Head Start, Early Head Start and Early Childhood Programs for pregnant women and children six-weeks to five years old

100 Gordon Owen Riverway ~ Taunton, MA 02780

508.822.5388 triumphinc.org

Annual Report 2016 ~ 2017

Supporting children and families in Taunton and Raynham since 1965

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2016-2017

Year in Review Another year has passed and it is time to reflect back on our accomplishments and to set goals for the future. Over the past few years, I have had the pleasure of watching Triumph raise the bar for ourselves and for the families of Taunton and Raynham. While the financial environment for social service agencies remains a very challenging one, I have seen our Agency, and our community, come together and show flexibility, determination and a shared sense of purpose, working effectively as a unified voice for change. While the obstacles have been many – from an unset-tled climate in Washington, a rising drug epidemic and persistently tough economic forecast for our families, what has shone through is the steadfast commitment to supporting Triumph’s families in new and innovating ways so they can thrive.

Each content have an opportunity to submit information to highlight their depart-ments, so please take time to read each page, but let me take a moment to point out some of the highpoints.

In response to the Opiate crisis that has had a particular impact on our community, Triumph created two new initiatives to support the changing dynamics of a typical household. The Modern Families initiative, funded in part by Eastern Bank and the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement grant, began running two differ-ent support groups; one specifically targeted to male role models in a child’s life and one for grandparents. The first series ran from October to April and used a modified version of the Nurturing Father curriculum. The next group began meeting in May and will use the 24:7 dads curriculum which offers a bit more flexibility for our mem-bers. The second supports grandparents raising their grandchildren. Affectionately known as GRG, this small, but ever growing group of adults comes together month-ly to support each other, learn new skills, and receive information from experts in their fields. To date, an attorney, a mental health expert, a city council member, and a state congressional representative have all attended this group to share and gath-er information.

A new set of Performance Standards was released in September 2016, and this newly revised, streamlined document has guided much of our programming and planning. These new Standards reflect the need for additional hours of service for our children, more supports for our staff through coaching and mentoring, as well as additional mandates for curriculum, data and staff qualifications. Triumph is fortu-nate to have many of these mandates already in place, and the management team and governing boards are working diligently to ensure all mandates that are not already being met will be completed before the approaching deadlines.

One such mandate is having a curriculum in all age groups that is implemented to fidelity. Our preschool teachers continue to receive training and refreshers on the OWL Curriculum. Our home based staff have been trained in Growing Great Kids. However, in our infant/toddler rooms, we must adopt a more formalized curriculum. In 2016, the Creative Curriculum for Infant, Toddlers & Twos was piloted at Fay’s Place, and the outcomes speak for themselves. Triumph will be arranging for train-ing for all EHS staff as we purchase this this new curriculum over the summer of 2017 for implementation in August.

As we move forward in 2017 and beyond, I am proud of what Triumph has achieved in 2016 and I am excited about the future. Our program is strong and resilient, and with your continued partnership, we will carry on with our efforts to meet the grow-ing and changing needs of our community.

Sincerely,

Karen M. Ennis, Executive Director

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Highlights:

Riverway, Quinn and Fay’s Place continued National Accreditation through NAEYC

Riverway and Quinn maintained a Level 3 rating through MA Quality Rating System and Fay’s Place received a Level 2

We have over 13 parents and community reps consistently participating in Policy Council, one of the largest Councils in recent years

Granted Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Fund-ing at the Riverway and Quinn sites

Implemented a new Data System-ChildPlus-that has the ability to track not only child outcomes and demographics, but family outcomes, health services and transportation services

For better outreach in the Taunton Community, the Executive Director joined the Taunton Area DCF Board

In an effort to support staff with their own self-care and mental health, Triumph contracted with an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Four days of trainings were held with all staff on topics such as trauma, addiction and creating joy in the workplace

Charges were made to the structure of the EHS classrooms allowing three staff in each room to support primary caregiving

The Mental Health Coordinator’s status was changed from part time to full time as well as both of our Resource Specialists working year round support the social emotional well-being of Triumph’s children with complex needs

Purchased additional HVAC system at Riverway to ensure our classrooms and offices for children and staff are comfortable

Received several grants from private foundations including $13K from the United Way and $40K from the Dept. of Early Education and Care for classroom materials

The Triumph Trading Post opened to provide families with much needed household items

A new playgroup partnership was formed with Early Intervention and the Parent Child Home Program

Spring Fling in June 2017 was attended by over 400 families

Triumph contracted with a new cater, B & M of Attleboro Massachusetts, to provide over 300 meals per day for our children

Two Policy Council members, Marley Fletcher and Stephanie Kierys along with staff, Kim Resnick and Sareth Chotte attended the National Head Start Parent Conference in San Juan Puerto Rico

Triumph sent 7 staff to the New England Regional Head Start Conference “Pathways to Resiliency” in Bretton Woods New Hampshire

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By the Numbers

422 Number of children served by Triumph (cumulative)

246 Children attended Head Start (H.S.)

176 Children attended Early Head Start (E.H.S.)

133 Of our children participating in their SECOND year

at Triumph, Inc.

