts, sports, board games, etc. Activities engage

children in both fine and gross motor skills and

allow them to utilize their imaginations.

Temple Sinai Men of Reform Judaism have

agreed to identify and fix or repair items in the

resident apartments and around the building in

the coming year, including finding and installing

appropriate kitchen cabinet replacements. They

also took the Sinai House families to see the

Washington Nationals take on the Cincinnati

Reds in June 2017.

Enrichment Activities: Throughout the year,

volunteers from Temple Sinai engage our children in fun activities, including baseball games,

festivals, and camping trips. We also ensure that all children are able to participate in summer

camp.

We've gone solar! Solar panels were installed on both of the buildings at no cost to Sinai House. D.C. Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU), New Columbia Energy and Direct Energy Solar provided and installed solar panels on our two buildings. (Direct Energy Solar's participation was the result of its relationship with Temple Sinai and its members.) Our residents, who pay their own utilities, have already saved $925 (7,207 kWh) since March 2017!


Our Wonderful Volunteers

Our volunteer tutors provided 3 children with 160 hours of tutoring

in math, reading and writing, and our volunteer mentors met with 6

of our current and former resident children. At the end of the school

year, all of our children advanced to the next grade. In addition to

our all-volunteer Board of Directors and our adult mentors, tutors

and playtime facilitators,

many Temple Sinai

Religious School students

choose a Bar or Bat

Mitzvah project to benefit

Sinai House. One student

came weekly last fall to

Sinai House with her mom

and transformed the

playroom. Another

student took portraits of

our current and former

resident families at our

Holiday Party and made a

beautiful album that she

gave to the families. An

arts and crafts session was

led by one student to

create decorations for our

Valentine's Day

celebration. A student who

regularly tutors one of our

Sinai House children also

helped prepare and serve

dinner at our Valentine's

Day celebration. Two

students held weekly bake

sales and created a

personal fundraising page

for the Tricia Davis 5K

Walk/Run that succeeded

in raising over $1,000 for

Sinai House!

Visit www.sinaihouse.org

or e-mail [email protected] to volunteer or learn more.


Fundraising

We must raise about $200,000 each year to

support our program. These funds not only assist

our four resident families on their path to

independence, but also cover the services we

offer to our graduates, such as housing

placement guidance, job development, therapy,

and educational support. Over 40 families, including nearly 90 children have gone through our

program. Our Executive Director and Assistant Program Director reach out to former residents

to assess their needs and ensure that they remain independent. Many of our alumni attend our

annual summer pool party and December holiday celebration, and participate in the Tricia

Davis 5K race.

The weather was gorgeous on Mother's Day,

Sunday, May 14, 2017 as more than 370

registrants (including dogs!) and more than 300

donors and sponsors supported the Third Annual

Tricia Davis 5K Walk/Run. We raised nearly

$100,000 for Sinai House, surpassing last year's

event by about $20,000! At the award ceremony,

one current resident spoke on behalf of all the

residents, expressing their thanks for all the hard

work of the volunteers and the donations from the

community that support them on their journey to independence.

The Temple Sinai Social Action Committee awarded a grant of $9,600 to fund a Career

Pathways Program for current and alumni Sinai House residents. In addition to that grant and

the proceeds from the 5K, we received over $47,000 in grants from foundations and

corporations, over $31,000 from individuals, and over $6,500 from the United Way/Combined

Federal Campaign in 2016 - 2017.

Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) #73039

United Way National Capital Area

Designation #9854

Donate or volunteer at www.sinaihouse.org


Sinai Assisted Housing Foundation, Inc. Financial Summary

Fiscal Year Ended

6/30/2017 6/30/2016

Support and revenue

Contributions and grants

$ 95,857

$ 119,821

Tricia Davis 5K Run

99,787

79,586

Other income

41,232

19,719

Total support and revenue

236,876

219,126

Expenses

Program services

187,806

175,250

General and administrative

13,975

25,480

Fundraising

7,769

426

Total expenses

209,550

201,156

Net Income

27,326

17,970

Balance Sheet

Assets

697,193

657,416

Liabilities

28,857

16,406

Net assets $ 668,336 $ 641,010

More detailed financial information is available on request to [email protected].


We gratefully thank all 2016-2017 donors, including those not listed here!

