2013 Annual Report

Every timeMaddie moves,

she carries her things in a bag like this.

She needs something permanent.

The average foster child will move seven times before the age of 18. When a social worker arrives to pick up the child, they give the child a plastic garbage bag to gather their possessions before they move to a new home.

Dear Partner in Healing:We are excited to share this report with you - it’s been a year full

of changes! With your help this year, Anu Family Services has

continued to build on its strong history of nationally-leading rates

of permanence and placement stability with new innovations in

treating trauma and promoting youth wellbeing. Your support has

enabled us to develop evidence-informed assessments, tools,

and interventions. Because of you, youth who have experienced

significant trauma and who desperately need help are finding

hope and healing.

Despite the best of intentions, traditional

approaches in child welfare have not

yielded positive results for youth. With your

help, we have spent this year developing and refining

new and innovative approaches that help to heal relational

trauma. Because of this, youth are again able to form loving and stable

connections which are essential to move them from just surviving to thriving.

These innovative approaches are getting a lot of attention because there is a strong

need for something that works for youth! We are happy to share with you some recent

national, regional and local innovation awards. And we are a current finalist for another

state-wide award, too! Thank you for being part of the movement to advance the transformational ideas,

resources, and practices that will create a system where youth, their families, and their healers can thrive!

We are so grateful for your committed and supportive partnership that makes this innovation in child welfare

possible. We look forward to another year of working together on behalf of all in need of healing and hope!

Amelia Franck Meyer, CEO Jack Tesmer, Board President

Highlights ▪ Anu received the Bush Innovation Prize – the only child welfare

agency selected to receive this honor.

▪ With support from the Otto Bremer Foundation Anu created the Anu Model of Healing and Healing Parents standards.

▪ In partnership with the University of Minnesota Center for Advance Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW), Anu wrote and published the “Permanency Guidebook: A Guide for Change in Child Welfare

▪ The Youth Connection Scale (YCS) was highlighted by The Children’s Bureau Express – a service of the United States Health and Human Services, Administration of Children Youth and Families. YCS is an evaluation tool Anu developed in partnership with the U of M CASCW

▪ Anu held a Wellbeing Summit for internal staff, foster parents, and external stakeholders to integrate research on grief, loss and trauma and make the shift towards healing and trauma-informed parenting.

▪ Anu graduated the inaugural class of Associate Parent Coaches from

the Parent Coach Certification Program.

▪ Anu staff members authored six articles published in a variety of industry publications.

Child Demographics

Bi-Racial

NativeAmerican

Hispanic

Caucasian42%

Black orAfrican

American

25%

4%Other

12%

8.5%

8.5%

Ethnicity

Financial Outcomes – FY 2013Income Statement

Revenue (total) $4,678,288 Expenses (total) 4,463,327

Balance SheetCurrent Assets

Cash $ 405,840 Receivables 375,623 Prepaid Expenses 57,480 Total Current Assets 838,943Other Assets 126,953 Property & Equipment - Net 18,996

Total Assets $ 984,892 Current Liabilities

Payables $ 199,619 Accrued Expenses 63,924

Long Term Debt 33,992Total Liabilities $ 297,535 Net Assets

Unrestricted $ 682,406 Temporary Restricted 4,951

Total Net Assets $ 687,357 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 984,892

Anu Family Services Board of Directors

Services ▪ Intensive Permanence

Services

▪ Parent Coaching

▪ Intensive Trauma Services

▪ Treatment Foster Care

▪ Medically Needy Treatment Foster Care

▪ Parent Coaching Certification

▪ Permanency Consultation and Technical Assistance

▪ Respite Care

▪ Kinship Foster Care

▪ Training and Consultation in Trauma, Grief and Loss, Trauma-Informed Parenting, Innovations in Child Welfare, and more.

Jack Tesmer, President

Ralph Pennie, Vice-President

Linda Swenson, Secretary

Craig Shafer, Treasurer

Nick Smiar, Emeritus Director

Maureen Carlson, Director

Michael Edman, Director

Tammy Edwards, Director

Tamara Kincaid, Director

Our Partners

98%of youth

remained in the same agency foster home prior

to discharge from the agency.

