annual report • fy2016 · because every child and his or her parents who have been touched by mfn...

A N N U A L R E P O R T • F Y 2 0 1 6

EXECUTIVE OFFICE Margaret E. Williams Executive Director

Linda R. Ramsey Deputy Director, Family Support

Steve Rohde Deputy Director, Resource and Referral

Warren Jones Executive Assistant

COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT Sarah Kelly Development Director

Doug Lent Communications Director

Cathy Zawadowicz Office Manager

PUBLIC POLICY Clinton Macsherry Director of Public Policy

Debbie Moore Senior Policy Analyst

FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES Johanna Licharowicz Finance Director

Dawn Bryan Accountant/HR Assistant

Hannah Fletcher Finance Assistant

Cearia RiceFinance Assistant

TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, RESOURCE AND REFERRAL

Lacey Tsonis Assistant Deputy Director Resource &

Referral Services

Consuelo Dailey Training Clearinghouse Admin. Assistant

Jennifer Lentz ELA Professional Development

Coordinator

TRAINING, FAMILY SUPPORT Gail Guillard Training Director

Michelle Argent Training Administrative Coordinator

Nikia WilliamsHuman Services Program Assistant

LOCATE: CHILD CARE FloJean Speck Director

Chris Kline Assistant Director

Jade BenemeritoSpecial Needs Child Care Referral

Specialist

Leslee Bright Enhanced Services Coordinator

Janet Cover Administrative Assistant

Kristina Guy Community Line Coordinator

Marie Moyd Data Maintenance Coordinator

Jeff Kogan Database Manager

Dani Munger Administrative Assistant, Enhanced

Services

Wendy Neville Special Needs Child Care Referral

Specialist

Alely Salazar Special Needs Child Care Referral

Specialist

Sharrel Tombs Community Line Coordinator

PROGRAM, FAMILY SUPPORT Jean Mitchell Program Director

Karen Brown Program Consultant

Shawan Burke EHS Family and Community Partnership

Specialist

Nancy Gardner Program Consultant/MD PAT Trainer

& EHS Home Visiting/Health & Nutrition Consultant

Stephen Gollegly MIS Administrator

Nathalia Gordon MIS and Strengthening Families Program

Assistant

Rochetta GordonEHS Family and Community Parnership

Specialist

Virginia Harris Program Administrative Coordinator

Melanie Martin Program Consultant

Faith Miller EHS Program Coordinator

Sheila Sinkler Program Administrative Assistant

Carolyn Payne Tighe EHS Program Consultant

Tiffany WilkinsEHS Child Care Partnership Specialist

BALTIMORE CITY CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER Nancy Pelton Training Director and Acting Executive

Director

Jennell BaileyAdministrative Assistant

Sue Penix Infant Toddler/Capacity Building

Coordinator

Carol Powers Technical Assistance Coordinator

SueAnn Stottlemyer Early Childhood Intervention Consultant

PRESIDENTDixon Harvey, Jr.PresidentBlack Oak Associates

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTW. Daniel WhiteExecutive Vice PresidentWhiting-Turner Contracting Co.

FIRST VICE PRESIDENTBrian M. EakesSenior Vice President-Global FinanceLegg Mason & Co., LLC

SECOND VICE PRESIDENTVicki B. FinkelsteinSenior Real Estate CounselW. R. Grace & Co.

TREASURERJ. Michael RileyVice President, Community RelationsM&T Bank

SECRETARYJacqueline LampellLampell and Associates

DIRECTORSRobert Wm. Blum, MD, MPH, PhD.Director, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute

Reginald CohenSergeantBaltimore County Police Department

Alexander CostosFinancial AdvisorMerrill Lynch

Gene CurranPresident and CEOVictory Realty Group

Denise DodsonExecutive DirectorErnst & Young

Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D.Presidential ScholarTowson University

Mary GunningDirectorCatholic Head Start of Baltimore City

Joanne T. HampsonSenior Vice President – Market ManagerPNC Bank

Elayne Hettleman

Judy Frye JonesOwnerJudy Frye Jones Communications

Daniel P. MoylanPartnerVenable LLP

David R. PaulsonSenior Vice PresidentBlue & Obrecht Realty, LLC

Tom PowleyPresidentGDK World Wode Weave

Jim RochePresident and CEORoche Brothers, Inc.

Paul SchurickDirector of PartnershipsOyster Recovery PartnershipRaina SmithFacultyMaryland University of Integrative

Health

Jud SokolVice PresidentThe L. Warner Companies, Inc.

Greg Stevens Director of Program Management Wonders Child Care

Bryce A. TurnerPresidentBCT Architects

Richard WiklundChief Executive OfficerAvideon

NETWORK REPRESENTATIVESBarbara J. Andrews, Ph.D.Administrator, Early Childhood ServicesMontgomery County Health and

Human Services

Rylesa TaylorParent RepresentativeBon Secours Family Support Center

Board of Directors (On June 30, 2016)

Maryland Family Network Staff (On June 30, 2016)

Dear Family and Friends,In Fiscal Year 2016, Maryland Family Network celebrated 30th years of Family Support in Maryland. To mark the 30th anniversary, MFN Board and staff joined over 300 FSC staff and parents at the FSC Spring Training and Staff Professional Development Conference in Ocean City, Maryland. There we honored current and past staff and families while also revisiting many of the milestones and victories accomplished over the past three decades. Our lives have been enriched and we have learned a lot together during that time – what it takes to build a program based on the family support principles; what strategies work to recruit and engage families and help them realize their dreams, especially for their children; what combination of skills are needed among Center staff to support parents and very young children; how to work together in harmony and be productive as a family of unique individuals.