82 Of our children participating in their THIRD year at

229 H.S./E.H.S. children below 100% of federal poverty

level

27 Average number of children on a nutritional

20 Homeless children in Head Start/Early Head Start

60 H.S./E.H.S. children who received DCF referral

26 H.S./E.H.S. children in Foster Care

18 Grandparents in our program raising their grand-

children

11 Pregnant women served by our Early Head Start

Home Based program

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Triumph, Inc. maintained an average monthly attendance percentage of 86.1%

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Board of Directors Officers Elizabeth Wynn-Francis, President Raynham Park and Recreation Thomas Hoye, Vice President Taunton Public Schools, Retired Anthony Geruso, Treasurer Santander Bank Paul Bochman, Assistant Treasurer Taunton Public Schools Norma Barbour, Secretary Taunton Public Schools, Retired

Members Donald Cleary Taunton Public Schools, Retired Carol Doherty Educational Consultant Christine Fagan Taunton School Committee Robert Fredericks, Esq. Attorney-Private Practice Lorna Ntabakos Leddy Public Preschool Manuel Spencer City of Taunton Caryle Stonstrom Dighton Country Day Steven Torres, Esq. Attorney-Private Practice Frank Tosti Member Emeritus Marley Fletcher Parent-Policy Council Representative

Policy Council Officers Marley Fletcher Chairperson, Board Liaison Amy Madeira Vice Chairperson

Kelly Dorsey Treasurer Stephanie Kierys Secretary

Members Diena Alexandra, Leanne Almeida, Natasha Brewer, Miranda Daniels, Barbara Heik-kila, Marceline Isme, Jessica Miller, Jessica Morrison, Lisa Philips, Audrey Reese, Jason Richardson, Deb Travers, Erica Trenton, Angela Wilson

Administrative Staff Karen M. Ennis, Executive Director Lisa Aguiar, LICSW, Mental Health Coordinator Elizabeth Amaral, Administrative Assistant/Receptionist, Riverway Meredith Arieta-Heaney, Home Based and Community Programming Manager Richard Bento, Home Based and Community Programming Assistant Maria Blackburn, Disabilities Coordinator Melinda Cabral, Early Childhood Education Manager, Riverway and Fay’s Place Kathleen Cardin, Enrollment Assistant (ERSEA) Rita Celia, Executive Assistant Nancy Cody, Child and Family Services Manager Cheryl Discoli, Finance Manager Andrea Higgins, Part-Time Receptionist/Administrative Assistant Kathleen Holton, Fiscal Assistant Grace Kipp, Human Resources Coordinator Rachel Martin, Early Childhood Education Manager, Quinn Center Kathleen Matteson, Pediatric Health & Safety Manager Brenda Paiva, Administrative Assistant/Receptionist, Quinn Tracy Paquette, Transportation Manager (former) Jennifer Repeta, Curriculum and Professional Development Coordinator Erin Rezendes, Head Teacher, Quinn Susan Tabak, Fiscal Coordinator Erin Weir, Head Teacher, Riverway educate engage empower

Carol Doherty, BOD Member celebrating Head Start’s 52nd Birthday

Fay’s Place Classroom

Triumph, Inc. staff , parents and members of our Policy Council attend Early Childhood Advocacy Day at the State House in Boston in April 2017

“Nothing can dim

the light which

shines from within.”

-Maya Angelou

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Policy Council Secretary Stephanie Kierys and PC Chairperson Marley Fletcher at the

2016 Head Start Parent Leadership Conference in Puerto Rico

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Annual Spring Fling for Families!

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Triumph Staff Education

Teachers Angela Abene Meagan Pereira Dawn Aguiar-Finnegan Samantha Perry Michelle Andrade Sandra Pizarro Melissa Botelho Juliette Randall Lorna Burer Jill Silva Karen Conefrey-Porazzo Patricia Skidmore Kimberly Doyle Amy Sullivan Lisa English Kasi Taylor Judith Fowler Brittany Galuski Stacey Gillard Lisa Hyson Margaret Kotak Maryann Leal Jessica Lima Bianca Martin Nicole McGrath Andrea Miozza Julie Nguyen Jillian Oliveira Alexandra Pacheco Yaskaira Pascual Stephanie Paull Cynthia Pedro

