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Fiscal Year 10-11Accomplishments byNorthstar ProblemGambling Alliance (NPGA)
25%
Event Fees $3250 2%
Northstar Gross RevenueSFY 2010-11 at June 30, 2011
State Grant
$225,000
Individuals and
business $16,751
Interest $348
>1%
66%
FY Total $ 280,907
Receivable $ 40,130Total Earned $ 321,037
In-Kind Donations$70,688
6%
Pe$8
Offic
Program$182,744
62%
28%
10%
Total Expenses Eligible for Grant $297
$ 297,608 eligible
$ 225,000 available
$ 72,608 other funds
$8,5493%
$296,593
SFY2010-11 at June 30, 2011 $305,142
97%
Non GrantExpensesGrant Expenses
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
FINANCIAL REPORT
Organizational
year strategic plan.
Northern Light,
is launched with the goal of becomingthe primary source of c urrent problem
gambling, treatment and recovery
information in Minnesota. Print
distribution expands from 500 in early
2010 to over 4500 byscal year end.
State Conference on Problem Gambling
for 75 aendees. Keith Whyte, executive
director of the National Council on
Problem Gambling, is one of the featured
speakers.
Minnesota problem gambling professionals
to aend the National Council on Problem
Gambling annual conference in Boston,
July 2011.
SFY 2010-11 at June 30, 2011Total Expenses Eligible for Grant $297
SFY 2010-11 at June 30, 2011SFY 2010-11 at June 30, 2011 $305,142
Legislative
legislators and testify at commiee
hearings to encourage funding for
education and treatment of problem
gambling.
the legislature to continue to serve as
the Minnesota aliate to the National
Council on Problem Gambling.Outreach
24 training programs for over 675
professionals around Minnesota,
including alcohol and drug counselors,
students in addiction studies, probation
ocers, aorneys and treatment program
teams.
10 professional conferences, reaching
hundreds of professionals such as
psychologists, alcohol and drug
counselors, therapists, social workers,
marriage and family therapists, and
corrections ocers.
Gambling Awareness week (sponsored
by the National Council on Problem
Gambling), providing billboards
throughout the Twin Cities displaying
the Minnesota Helpline for Problem
Gamblers, 800-333-HOPE.e week-
long campaign includes print and
broadcast media stories as well as live
television and radio interviews, reaching
thousands across the state.e campaigncontributed to a 60% increase in calls
to the state problem gambling helpline
during March and April.
trainings for 75 police ocers on Rule
82, which requires ocers to conduct a
problem gambling assessment for new
probation clients.
Research
gambling behaviors in Minnesota high
school students. A second, related project
analyzes the data to explore the same
behaviors in a subset of Native American
students. (Report can be viewed at www.
NorthstarProblemGambling.org.)
survey to establish a basel
Minnesotans awareness,
and aitude toward the is
gambling.e 500-partic
be completed in FY 2011
to drive communication m
to measure and compare t
education and awareness
Collaboration
work with the Minnesota
Services Problem Gambli
Minnesota Problem Gam
Council, statewide proble
treatment providers, and
addiction recovery comm
providers and members o
Advisory Council on Prob
to develop and present inf
on problem gambling at t
MARRCH conference fo
drug abuse professionals.
Northstar Total Expenses Northstar Gross Revenue Minnesota State Grant Expense Cat
The struggles and fears of Minnesotans with gambling problems
can be heard acutely in their words:
My husband is a compulsive gambler. I just found out he has
gambled away a significant part of our savings. What should I do?
I certainly dont want to tell anyone about this.
About ten years ago, I was heavily into a gambling addiction. My
life was quite chaotic in all areas: work stress, family stress,
financial and spiritual stress. Gambling seemed to be the only
alternative for survival, yet it consumed me to the point that all my
perceived stresses only seemed to magnify themselves further.
Emotionally, gambling had become a chore. I was so scared that
I was going to end up doing this for another 20 or 30 years. I
was scared that I was going to get fired or end up in jail. I was on
autopilot, and I couldnt stop. I didnt know how.
I was out of control again, but I didnt want to admit I was a
compulsive gambler.
These are the very real and common fears faced by problem gamblers and thepeople close to them. Problem gamblers cant control their gambling and dontwant anyone to know about it, yet they dont know how to get help to stop.
These are the very people the Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance seeks to
help.
Our community outreach, education and training programs are geared to helpMinnesotans understand the following:
drugs
willpower
social and financial problems associated with out-of-control gambling