This was also, and perhaps even more importantly, a time of looking forward and planning for the future. What mistakes have we learned from? How can we expand the Network and serve even more families? How can we better support those families and the staff who are so dedicated to them? We are energized and excited by what is to come in the next 30 years. The Sixth Sandra J. Skolnik Lecture on Early Childhood Education and Advocacy featured an expert panel and screening of the documentary film Once Upon a Time: When Child Care for All Wasn’t Just a Fairy Tale. The film revisits a time when America almost achieved affordable quality child care for every family who needed it and asked the question: What went wrong and how do we learn from it? After the film the panel answered those and other questions and inspired the audience to take action. The panel featured: Walter Gilliam, Ph.D., Director of the Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University; Renee Boynton-Jarrett, MD, Sc.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine; and Albert Zachik, MD, Director of the Office of Child and Adolescent Services, Mental Hygiene Administration, Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

We were honored this year to have Delegate Sheila E. Hixon (District 20, Montgomery County) accept the Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick Leadership Award in Early Care and Education. Del. Hixson has spent her distinguished career, including more than two decades as Chair of the House Ways & Means Committee, as one of the General Assembly’s most vigorous and effective champions for young children, working families, and early childhood education.

Finally, and with joy, we added three outstanding leaders in our community to the MFN Board of Directors: Robert Wm. Blum, MD, MPH, PhD, Director, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute; Greg Stevens, Director of Program Management, Wonders Child Care; and Rylesa Taylor, who attends the Bon Secours Family Support Center and is the Parent Representative to the Board of Directors.

Because every child and his or her parents who have been touched by MFN have a success story to tell, there are too many tales to retell in this annual report. We have selected a few for the following pages. Like all the other stories, they make us proud. We hope these successes make you proud too. Thanks to your support, every child in Maryland can have strong families, quality early learning environments, and a champion for their interests.

Dixon Harvey, Jr. Margaret E. WilliamsBoard President Executive Director

PRESIDENT

Dixon Harvey, Jr.PresidentBlack Oak Associates

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

W. Daniel WhiteExecutive Vice PresidentWhiting-Turner Contracting Co.

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

Brian M. EakesManaging Director, Head of Finance and

ControllerLegg Mason & Co., LLC

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

Vicki B. FinkelsteinSenior Real Estate CounselW. R. Grace & Co.

TREASURER

J. Michael RileyVice President, Community RelationsM&T Bank

SECRETARY

Jacqueline LampellLampell and Associates

Board Officers

Margaret E. WilliamsExecutive Director

Cover photo: Family Support of Queen Anne’s County

BALTIMORE CITY/COUNTY

METRO DC & SOUTHERN MARYLAND

NORTHERN MARYLAND

WESTERN MARYLAND

EASTERN SHORE TOTAL

9 Centers 4 Centers 2 Centers 3 Centers 7 Centers 25 Centers

African-American 76% 20% 13% 18% 45% 44%

White 9% 5% 62% 53% 22% 23%

Hispanic 9% 67% 18% 23% 26% 27%

Asian 0% 1% 0% 2% 1% 1%

Other 6% 7% 7% 4% 6% 5%

Parents and Expectants 712 371 132 408 444 2,067

Children 0-3 787 408 138 382 478 2,193

Families Served at Home1 527 138 79 98 255 1,097

Percentage Children Fully Immunized2 80% 90% 95% 96% 93% 89%

Parents Enrolled in Adult Education Programs3

128 228 50 205 203 814

Parents Taking Part in Employability Services4 139 176 33 165 112 625

Families Receiving Public Assistance5 577 (81%) 309 (83%) 92 (77%) 286 (75%) 386 (89%) 1,650 (82%)

Percentage of Children Receiving a Developmental Screening2

98% 84% 85% 93% 92% 92%

1 Families in Early Head Start programs received services both in the Centers and at home and are counted in the Families Served at Home category.

2 Immunization and developmental screening percentages are based on children with three or more visits to a Center.3 Adult Education includes one or more of the following: Adult Basic Education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED), English for

Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), and/or alternative high school.4 Employability services include one or more of the following: computer literacy, career counseling, resume writing, interview skills, work

experience, and job development.5 Public Assistance may include one or more of the following: WIC, TANF, public housing, SSI, medical assistance, foster care subsidy, energy

program assistance, EPSDT, and food stamps.

Information from Maryland Family Network’s Management Information System about participants and services at Maryland’s Family Support CentersMaryland Family Network and Maryland’s network of Family Support Centers target their services to parents with children birth through age three and expectant parents. Though others receive support at the Centers, the data in the chart refer only to that target population. FY16 data are based on the period from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 with delegates or sponsoring agencies reporting for 26 Centers for 12 months..

FY16 Family Support Data Chart

Our House Early Head Start in Baltimore

4 MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK

Maryland’s Family Support NetworkOver 3,000 adults completed their high school education, learned job readiness skills, strengthened their social networks, and/or improved their parenting skills in FY16 thanks to our network of 26 Family Support Centers (FSC). At the same time, their very young children accompanied them to the Family Support Centers and were cared for in state-of-the-art settings that helped them meet developmental milestones: social, emotional, intellectual, and physical.