Transportation Meribah Flood, Monitor Catherine Lombardo, Bus Driver Melinda Fox, Monitor Charlene Miville, Bus Driver Tatiana Green, Monitor Avis Platt, Lead Bus Driver Joan Hall, Bus Driver/Monitor Karleigh Prinzo, Monitor

Health Specialists Facilities Jamaris Marrero, L.P.N. Stacey Matta, Facilities Supervisor

Tayla Roberts, L.P.N. Marie Mendoza, Custodian

Brian Whalon, Custodian

Kitchen and Nutrition Michelle Medeiros, Kitchen Aide Janet Rose, Nutrition & Food Service Specialist

Family Engagement Specialists and Home Visitors Orfa Cruz, FES Nicole Caccavo, CFCE Early Literacy Assistant

Cara DeMendonca, FES Jennifer Castanha, EHS Home Visitor Patricia Medeiros, FES Kim Forget, EHS Home Visitor Kim Monteiro, FES Lee-Ann Pereira, EHS Home Visitor/Acting PCHP Home Visitor Lori Paul, FES Kimberley Resnick, FES Jessica Santiago, FES Sareth Chhot, former FES

Classroom Floats Carina Almeida Kellie Borges Jillian Cobb Jessica Diaz Julie Haskell Jillian Haynes Emily Lopes Nicole Nickerson Deobrah Simpson Jessica Tabak Sharon Teixeira Danielle Terry Ra’Nica Williams

Triumph, Inc. Volunteers at

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Resource Specialists Sandra Donovan Lorie King

Lead Teachers Kristina Belli Anne DeCosta Shannon Dunbar Dolores Fortunato Jessica Jeronimo Meaghan McGovern Samantha Mills Kimberly Moran Donna Paris Pamela Pruyn Adriana Robinson Nancy Tilbe Jennifer Wall

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Staff Educational Attainment Lorna Burer—Renewed Infant/Toddler CDA credential January 2017 Karen Conefrey-Porazzo—Renewed Infant/Toddler CDA credential February 2017 Stacey Gillard—Earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education December 2016 Kimberly Doyle—Renewed Infant/Toddler CDA credential November 2016 Dolores Fortunato—Earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Care & Education May 2017 Sharon Teixeira—Renewed Infant/Toddler CDA credential March 2017 Danielle Terry—Earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education May 2017 Ra’Nica Williams—Renewed Preschool CDA credential November 2016

Celebrating 15 Years of Continuous Service Kim Monteiro

Celebrating 10 Years of Continuous Service Pamela Pruyn

Celebrating 5 Years of Continuous Service Melinda Cabral Karen Conefrey-Porazzo Karen Ennis Rachel Martin Stacey Matta Julie Nguyen Donna Paris Karleigh Prinzo Amy Sullivan Kasi Taylor *Staff who have worked a consecutive number of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 or 35 years for Triumph since July 2016 through June 2017

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Family Engagement Specialist, Kim Monteiro

Preschool Teacher, Stacey Gillard

The Mary Brewer Memorial Scholarship is a Head Start scholarship provided each year to a deserving High School Senior who was a former Head Start Child. This year’s exceptional recipient is Cheyenne Pacheco who is a 2017 graduate of Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School with a 3.73 GPA. She attended Triumph, Inc. Head Start in 2004. Cheyenne’s motto in life is to “put my best effort in everything I do, but most im-portantly I try to uplift others and bring light into their lives.” She has been accepted to University of Massa-chusetts in Boston and will be studying Nursing. Congratulations and best wishes Cheyenne!!

Toddler Teacher,

Amy Sullivan and

EHS Float Sharon

Teixeira

Mary Brewer Memorial Scholarship

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Health Services Triumph, Inc. is committed to the belief that to be successful learners a child must have a healthy foundation. Our Health Services Component is led by our Pediatric Health and Safety Manager, Katie Matteson, who holds a B.S. Degree in Public Health. Triumph employs two Health Specialists who are both Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN). Under the guidance of this team the following goals were met this year:

100% of children were linked to a Medical home

96% of children are up-to-date on age appropriate immunizations

70% of children over age 1 are linked to a Dental home which is a

7% increase from last year!

We continued to partner with Commonwealth Mobile Oral Health Services to provide dental services to children on-site. Two dental clinics were held this year with CMOHS, as well as two flourid/dental screening clinics with Protecting All Smiles. It is our goal to help educate children and families of the importance of proper oral health care and ongoing preventative treatment. Our Health Services team has used historical data to create a new, more organized system to track dental services for the 2017-2018 school year in an effort to further increase the amount of children that receive services.

In January 2017, Triumph purchased the SPOT vision screener. This instrument has become a wonderful tool and resource for our nurses and parents. The screener is non-invasive and the screening is complete within 30 seconds. The results are less subjective than those of the previous screening procedure using the symbol chart which allows for a more effective referral process. We are antici-pating this screener will allow us to collect more accurate vision referral data in the upcoming school year.

