annual report 2011

Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester CountyHelping Kids Start Healthy, Stay Healthy and Succeed in School

Dear Friends,

Every day, we are inspired by our staff’s compassion and dedication to makinga measurable impact in the lives of Chester County families. And every day, wesee the increased challenges faced by the families we serve.

Our new Strategic Plan, developed by our Board and senior staff, will guideour work for the next three years. We are committed to improving birth outcomesfor our county’s most vulnerable women, expanding efforts to enroll uninsuredfamilies into health coverage, ensuring that hungry families have access tohealthy food through WIC and SNAP (food stamps), and providing pre-kindergarten education to mainly Hispanic children in southern Chester County.

Our recently published Healthy Start Impact Report showed that ourprenatal and postpartum home visiting program improves the health of infantsborn to mothers in the program, compared to infants of women not enrolled — resulting in healthier birth weights and lower rates of prematurity. Infants inChester County are born healthier because of Healthy Start.

Our Family Benefits Program received a boost in 2011, as we received a highlycompetitive grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to expand our health insuranceenrollment strategies in Chester County, and help replicate these strategies inseveral neighboring counties with high numbers of uninsured children. Our 17 yearsof experience have taught us that helping families access basic needs is critical toensuring that children have the opportunity to start healthy and stay healthy.

Our Kennett Square Family Center is working with St. Joseph’s University toimplement a new toolkit to focus our efforts on making an even greater impacton the school readiness of young children in southern Chester County.

Our successful outcomes are made possible thanks to strong program andfunding partnerships with state and federal government agencies, local andregional foundations, United Ways, businesses, faith communities, andgenerous individuals. The demand for our services continues to be greater thanour resources, and we are reminded daily of the need to be ever vigilant in theefficient use of our supporters’ funds and the importance of demonstrating ourimpact on the community.

We value the collaboration between our Board of Directors, staff, donors andprovider community and look forward to keeping all of you informed of ouraccomplishments in the coming year.

With Warm Regards,

Rae Morgan Pamela Bryer, MPH, CFREBoard President Executive Director

Board of Directors

Rae Morgan Board President

Deborah A. McKenty, EsquireBoard Secretary

Julia Malloy-Good, EsquireBoard Treasurer

Haydee Gullaksen

Rosemary Helm

Tammy James, Ph.D.

Kristin Molavoque, Esquire

Beverly Moyer

Mary Lou Sterge

Steven Wilmot, MSW

Helping all children start

healthy, stay healthy and

succeed in school.

Our Promise

Our ProgramsHealthy Start

Healthy Start is a prenatal and postpartum home

visiting program designed to ensure that low-income

women access the medical care, health education,

and community resources they need to deliver

healthy babies. MCHC provided services to more

than 1,000 women and their children in 2011.

Our recent Healthy Start Impact Report

demonstrated a significant improvement in birth

outcomes experienced by women who enrolled in

Healthy Start, and the improvement was especially

dramatic for African American and Hispanic women.

During the period 1996-2009, African American

women living in our Healthy Start communities had

low birth weight babies at a rate of 11.9%, but

African American women in those communities

who were Healthy Start participants had a rate of

10%. Of Hispanic infants born in our communities,

7.9% were born at low weight, while only 4.8% of

Hispanic Healthy Start babies were born at low weight.

Babies who are born too small are much likelier to

die before their first birthday or have lifelong physical

problems and learning challenges. Healthy Start

closes the gap between the birth outcomes of

minority women and white women in our county.

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Maternal Depression is the #1 Complication of Childbirth

MCHC’s staff screen all pregnant and postpartum Healthy Start participants to identify any symptoms of

depression. We offer linkages to counseling and hold regular peer support groups in Spanish and English

to help moms gain emotional support.

While 37% of the prenatal women we screened in 2011 tested positive for symptoms of depression, only

20% of postpartum women tested positive, as a result of our maternal depression screening and support.

Healthy Start support helps decrease depression for participating moms.

African American Women Are Most At Risk

During the three-year period 2007-2009, 6.1% of white

women in Chester County delivered infants at low birth

weight (less than 5.5 pounds). This rate was a startling

12.9% for African American women — a rate that

has risen for each of the past three years.