“I started coming to GED classes two or three times a week. Within three months of coming here I got my GED! It happened quicker than I thought it was going to,” says Alena Vanscoy of her success at MFN’s Family Education Center in Cecil County along with her two daughters, Kaylee and Gianna.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Maryland Family Support Center (FSC) Network, MFN Board and staff joined over 300 FSC staff and parents at the FSC Spring Training and Staff Professional Development Conference held in Ocean City, Maryland. Current staff revisited some of the milestones and victories, and were joined by a few former staff. Several sets of former parenting participants and their adult children were also on hand to share success stories. Attendees focused on the new skills, strategies, partners, and vision needed to be successful over the next 30 years.

Also in FY 2016, Strengthening Families Maryland, a project of MFN, expanded its reach through an exciting partnership with the Charles County Government, Department of Community Services, the Charles County Advocacy Council for Children, Youth, and Families, and the Charles County Local Management Board. Using the Strengthening Families Parent Café model, MFN and its partners secured funding from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to implement a new project, Building Resiliency from Infancy through Development, Growth, and Empowerment (BRIDGE), aimed at strengthening the Southern Maryland early childhood system of care. MFN brought the

Strengthening Families Parent Café model to Southern Maryland through the provision of technical assistance, resources, and support to facilitators in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s Counties. Provider agencies and community groups participated in structured activities that help build the “protective factors,” the five characteristics of families that keep children safe from child maltreatment. The Strengthening Families Protective Factors framework has the potential to expand awareness of the importance of the early years while providing education and training to a wide range of service providers across the State.

Finally, Maryland Family Network offered a Parent Leadership Institute which trains parents in the concepts of leadership such as communicating with impact, critical thinking, public speaking, and advocacy. Throughout the two days of intensive training, parents are engaged in skill building activities, built confidence, and fostered relations with other parents.

“It happened quicker than I though it was going to!.”

During FY16, our 26 Family Support Centers provided help to thousands of infants and toddlers, their parents, and pregnant women.

Alena Vanscoy with Kaylee and Gianna at Family Education Center in Elkton.

Crystal Jenkins and Jon Dylan at Southeast Baltimore Early Head Start Center.

2016 ANNUAL REPORT 1

Maryland’s Family Support Centers (on June 30, 2016)

BALTIMORE CITYBaltimore City Health Department Early Head Start Center2200 N. Monroe StreetBaltimore, MD 21217tel 410.396. 2974 x338 Sponsor Baltimore City Health Department

Bon Secours Family Support Center26 N. Fulton AvenueBaltimore, MD 21223tel 410.362.3629Sponsor Bon Secours Baltimore Health

System, Inc.

Dayspring Early Head Start2803 N. Dukeland AvenueBaltimore, MD 21216tel 443.835.3700Sponsor JDayspring Programs, Inc.

Family and Children’s Services Early Head Start4330-D Pimlico RoadBaltimore, MD 21215tel 410.578.0244Sponsor Family & Children’s Services of

Central MD

Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Early Childhood CenterHenderson Hopkins School2100 Ashland Ave.Baltimore, MD 21205tel 443.642.4103Sponsor Johns Hopkins Univ. School of

Education

Our House Early Head Start2707 Sethlow RoadBaltimore, MD 21225tel 410.396.8469Sponsor HABC/Division of Family

Support Services

PACT: Helping Children with Special Needs Therapeutic Nursery Early Head Start Center 1114 N. Mount StreetBaltimore, MD 21217tel 410.982.0845 x 201Sponsor PACT: Helping Children with

Special Needs

Southeast Baltimore Early Head Start CenterThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Early Childhood Center at Commodore John Rodgers School100 N. Chester StreetBaltimore, MD 21231tel 443.923.4300Sponsor Kennedy Krieger Family Center

Waverly Early Head Start Center of Goodwill829 Montpelier StreetBaltimore, MD 21218tel 410.235.0555Sponsor Goodwill Industries of the

Chesapeake, Inc.

ALLEGANY COUNTYCumberland Family Support Center205 Baltimore AvenueCumberland, MD 21502tel 301.724.5445Sponsor Cumberland YMCA

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTYAnnapolis Family Support Center80 West StreetAnnapolis, MD 21401tel 410.269.4478Sponsor Anne Arundel Co. Dept. of Social

Services

Anne Arundel Early Head Start6243 Shady Side RoadP.O. Box 158Shady Side, MD 20764tel 410.867.8945Sponsor AA Co. Community Action Agency

BALTIMORE COUNTYYoung Parent Support Center201 Back River Neck RoadBaltimore, MD 21221tel 410.853.3860Sponsor Baltimore Co. Dept. of Social

Services

CAROLINE COUNTYCaroline County Family Support Center100 N. 6th StreetDenton, MD 21629tel 410.479.3298Sponsor Caroline County Board of

Education

Federalsburg Judy Hoyer/EHS Center323 S. University AvenueFederalsburg, MD 21632tel 410.754.2467Sponsor Caroline County Board of

Education

CARROLL COUNTYCarroll County Family Support Center10 Distillery DriveP.O. Box 489Westminster, MD 21158tel 410.876.7805Sponsor Human Services Program of Carroll

County

CECIL COUNTYFamily Education Center200 Road B Hollingsworth ManorElkton, MD 21921-6623tel 410.287.1100Sponsor Cecil College

DORCHESTER COUNTYDorchester County Early Head Start Center824 Fairmount Ave.Cambridge, MD 21613tel 410.901.2015Sponsor SHORE UP!, Inc.