Triumph received a grant from Working on Wellness through the MA Dept. of Public Health. This grant will be used to support the overall health of Triumph, Inc. staff. Some of the funds have been used to pay for Weight Watchers memberships and healthy snacks at trainings. Future plans include: an on-site farmer’s market, fit-ness challenges and additional healthy snacks and meals at meetings and events.

Nutrition Services Another successful series of Cooking Matters classes were offered to families with positive feedback!

B & M Catering has been a wonderful new partnership. Our children receive fresh and nutritious meals daily. B & M takes great pride in the food they serve and they have created wonderful relationships with the Nutrition staff at Triumph to meet the individual needs of our children. We look forward to continuing this partnership in the upcoming school year.

Nurse Tayla Roberts using our new SPOT vision screener

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A preschool child receiving an on-site dental check-up by CMOHS

Cooking Matters Participants

Health Manager Kate Matteson, B & M Catering owner Brian Doherty and Triumph Executive Director Karen Ennis

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Child and Family Services Family Services—Triumph, Inc. is dedicated to the philosophy of Family Engage-ment in all content areas of the program. To this end, we have been training our Fami-ly Engagement Specialists on the Head Start Parent, Family and Community Engage-ment Frameworks. Our FES, as we lovingly refer to them, have been developing strong relationships with families, supporting children and staff in the classrooms and acting as a resource guide for families. They have hosted Parent Committee Meetings with a focus on topics: Child Development, Couponing, Family Planning and Summer Safety. Disabilities – More than 23% of the children served by Triumph, Inc. this year had a diagnosed disability. We have developed a cooperative collaboration with Early Inter-vention, Taunton Public Schools and Bridgewater-Raynham Public Schools. We are particularly proud of the collaboration with the Leddy Preschool in Taunton, which serves the majority of our Head Start children that have an IEP. We will continue to work closely with these community connections so that our children are able to access services that meet their individual needs. We also streamlined our referral process in order to have children evaluated in a more timely manner. Mental Health – The Mental Health program continues to grow under the guidance of Lisa Aguiar, LICSW. Over the course of the year, 63 children were referred to the mental health coordinator for observation, consultation and support. We are thrilled to report that all children who were referred for counseling are now receiving services. That is a huge success! We have developed a very strong collaboration with several community mental health agencies, including CCBC, Arbour Fuller, JRI and Amega. Thanks to this collaboration our children and families have access to the mental health services and resources that they need.

209 Attended the Annual Children’s Art Show

9 Staff, parents and Policy Council members attended Early Childhood Advocacy Day at the State House in Boston in April

129 Parents, grandparents, caregivers, siblings and friends who visited our centers and celebrated our annual “Lunch with a Loved One” in February

63 Children were referred to our Mental Health Coordinator. 100% are receiving services

317 Shoppers (adults from our program) who visited our Triumph Trading Post

440 Children and adults attended our annual Spring Fling family event in May

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“Lunch with a Loved

One” Feb. 2017

A Field of Poppy’s Children’s Art Show 2017

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Education Services Head Start classrooms are successfully utilizing the OWL (Opening the World of Learning) curriculum which aligns with Teaching Strategies Gold Assessment System (TSG) and the Head Start Early learning Framework (HSELOF). The Early Head Start classrooms are utilizing the Creative Curriculum which also aligns with TSG and HSELOF. In our effort for continuous quality improvement and to meet the new Head Start Performance standards around curriculum fidelity, Triumph purchased and pi-loted the newest version of the Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers and Twos. Teachers and parents loved the new curriculum as it included literacy and math activi-ties for both school and home. With the use of these curricula, our children experience a wide array of learning activities that foster their cognitive, social-emotional, gross and fine motor development and expose them to age-appropriate literacy, science, math, art and music and cooperative skills every day. Triumph has already purchased the new Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers and Twos for all of our EHS class-rooms. Teachers will receive a 2 day intensive training in the fall .

Our Early Head Start Center based children attend 6 hours per day, based on individu-al family need. We continue to provide services through state funding which allows children to attend a full-day/full-week option. This approach ensures all children in our community, regardless of their socioeconomic background, have the opportunity to benefit from high quality early education and care. Our part day program operates for four hours per day. Our full-day/full-year model is offered in 13 preschool classrooms.

Transitions: We work in close partnership with the Taunton & Bridge-water-Raynham Public Schools to achieve a smooth transition for children

going to kindergarten and their families in ensuring that children are prepared for their new school, and try to ease the anxiety of entering a new school that some chil-dren may experience. In May, over 100 of our preschoolers visited five elementary schools in Taunton to give them insight on what a kindergarten classroom looks like.

