ANNUAL REPORT

2012 - 2013

Message from the Board Chair and the Executive Director

“Demonstrating accountability to all our stakeholders”

Midway through this past year, we received the most welcome news that changes in the Accreditation Canada survey process retroactive to 2011 had resulted in a new and upgraded decision for Pathways Health Centre for Children of “Accredited with Exemplary Standing” and that our Accredited status had been extended for one more year until 2015, based on our high performance and ongoing commitment to quality improvement. Accreditation Canada decisions are calculated on the organization’s compliance with the standards, high-priority criteria, Required Organizational Practices, tests for compliance and survey instrument sample size thresholds. This new decision speaks to the continuing strong commitment of Pathways staff and Board to quality, safety, and accountability. The new Strategic Directions approved by the Board in June 2012 underpin this commitment and have driven an enhanced focus on integration, advocacy and collaboration. Our new Vision is “Supporting children, youth and young adults to achieve their potential through effective partnerships”. One aspect of the new strategy is our work advocating for a local Teen Transition protocol, and we’re thrilled to announce in August 2012 that Pathways Health Centre for Children was now able to provide more services to teens and their families thanks to a $138,500 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This funding spread over the next two years will allow Pathways to enhance our current Teen Transition Service, develop new community resources, increase the support we can provide to teens and their families and strengthen our connections with our schools and community transition partners. We are very excited and thankful for the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s commitment to supporting young people with disabilities. We continued as one of three innovative Full Day Kindergarten pilots in the province, successfully incorporating children in nineteen schools and 50 classrooms during the school year that began in September 2012. A total of 175 individual children were seen at school in an integrated approach between teachers and therapists to help children with special needs access the curriculum. Evaluation results showed that parents were confident that classroom staff understood the therapy goals and those parents who worked outside the home appreciated not having to struggle to schedule appointments. Teachers perceived therapy as a natural part of the school day, and classroom peers were developing empathy for students with special needs. A collaborative partnership approach with both school boards and the Erie St. Clair Community Care Access Centre has guided the development of a service delivery model and targeted deliverables for our community. Meanwhile, Children’s Treatment Centres have advocated provincially through the Ontario Association for Children’s Rehabilitation (OACRS) for the Ontario Government to chart a sound course for the inclusion of children with special needs to take their place amongst their peers at school. The most recent provincial budget passed in May contains language to the effect that there will be support for a pilot program to help children across the province transition into school.

MISSION

Pathways Health Centre for Children will deliver defined services to children, youth and young adults with physical, developmental and communication needs, to help them achieve their potential for a better quality of life.

VISION

Supporting

children, youth

and young adults

to achieve their

potential through

effective partnerships.

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Board Chair and the Executive Director...continued

A N N U A L R E P O R T

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This is very good news for our local community and we eagerly await more details. The numbers will increase steadily until September 2014 when all elementary schools will deliver Full Day Kindergarten. Another first came in July 2012 when we celebrated the launch of GoldCare – our new family focused electronic Clinical Information System. This new system will allow multi-disciplinary teams to conduct a team assessment, develop an integrated plan of care, share important information, view clinical notes and monitor each child and family’s progress. This is solid progress in advancing family-centred care. 12 Children’s Treatment Centres had worked together to steer the implementation of GoldCare, and Pathways staff continue to collaborate provincially to refine and further develop the system, while clinical staff and managers in-house are on a steep learning curve so that we can make use of the information now available to help us plan, evaluate and constantly improve the services we deliver. And last but not least, we gratefully acknowledge the expertise and commitment of our staff and the diligent governance of our Board of Directors. We thank community members and families who volunteer to sit on our committees, our donors who continue to pledge funds whether towards the Campaign or in support of programs and services that otherwise would be diminished. We sincerely acknowledge the contributions of all our volunteers who choose to lend their time and expertise to Pathways. We can be proud of the way we are working together to shape the future for all children and youth in Sarnia-Lambton whom it is our privilege to serve. Sincerely,

FACTS

TOTAL NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS

234

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TOTAL NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS

9,765

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TOTAL NUMBER OF CO-OP STUDENTS

42

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TOTAL NUMBER OF CO-OP STUDENTS HOURS

5,580

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Comments from Campaign Committee

Why Volunteer?

Feel good and useful

Help others

Make a difference

Enrich the future

Meet new people and

friends

Comments from

current Pathways volunteers

The Pathways Campaign...building for Children

We are pleased to announce that we have reached 90% of our $3 million goal. Generous support from local industries, commercial organizations, and the community has allowed us to complete the expansion of our facility. We are so grateful that we now have the space from which to deliver programs for children and youth with special needs across our community. However, to complete the construction, Pathways used up a significant amount of its financial reserves, and it is those reserves that we must now recoup since we rely on them to maintain services for our children and their families. We are just about to launch the final push to reach our goal! Please help us get there, if you can.

Jenny Greensmith Executive Director

Chris de Jourdan Board Chair

Providing New Opportunities

P A G E 3

Teen Transition

March Break Day Camp

on track for inclusion

— sponsored by OPG

“Give the Kids A Lift “

Bench Press Contest

Still going strong

Over $15,000 raised

“Changing the Course of Autism” Workshop

Santa goes high tech!