Foundation Donors Include

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

The Children and Family Legacy Fund

The Share Fund

Timothy Davis Foundation

Leaders

BB&T Davis Affiliates

Deutsch, Killea, & Eapen Immigration Law Firm David Dugoff & Victoria Bor

Edith Dugoff Jamie Gorelick & Richard Waldhorn

Ken & Debbie Jaffe Samuel & Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation

Susan & Allen Snyder Temple Sinai Clergy Team

Sustainers

Alston & Bird, LLP Anonymous (3) Michael Berman James Berry & Hali Edison Ruth & Maurice Burg Ed Cohen & Charlene Barshefsky College Park Car Wash The Kurland-Marchick Family Robert & Ellen Leibenluft Bruce Levin Deborah Lewis

Sherry Haber & Michael Mandel Karen Mannes Vivian Reifberg Richard Steinwurtzel The Paul & Karen Sullivan Family

Charitable Foundation Apple & Michael Sussman & Family Temple Sinai Men of Reform Judaism Temple Sinai Religious School Maxine & Jack Zarrow Family Foundation


Supporters

James & Esthy Adler Adrienne Alcantara Edward Angel & Susan LaMountain Arx Wealth Management Richard & Elaine Binder Debra Brown Comet Ping Pong Liz Dunst Melinda Salzman & Sherman Edwards Michelle & Glenn Engelmann Friendship Hospital for Animals Nancy Liebermann & Joe Godles Alisa Klein & Craig Goldblatt Kevin Hardy Hellerman Communications, LLC Holland & Knight Sara Imershein & Mark Levine Joel & Carol Jankowsky Family

Foundation Debbie & Leo Jardot Shelley Kriegler

Ellen Kurlansky & Larry Mishel Bruce Landerman Mark Mandell Amy Borrus & Richard Miller Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky &

Popeo PC Jill Morningstar Laura Munder & Charlie Mann James Nathan Jo Ann & David Reiss Thomas Schmutz Joyce & Richard Schwartz Claudia Simons & Alan Korn Ellen Seidman & Walt Slocombe Amy Solomon Temple Sinai Women of Reform Judaism Darwin & Karen Walker David Wessel & Naomi Karp Tom Willard & Natalie Lichtenstein Stephen Zuckerman ZwillGen

In-Kind Donors

Aaron Gamble, Beyond Belief Health &

Wellness

American City Diner

Balanced Athlete Fitness Studio

Bethesda Sport & Health

Bethesda Water Store

Bloomingdale's Cosmetics of Chevy Chase

Blue 44

Bullfrog Bagels

Calvert Woodley Fine Wines and Spirits

Catch Can

Child's Play

College Park Car Wash

Comet Ping Pong

Core72

Giant Food

Ivviva Bethesda

JDBaker Photography

Periwinkle

R & J Sports

SoapStone

Whole Foods

Word Wizards


Friends

Anonymous (2) Sean Atkins Deborah Berkowitz Carole & Nick Brand Gerald Burg Nancy Chasen Harold & Jacqueline Chertkof Foundation Jeanne Cohn-Connor Core72 Paige, Melissa, Mark, Eli & Ruby Nathan

Davis Margaret DeBell & Charles McBride Barbara B. Franklin The Joel & Angela Frydman Philanthropic

Fund of the Jewish Foundation of Greater Dayton

Gilbert Geldon Elissa Ginsky John Goff Aviva Goldfarb Ellen Goldmuntz & Jay Slater Lisa & Rick Goldstein Linda & Arnie Gordon Scott & Ilana Gordon Laura Govoni-Sibarium & Michael

Sibarium Lisa Happ & Stephen Stein Linda Lurie Hirsch Glen & Lauren Howard Philip Jaffe Wendy Kahn & Marty Burns

Kay Kendall Susan Kessler Barbara Kraft Sheri Lanoff Levine Music Megan & Steve Lightman Andrew Mack Amy Mauser Charlie McBride Richard & Judith Meltzer Steve Metalitz Jeffrey Mitzak Henry Otto Mindy Portnoy Max Raabe Bruce Rabinovitz Ellen Rosenblum Jean & Charles Samuels Wendy Schmitz & Kim Sperling & Family Bobby Segall Susan Shaffer Daniel & Maxine Singer Lafe Solomon Stan Spracker Laura & Jack Summer Joanne Tanner & Rob McGarrah Vicki's Kids Barry & Gail Wides Noreen & Scott Winkelman Robert & Susie Zohlman


DonorsAnonymous (9) Melissa Abbott Ellen & Jeff Agler Carlos Aguilar Cynthia Attwood Scott & Kerry Bader Karen Baker Arlene Balkansky Joan & Eugene Bardach Marilyn & Michael Barth Bill Bascom Teresa Bernstein Barbara & James Bershon Stephen Binder Henry Birnkrant Karen Bokat Judith Bor Leah Brasch David Brickman Bob & Pam Brown Sungmi Choi Jeffrey Colman Dabney & Joe Cortina Stanley Cowan Robin Diener Nicole Donath Mark Drooks Matt Edwards Rachel Engelmann David Falk Ellen Farrell Benjamin Fax Sharon & Jonathan Franklin Family of Jonah Frumkin Ellen & Howard Garrison Andrew Gilman Mark & Susan Ginsberg Emily & Paul Glick Dina Gold Marilyn Goldhammer Nancy Golding & Bob

