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Empowering Successful Futures

Dear Friends:

We at Delta Community Supports are proud to reflect on yet another year of helping adults with developmental disabilities, children and families forge ahead in their development. We empower them to imagine, and then create, a future that is fuller, more rewarding and full of victories, small and large. Because to us, leadership is about empowerment. About service. And about walking the walk right beside every person for whom we have the honor of caring.

To empower literally means inspire, to invest in, to embolden. And when we shape our programs and services, we keep these thoughts close in mind and heart and strive to put them into practice, every day, every year.

We are proud to share with you here a snapshot of the many ways empowerment changes lives. We are grateful for your role in helping us fulfill our mission and for all you do for children and youth and their families, and for Delta Community Supports.

In the last year alone we have:

• Empowered over 650 individuals to live more fulfilling lives in their own communities

• Worked to re-unite children and their families through one of our programs or services

• Invested over $32 million in programs and services that advance our mission

• Placed 363 children into the safety of foster care

• Facilitated the adoption process, finding loving forever-families for children

• Helped young adults live in a supported, yet independent environment

• Provided respite for 130 families to allow them to re-energize and re-commit to their loves one’s needs

• Placed and supported individuals in supported employment

With your commitment and support we, together as a community, made these achievements possible. We look forward to working with you again this year to continue to empower children, families and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

David Wyher

President & Founder, Delta Community Supports

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David A. Wyher President/CEO

Edward A. Sutherland Treasurer

Patricia Austin Secretary

Robert Hudson Director

William Fraser Director

Donald J. Weiss Director

Joshua Efuwape Director

Edward Barnes Director

Empowering Successful FuturesAt Delta Community Supports, we believe that all people deserve exceptional care. In a nurturing environment, exceptional people are empowered and grow in extraordinary ways. As a mission driven agency, it is our goal to enrich the lives of individuals and families through outstanding community-based supports and mutually rewarding relationships. We’ve been guided by this philosophy since 1977, and have proudly worked to empower individuals and families in southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Delta Community Supports has worked side by side with people living with developmental

disabilities, creating an environment and providing support to help them thrive.

Delta Community Supports also works to ensure that all children have a place to call home. We help find appropriate foster care homes for children and teens, where they can feel safe and secure.

At Delta Community Supports, unmatched comprehensive care and a passionate commitment to community are standard practice. More than 600 Delta staff members work day-and-night in continuous pursuit of excellence and improved quality of life for every member of the Delta family.

OUR MISSION:

To enrich

the lives of

individuals and

families through

outstanding

community-based

supports and

mutually rewarding

relationships.

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Overview of ServicesChildren & Youth

• Foster Care Services

• Supervised Independent Living (SIL) for youth between the ages of 17 and 21

• A full range of adoption services to help foster youth move into permanent families

• Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® (TOP®)

• General, kinship, medical, and therapeutic services

• Participant in the network of citywide Community Umbrella Agencies established by the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS).

Supports & Services for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

• Community Living

• Respite Services

• Supported Living

• Community Center

• Family Supports

• Life Sharing

• Supported Employment

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TOP® for Teens: Empowering The teenage years are full of promise, but fraught with peril. Teens need

guidance, acceptance and information that enables them to shape the

positive futures they dream about. Delta is committed to empowering teens

to make their dreams come true by providing them with the tools they need

to mature into productive, happy and healthy adults. Delta’s leadership

today shapes the leaders of tomorrow.

With teens in mind, Delta is proud to introduce our newest program, the Teen

Outreach Program (TOP®). Delta is the first certified replicator in Pennsylvania

of this nationally field-tested teen development strategy, and its goals align

with Delta’s mission. We are humbled and excited to undertake this important

program, in partnership with the Wyman Center in St. Louis.

TOP® is a nationally recognized nine-month program for teens in 6th to

12th grade that reduces the risk of negative behavior and increases

healthy behaviors. It provides school-year support to build the leadership

capacity of teens, and increase college access and persistence. Using

curriculum-guided discussion and community service learning throughout

the school year, TOP® discussions and activities support brain maturity as

teens are engaged in thinking about their goals, values and behaviors

during a critical time in adolescent brain development.

Delta has long track record of success, strong community ties and a

dedicated staff, which has been recognized by the state of Pennsylvania

for its success in attaining excellent program outcomes for youth in its care.

With these factors in place, we confidently undertake TOP® and look forward

to guiding teens to mature and grow into the futures of their dreams.

TOP® Program Delivers ResultsMaster of Oneself: TOP® Develops Teens’ self-regulatory, social and emotional skills:

• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships

• Critical thinking about social environment, thoughts and actions

• Formation of high standards and integrity

• Communication skills and assertiveness

• Goal-setting and evaluation of self

• Analysis, problem solving, decision making and priority setting

• Belief in one’s ability, confidence, assertiveness and persistence

• Self-discipline, time management and balance

• Social competencies to choose appropriate behaviors in various circumstances

• Evaluation and integration of physically and emotionally healthy choices for oneself

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EVIDENCE - BASED

TOP® has demonstrated the following results*:

52% lower risk of suspension

60% lower risk of course failure

53% lower risk of pregnancy

Observed:

60% lower risk of school dropout**

TOP® IS FLEXIBLE

The Changing Scenes Curriculum has four age appropriate levels and can be used:

n In-School

n After-School

n Community-Based* Philliber Research, 2001. ”Who Benefits Most From A Broadly Targeted Prevention Program.”

**Joe Allen, ”Escaping the Endless Adolescent” 2009.

TOP by the Numbers

Numbers like this speak for themselves. Delta will work hard to meet and even exceed these numbers. We look to our community partners to support our efforts.

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Total Operations

Pennsylvania Operations(Year Ended

June 30, 2014)

New Jersey Operations(Year Ended

March 31, 2014)

Revenue

Public Support - ID Services (PA) $ 8,915,906 $ 8,915,906

Public Support - C&Y Services (PA) $ 7,126,548 $ 7,126,507

Private Support & Other (PA) $ 1,203,507 $ 1,203,507

Public Support - DDD Services (NJ) $ 13,938,262 $ 13,938,262

Public Support - DCF Services (NJ) $ 215,948 $ 215,948

Private Support & Other (NJ) $ 1,008,267 $ 1,008,267

Total Revenues $ 32,408,438 $ 17,245,961 15,162,477

Functional Expenses

Personnel (Wages, benefits, trainings) $ 21,232,607 $ 10,544,448 $ 10,688,159

Program & Operations $ 6,052,217 $ 3,818,311 $ 2,233,906

Facility & Vehicle $ 4,835,394 $ 2,640,401 $ 2,194,993

Equipment $ 279,492 $ 174,504 $ 104,988

Total Expenses $ 32,399,710 $ 17,177,664 $ 15,222,046

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Statement of Activities

Delta Community Supports Administrative OfficeGwynedd Hall, Suite 400 I 1777 Sentry Parkway West I Blue Bell, PA 19422

Phone: 215.654.1000 I Fax: 215.641.0393