The Annual Kindergarten Luncheon with the Taunton Public School and

Bridgewater-Raynham Kindergarten teachers was well attended once again with over 40 teachers present. Preschool teachers met kindergarten teachers to discuss Head Start children transitioning to kindergarten this coming Fall. Learner snapshots of social emotional development, health, cognition and overall progress were reviewed.

Our Early Head Start Home-Based Services has capacity for

thirty families. Home based programming supports expectant families and families with children up to age 3. During weekly 90 minute home visits, families are intro-duced to comprehensive curricula that supports all areas of pregnancy & child and family development. Home visitors are able to access additional supports for families by actively collaborating with all of Triumph’s content area specialists—from nutrition and mental health to transportation and disabilities. In addition to the home visit, families attend weekly socializations at our Barnum Street location. During socializa-tion, families are provided with individualized parent-child activities as well as oppor-tunities to explore new materials and experiences. Parents are able to leave their chil-dren in the socialization room while they attend a parent education session in the newly furnished parent room.

While enrolled in Home Based programming, all children are screened and assessed using a variety of scientifically valid and reliable tools such as the ASQ-3, ASW-SE2 and Teaching Strategies Gold. Families complete the Life Skills Progress tool in order to identify family strengths, areas of need and to monitor growth.

Throughout the past year, the EHS home visitors have had the opportunity to attend several professional development opportunities including infant massage. All home visitors have also had training on the Growing Great Kids Curriculum and the HOVRS, which is a quality improvement rating scale specifically designed for home visiting.

“Children must be

taught how to think,

not what to think.”

-Margaret Mead

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Children from our Early Head Start Home Based Program at a

weekly socialization

An Early Head Start child at a Brain Building in Progress Event at our

Barnum Building Location

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Education Services Child Outcomes The Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework provides Triumph, Inc. with a description of the developmental building locks that are most important for a child’s school and long-term success. Early Head Start and Head Start children are expected to progress in all areas of child development and early learning outlined by the Framework. Triumph, Inc. uses the Teaching Strategies Gold Assessment System to measure these outcomes three times per year. Below is this year’s program data attributed to literacy, math and social-emotional development expectations met for the entire program ages birth to age five.

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School Success Goals Triumph, Inc. Head Start and Early Head Start and their families believe in supporting play to enhance children’s development of character, skills, and knowledge to prepare them for success in school. We encourage the individual development of children birth to five by creating an educational environment that focuses on the social and emotional development of children as the founda-tion to support growth and learning in the following domains. Yearly, children are evaluated to ensure progress is being made to-ward these Goals. The percentage of children who have exceeded grade level expectations for these goals are listed below. The

School Success Goals are aligned to our assessment system, Teaching Strategies Gold ,to aggregate this information.

Social Emotional Development—32%

Children will engage in and maintain positive adult-child relationships and interactions Children will engage in and maintain positive peer relationships and interactions

Children will identify and express a range of emotions in self and others Children will display situationally appropriate behaviors and emotions with increasing independence

Children will demonstrate an understanding of routines and expectations including conversational rules Children will manage actions and/or words with increasing independence

Children recognizes self & others as unique individuals having their own abilities, characteristics, emotions and interests

Motor, Physical and Sensory Development—20% Children demonstrate effective and efficient use and control of large muscles for creative movement, position and exploration

Children use sensory information to guide their interactions and experiences with objects and other people Children demonstrate effective and efficient use, strength and control of small muscles

Children demonstrate increasing interest in healthy eating habits and making nutritious food choices Children demonstrate healthy behaviors with increasing independence as part of everyday routines

Children demonstrate knowledge of safety practices and routines

Cognition and General Knowledge Development—22% Children will develop and utilize their cognitive skills to remember, adapt and

apply information to observable phenomena in the world around them Children will use exploration, observation and manipulation to ask questions (verbal/non-verbal)

to gain better understanding of information and activities in their surroundings Children will use math regularly and in everyday routines to count, compare, classify relate, identify patters and problem solve

Approaches to Learning—24%

Children maintain focus and sustain attention with gradually decreasing adult support Children show increased persistence in processing information and performing tasks Children will demonstrate increased flexibility and creativity in actions and behaviors

Children will explore various modalities of learning – art, music, movement, creative play Children will explore the world around them with curiosity and initiative

Language and Literacy Development—21%

Children will communicate needs and wants non-verbally and by speaking their primary language and/or English Children will listen, respond and understand increasingly complex language through

conversation with others in their primary language and/or English Children will demonstrate spoken language is composed of smaller segments of sounds and those sounds can be

combined to form words and sentences with increased developmental progression Children make written marks and use them to represent spoken word, objects, actions,

letters or words with increasingly significant sophistication Children will demonstrate comprehension of oral and/or written literature through telling/retelling songs, poems and books