FREDERICK COUNTYFamily Partnership8420 Gas House Pike, Suite EEFrederick, MD 21701tel 301.600.2206Sponsor Frederick County Government

KENT COUNTYKent Family Center115 S. Lynchburg Street, Suite BChestertown, Maryland 21620 tel 410.810.3790 x 7608Sponsor County Commissioners of Kent

County

MONTGOMERY COUNTYFamily Discovery Center451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 700 Rockville, MD 20850tel 301.424.2989Sponsor Family Services, Inc.

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTYAdelphi/Langley Park Family Support Center8908 Riggs RoadAdelphi, MD 20783tel 301.431.6210Sponsor Prince George’s Child Resource

Center


QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTYFamily Support of Queen Anne’s County103 N. Linden StreetPO Box 201Sudlersville, MD 21668tel 410.438.3182Sponsor Queen Anne’s Co. Board of

Education

TALBOT COUNTYTalbot County Family Support Center215 Bay StreetSuite 1Easton, MD 21601tel 410.820.6940Sponsor Talbot County Health Department

WASHINGTON COUNTYWashington County Family Support Center221 McRand Court Suite 300Hagerstown, MD 21740tel 301.790.4002Sponsor Washington Co. Dept. of Social

Services

WICOMICO COUNTYWicomico Family Support CenterSHORE UP! Inc.500 Snow Hill RoadPO Box 430Salisbury, MD 21804tel 410.860.9194Sponsor SHORE UP!, Inc.

FY16 Overview of Maryland Family Network’s Early Head Start ProgramFINANCIAL INDICATORSMaryland Family Network Early Head Start Expenditure Summary Fiscal Year 2016 (all EHS awards)

Expenditures

FEDERAL SHARE

Program $ 7,837,170.26

Training & Technical Assistance 599,767.90

Administration 279,299.68

Total Federal Share 8,716,237.84

NON-FEDERAL SHARE (20% OF FEDERAL SHARE) 2,179,059.46

TOTAL EARLY HEAD START OPERATING EXPENDITURES

$ 10,895,297.30

Performance Indicators• Percentage of children up to date on a schedule of preventive &

primary health care per EPSDT schedule – 64.84%

• Percentage of children diagnosed as needing medical treatment – 9.55%

• Percentage of children who received medical treatment after diagnosis of need – 91.94%

• Percentage of children with health insurance at the end of the enrollment year – 97.4%

• Percentage of children with a medical home at the end of the enrollment year – 95.7%

• Percentage of children with up to date immunizations or all possible immunizations to date – 75.32%

• Percentage of children with a dental home at the end of the enrollment year – 74.83%

• Percentage of EHS classroom teachers who meet the degree/credential requirements of the Head Start Act of 2007, effective 9/30/2010 – 86.07%

• Percentage of children enrolled in class fewer than 45 days – 7.79%

• Percentage of children enrolled for multiple years – 32.47%

• Percentage of children of over-income enrollment – 0%

• Percentage of funded enrollment reported as children with an IFSP – 12.99%

• Percentage of families who received family services – 98.01%

• Percentage of families experiencing homelessness during the enrollment year that acquired housing during the enrollment year – 56.3%

• Percentage of children and pregnant women who left the program and did not re-enroll – 37.87%


Maryland’s Child Care Resource & Referral CentersALLEGANY, GARRETT & WASHINGTONCOUNTIES APPLES For Children1825 Howell Road, Suite 3 Hagerstown, MD 21740 tel 301.733.0000

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTYArundel Child Care ConnectionsArundel Center, 1st Floor44 Calvert StreetAnnapolis, MD 21401tel 410.222.1712

BALTIMORE CITYBaltimore City Child Care Resource Center 1001 Eastern Avenue, 2nd Floor Baltimore, MD 21202tel 410. 685.5150

BALTIMORE COUNTYChild Resource Center Baltimore County at Abilities Network/Project ACT 8503 LaSalle RoadTowson, Maryland 21286 tel 443.900.6458

CALVERT, CHARLES & ST. MARY’S COUNTIESPromise Resource Center 29958 Killpeck Creek Court Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 tel 301.290.0040

CAROLINE, DORCHESTER, KENT, QUEEN ANNE’S & TALBOT COUNTIES Chesapeake Child Care Resource CenterChesapeake College 1000 College CircleP.O. Box 8 Wye Mills, MD 21679 tel 410.822.5400 x357

CARROLL COUNTY Child Care Choices255 Clifton Blvd., Suite 319Westminster, MD 21157tel 410.751.2917

FREDERICK COUNTY Child Care Choices226 South Jefferson StreetFrederick, MD 21701 tel 301.662.4549

HARFORD AND CECIL COUNTIESChild Resource Center Harford Cecil County at Abilities Network/Project ACT3103 Emmorton RoadAbingdon, MD 21009tel 443.761.0206

HOWARD COUNTY Howard County Child Care Resource Center 3300 North Ridge Road, Suite 380 Ellicott City, MD 21043 tel 410.313.1940

MONTGOMERY COUNTY Montgomery County Child Care Resource Center 1401 Rockville Pike, Suite 200 Rockville, MD 20852 tel 240.777.3110

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Prince George’s Child Resource Center 9475 Lottsford Road, Suite 202 Largo, MD 20774 tel 301.772.8420

WICOMICO, SOMERSET & WORCESTERCOUNTIESLower Shore Child Care Resource CenterEast Campus Complex, Suite 500 Salisbury UniversityPower and Wayne Streets Salisbury, MD 21804tel 410.543.6650

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Child Care Center in Baltimore.