C.A.C.H.É. Summer Program

A great success!

Assessment wait time:

3 months

Individual clients seen:

2,168

P A G E 4

BALANCE SHEET

(as of March 31, 2013)

And here are some more numbers for 2012-13....

The Auditor’s Report of BDO Canada LLP, Chartered Accountants, dated June 18, 2013, is appended to the comprehensive financial statements from which this financial summary was obtained. A complete set of audited financial statements are available upon request from Pathways Health Centre for Children.

2013 2012

(in thousands of dollars)

Operating Fund $

Cash/Short-Term Investments $ 406 $ 278 Receivables 239 421 Prepaid Expenditures 49 32 Long-Term Investments 0 0 Current Liabilities -511 -548 Fund Balance 183 183 Property and Equipment Fund 3933 4101 Capital Fund 445 74 Net Equity $4561 $4358

A N N U A L R E P O R T

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AUDITOR’S REPORT

108 Different locations throughout Sarnia Lambton where Pathways staff ran programs and provided service to clients and families

17 % of children in Sarnia Lambton from birth to age 5 who accessed Pathways

programs and services 12 % of children in Sarnia Lambton from six through eleven years of age who

accessed Pathways programs and services 94 % of clients who wait less than 30 days between assessment and receiving

service 86 % of overall satisfaction rating from families with process of care for their

children and youth 100 % of families who receive a Pathways Parent Resource Guide at intake

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On behalf of our children and families,

thank you to our annual donors, friends

and sponsors

who have given so generously of their time and resources

in 2012-2013.

P A G E 5

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

for the year ended March 31, 2013 Good business leaders

create a vision,

articulate the vision,

passionately own the

vision, and relentlessly

drive it to completion.

Source of FundsSource of FundsSource of FundsSource of Funds

How Funds were SpentHow Funds were SpentHow Funds were SpentHow Funds were Spent

In thousands of dollars

Operating Fund 2013 2012

Income

Ministry Grants $ 3397 $ 3399

County of Lambton 1273 1273

Rotary Foundation 54 54

Contracted Services 287 336

Other 708 588

$ 5719 $ 5650

Expenditures

Salaries, Benefits and Employee Expenses $ 5049 $ 4989

Supplies 302 270

Facility Expenditures 159 137

Other 213 274

$ 5723 $ 5670

Excess of Revenue over Expenditures $ -4 $ -20

Transfer from Capital Fund 26 67

Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund -22 -47

Change in Fund Balance $ 0 $ 0

Property and Equipment Fund

Expenditures

Therapy/Other Equipment $ 10 $ 35

Computer/Telephone Equipment 31 32

Furnishings and Fixtures 5 59

Building Expansion 18 771

64 897

Deferred Contributions 59 59

Amortization -291 -321

Net Change in Fund $ 168 $ 635

Capital Fund

Income

Gifts, Bequests, Fundraising and Donations $ 537 $ 1154

Interest and Other Income 6 -2

543 1152

Expenditures

Operations $ 105 $ 220

Excess of Revenue over Expenditures $ 438 $ 932

Expenditures

Transfer to Operating Fund $ -26 $ -67

Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund -41 -850

-67 -917

Change in Fund Balance $ 371 $ 15

BOARD OF DIRECTORS April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013

Chris de Jourdan - Board Chair Dean Edwardson Geoffrey Moore Katherine Scimmi - Vice Chair Matthew Chate Godfrey Stevens John McNeil - Treasurer Patricia Dwyer Adrienne Lee Paul Beaudet - Secretary Dawn Johnson John Baragar Barry Porter - Past Chair Kevin Hazzard Dr. Mark Taylor Dr. Michael Stoesser* Jenny Greensmith* *ex-officio

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Our Donor Wall Our Donor Wall honours those who have given $1000 or more cumulatively to Pathways Health Centre for Children. The Donor Wall displays names of generous individuals, companies, organizations and private foundations.

For information on how to advance on the Donor Wall please contact: Tracy Drysdale, Fund Development Officer.

If you are interested in Planned Giving, please contact your Lawyer or Financial Planner.

Cumulative Donations to 2012-2013 Pathways is very honoured to have the support of the following organizations, businesses and foundations who are recognized on our Donor Wall for having contributed more than $15,000 over the years:

The Rotary Club of Sarnia The County of Lambton Ontario Trillium Foundation (2-year Commitment) The Sarnia Street Machines RBC OPG TransAlta Imperial Oil Sarnia Construction Association St. Clair Township Shell Canada Chemfab Industries Inc. Kelgor Limited LANXESS Inc. Cabot Corporation Foundation CIBC Community Investments Mike & Cynthia Blanchard Foundation Cargill Limited Scotiabank c/o J P Bickell Foundation Sarnia Concrete Suncor Energy Foundation Lambton Mutual Blue Water Bridge Duty Free Shop Freedom 55 DTA & Friends