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Picturing

aStronger,More Equitable

New YorkCommunity Serice Society2010 Annual Report


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The Community Serice Society o New York(CSS) draws on

a 160-year history o excellence in addressing the root causes o

economic disparity. Through applied research, advocacy, litigation,

and innovative program models, we respond to urgent, contemporary

challenges by pioneering programs or a more prosperous city. We

work or change by convening, connecting, and infuencing diverse

leaders, practitioners, and decision makers rom the public and private

sectors and across the political spectrum.

InsIde:

Setting Our Sights on a Better Future: Research & Advocacy 2

A resh perspective o the GED 4

Improvig the ecoomic otlook or pblic hosig residets 6

Reocsig the les o accessible health coverage 8

Gettig or message see ad heard 10

Looking Out or the Needs o New Yorkers: Service Highlights 12

A steadast ocs o ecoomic empowermet 13

Takig a log-term view o health care access ad reorm 14

Seeig the power i partership to meet hma eeds 16

Pictrig or services 17

Financial Statement 18

Our Supporters 20

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It can be tempting to view these oten-repeated phrases

as abstractions, or components o a big picture over

which most o us have little or no control. And it can be

dangerously easy to see the human toll only in terms o

mere statistics.

With 165 years o research, advocacy, and services

on behal o low-income New Yorkers inorming ourviewpoint, the Community Service Society sees these issues

as anything but remote, statistical, or abstract.

We look beyond statistics to see the needs o real people,

pioneering services that promote sel-suciency among

low-wage workers and economically disenranchised New

Yorkers by providing tools and resources to increase their

economic security in an unorgiving economy.

We also maintain an unwavering ocus on the broader

picture via cutting-edge research designed to inspire

new thinking and signicant action on some o the most

complex challenges o our time.

We share our recommendations and insights widely through

print and online publications, public-private partnerships,

testimony at public hearings, policy events, media outreach,

and other activities that keep these issues prominently on

the radar in an era o many competing concerns.

In these pages, youll see how CSS transorms its vision o a

more equitable and viable society into powerul change onthe big picture level andthe individual scale. In 2010, CSS

gained important ground in many key areas, including access

to health care, educational and job opportunities, equal

opportunity in the workplace, and nancial empowerment.

Our work oers more than just a ray o hope or individuals

and communities struggling to get ahead in hard timesits

a source o consistent, invaluable support and meaningul

perspective on social and economic challenges in urgent

need o compassionate, pragmatic solutions.

Our VIew On TOdays ecOnOmIc realITy

Income inequality. Economic distress. Jobless recoery.The growing diide between rich and poor.In the United States today, 1 in 5 children is liing in poerty. More than 50 million Americans are now without

health insurance. The number o people liing on ood stamps has neer been higher. In New York City, 67

percent o unemployed low-income adults report that they hae been jobless or at least a year; hal o those

hae been out o work or three years or moreand an entire generation o Americans is acing the prospect o

permanent joblessness or chronic underemployment.

Ko A. Appenteng

Chair

David R. Jones

President & CEO


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OMMunITy SERVICE SOCIETy

New York State and New York City have the widest gaps betweenrich and poor in the nation. An ongoing increase in economic

disparity is placing the American Dreamnot to mention basic

requirements like ood and shelterbeyond the grasp o millions

o New Yorkers, including many low-income workers.

CSS takes a long view in tackling the root causes o poverty by

conducting intensive research on issues that aect the ability o

low-income individuals to work their way out o poverty. We then

transorm this research into policy recommendations, advocacy

work, and proactive partnerships with thought leaders anddecision makers rom the public and private sectors and across

the political spectrum.

By looking at old problems with resh eyes and staying alert to

emerging challenges and opportunities, CSS is a leading orce on

behal o sustainable wages, access to health care, and the ability

o all New Yorkers to participate ully in the economic lie o their

city and state.

seTTInG Our sIGHTs On a BeTTer FuTure

researcH & adVOcacy


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css repOrTs

Making the Connection: Economic Opportunity

or Public Housing Residents (Policy Brie)

Victor Bach and Tom Waters

July 2009

From Basic Skills to Better Futures: Generating

Economic Diidends or New York City

Lazar Treschan and David Jason Fischer

September 2009

Sick in the City: What the Lack o Paid Leae

Means or Working New Yorkers (Policy Brie)

Jeremy Reiss, Nancy Rankin,

and Krista Pietrangelo

October 2009

In Support o Family Stability: Families Who

Rely on Cash Assistance and the Burdens

Imposed on Them When Incarceration Is

Excluded From the Defnition o Temporary

Absence (Policy Brie)