Children will demonstrate a growing understanding of the structure and function of written language through varied experiences with text and illustrations

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Triumph, Inc. is the lead agency for the area’s Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) program. CFCE is funded by a grant from the

MA Dept. of Early Ed. & Care. CFCE provides free services to families with young chil-dren in Bridgewater, Raynham and Taunton. All services offered support the Strength-ening Families Protective Factors and all literacy groups are implemented utilizing scien-tifically valid curriculums. Throughout this year, CFCE offered a minimum of six weekly playgroups at several locations throughout the community. However, CFCE was very excited to begin offering weekly playgroups at its new home, The Barnum School. CFCE was awarded three local cultural council grants that funded additional enrichment pro-grams for families. With support from The Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, CFCE continued to offer its monthly Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support group facilitated by Lee-Ann Perei-ra. This foundation also provided funding to start our fathering initiative led by Richard Bento, who was recently trained in the 24:7 Dads and Nurturing Fathers curricula. In addi-tion to this, CFCE also offered the Positive Solutions for Families parenting series. CFCE is also home to Taunton and Raynham’s Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP). PCHP provided bi-weekly visits to twenty families with children ages 16 to 48 months. During these home visits, families are provided with books and toys to support school readiness and parent-child relationships. PCHP families also attend a weekly playgroup. The CFCE coordinator works closely with its Advisory Council to identify community needs and to share resources & information. In addition to the council members, CFCE relies heavily on other community partners to implement programming. This year com-munity partners include: Citizens for Citizens WIC, Taunton Public Library, Raynham Park and Rec. Dept., The Children’s Museum in Easton, Bridgewater State University, The Bridgewater Public Library, No Child Hungry, The North River Collaborative and The Leddy School. Additionally, CFCE is thankful to its sub-contractors, Sean Schofield and Kelly Rodrigues.

Coordinated Family Community Engagement ‘CFCE’ Advisory Council Theresa Aiguier, Parent

Zulmira Allcock, Early Intervention, AHS

Father Rich Bardusch, St. Thomas Church

Janet Belanger, Taunton Public Schools

Cyndi Couto, PACE Child Care Works

Tara DeSousa, Taunton Family Center

Anna Maria Doherty, PCHP Parent

Kelly Dorsey, Taunton Family Center

Sue Eliason, Bridgewater State University

Karen Ennis, Triumph, Inc.

Marley Fletcher, Parent, co-chair

Elizabeth Francis, Raynham Park & Rec.

Stacey Gay, Justice Resource Institute

Irene Lydon, YMCA Taunton Childcare

Diana Martell, WIC

Katie Matteson, Triumph, Inc.

Carolyn Mulhern, CFCC (Commonwealth

Family Child Care)

Heather Nix, Raynham Park and Rec.

Leslie Reilly, North River Collaborative

Erica Trenton, Parent

Tara Schaffer, Early Intervention, AHS

Christine Stefani, Bridgewater Library

Ann Sullivan, Taunton Housing Authority

Thank you to Eastern Bank for their generosity and support to Triumph, Inc.

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Community Partners & Volunteers Triumph benefitted from over 7,000 hours of Volunteer time. Program

parents are one of our most dedicated volunteer groups, helping in classrooms, and serving on committees and boards. Other unique volunteer programs include:

The Jumpstart Program in partnership with Bridgewater State Universi-

ty and the Americorps Program helps bring special literacy programming to our pre-school children. College students are on-site weekly at our Riverway and Quinn Cen-ters to help bring this national model of creative literacy using the OWL curriculum to our children.

Coyle & Cassidy High School, Taunton High School and Bristol Plymouth Regional Vocational High School students spend time in our

classrooms each week. These incredibly energetic young men and women bring en-thusiasm and friendship to our children in their classrooms.

Countless Community Professionals serve on our advisory commit-

tees, governing board, and help with special projects. All volunteers who spend regu-lar time in our classrooms must first go through a criminal background check and ori-entation to ensure the safety and well-being of children in our care.

We would like to thank our Community Partners for their generosity, time and com-mitment they give and show us throughout the year. A partial listing of our friends: B & M Catering Bloom Bus Bristol County Savings Bank Bristol-Plymouth Regional High School Citizens for Citizens (CFC) City of Taunton Commonwealth Mobile Oral Health Services Coyle & Cassidy High School Fallon Community Health Good360 Jordan’s Furniture Morton Hospital Personal Best Karate Protecting All Smiles Quality Beverage RMC Construction Taunton Public Schools Taunton Rotary Club United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton USI W.I.C.

