Annual Report
Letter to the Community
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Lately, I have been reflecting on what makes a community strong and vibrant. In some ways it makes me think of a patchwork quilt, with many different pieces sewn together to form a beautiful and diverse whole. ORCCA is much like the quilt maker, helping make connections and link together each of the pieces in the quilt to make a strong, useful and beautiful whole. We are the linking agent in the community between rich and poor, young and old and we are all about helping the whole community thrive.
In practical terms, this means ORCCA cares about the big picture of community health and how each piece affects the whole, now and into the future. So, at ORCCA we care about how the food system functions. We care about clean energy, affordable safe housing, and economic stability. We care about education, leadership, and arts opportunities for youth. And we care about helping meeting the immediate needs of those in our community who need an extra helping hand. Because each of these pieces of our community is connected to the others.
As we begin to think green for a thriving community, we anticipate a better future for our children that will give them the resources and opportunities they need to prosper. For ORCCA, buzzwords like sustainability and green are ideas that mean more resources are available for more people now and later, and a critical fabric that tie us all together. Careful stewardship means that we can be self-sufficient as a community and take care of our neighbors today and tomorrow. Sustainability and economic vitality are crucially linked as buying local, a strong regional food system, and care for our watersheds, forests, and fish keep more money in our community, provide more long-term opportunities for jobs, and will allow us to survive in the event of disaster.
Moving into the next season for our organization, we look forward to the completion of the new facilities in Coos Bay that will provide an anchor for our local food system, and holistic support for children and families. We anticipate many new opportunities for youth through Community Action Adventure, CASA, and Great Afternoons. Early Head Start will enter its second full year thanks to continued federal funding and Head Start will continue to provide quality pre-school education and social services to children and families. We will continue to meet basic needs in the community through our energy, housing, weatherization, and health programs. And we look forward to the future where all South Coast families have the support and resources they need.
By working together, we can all thrive.
Yours,
Mary Schoen-Clark CEO
The Essential Services Department includes South Coast Food Share, Energy, Housing, Health, and Weatherization. Overall, we served 15,563 individuals or 6,372 families through our programs in 2009-2010.
ORCCA worked to increase its presence in outlying areas with Energy, Housing and Health Services. We implemented a Client Satisfaction Survey for OFB throughout the SCFS network, and conducted a successful Homeless Housing count collaboration with labor support from AmeriCorps NCCC to outlying pantries.
Everyone should have food
| It has been an exciting year for South Coast Food Share. Not only is the new building underway, but we also have had some great improvements in the current facility! We received a second container car refrigerator, which enabled us to donate the 40 residential units we were using to Partner Agencies. We added a new Food Resource Coordinator position, which will significantly enhance our ability to obtain food for the South Coast. Other technologies including a new forklift from OFB and walkie-talkies enable Food Share staff to work more effectively. One of the most important developments in SCFS is the Primarius tracking system. This new program helps increase efficiency in the Food Share and was implemented in Fall 2010. Several partner agencies received fax machines as well as items such as freezers, fridges, and stoves. SCFS has increased Fresh Alliance pickups to 3 times a week in outlying areas, and we have a new Partner Agency in Curry County. We also have doubled OFB truck delivery’s to Curry County to once a week. Snack Pack added 2 new schools and served 689 children in 10 elementary schools, as well as to homeless youth, DHS, the Guild, and the Coquille Tribe! The two new schools include Coquille and Powers. Snack Pack is especially vital for Powers as they don’t have a kitchen in their school. We were also able to add new items of food this year thanks to a partnership with Oregon Food Bank. |
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Everyone should have a safe, warm, and affordable home
| Housing served 349 households, or 773 individuals in Coos and Curry counties this last year. Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the HPRP program helped 182 individuals. The Cools/Cools Expansion program assisted 17 individuals with mental health issues find housing this year. It has been a busy year in the Energy Assistance program. Crisis requests are 5% higher than the previous year and we are seeing more families who have never had assistance before. We have continued with the EmPower program, furnace replacement and outreach efforts. The EmPower program is a research collaboration with Oregon State University to measure the impact of holistic support for families in crisis. We expect the results of the study to be completed in Fall 2011. Through the Energy Assistance program, we served 8,987 individuals or 3,768 households. Of those 3,298 were minor children and 1,600 were seniors. To date, the Energy program has completed 27 energy star furnaces through the Department of Energy furnace program. Because we completed the program, we were offered more and accepted 4 more vouchers. In the past year, we also modernized electrical systems in 2 homes (outside of Weatherization) and replaced fuse and breaker systems in 3 other homes. The Energy Department will also be going green this next year, as it will not only cut paper and printing costs by more than 50% by scanning and digitally storing all client documents instead of duplicating them, but also help reduce the department’s environmental impact! Weatherization received the benefit of continued American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds at the beginning of this year. 241 people received services through Weatherization. The number of applicants for weatherization services remains steady and there are currently 339 households on the waiting list. |