“The first goal of pediatrics is to protect

children from preventable illness. From that

perspective, SNAP is like an effective immunization – it

decreases the likelihood that a young child will be sick,

underweight, or developmentally at risk. These conditions

cause preventable suffering for children and families, and

incalculable avoidable costs to society now and in the future.”

— Deborah Frank, MD, Children’s HealthWatch

Meeting Urgent Needs

In 2011, Pennsylvania cut 89,000 children from

Medicaid. While the nominal goal of these cuts was to

close cases of individuals who are deceased or no longer

eligible, the actual outcome has been that thousands of

eligible children were dropped from coverage without

notice. The hard work of our staff to ensure that eligible

children retain coverage is more critical than ever.

One in six children in Chester County lives in a household

that is struggling with hunger.

MCHC’s Family Benefits Program staff help food-

insecure families enroll into SNAP (food stamps) so they

can have a source of regular, healthy food for their

children. We reduced hunger for 1,303 Chester County

residents in 2011 by connecting with the SNAP benefits.

65,000 Chester County residents have no health

insurance1. MCHC’s bilingual Family Benefits Program

staff help families without health insurance determine

their eligibility for state-subsidized health insurance

programs (such as Medicaid and CHIP) and assist them

with the complicated application process. We enrolled

2,317 uninsured Chester County adults and children into

coverage in 2011.

1Robert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings 2011

Family Benefits Program

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MCHC Health Insurance Enrollments

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

1,417 1,867 2,014 2,076 2,317

MCHC Health Insurance Enrollments

Kennett Square Family Center

The Family Center provides early childhood education, developmental

screenings, and a Kindergarten Transition Program to ensure that children from

mainly Hispanic families in southern Chester County start school well prepared

to learn and succeed.

49% of Hispanic English-speaking children do not recognize letters at the

start of kindergarten, compared to 26% of white children. (“Enhancing School

Readiness for Hispanic Children,” National Council of La Raza).

At the conclusion of the Family Center’s Kindergarten Transition Program,

children score an average of 88% when tested on a range of kindergarten

readiness skills, including letter and number recognition.

TemporarilyREVENUES AND SUPPORT Unrestricted Restricted Total 2011

Grants $ 1,212,871 $ - $ 1,212,871

Contributions 294,345 509,880 804,225

Interpreting fees 66,397 66,397

Seminars, workshop fees and other 11,480 - 11,480

Investment Income 9,130 9,130

Change in value of beneficial interest in assets held by community foundation (1,217) (1,217)

Net Assets Released from Restrictions 715,377 (715,377) -

Total Revenues and Support $ 2,308,383 ($ 205,497) $ 2,102,886

EXPENSES

Program Services

Healthy Start 1,162,018 - 1,162,018

Family Center 298,634 - 298,634

Family Benefits 291,663 - 291,663

Interpreting Services 65,017 - 65,017

Training and Education 14,733 - 14,733

Support Services

Management and General 289,172 - 289,172

Fundraising 172,401 - 172,401

Total Expenses $ 2,293,638 - $ 2,293,638

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $ 14,745 ($ 205,497) ($ 190,752)

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2011

“What kids learn in pre-k sets the foundation. They learn not just letters and numbers, but

how to learn. They develop skills like persistence, working through challenges, developing focus, how to work

with and get along with others. These are fundamental to building strong cognitive skills over a lifetime.”

— Marci Young of The Pew Charitable Trusts

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Individual DonorsMr. and Mrs. Francis Abbott, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Joseph AbbottMaria AugustinIrma BaileyTim BarnardDr. Nadine BeanPatricia and Joseph BeckerTherese BentleyMr. and Mrs. Mahlon BierlyCarolina BittarGladys BlackJudge and Mrs. David BortnerLinda and John BracelandKim BradleyJane BradyRobin BriggsAlba BritoMary and Stuart BrooksDr. C. John BryerPam and Jeff BryerDenise and John BryerBarbara and Joseph BryerLiz CaggianoBeatriz CaycedoCourtney ColemanAurea and Luis ComasSheila CookPhyllis CopelandSara CorbishleyMr. and Mrs. Thomas CorcoranCommissioner Kathi CozzoneCarol and Scott CunninghamKaren D’Agusto and Steve Bernasconiin honor of Anna Heilman

Dr. Lisa DavisLana and Tom DelferaMr. and Mrs. Robert DiGiacomoTonya DiGiuseppeNancy DohertyBrett DolenteErin DowningMary Beth DrobishLinda Dunis-Forrester in honor ofEvelyn Dunis