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Partners from Morton Hospital dropping off items from a

holiday pajama drive

Jordan’s Furniture partners

Coyle and Cassidy and Taunton High School Student Volunteers

Bridgewater State University Jumpstart Program Volunteers

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Facilities and Transportation Our facilities department consists of a Facilities Supervisor, Stacey Matta, and two custodians. This team has created a more organized and focused approach to keeping all of our buildings and grounds safe and clean— in line with our five year goals.

Facilities Highlights: Updated agency signs were added to all buildings

Purchased new equipment: riding lawn mover, two floor scrubbers, one floor buffer

Fay’s Place classrooms were painted. Riverway classroom painting is planned for the summer

Building and fire inspections were completed in March with no major findings. All needed repairs were completed on time from the previous year

Transportation Highlights: We have 3 buses with one on order for a new lease

Over 50% of our part-day children were provided transportation

United Way funding continued to support children we transport

An average of 100 children per day were transported

Additional transportation for families was provided to families for sociali-zation, field trips as well as spring fling

Triumph Trading Post With a collaboration from the program Good360, The Triumph Trading Post was cre-ated. It’s an in-house store stocked with linens, bed pillows, bath items and kitchen

supplies. Families earn tokens by volunteering in their child’s classroom or by attending a workshop or meeting. Open once a month at our Barnum Building, families are able to turn in their tokens in exchange for items at the Trading Post. This highly popular program was very successful! Our parent volunteer hours more than doubled in 6 months from the total of the previous year!

Thank you to the United Way for their continued support to Triumph, Inc.

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New signage at our Barnum Building location

Facilities Staff at the annual Spring Fling for Families

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Federal $3,328,394 $3,684,158 $3,656,089 $3,617,214 $3,553,089 $3,711,181 $3,800,000 $3,795,304

State $2,226,764 $1,992,857 $2,014,357 $1,797,716 $1,771,720 $1,949,452 $2,037,837 $2,028,458

City $45,933 $50,682 $50,682 $50,682 $50,682 $50,682 $50,682 $50,682

Private $322,602 $697,827 $631,117 $495,500 $404,743 $417,677 $321,161 $252,983

Total $5,923,693 $6,425,524 $6,352,245 $5,961,292 $5,780,414 $6,128,992 $6,209,680 $6,127,427

Fiscal 2016-2017

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62%

8%

7%

2%

4%

3%

2%

3%

2%2%

1%4%

Sources Of Revenue 2016-2017

The results of Triumph Inc.’s most recent review by the Secretary and the financial audit can be reviewed at www.triumphinc.org

62% Federal 2% Volunteer In-Kind Private

8% State of MA Supportive Child

Care 4% State DOE USDA Food Program

7% State of MA Voucher

Child Care Subsidies

3% State of MA Head Start Supplemental

2% Private Pay Child Care Tuition 2% State of MA Inclusive Classroom Grant

4% State of MA Coordinated Family

& Community Engagement Grant 2% State of MA Universal Pre-K (UPK)

3% State of MA Income Eligible

Child Care Grant

1% Other Grants & Donations—United Way,

City and Other Private

Voucher Subsidies

Private Pay Tuition

CFCE Grant

Volunteer

In-Kind

Income Eligible

Grant

State Supplemental

Inclusive Grant State DOE USDA

UPK

Federal (H.S. & E.H.S.)

Supportive

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Triumph, Inc. Budget FY 2018

REVENUE Fiscal Year 2018 Sources of

Proposed Budget Revenue

Federal Head Start 2,146,622 35%

Federal Early Head Start 1,648,682 27%

State of MA EEC Coordinated Family and

Community Engagement 245,026 4%

State of MA EEC Income Eligible 200,000 3%

State of MA EEC Head Start Supplemental 182,545 3%

State of MA EEC Supportive 510,000 8%

State of MA EEC Voucher PACE 435,000 7%

State of MA EEC Inclusive Classroom 86,690 1%

State of MA DOE USDA Food Program 276,000 4%

Universal Pre-Kindergarten 120,000 2%

City of Taunton 50,682 1%

United Way 13,000 <1%

In-Kind Donations/Volunteer Services 100,000 2%

Private Pay/Daycare Fees 117,000 2%

Private Fundraising 5,000 <1%

TOTAL REVENUE 6,136,247

EXPENSES

Personnel 4,978,723

Supplies 22,540

Classroom/Health Supplies 68,802

Occupancy 132,653

Building Maintenance & Incidentals 59,597

Rent and Mortgage 45,000

Insurance 36,347

Training 69,302

Travel, Meetings and Events 20,832

Consultants and Professional Fees 91,646

Vehicle 50,698

Equipment and Maintenance 21,031

Childcare and Parent Activity 9,580

Food/Nutritional Services 237,800

In-Kind Donations/Volunteer Services 100,000

Other 49,533

Total Expenses 5,994,084

Net Income 142,163

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Out and About...Community Connections

Triumph Tribute Award

What is your name and title/role at Triumph?