Hartheimer Debra Goldstein Milton & Arlene Goldstein Gayle Goodman & Ken Adam Judi & Richard Goodstein Ruth Greenspan & Don

Steinman Andrea Grieser Sue D. Gunter

Caryn Halifax James & Niesa Halpern Rosemary Hart Lauren Haskin Ellen Heiman Judith Herr Judy Heyman Sandra Hughes Irwin & Ann Jacobs Eric Jaffe Leigh & Ross Janiak Duffer Marvin & Madeleine Kalb Jean Kaliner Joshua & Nancy Kaufman Stephen Kelin Michael Kellermann Susan Kidd & Jim Kessler Marilyn Klein Ken Kleinman Steve Klitzman Dr. & Mrs. William Kramer Selma Kumin Robert & Judy Kurnick David Landau Leslie Lane Edward & Stephanie Lebow Dr. Alfred Leopold Steven Lerman Sally & Richard Levie Nora Leyland & Mike Manley Rabbi Fred Reiner & Susan

Liss Robert & Deborah Litt John Lord Karen Lord Stephen Mayer Syma Mendelsohn Stephen Messner Daniel Miller Rachel Miller Melanie Moreno Russell & Helen Morgan Ruth Moriarty Linda Moskowitz John Nannes Orlove Rodriguez Family Peter Panuthos Teresa & Jeffrey Puretz The Reisman Family Richard & Naomi Resnick

Lisa Rickard Ted & Linda Rosen Florence Rosenblum Susan & David Rosenblum Debbie Roumell Helene Sacks Nancy Sanders Rabbi David Saperstein &

Ellen Weiss The Saperstein Family Leisa Sarecky Amy Schear Sam Schear Marc & Cathy Scheineson Susan Schiffer & Mitchell

Goldstein The Schnure Family Bob & Lisa Schultz Judy & Steve Schumeister Ari Schwartz Meg Seldin & Reuben Altizer Caryn Seligman The Vuong-Shaffers Janet Shatz Snyder Joan Shifrin Catherine Shimony Robert & Rita Siegle Michael & Colette Silver Jan Solomon & Kenneth

Simonson Beverly & Phillip Sklover Cathy & Meg Slesinger Ann Goodman Sloane Mark Snyder Stuart Solomon Mark Stein Wendy Sterling Jonathan Strum Gloria Trattles Dita Verheij Christopher Warshaw Marci Wasserman Ambrea Watts Andrew Wilson Sylvia Winik Andrea Wolfman Michael Wolly Aresh Yazdani Diane Zimmerman


Other Support Karen Allen Kristine Aono Joan B. Baquis Ruth Bartfeld Andrea Chafetz Judy Cohen & Steve Taylor Deborah Eichhorn Suzanne Eichhorn Harris Engelmann Colleen Finnegan Laura Forman Jamie & Tony Freedman Alisa Gean Karen Geldner Robin B. Gerber Robin Glantz Sheera Gluck Sandy Graham Eliot Greenwald Gail Guttman Jerry & Ginger Held Amy Herman Hunter Hogewood Myra Jacobs Louis Jacobson, Elisabeth

Layton & Family

Wanda K. Jones Celia & Julian Josephs Mark Kachor & Gail Rebhan Frederick & Priscilla Kay Charis Keitelman Adina Konikoff Alan Kravitz Kimberly Kubler Ellis & Yvette Landau Mimi & Gdaddy Lefkowitz Essie Lipman Hannah Lord & Andrew

Mathey Caroline Meehan Sam Neel Terri Salus & Howard

Oppenheim Justin Park Pamela Piro Madeleine Popofsky Phoebe Reilly Dana Resnik Billie Robinson Ann Rosenthal Rubin-Thomas Family Amy Schmidt

Allison Schultz Marcia & John Schultz Susan Schwabacher Jonathan Sears Patricia Sidman Myra Silberstein Hope Singer Marjorie Sonnenfeldt Seth Speyer Daniel, Rachel, & Sophie

Strauss Brendan Sullivan Judith Sussman Michelle Sussman Kathleen Sweeney-

Hammond Deborah Swiderski Elizabeth Symonds Jay Taffet Jodi Torzewski Nancy & Adrian Weisz Kathy Wenger Linda Wilson Frank Wright III & Marcy

Harrison

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