Child Care Resource NetworkThanks to the training and support she received from Maryland Family Network in FY16, Celeste Joyner, owner of the home-based Children’s College in Baltimore and a child care provider for 20 years, has set countless children on a course for lifelong success. She knows that early childhood education is about much more than teaching the ABC’s.

“Their social and emotional skills, that’s the most important thing. That’s what’s going to take them far in life,” Ms. Joyner says wisely. For thousands of professionals like her, MFN is crucial to growing their businesses and serving the children entrusted to them.

MFN oversees a network of 12 Child Care Resource Centers (CCRCs) for the State, with funding from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). These CCRCs provide information, skill building, and support to early childhood professionals throughout Maryland. MFN responds to requests from providers with training topics such as: Anti-Bias/ Cultural Competence Awareness, Helping Parents Help Children, Conflict Resolution Strategies, and Social/Emotional Foundations of Early Learning. During FY16, a total of 35,381 participants attended high quality, responsive trainings that helped them meet requirements for licensing, the Maryland Child Care Credential, and Maryland EXCELS.

Other highlights of FY16 included the development and offering of new training modules on developmental screenings and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Over 3,000 child care providers completed MFN’s eLearning training modules including the newly

developed, “Supporting Children with Developmental Disabilities.”

“ Their social and emotional skills, that’s the most important thing. That’s what’s going to take them far in life.”

During FY16, MFN and the network of CCRCs provided technical assistance to family child care programs and child care center programs, with over 1,440 cases (extended technical assistance over a period of time) and an additional 5,269 case contacts (individual contacts in person, by phone, in meetings) to help child care settings reach ever higher levels of quality. .

Our network of

12 Child Care

Resource Centers

conducted training,

mentoring,

coaching, and other

support for more

than 35,300 child

care professionals

last year. That’s

more than any other

organization in

Maryland.

Celeste Joyner, Owner, Children’s College in Baltimore.


In FY16, LOCATE: Child Care helped over 4,600parents find care for more than 6,370

children.

LOCATE: Child Care Special Needs Referral Specialist Jade Benemerito assists a family seeking quality child care.

Responses to follow-up queries by LOCATE: Child Care staff show that:

• 100% of surveyed parents indicated that the information on identifying quality child care provided by the referral specialist was useful;

• 99% of surveyed parents were able to identify at least one element of quality in a child care setting;

• 91% of surveyed parents found the educational materials shared as part of the telephone service to be useful;

• 98% of surveyed parents indicated they were satisfied with the services provided by the Referral Specialists.

In June Margert Williams, Executive Director, MFN, was invited to testify fefore the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee which was co-chaired by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-.MD).

LOCATE: Child CareChidi Nwokeh of Elkridge called MFN’s LOCATE: Child Care in search of part-time care for her twin one-year-olds. Her daughter, Chigo, is typically developing while her son, Uche, has been diagnosed with Down Syndrome Spectrum Disorder. The little boy also has a “floppy airway” and requires extra help at meal times because he is at high risk of choking. Chidi also sought child care that was close to her home and open for drop off by 6:00 AM. Thanks to LOCATE: Child Care, Chidi’s family found care that was just right.

“You helped me in my time of need. I am so grateful,” Chidi said. “The children are still in care with that provider and she loves them!”

A free referral service, LOCATE: Child Care is the only database with comprehensive, detailed information on all regulated child care in Maryland. What makes LOCATE: Child Care unique is the personalized service provided to parents by trained Referral Specialists. Parents learn how to identify quality child care and receive referrals for regulated child care near their home, work, or other location. Referrals can be provided in English, Spanish, and most other languages. The Special Needs Enhanced service helps identify care for families whose children have specific physical or cognitive needs.

“ You helped me in my time of need. I am so grateful.”

In FY16 LOCATE: Child Care Referral Specialists assisted 4,664 parents in finding care for 6,376 children. MFN’s Special Needs Enhanced services assisted approximately 790 parents looking for high quality, inclusive care and education for children with a range of special health care needs. With extra funding in FY16 from the Division of Special Education and Early Intervention at the Maryland State Department of Education, a certified nurse consultant provided assistance over the phone to families and providers.

In addition to phone counselling, over 48,200 searches for child care, after-school activities, and summer camps and programs were conducted at marylandfamilynetwork.org in FY16.

Call now 877.261.0060 or visit marylandfamilynetwork.org.


Bill signing ceremony for the passage of HB 329 / SB 312 “Children -- Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers -- Advertising and Penalties..

The New Rogers Avenue Day Nursery in Baltimore.

In June Margert Williams, Executive Director, MFN, was invited to testify fefore the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee which was co-chaired by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-.MD).