“My name is Jessica Santiago, I’m a Family Engagement Specialist at the Quinn Center”

How many years have you been working here?

“I started working at Triumph when my son was a year old. I worked for a few years and I got preg-nant with my daughter. I left for a while, returned, and have been here ever since.”

Has Triumph helped you in your professional development? If yes, how?

“I began as a float in a classroom. I was encouraged to get my CDA which was going to take a lot of studying and hard work. I thought to myself if I’m ready to commit to do the work it takes to get a CDA, I may as well go to college and get my Associates Degree. After getting my AA, I continued on to graduate from Fisher College Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services. I wanted to do it not only for myself but also to be an example to my children that if I could do it (at my age) anyone could do it!”

The Triumph Tribute is an employee recognition award that will be given annually to a Triumph employee who exemplifies the mission of the Agency by not only supporting Triumph families, but supports their co-workers and the Agency through sharing their knowledge, is engaged at work and in the community and empowers others to be the best they can be. This year’s recipient is Jessica Santiago from our Quinn Center. We had an opportunity to ask Jessica a few questions...

From top left: Karen Ennis and Richard Bento at the South Shore Theater Works Gala, Teacher Meghan McGovern after finishing the Boston Mara-thon, Melinda Cabral and Taye Diggs, Head Start Celebrity Ambassador at the National Leadership Conference. Bottom Row: Donation of car seats with Riverway Staff and representative Lisa Vaughn from Fallon Health Insurance and Quinn members Adrianna Robinson and Juliette Randall presenting at the annual STEM conference

What are 3 words you could use to describe Triumph? “Empowering, Encouraging and Understanding”

What’s your typical Saturday night look like? “Lol. On the rare occasion I’m not doing something for my church or with my church, I have a date night with my children/family. We stay in and watch a movie together.”

Who is your role model? “My faith is my role model. It’s what drives me to be the best I can be every day. I want to be the kind of person people can depend on and trust and my faith guides me in this way. I truly value my faith.”

If you had a superpower, what would it be and why? “Hahaaaa….I talk to my kids about this subject all of the time! If I could have a superpower, I’d want to fly because I’m short!!!”

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I couldn’t be any happier… The process was remarkable, the staff are incredibly nice.

…My daughter was very lucky to have been accepted to the Head Start program and she enjoyed every single day

Transportation is fantastic! We love our bus driver!

Everyone is very nice and welcoming and the staff answer all of our questions.

Me and my sister have had all of our kids in Triumph and I swear by it. It gives the kids a head start and helps with the foundation of their learning habits.

My daughter attended from toddler until kindergarten. Triumph does an AMAZING job!

The staff and teachers are the BEST AROUND!

The bus driver and monitor are great. Very nice ladies.

What Families are Saying...

Marie is ALWAYS reading and willing to help with any

request we may have. She is a team player and always

brings in treats! She goes above and beyond….

Lorie is very experienced, very

helpful, useful strategies for class-

room behaviors—Supportive.

Orfa is fantastic with our families, treats them with respect and is always willing

to guide them in the right direction for services. She will help in any component and

shares her extensive knowledge about the agency and community.

Julie really engages with the children. Always very

kind and caring of other staff.

Stephanie is always willing to help where needed.

Whether it is infant, toddler or in preschool. If she

can help, she is there. Avis goes above and

beyond to ensure the

safety of her riders and

children and families.

What Staff are Saying...

Mrs. Fowler exemplified the

absolute best of Head Start.

Such a wonderful role model,

person in general—and so

much fun. We could use more

Mrs. Fowlers in the world! Melinda is a true leader and I feel the heart and soul of

this agency. Her passion and love for the children here is

unprecedented. Melinda will take on any job if it entails

helping her staff and the kids.

Lisa has successfully gotten services for eve-

ry child and family! She is a huge support for

teachers and staff. She does not belittle peo-

ple instead, she educates people.

Patti is a positive person and her energy, care for children

and families reflects who she is as a person. This positive

energy radiates to the classroom teachers. She supports

teachers no matter the situation that occurs.

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Civil Rights Non-Discrimination Statement

Triumph, Inc. is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in early childhood education services and employment. Triumph,

Inc. does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orien-

tation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, veteran status, ancestry or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its

program policies, employment policies, and other agency administered programs and activities. In addition, children are not re-

quired to be toilet trained in order to be accepted and enrolled at Triumph, Inc. We will make every effort to work in conjunction

with the child’s parent/caregiver/guardian to initiate age appropriate toilet readiness skills at home and at school.

“In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 or 202-720-6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.”

2016 Annual Holiday Parade ~ Taunton