Annual Report2013

It’s easier to build strong children

than to repair broken men.

- Frederick Douglass

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eMail: info@turningpnt.orgWeb: www.turningpnt.org

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Phone: 970.221.0999 Turning Point

1644 South College AvenueFort Collins, CO 80525

At Turning Point, we turn lives around for youth struggling with behavior, mental health, and/or substance abuse issues.

We have a broad range of programs from outpatient services to intensive residential treatment,

offering help and hope for youth and their families.

Turning Point is a Colorado 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to

improving the lives of youth and their families.

ABOUT TURNING POINT

Turning Point was established as an emergency shelter for youth in the juvenile justice system in 1967. Today, Turning Point is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to turning lives around for youth struggling with behavior, mental health and/or substance abuse issues.

It has grown to become a multi-service agency offering a continuum of services including:

Our programs give youth the skills to make better decisions and healthier life choices. Therapeutic treatment and support combine to offer a brighter future for each of the kids in our care.

Throughout Turning Point’s history, the agency has adjusted programming to respond to growing community needs. Turning Point serves more than 2,000 youth, families, and individuals each year.

Our qualified and experienced staff and our extensive continuum of care combined with the agency’s four decades of experience allow us to better treat youth and families using the programs and services they need, no matter the intensity of their troubles and challenges.

• Crisis intervention services• Substance abuse treatment & prevention• Mental health treatment• Adolescent day treatment programs• Outpatient therapies and treatment• Coaching and mentoring programs• Individualized education• Short and long-term intensive residential treatment

Note from the Executive Director

I would like to start this letter by thanking you for your support.

Whether as a volunteer, an event participant, community partner, sponsor or donor, you have helped to make a difference in the lives of children at Turning Point.

This year has by far, been one of the toughest years in the agency’s history. I’ve mentioned on more than one occasion that I’ve been working with Turn-ing Point for 20 years and never have I seen our staff work harder for so many children in our care.

The simple truth is that more and more Colorado children need our help each year. We want to be able to help more children like Savannah who came to us 2 years behind grade level abusing both alcohol and other drugs, and Gabe who hopped from family to family, school to school, and wound up involved with gangs. We want to help more children like Michael who struggled with authority in his elementary school classroom and was unwilling tocommunicate with his parents.

These kids found themselves at Turning Point (perhaps a bit unwillingly) and with the help of our staff, developed the necessary skill sets and coping methods to turn their lives around.

This year we served 600 youth and their families, and countless more individu-als through our community programs including DUI Therapy and Education and our Drug Testing Center. More than ever since the agency was founded in 1967.

Turning Point has much more work to do with the children in our community and we gratefully extend our thanks for your support in fulfilling our vision of a community of empowered, healthy, and responsible youth.

Thank you for being an important part of the vital work we do throughout the State of Colorado.

Stephanie Brown, LCSWExecutive Director

PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Youth and Family Counseling & Therapies with experienced therapists specialized in working with youth and family issues including substance abuse, mental health issues, behavior concerns, and family conflict.

Therapeutic Coaching/ Mentoring is a goal-directed mentoring program for elementary, middle, and high school students in need of guidance and positive role models.

Teen Intensive Outpatient Program - This program was created for middle and high school aged children who require immediate intervention with regard to substance abuse and mental/behavioral health issues. The program meets three times a week for a period of 12 weeks.

Crisis Intervention Services - Turning Point offers referral, assessment, counseling, and treatment to children ages 4-23 and their families who are in crisis due to behavioral health and/or sub-stance abuse issues.

Adolescent Day Treatment provides youth with treatment and education throughout the school day while they continue to live at home. Individual and Family Therapies are an integral part of the Day Treatment Program.

45 - 90 Day Intensive Residential Treatment Program for youth struggling with substance abuse or addiction. This program provides help to youth with substance abuse or dependence and co-occurring mental health disorders.

Gender-Specific Residential Treatment provides round-the-clock therapeutic care in a home like environment and individualized education programs at Turning Point’s Waverly School.

Individualized Education Programs accommodate students with varying needs at a wide range of educational levels. We offer each of our students a structured, supportive and individualized educational setting.

DUI/DWAI Education and Therapy - Turning Point offers DUI/DWAI Alcohol Education and Therapy classes utilizing the highly effective Colorado Impaired Driver Education Program (IDEP) curriculum.

FINANCIALSYear Ended June 30, 2013 Support and revenue Program Revenue Residential $ 1,258,598 Tuition $ 212,877 Youth offender program $ 434,474 Medicaid $ 137,599 Other Services $ 608,592 Total Program Revenue $ 2,652,140 Support and other revenue Grant revenue $ 308,595 Contributions $ 71,183 Contributed supplies and services $ 30,547 Rental revenue $ 34,652 Special event revenue net of related expenses of $49,488 $ 33,140 Interest and dividends $ 192 Other revenue $ 93,191 Net assets released from restrictions $ - Total support and other revenue $ 571,500 Total revenue $ 3,223,640 Expenses Program services $ 2,556,320 General and administration $ 829,840 Fundraising $ 98,792 Total expenses $ 3,484,952 Impairment charge of property held for sale $ (35,700)Gain on the disposal of property and equipment $ 326 Change in net assets $ (296,686)Net assets, beginning of year $ 812,253 Net assets, end of year $ 515,567

You never know when a moment and a few sincere words

can impact a life forever.

- Zig Ziglar

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jason Ells, Board PresidentCassidy Turley Fuller Commercial Real Estate

James H. Trupp, Board TreasurerRetired

David B. Palm, Board Deputy TreasurerShaw & Associates, CPA, PC

Jerry C. Chilson, Board SecretarySperry Van Ness, The Group Commercial, LLC

Happy BennettColorado State University

Jerry Thurber

Steve EwingEwing-Leavitt Insurance Agency

Mason MitchellVahrenwald, Johnson & McMahill LLC

Turning Point encourages hope, strengthens relationships,

and rebuilds futures for youth & their families

when they need it most.

We Turn Lives Around...With Your Help.

May your choices reflect

your hopes,

not your fears. - Nelson Mandela

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