transitions 2011 annual report

annual report 2011

Since our early beginnings in 2006, Transitions has

been a leader in developing e�ective programs

for helping survivors of sex tra�cking heal from their

past, discover new hope and healing, and find a

dream for their futures.

We take our mission seriously and 2011 was a year

of incredible growth, facing new challenges, exploring

some uncharted territory, and forging innovative

ways to help girls in their journey from victim,

to survivor, to world changer.

Each year, we take time to reflect on where Transitions has been and where we are going in

the coming year. 2011 was a transformational year, full of progress, change and growth.

The most exciting part was watching the girls we serve thrive, grow and succeed. They inspire

us every day with their courage and resilience and dreams about the future.

Last year, we asked and continue to ask the important question —“What is success?”

In 2011, this journey brought this issue to a whole new level. As we have been growing in our

experience in providing the best quality services to girls, we have been asking “How do we

know what we are doing is effective?” and “How we can do a better job at helping girls heal?”

We are beginning to work toward a much broader understanding of how to answer these

questions and have begun a journey of developing a robust system of monitoring and evaluating

our work. With the help of some key donors, we have been able to secure funding to develop

an electronic case management system and to create an in-depth monitoring and evaluation

program. We are excited to see what the years ahead will bring as we evaluate success and

implement our findings.

This year brought with it new programs, new staff and new girls, and we saw eight girls graduate

and start life on their own. We saw the support and generosity of people like you, who stood

alongside all of us at Transitions and made our work possible. Thank you for your support

and for helping us to make dreams come true for some very deserving and amazing young girls!

James & Athena Pond

letterfrom the founders dream freedom begins with a

“…our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.” — M i h a l y C s i k s z e n t m i h a l y i , A m e r i c a n P s y c h o l o g i s t

Rescue is a process, not a single event.

Delivery from a life of bondage begins with the heroic and dramatic act of rescue in which a girl

is removed from harm’s way. The rescue, however, is but the first step on a journey of healing,

restoration and empowerment as a girl regains control of her life and once again learns to hope.

Freedom without a future is another form of slavery.

Without viable and sustainable career and life skills, a girl rescued from trafficking has few

opportunities and little direction. But with these needs addressed she has a restored

sense of dignity and a foundation on which to believe in herself and to pursue her dreams.

Transitions was founded on these four core values that guide

all of the work we do in restoring girls’ lives.

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A girl shouldn’t continue to carry the wounds of her past.The goal of aftercare is to restore lives, not patch them up, to help each girl realize a life

of substance and meaning. A holistic approach, with a comprehensive focus on individuals,

is the only effective response to a girl rescued from trafficking. Every girl is empowered

to shed the wounds of her exploitation to live a whole, healthy life, freed from the burden

of her exploitation.

Giving a girl choices and a dream restores her future.By first treating her trauma, then creating a nourishing environment that encourages and

respects a girl’s desires and choices, Transitions builds a bridge to opportunities,

programs and systems that give her control over her life and the tools to realize her dreams.

Each girl plays a prominent role in shaping and taking responsibility for her future.

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Ourcore values

everygirl issacred. every girlneeds todream.andnogirl shouldeverbe sold.

everygirldeservesdignit y.

Dream HomeThe Dream Home provides girls ages 13-18, rescued from trafficking a safe, loving full-

time place to live and the comprehensive aftercare restoration necessary to realize a hopeful new

future, one built on her dreams.

Each girl at the Dream Home receives personalized care to heal from her past and provide

opportunities for her future. A girl who finds her home here finds a new beginning. She finds

hope, with holistic trauma therapy, medical care, life skills training and sustainable career

skills, she finds a dream for her future. Our mission is to help girls transition, through

the power of a dream, from darkness to light and from victim to survivor, to world changer.

STAR HouseAs the next step in the journey of restoration, the STAR House takes a girl from the Dream

Home to a supportive transitional home where, alongside other girls she learns to live

independently, to apply newly developed life skills and to exercise her rediscovered ability

to dream. In 2011, our STAR House social worker, Vibol Luy, implemented a new

Independent Life Skills program with the girls there, which is making a lasting impact

in preparing them for independent living.

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One Day’s Wages provided Transitions with a grant for The Dream Home

to build out a brand new computer lab with high-speed Internet access.

The girls love the new study space to learn computers, do school work,

explore the online world, or learn English and play games.

Hired new Operations Director

Expanded our clinical therapy program

Began new life skills program

Hired a new Clinical Social Worker

Created a new victim referral system

Developed a new independent life skills program for STAR House

Opened a new therapy room at the Bridge Project office.

At Transitions we believe every girl in our program deserves the highest level of dignity and

opportunity we can provide. We also believe every girl is capable of achieving her dreams

with the right support and encouragement. We don’t allow girls to settle for what society has told

them they are capable of, like sewing and handy-crafts; we know they can do so much more.