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Everyone should have access to resources to thrive
| ORCCA’s new Benefits and Health Specialist has made a huge impact on the services available to our clients. 428 clients have been served through the dental van (301 clients), Med Net (97 clients), and the Healthy Kids (30 clients) program. These programs provide emergency dental services, prescription assistance, and health insurance for children. The dental program has been particularly exciting. When the dental van began services again in 2009, there was a waiting list of several hundred clients, causing many people to wait months to receive badly needed treatment. After re-vamping the process and working with the dental community, the wait time is now about 30 days and the waiting list is significantly shorter. The clients are very happy with their experience on the van. We also expanded the scope of dental support to include referrals to local dentists and added hygiene packs and toothbrushes to Snack Packs. This is all possible because of the incredible community partners who have stepped up to help their neighbors. |
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Year in Review Youth Services
| Every youth should have opportunities Our Youth Opportunities programs include Head Start, Early Head Start, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Coos County, Great Afternoons and Great Beginnings in Reedsport, and Community Action Adventure. These programs offer a spectrum of opportunities for children from infants through adults. Though this last year was marked by budget turmoil in the State and Federal governments, our Head Start programs had no layoffs despite funding reductions from the State of Oregon. Great Beginnings expanded its infant program to two classrooms and Early Head Start refined their delivery systems and received a 100% program review. CASA has been focusing on serving the needs of teens in foster care through 2 special workshops. The two workshops for teens were facilitated by Foster Club All-Stars, former foster youth: July 2010 in Bandon, June 2011 in Coos Bay. This was made possible due to generous community donors. Community Action Adventure served 27 unduplicated youth through 13 adventures, ranging from projects serving in South Coast Food Share to the National Parks Service in Washington, D.C. Head Start Last year Head Start served 361 families with 392 children in regular Head Start and 64 families with 76 children in Early Head Start. This was a reduction in regular Head Start since the State reduced our funding and we lost a class of 18 children. The data on Early Head Start reflects the first full year of operation so there is no comparison data. Great Afternoons Great Afternoons served 228 children and 176 families last year. The Great Garden had 17 volunteers who logged over 75 hours in the garden, donating over 500 pounds of food! Much of the garden success was thanks to the addition of 2 experience works members working 18 hours a week each in the community garden Great Afternoons also had a 1.25FTE increase in aide time at Great Beginnings, as well as 2 Foster Grandparents worked 240 hrs with the kids in the program last summer. Last summer there were also 2 teens from Umpqua Training and Employment job training for 240 hrs each and one American Red Cross Americorps summer assoc who worked 900 hrs. Community Action Adventure Community Action Adventure engages teens on the South Coast by combining volunteerism, service learning, and fun adventures to promote positive youth development and civic leadership. Pairing social responsibility with fun can achieve striking results. Providing opportunities for teens helps to build the next generation of community leaders and creates a culture of passionate concern for the greater good. For more information or visit our website at www.orcca.us/yo. |
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Think Green for a thriving community
At ORCCA, our green initiatives touch our day-to-day operations and all of our programs. Our Energy and Weatherization programs have installed solar hot water heaters and solar panels in homes, and helped teach thousands of families how to conserve energy and reduce not only their environmental impact, but also the bottom line in their checkbooks. South Coast Food Share is an active and vital component of our local food system and works to develop relationships with local grocers, farmers, and gardeners so that everyone can have food on their table while minimizing food waste. Our Head Start and Great Afternoons programs include garden education in their curriculum.
This last year Think Green initiatives progressed through the expansion of ORCCA’s “Going Green” Committee, recycling education and fundraising projects, Wilderness First Aid Training and Leave No Trace certification for Community Action Adventure, low impact design in development projects, and sustainability of our local food system.
Local Food Systems
The sustainability of the local food system is vital for the long-term stability of our region economically. South Coast Food Share has taken many strides to move forward with developing a strong local food system. Highlights from this year’s local food focus include the launch of the Coos County Local Food Guide and implementation of gardening curriculum in some of our Head Start classrooms.