100%of youth

enrolled in the IPS Program for 9 months or more

increased their quality and quantity of connectedness

to others.* Made a gift in Memory

of Karen Pitt

Dawn & Eric LuebstorfDelphine Ludka-Fritz*

Denise HoffmanDiane Huebel*

Don & Peggy Maves*Don and Mary Hinrich*

Erin Wall*Gene & Mary Schlosser*

Gene Schleusner*Georgette Gust*Geraldine Oliver*

Glen & Farrell Smith*Glenda Jukabitz*

Glenn & Judith Arnault*Herbert Hoehn*

Jack & LaVerna Cornell*James & Carol Friday*

Janetta Pitt*Janice Madden*

Jean Bruns*Jerry, Cindy, Mike & Roger*

Jim & Jan Tolefson*Jim & Kathie Pierce*

John & Diane Winger*John Duerkop*Josie Meyer*Judy Mueller

Karen and Stan PittKaren Bauer-Rubesch*

Kasi HaglundKathleen O’Keeffe Craig Shafer

Keith & Jean Richard*Lani Williams

Larry & Janet Cornell*Leann Swanson*

Linda Lingen and Collen Pitt*

Lisa BirkelandLois Jacobson*Lorena Shermo*

Lori Nance*Marc & Chris Lorenzen*Margaret Baumgardner*

Marge Erickson*Mark & Judy Olson*Michelle Dudar-SehrMichelle Hestekin*

Michelle NessMyrna Carlson*

Nicholas & Joyce LaFontaineNils & Karen Lund*

Nora Fuller*Pam Friesen KretschmarPat & David Reinardy*

Paul & Linda Semprich*Paula Meixner*Priscilla Baxter*

Ralph & Gisele Miller*Rich & Carol DeVriend*

Rich Duerkop*Richard Williams*

Robert & Nora Fuller*Roger & Merlyn Engan*Ron & Gloria Mittelstadt*

Ronald King*Sandy Thompson

Sara and Tanner Halvorson*Scott & Laurie Phelps*

Scott Munden*Sonja Bjork*

Stan & Jean Brettingen*Sterling Standiford*

Susan Trusler-Scharf*Tamara Kincaid

The Domers*Theresa Buske

Thomas & Lucille Keagy*Tom and Alice Steuding*Tom and Pam Janssen*

William and Patricia Litchy

In-Kind GiftsAzur Walters

Meadow Valley Estates

$500,000+Bush Foundation

$25,000 to $499,999Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen

FoundationOtto Bremer Foundation

$5,000 to $9,999United Way St. Croix ValleyWestern Insurance Agency

Benefactor $1,000 to $5,000Amelia Franck Meyer*

Anonymous DonorBeth Triplett

Michael and Linda SwensonMinnetonka Rotary Club Foundation

Ralph and Helen PennieXcel Energy Foundation

Protector $500 to $999Becky and Jim Connell*

Cynthia MillerDennis and Kay Prchal

Mechele PittNancy Fier*

Steward $250 to $499Culvers Fundraiser

Gerald Kegler

Guardian $1 - $249Alice Howe*Anne Jurisch

Anonymous DonorAnthony & Julie Brown*Audre & Jack Sumner*

Becky Germain*Bernard & Cheryl Wendt*Birdell & Judith Snudden*

Bonnie Kennig-Piper*Brenda & Rick Jones*Brian & Lisa Cornell*

Cecelia FierCharlene Stelter*

Chuck & Nancy Helfenstein*Crystal PetersonDavid Larson*

Treatment Foster Care – 166Parent Coaching – 58Intensive Permanence Services (IPS)/Intensive Trauma Services (ITS) – 20

Age

0-5 years old

16% 6-12 years old

32%13-19 years old

52%

Gender

Male

57% Female

43%

Ways You Can Help

BECOME A FOSTER PARENT

(or tell someone you know about us)

DONATE online at

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Number of Youth andFamilies Served

“I wouldn’t have a great relationship

with my family if it wasn’t for IPS.”

– IPS Service Recipient