Every girl in our program studies English and computer technology and then goes on to find her

dream. Shine Career School provides a firsthand opportunity to train girls in any career field

they choose, and will serve to overcome the gap in training choices, by providing a high-quality

learning environment. Shine will facilitate teaching opportunities for professionals around the

world, in a variety of fields, to come to Cambodia and teach, while empowering survivors with

the skills and knowledge they need to take control of their lives.

We began building the Shine program in 2011 and the school will officially open in 2012.

Shine will mirror our current program model and be fully social work focused and trauma-

informed, toward healthy reintegration into Cambodian society. Our goal is to give

girls the best opportunity to achieve their dreams and have a successful future, while assisting

graduates in job placement or business start-up, ensuring the highest chance of success.

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In our efforts to bring healing and restoration to survivors of sex trafficking we encountered

a gap in services available to survivors. The Bridge Project will stand in that gap. Recognizing the

family related stress experienced by our clients, and knowing that an integral part of full

restoration for survivors involves working through strains in family relationships, the Bridge

Project serves to rebuild, strengthen, and restore the relationship of the survivor and her family.

The Bridge Project is an extension of current family support and reintegration services that

Transitions has offered since we started work in Cambodia. It offers a new level of fully

comprehensive family based services, that will serve to not only provide support to survivors,

but also to bring strength and empowerment to the Cambodian family.

The Bridge Project is designed with the belief that if families and communities are given enough

support to make choices that enable them to meet their own basic needs in a manner that is

sustainable and empowering, extreme levels of desperation can be avoided and people will not

be driven to infringe on the rights of others to ensure their own ability to survive.

In 2011 we launched a thorough and empowerment-based research and needs assessment.

This will serve to inform the design of the program to ensure that it will work to serve survivors

and their families in a manner that is sustainable and empowering. The research will be

designed and conducted by our Bridge Team, Claire Renzetti, PhD, Summer Twyman, Clinical

Supervisor, Brianna Hodge, Fulbright Scholar, and a team of Cambodian social workers.

Bridge Project

Shine Career School

Social WorkOur Clinical Director, Sola Long, provided skilled social work and translation services for

a forensic interview for International Justice Mission.

Training Clinical Supervisor Summer Twyman trained the greater anti-trafficking community on

The Stages of Change (TSOC) model through the Chab Dai Shelter Forum.

Capacity BuildingTransitions provided field education for a bachelor in social work student through the

University of Tasmania and the Royal University of Phnom Penh.

MentoringTransitions trained 14 aftercare staff in Manado, Indonesia on providing services to

survivors of sex trafficking.

impactother ways transitions makes a diff erence

In 2011 we also reached out to the anti-traffickingcommunity & provided extensive services in ourareas of expertise.

68 girls served.

58 girls reintegrated.

18 families served.(through the Bridge Project and Dream Home)

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girls and their families were servedthrough the Dream Home, STAR House,and Bridge Project.

girls were reintegrated from Transitions’programs back to families or independentliving situations.

The Shine Career School was launchedand set to provide professional training inmultiple career fields.

7 new girls came to the Dream Homethrough rescueand referral networks.

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financials

David Falk, President

President, Boca Restaurant Group, Cincinnati, OH

Huston Hedinger

New World Innovations, Portland, OR

Alison Fahey

Publisher & Editorial Director, Adweek, New York

Board of Directors, TORCH New York, American Advertising Federation, Advertising Education Foundation

Linda Averbeck

Senior Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service

Board Member, American Red Cross, Cincinnati Chapter

Research Leader for Justice Group at Crossroads Community Church

Chris Bridges, Treasurer

Bank Manager, Bank of the Cascades

James Bronzie

Contractor

Founder, Rehab Rescue

Lisa Stegman

BA, DAAP, University of Cincinnati

MA, Organizational Systems Design, Saybrook Graduate School

PHD, Student of Psychology, Institue of Transpersonal Psychology

Jono Fries

Vice President, Boca Restaurant Group, Cincinnati, OH

Sigma Chi Alumni

Todd Bretz

Facilitator, Justice Community Group, Crossroads, Cincinnati, OH

Former Regional Manager, Avery Dennison, Miller Brewing Company, The Ohmart/Vega Corporation

Sigma Chi Alumni

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8%Fundraising

$27,518.12

86%Aftercare programs

$276,986.52

6%Management & General

$19,414.15

Total Support & Revenue:

Total Expenses:

Program:

Management & General:

Fundraising:

$374,052.55

$323,919.15

$276,986.52

$19,414.15

$27,518.12

Assets at beginning of year: $114,275Assets at end of year: $147,565

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transitions 2011 annual report

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