Susan and Alan ElkoLisa and Lars EllerDr. Christina Ellis and Dr. Andrew Sitkoff

Dr. Celia Esplugas and John Ward

Margaret EwingBarbara Fitzgerald TurnerDr. and Mrs. William FoxxWilla FridayAlison and Howard FrysingerAnne and Howard FussellPolly Gable in memory of Charlotte Carleton

Dr. Ellen GacomisCarole GalloDr. Corazon GemilMr. and Mrs. Charles GoerthSusan GoldBarnett GoodsteinHeather Goodstein in memory of Mira Goodstein

Haydee GullaksenMr. and Mrs. Evan HambletonAnne and Matt HamiltonJulie and Richard HankinMr. and Mrs. Michael J. BrigliaJoy and Daniel HartshornKesha HayesRosemary HelmJane HewsonLaurie HisseyTom HoganJoan HollidayMr. and Mrs. Curvin HollimonJudi and Jon IvinsTammy James. Ph.D.Ruth JensenRuben JimenezNelly Jimenez-ArevaloNicole JonesDr. Rita S. Jones in honor of Caroline Botchic

Mrs. Barbara JordanNatalie KatzStephen and Denise KeeferRobin KellyQuindara KingMonica and Mathias KirchmerRev. Phoebe Kitson-DavisMary and Bruce KnappJanine KreissMadeline LambDr. Linda LamwersJoyce and Ronald LandonMilena and Enrique LanzMarta Sosangelis Laynas

Carolyn and James LennonStuart and Suzanne LevyFrances LisowskiThecla LisowskiJane MacElreeJulia Malloy-Good, Esq.Mary Alice MaloneMaria MataMelanie McAteerJudy McGlewTaryl and Clyde McKeeDeborah McKentyNancy and Michael McLellandStephannie McLimansMr. and Mrs. Robert McMackinBob and Jennifer McNeilHeidi and Dick McPhersonCatherine MerrittJoseph and Maryann MesureMary Theresa MetzlerKristin Molavoque, Esq.Alice MoorheadMrs. J. Maxwell MoranRae Morgan in honor of Betty Morganand E. Sophronia Stewart

Ray Morgan Serena MorrisseyMoira and Ken MummaChristine MummertElizabeth NeffMr. and Mrs. Lawrence O’DonnellLisa O’NeillLuisa OrtizMaria OrtizSonia OrtizRev. Ralph OsborneRoger PalmerCatherine PalmquistMaryanne and Leo ParsonsRohna and Glenn PaskowJoanne Peskoff in memory of E.Sophronia Stewart

Dr. MaryEllen PfeifferColleen PimerLauren Pires in memory of Mary BruceMr. and Mrs. Mark PiroBeatrice PolkEmily Purnell-JohnsonLeslie and Bill RahlingDoris RamirezMichael ReeseCrissy ReeserLeeAnn RiloffMargaret RivelloMaritza Rivera-CochranLinda RobertsonMary Ann Rossi, Esq. and Jeffrey Lewis

Margaret Roth in memory of E. Sophronia Stewart

Meryle and Fred RothmanMr. and Mrs. Richard SalkowitzMichelle and J.P. SanchezDr. and Mrs. Gopal SankaranDr. Stacey SchlauSuzanne and Arthur SchlessFrances SheehanDebra ShuppAnnette SilvaAlicia SingletonHolly SmeekensMr. and Mrs. Frederick SmithEsther and Bernard SobelMrs. Joseph SomersMr. and Mrs. Joseph SpampinatoMagali TabordaLillian TaliercioHoma and Alex TavangarSusan and Peter TempleCathy TonerMr. and Mrs. Mark TunnellKatlyn UhlerMarta Velasquez LoescherUbel Velez, Esq.Cheryl VermeyDr. Eva VerplanckLisa VoicheckCatherine Voit, Esq.Mary Ann and Samuel WagnerBetsy WallsMr. and Mrs. Thomas WalshCarol WareJohn WeaverDawn WelchHarriet WentzLois and Barry WigginsAnne WilhelmSteve WilmotMelissa and Kevin WilsonPenelope WilsonRobert WilsonConnie WinchesterNettie Wolfe SilvaKatie Wooten-BielskiRobert YayacPatricia YoderHeather YonoshNeydary ZambranoElaine ZanikosBecky Zerr

Corporations and Foundations1675 Foundation1N BankAdams Sterge Family Fund, a Fund ofthe Philadelphia Foundation

Anago CleaningBarra FoundationBeneficial Bank

Thank you to our generous donors, volunteers, and supporters !