Low Impact Design
Coos Watershed Association and DEQ have made it possible to have expert low-impact design consultants for our development projects on LaClair and Thomas in Coos Bay. In addition to providing technical support on the drawings, the grant will also provide educational signage on site. This work is vital to the long term environmental impact of our building and will serve as a model for low-impact development in our community.
This last year saw dramatic progress for new facilities development at ORCCA. We completed both the Jane’s House domestic violence shelter and the remodeled Myrtle Point Food Share. The new food bank and Child and Family Resource Center on LaClair and Thomas in Coos Bay saw exciting progress and many other programs had new or expanded spaces as well. The coming year will be an exciting time as we continue to move forward with construction in Coos Bay and look to develop new facilities in Curry County.
Myrtle Point Food Share
Myrtle Point Food Share opened for client services in August 2010. The new shopping-style pantry is serving record numbers of clients in the Coquille Valley. The remodeled facility will also be a model for sustainability thanks to the new solar panels that were also installed. The Blue Sky Grant enabled installation of a photovoltaic solar panel array mounted on the Myrtle Point Food Share roof. This project will result in an estimated annual cost savings of $1,820. The installation sparked significant interest and media coverage, including a photograph of the solar panel installation in USA Today.
Jane’s House
Construction on Jane’s House was completed in Spring 2010, we transferred ownership from the City of North Bend and ORCCA is now leasing the facility to Women’s Safety and Resource Center. This new facility provides a much-needed family shelter for the community.
Coos County Food Bank
In partnership with Coos County, the new Food Bank is fully funded with no debt, thanks in part to Oregon Business Development Infrastructure Finance Authority’s Community Development Block Grant. We broke ground in June and the new facility should be completed in spring of 2012. Located on LaClair and Thomas in Coos Bay, the new food bank will allow us to increase distribution by 1 million pounds of food annually to Coos and Curry Counties!
Child and Family Resource Center
Shortly on the heels of the Food Bank, the new Child and Family Resource Center will start construction in fall of 2011 and be completed by Fall 2012. The 31,000 square foot building will house Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms as well as space for Essential Services and ORCCA and Head Start Administration. The new facility will give us the space to increase services by approximately 25%.
Other New Facilities
Other ORCCA programs have seen improvements and additions to their facilities. Early Head Start has established an office in the newly remodeled Myrtle Point facility, CASA moved into a new office in Coquille, and Great Afternoons now has a second classroom for the infants. ORCCA staff began the process for developing facilities in outlying areas by looking at land in Curry County for a new Head Start site and Food Bank Hub.
Statistics
Financial Statement
2010 Expenses
Youth Services 48%
Energy Services 29%
Housing, Food and Emergency Services 15%
Administration 8%
ORCCA Financial Statement
Audit FYE June 30th, 2010 with 2009 Comparison
| • | 2010 | • | 2009 | |
| Support & Revenues: |
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| •Grants |
$9,591,733 |
$6,595,789 | ||
| •Interest & Other Income | $51,953 | $59,197 | ||
| •Other | $1,075,423 | $582,846 | ||
| Total | $10,719,109 | $7,237,832 | ||
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| Expenses: | ||||
| •Program Services | ||||
| •••Youth | $4,681,715 | $3,832,462 | ||
| •••Energy | $2,777,320 | $1,724,419 | ||
| •••Housing, Food & Emer. | $1,477,286 | $1,176,161 | ||
| •Total Program Services | $8,936,321 | $6,733,042 | ||
| •Administration | $676,105 | $517,550 | ||
| •Fund Raising | $142,298 | |||
| Total Expenses | $9,754,724 | $7,250,592 | ||
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| Increase (Decrease) in net assets | 964,385 | ($12,760) | ||
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| Beginning Year Net Assets |
$1,416,060 | $1,428,820 | ||
| Ending Year Net Assets |
$2,380,445 |
$1,416,060 |
Fundraising is included in the above program services expenses. The total spent on fundraising in 2010 was $142,298. FYE 6/30/2010 figures have been audited. The complete audit for this fiscal year will be available upon request.
Board Members
Carole Akre
Shanalee Cruz
Brenda Brecke
Eura Washburn
Mirrandah Wittman
Matt Zook
Cecilia Lyon
Christina Alexander
Staff Demographics
Volunteers: 1,804
Volunteer Hours: 21,258.25
Total Employees: 167
Part Time: 56
Full Time: 111