Public Policy Report FY16 The 2016 Session of the General Assembly was the second session following an election that ushered in a new Governor and a rare (for Maryland) Republican administration, while at the same time introduced a large number of new members into the predominantly Democratic state Senate and House of Delegates. For Maryland Family Network, the Session provided a welcome respite from fiscal turmoil and budget threats. MFN and its allies took the opportunity to pursue policy-oriented goals and achieve notable victories that may not have been attainable if high-level bickering had precluded brokering. A few of the highlights:

• The Governor’s budget included an increase of $5.7 million for the Child Care Subsidy Program (CCSP), an expansion long championed by MFN.

• MFN’s commitment to expanding public pre-K, particularly within a model that promotes partnerships with high-quality child care programs, continued in the form of the ultimately successful bills HB 668 / SB 584, “Preschool Development Grants – Expansion Grants – Required State Funding.”

• A second piece of pre-K legislation— HB 1095 / SB 369, “Education – Prekindergarten Programs – Notification of Eligibility by Local

Departments of Social Services”—requires local health departments and departments of social services to inform their low-income clients with children approaching age four that they may be eligible for free public pre-K. These bills passed and have since become law.

• Illegal child care poses serious threats to the health, safety, and development of young children. MFN spearheaded successful legislation—HB329 / SB 312, “Children – Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers – Advertising and Penalties”—that helps address this problem.

• MFN strongly supported HB 740 / SB 485, “Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance,” which initially sought to establish a funding mechanism to provide benefits to employees taking unpaid leave to care for a newborn or newly adopted children and other family members. Amid controversy, the bill was amended to establish a task force that will make recommendations before the 2018 Session.

As guests of Arundel Child Care Connections, MFN’s Public Policy Committee convened its Session meetings a few short blocks from the State House before busy days of lobbying and bill hearings. Weather unfortunately forced the cancellation of an evening of advocacy co-sponsored by MFN and allied organizations as well as MFN’s traditional day of advocacy for parents, children, and staff from Family Support Centers and Child Care Resource Centers. We look forward to deploying the “stroller brigade” again next year to carry MFN’s mission into the halls and offices of Annapolis.

When the curtain rises on the 2017 Session, MFN will stand prepared to play whatever role is required to protect the needs and advance the interests of Maryland’s young children and their families.

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Statement of Financial Position Statements of Activities and Changes in Net Assets for the Years Ended June 30, 2016 and 2015

The Board of Directors engaged SB &

Company, Certified Public Accountants,

to perform the annual audit. The

selected financial data provided does not

contain all the data and information

disclosures required by Generally Accepted

Accounting Principles. A copy of the

complete audit report containing the

required data and information disclosures

is available from Maryland Family

Network upon request.

ASSETSASSETS 2016 2015

Cash $ 2,500,739 $ 2,549,021

Accounts Receivable:

Grants & Contracts 4,505,703 5,450,002

Other 45,832 28,025

Prepaid expenses and other assets 48,083 81,160

Property & equipment, net 45,689 71,241

TOTAL ASSETS $ 7,146,046 $ 8,179,449

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSLIABILITIES

Accounts payable $ 244,119 $ 441,178

Accrued expenses 185,580 161,212

Accrued vacation 139,346 132,910

Deferred revenue 4,892 11,636

Grants payable to Family Support Centers & Child Care Resource Centers

2,892,308 3,501,160

TOTAL LIABILITIES 3,466,245 4,248,096

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 3,567,974 3,602,270

Temporarily restricted 98,124 315,380

Permanently restricted 13,703 13,703

TOTAL NET ASSETS 3,679,801 3,931,353

TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $ 7,146,046 $ 8,179,449

The 6th Annual Sandra J. Skolnik Lecture with Walter Gilliam, Ph.D., Director of the Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University, Albert Zachik, MD, Director of the Office of Child and Adolescent Services, Mental Hygiene Administration, Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Renee Boynton-Jarrett, MD, Sc.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine.

Jung Kim and her son Noah at the Southeast Baltimore Early Head Start Center in Baltimore.


CHANGE IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETSUNRESTRICTED REVENUE & OTHER SUPPORT 2016 2015

Government grants $ 18,820,523 $ 18,231,822

Contributions: 237,871 340,703

Foundation & other grants 1,839 21,998

Special events, net 88,659 73,049

Fees 278,771 226,094

Memberships 3,820 5,275

Investment Income 219 200

Other 1,977 1,419

Total Revenue $ 19,433,679 $ 18,900,560

Net Assets released from restrictions 464,917 162,798

Total Unrestricted Revenue & Other Support $ 19,898,596 $ 19,063,358

EXPENSES

Program Services

Statewide Network of Family Support & Child Care Resource Centers $ 17,658,680 $ 16,499,118

Training & Technical Assistance 967,344 1,175,795

Support Services

Management & General 920,089 908,010

Development & Communications 386,779 212,063

Total Expenses $ 19,932,892 $ 18,794,986

Non-Operating RevenueGain on the Sale of Assets, net

621,375

Change in Unrestricted Net Assets $ (34,296) $ 889,747

CHANGE IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS Grants $ 247,661 $ 286,502

Release of restriction (464,917) (162,798)

Change in Temporarily Restricted Net Assets (217,256) 123,704

Changes in Net Assets (251,552) 1,013,451

Net Assets, Beginning of year $ 3,931,353 2,917,902

Net Assets, End of Year $ 3,679,801 $ 3,931,353

Statement of Activities Statements of Activities for the Years Ended June 30, 2016 and 2015

Family Support of Queen Anne’s County in Sudlersville.