Bronwyn Martin and Jessica Pike preparingthe Mother’s Day Tea invitations.

Boeing Employees Community FundBrandywine Health FoundationBriggs, Bunting and Doherty, LLPBugel Family Fund, a Fund of theChester County CommunityFoundation

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls

Citadel Federal Credit UnionCitizens Bank FoundationClaneil FoundationConnelly FoundationCountryside ConsultingCrebilly FoundationCVS/PharmacyDanskoDolfinger-McMahon FoundationFirst Cornerstone FoundationFirst Hospital FoundationFirst Niagara BankGenuardi Family FoundationGunard Berry Carlson MemorialFoundation

Health and Welfare Foundation ofSouthern Chester County

HeLP Fund, a Fund of the ChesterCounty Community Foundation

Herr Family Foundation, a Fund of the Chester County CommunityFoundation

Holt Family FoundationKunkle and SennettLang Family FoundationLeo and Peggy Pierce FamilyFoundation

Longwood FoundationM&T Charitable FoundationMacElree HarveyMerrill LynchNational Penn BankNewtown Office and Computer SupplyPennsylvania Children’s Trust FundPennsylvania Trust CompanyPew Charitable TrustsPew OMG Center for CollaborativeLearning

Philadelphia FoundationPhoenixville Community HealthFoundation

PNC FoundationPottstown Area Health and WellnessFoundation

QVC, Inc.

Robert and Joan Dircks FoundationRobert E. LambFoundationSaba Chai FiveFoundationSovereign BankFoundation

SpringbankFoundation

Stewart Huston Charitable TrustTargetUnited Way of Chester CountyUnited Way of SoutheasternPennsylvania

United Way of Southern Chester County

Valentine FoundationWal-MartWilliam Penn FoundationWillig, Williams and DavidsonWomen’s WayWSFS Bank

Community and Faith GroupsBrandywine Valley Girl Scout ServiceUnit 610

Church of the Holy Trinity, WestChester

Downingtown Friends MeetingFirst Presbyterian Church of West Chester

Kennett Monthly MeetingKennett Square Rotary ClubMOMS Club of CoatesvillePhoenixville Area Middle SchoolRotary Club of West ChesterSt. Francis-in-the-Fields EpiscopalChurch of Malvern

Unitarian Fellowship of West ChesterUnited Methodist Women of West Chester

Valley Forge Middle SchoolWest Chester Civic AssociationWhitford Hills Golf Tournament Committee

Willistown Friends Meeting TrustWoman’s Exchange

Local, State, and Federal GovernmentPennsylvania Department of PublicWelfare

U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services (Healthy Start)

U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services (Centers forMedicare and Medicaid)

Volunteers and In-Kind DonorsCarla AcostaPeter AhlAllison AlexanderAllstate InsuranceCarla AponteJose Arevalo Baez Home ImprovementsBarclay FriendsBeneficial BankRonit BersonBeth Chaim SisterhoodBill Rahling PhotographyBlanket Circle at Maris GroveSandra Borjas Anna BranchBrandywine Valley QuiltersBroad Run Golfer’s ClubEmily BryerButterflies and BlossomsCalico Cutters QuiltersCalista Grand Spa and SalonCalvary Lutheran Sewing GroupAnabela CastanoChester County CommunityFoundation

Chester County Family AcademyChristine’s ConsignmentsEd CohleBetsy CoonsEmily CoonsLissa CordovaJose CoronaAna Maria Corona MataCradles to CrayonsDavid Campli PhotographyBrenda Del CarmenDelfera and SonKelli DillmanDomestic Violence CenterSydney EllerBryce EllerCasey EllerFaunbrook Bed & BreakfastFirst Presbyterian Church Food PantryGeneral Warren InneGenerocityGiant MarketGirl Scout Troop 4191Girl Scouts of Southeastern PAGirl Scout Troop #608 HuntfieldService Unit

Girl Scout Troop 41118Susan GoodmanMolly GoughMichelle GoveSacha GrahoracHalladay FloristsRonald Hatton

Johnson & Johnson PharmaceuticalR&D

Donna JonesJoya BoutiqueRachel KallatchLeila KatzBrian Kelly Kesher Israel Tikkun Olam CommitteeKiwi Frozen YogurtKathleen Kutch Latino Professional Lunch MembersLauren's HouseSherelle ManleyMariana MartinezDaisy MartinezKatie McCoolMedia Providence Friends SchoolLisa MoralesKaren NagyOasis Family Fun CenterAnabel OcegueraAlex PaezPale Horse RestaurantPam Hesler PhotographyPaoli HospitalLauren PetersPhoenixville Mom's ClubPeople’s Light and TheaterKathleen RahlingAlexis ReynoldsMaria T. RiveraRoberts One on One FitnessRSVP of Chester CountyRuby SlippersMarshall RushJones ShannenMark SteelLaurie SzokeLaura TaylorJamie ThoringtonThree Little PigsTurks Head YogaTurner InvestmentsAlyssa TurneyTurning Pointe Dance CenterUnited Methodist Children's CenterUpland Country Day SchoolBarbara ValdesTodd Van PatterVictory BankVillage OpticalMelynda WagnerTommy WagnerWest Chester Area Alumni Associationof Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity

Westtown Services Girl Scout UnitWillistown FriendsLori Zytkowicz

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If you have given to or volunteered with MCHC and your listing is incorrect or missing, please let us know at mchc@ccmchc.org. Thank you!

Ginny Savarese and Debra Kent of Bayada Pediatrics collected and donated warm winter children’s coats to MCHC.

Maternal and Child HealthConsortium of Chester County

30 West Barnard Street, Suite #1West Chester, PA 19382610-344-5370mchc@ccmchc.orgwww.ccmchc.org

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MCHC Staff

Executive DirectorPamela Bryer, MPH, CFRE

Senior Director of Program Planning and EvaluationMaryann McMackin Mesure, MSS

Director of FinanceBeatrice Stubbs Polk, M.Ed, MSA

Data CoordinatorLinda Peters

Director of Development LeeAnn Riloff

Communications, Evaluation and Development ManagerMichelle Legaspi Sánchez, MSW, MPH

Acting Healthy Start Program ManagerMilena Lanz

Family Benefits AdvocatesCarla AponteAracely CrespoBecky Zerr

Family Benefits Administrative AssistantFrances Lisowski

Administrative Operations ManagerJennifer M.S. Giunta

Healthy Start Community Education and Volunteer ManagerCourtney L. Coleman

Administrative AssistantGuadalupe Garcia

Healthy Start ManagersCecilia ArceCrystal BoggsChristine Mummert, MSNettie Wolfe-Silva, M.Ed

Family Health AdvocatesAurea ComasJasmin FuentesKesha HayesNicole JonesMaria OrtizSonia OrtizAnna PucciarelliTiana TurnerRosa Zavala ZavalaMagda I. Zayas

Family Center Director and ProgramManager for Community EducationNelly J. Arévalo, J.D.

Family Center Parent EducatorsMaria MataLuisa OrtizMaritza Rivera-CochranJose Luis Zavala Zavala

Program Administrative AssistantsMaribel CastroJanine Kreiss

Community Outreach CoordinatorLaToya Myers, MPH

Return on Investment

MCHC Programs Generate a Powerful Return on

Investment – Your Gift Makes a Real Impact!

Healthy Start: The National Institute of Medicine

reports that the long term costs for one baby born

prematurely is approximately $51,600 every year.

Kennett Square Family Center: The Parents as

Teachers “Born to Learn”™ curriculum used at our

Family Center has the largest benefit per dollar of cost

of all reviewed pre-kindergarten education programs.

Family Benefits Program: Economic experts at

Moodys.com have found that SNAP (food stamps) has

the greatest return on investment of any of the thirteen

benefits programs studied (generating a $1.75 increase

in real GDP for every $1 spent). Moody’s declared the

SNAP program a “Great Bang for Buck” program that

improves the economy.

Maternal and Child Health Consortium is a member agency of the United Way of Southern Chester County and the United Way of Chester County and is funded by the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Supported in part by grant No. 93.926.E from the Healthy Start Initiative, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Citadel Federal Credit Union provided generous support for the production of this report.

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