Waverly Early Head Start Center of Goodwill in Baltimore.

Annapolis Family Support Center in Annapolis.


$10,000 AND ABOVEAnonymousDenise and Brian EakesKiwanis Club of Baltimore CityThe Ann & Frank Cahouet

FoundationThe Annie E. Casey FoundationThe Dodson Foundation, Inc.Venable Foundation, Inc.W. Daniel White

$5,000 - 9,999Mr. and Mrs. Dixon H. Harvey, Jr.Louis H. Gross Foundation, Inc.Dan and Heidi MoylanPNC FoundationThe Common Market

$2,000 - 4,999Avideon CRM, LLCSuzy and Eddie Dunn Fund of

the Baltimore Community Foundation

Vicki and Bruce FinkelsteinElayne HettlemanB. KellerWhole FoodsRich Wiklund

$1,000 - 1,999AnonymousRobert Wm. Blum MD MPH,

PhDMr. and Mrs. Jerry L. DoctrowHarry S. GrunerJudy Frye JonesJill and David PaulsonDr. Jacqueline PlumezTom PowleyAlice P. WilliamsEllen B. WilliamsJennifer Williams and William

JacobMargaret E. Williams and Alan

H. FisherWolman Family Foundation

$500 - 999 BAnonymousMr. and Mrs. John M. Bond Jr.CANUSA Corp. Charitable FundThe Honorable André Davis and

Ms. Jessica StraussMr. and Mrs. Carserlo DoyleLegg Mason, Inc.Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda

Becker

Reliable ChurchillGreg StevensElizabeth Whitehurst

$250 - 499AnonymousJonathan and Cheryl AaronMargaret Allen and Philip

PerkinsBarbara J. Andrews, Ph DFleming Family Charitable FundSharon and Stephen FriedmanMary M. GunningKelly M. Hodge-WilliamsRosemary King JohnstonSarah and Ronan KellyCarol MachtMaryland State Family Child

Care AssociationDr. and Mrs. John O. MeyerhoffSharon and Joe NathansonJames C. OliverPatricia D. O’NeillDan and Laura PlunkettPaul and Cynthia Schurick

$100 - 249AnonymousAdvance Business SystemsAmazonSmile FoundationSusan AndersonLinnea AndersonWill and Mayer BakerBonnie S. BirkelFrank BlantonTara Balfe CliffordMarjorie CorwinKathleen A CosgroveSharon and J. Joseph CreditRosemary DiFattaRobert Brady DuVal Jr.Matthew FaderBeth FenwickNancy HallNancy and Bruce HamiltonSteve and Michele HechtDr. and Mrs. William A. KessmanGeorgette D. KiserDorothy B. KrugJacqueline M. LampellTim LorberJames M. MartinJean S. MitchellElizabeth MoserJoanne NathansJoAnn Mayer OrlinskyLinda Hambleton PanitzMarion PinesMary Ellen Savarese

Suzanne J. SchlengerSarah and David ShapiroSteve ShapiroBarbara Payne SheltonDavid SherryClare Siegel and Phil FarfelDana SteinKatharine R. StierhoffRosalie and Peter StreettThe Family Research Group, Inc.

UP TO $99A Heart for Kids Day CareAnonymousJudith BenderStephanie BeranJennifer BergDr. and Mrs. Joseph BiermanBrenda J. BodianFrances T. BondRosemary BronzertMr. and Mrs. Irvin N. CaplanCohen FamilyIsora E. CookMary CrawfordDick and Kathleen DeasyMychael DickersonDonna C. EastonFlora and Ronald L Gee, Sr.Phoebe R. GilchristHerbert and Harriet GoldmanShelly GottesfeldLily and Ching-Jou GouNanette and Irvin Greif Jr.Bob and Nancy GribbonKay and David HunterChaya M. KaplanJoyce Shemer KeatingDavid E. KernJenny KillgallonVicki and Larry KlozePatricia LattinTori LeonardMrs. Jean B. LumKris and John MeyerErin MorrisJeffrey NattansEdward NeuschlerLoyd William PeaceJamie PflastererLinda and Fred RamseyAngela RandallSandra S. Rosenblatt, PhDSteve and Meryl RosenJennie Z. RothschildKari A. RoweAlexander RozenbergApril RussellMeggan SauloNancy Seibel

Sarla and Purnima SharmaMargo Sipes and Susan

SandstromRaina SmithM. Lisa SnodgrassLorene C. SouthworthDionne SpencerJessica StoddardJohn and Rauna SurrThe Baby Whisperers DaycareSylvia TulkoffLisa WaldMargaret A. WallaceErica WellsAngela Wiley

SPECIAL GIFTS

Special gifts were made in honor of:All the great Moms at Maryland

Family NetworkThe birth of Seth Richard

FinkelsteinDixon HarveyJacqueline LampellAlison MitchellCarolyn MitchellJim RocheMargaret Williams

Special gifts were made in memory of:Dana CavallaroWilliam M. FlatteryNancy G. HarveyPeggy Moses HechtDavid G. PhillipsGopal C. SharmaSandy SkolnikDougie Wells

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONSLegg Mason, Inc. The Employees of MEBA

Benefit Plans

GOVERNMENT GRANTORS & PROJECT FUNDERSBaltimore Community

FoundationCharles County GovernmentDr. Nancy S. GrasmickLegg Mason Charitable

Foundation

CONTRIBUTIONSWe are grateful to the following individuals, organizations and businesses who made contributions to support Maryland Family Network’s general operations in FY16.


Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council

Maryland State Department of Education

PNC FoundationState of MarylandThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg

FoundationThe M&T Charitable FoundationThe Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger

FundU.S. Department of Health &

Human ServicesW.R. Grace Foundation, Inc.Washington Area Women’s

FoundationWright Family Foundation

MEMBERSRosalba Acosta - CentroniaMartha AndargeShirley Anthony - Anthony Family

Child CareMary Ellen Ashton - A Child’s

PlaceJoann Bailey - Special Me

Developmental CenterHilda Barboza-Chavez - My Little

Friends Child CareGail Baugher - Baugher Family

Child CareTowhida Begum - Towhida Begum

Family Child CareAlina Benavides - Alina’s Family

Day CareLauren BondJared Bosk - Wee Scholars Family

Child CareGenevieve Brown - Academy Child

Development Center at DuFief E.S.

Summer Browne - Browne’s Child Care

Wendy BuckhamClaudette Chambers - Enchanted

UnicornNevenka ColemanElectra Collins - Successful

Children Learning Center, Inc.Josephine CrockettAlby Diaz - Alby C. Diaz Family

Child CareChristina Duvall - Sally Ride

Optimal Learning SchoolMarcella Earl - Earl Family Child

CareArlene Ennis - YWCA @ Upton

Child CarePriyanthi Fernando - Apple Tree

Home Day Care CenterJen Fieni - Mt. Zion Christian

PreschoolCheis Garrus - JenMar Family

Child CareFlora Gee - Greenbelt Children’s

CenterDan Glading - Rock Spring

Children’s Center

Kenneth Graham, Jr. - Joy Kids Learning Center

Michelle Green - Montgomery Child Care Association

Emily Griffey - Rockville Day Care Association

David Hartman - Updike Family Child Care

Eileen Hornbostel - Bar-T@Diamond Elementary

Shakeerah Houchens - Kay’s Angels Family Child Care

Kadijah Hughes - Little Angels Paradise Family Child Care

Aneela Imtiaz - Star Plus DaycareMarsha Jarman - Friends Forever

Learning Center, Inc.Allise JenkinsJessica Kemper - Woods Child

Development CenterCandy Kennedy - Imagine Nations

Early Learning CenterMary Lou Kitchen - Silver Spring

Child Care CenterMary Tania Levy - Tania’s CareDonna Lorber - Providence Child

Care and Learning CenterVictoria Lovett-Payne - Vicky Love

ChildcareCarol Mattimore - Mattimore

Family Day CareMeg McFadden - Fitness, Fun, &

Games, Inc.Dana Miller - Little Smiling Faces

Day CareNasim Mohajer - Clarksburg Day

SchoolChristine Noakes - Little

Adventurers Child CareNora Nwozo - Nora’s Angels

Family Child CareLureguis PaigeGloria Palacios - Kokito Family

Day CareBarbara Palmer - Kingdom KareKim Pinsky - Wonders Child CareLucille Pitts-Lesesne - Dr. Emerson

Julian Child Care CenterTara Platt - Carroll Child Care

Centers, Inc.Patricia Plunkett - Mama’s Family

Day CareLisa Poe - Little Bugs DaycareAlmina Popatia - Harmony Family

Child CareDeborah Pope - AJ Family

Childcare, LLCCovette RaginSandra Ratnayake - Nelu’s Day

CareRegina RentYvonne Riggs - Yvonne Riggs

Family Child CareKonica Rodriguese - Happy Hearts

Day CareAnne Schmitz - Executive Child

Development CenterNancy ShallenbergerEdna Sias - Sias Family Child CareJennifer Simonson - Tiny Footsteps

Child Care Center

Itchaya SitterleyHarolyn SmithKenyatta Smith - ABC Day CarePatricia Smith - Patricia Smith

Family Child CareErica Sorrell - Sister II Sister Play

N Learn Day Care CenterCarletta Stephens - Stephens

Family Child CareTommie Swedberg - Playtime LLCAryn Townsley - Carroll Child

Care Centers, Inc.Chris Van Swol - Playtime Child

Care Center at 140Elizabeth WardCindi Webb - The Learning Bee

Child Development CenterAnnette Welling-Cary - Lovin Care

Family DaycareShavonda Wells - Little World

Child Care ServicesDenise White - Wee Tots Home

Child CareSharon Winter - Wise Early

Learning Center LLCCrystal Yee - Footprints

Development Center

DISCLOSUREThe preceding list includes individuals, foundations, corporations, and community groups whose gifts were received prior to June 30, 2015. If by chance we have excluded anyone, or misplaced or misspelled any names, we apologize and would appreciate hearing from you. Maryland Family Network is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization. A current financial statement is available by contacting Maryland Family Network at 1001 Eastern Avenue, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, 410.659.7701 x124, or [email protected]. Documents and information filed under the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act may be obtained from the Secretary of State.


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