Matthew Main

November 2009

Health Reorm New York Can Aord: The

Cornerstone or Coerage Plan

Elisabeth R. Benjamin and Arianne Garza

November 2009

Closing the Skills Gap: A Blueprint or

Preparing New York Citys Workorce to Meet

the Eoling Needs o Employers (with The

Center or an Urban Future)

David Jason Fischer and Jeremy Reiss

January 2010

Closing the Door 2009: Risks o Boom

and Bust (Policy Brie)

Tom Waters and Victor Bach

December 2009

The Unheard Third 2009: Job Loss, Economic

Insecurity, and a Decline in Job Quality

Jeremy Reiss and Krista Pietrangelo

May 2010

Expanding Aordable Coerage or Low-

Wage Workers: Fixing the Family Health Plus

Employer Buy-In (Policy Brie)

Elisabeth R. Benjamin and Arianne Garza

June 2010


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Issue OVerVIewNew York City is home to nearly 1.3 million working-age New

Yorkers who lack basic educational credentials in the orm o a high

school diploma or GED. The problem is particularly acute among

young people ages 16 to 24nearly 175,000 o whom are not

in school and not working.

Reconnecting young people to education and the labor orce

is essential to reducing poverty and building a 21st century

workorce. Nationwide, the system o preparing or and

completing the test o General Educational Development (GED

Nearly one in ourindiiduals o workingage in New York Citylacks a high schooldegree or equialent.

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is a primary pipeline to employment, college, and upward

mobility. But New York States dysunctional GED system has

perormed poorly or those who need it most. New York is 50th

in the nation in GED pass rate, and in New York City ewer

than hal o GED test-takers achieve a passing grade.

In 2010, as part o our eorts to promote better educational

and job opportunities to break the cycle o intergenerational

poverty, CSS conducted rigorous research and advocacy to

transorm the GED system in New York into the gateway oopportunity it is intended to be.

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In September 2009, CSS published From Basic Skills to Better

Futures: Generating Economic Dividends for New York City,

a groundbreaking report on New Yorks underperorming

GED testing system that raised much-needed awareness about

the GEDs role as a driver o workorce development. The

report eatures a detailed analysis o the GED preparation

system, with concrete recommendations or improvement.

The report drew immediate calls or reorm romamong

othersThe New York Times, which published a series o

editorials sounding the alarm on the city and states shameul

pass rate. In February 2010, New York City Council Speaker

Christine Quinn took up the call to improve what she termed

the broken GED system during the State o the City Address,

outlining plans to address many concerns raised in our report.

CSS kept the pressure on by presenting our recommendations

to city and state ocials, including Speaker Quinn, the

Bloomberg administration, and the New York State Board

o Regents, which oversees the GED system. CSS President

and CEO David R. Jones testied at the New York State

Assembly Committee on Educations hearing on the GED test

in support o reversing GED budget cuts and implementing

CSSs recommendations. CSS also partnered with GED reorm

advocates and stakeholders to launch a statewide advocacy

campaign to get New Yorks GED system up to speed.

Our work has paid o on many ronts. The New York

City Department o Education is enacting plans to increase

accountability and oversight o GED programs at the local

level. Working closely with other advocates under the auspiceo the New York Coalition or Adult Literacy (NYCAL),

CSS helped to bring about the restoration o more than $5

million in adult literacy unding to the New York City budget

in June 2010. Finally, in December 2010, David Jones joined

with Mayor Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, and

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to announce a new

$3 million city pilot project to modernize the GED to better

prepare students or college and careers.

Todays economy cannot support large numbers o

indiiduals without strong basic skillsjobs that were

aailable in years past or indiiduals without a high

school diploma are anishing, and those jobs that are

let pay poerty-leel wages.

Daid R. Jones, CSS President & CEO


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Issue OVerVIew

As an unwaering adocate or housing oppor tunities or low- and

middle-income New Yorkers, CSS conducts strategic research,

adocacy, and technical assistance actiities that:

Improve public housing unding;

Promote policy and regulatory reorms to preserve and

expand aordable housing; and

Strengthen the leadership capacity o public

housing residents.

In 2010, CSS ocused major attention on generating morerobust eorts to use HUD unding to provide job and

training opportunities or residents o public housing in

New York City. Under Section 3 o the 1968 Housing Act ,

all public housing authorities and government agencies

receiving HUD unds have a statutory obligation to maximize

employment and training opportunities or low-income

residents. However, most housing authorities, including the

New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), have a less

than stellar record in this regard.

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In July 2009, CSS released a compelling new policy brie on

labor orce participation by NYCHA residents. Making the

Connection: Economic Opportunity for Public Housing

Residents provides a rst-time estimate o the scale o

unemployment among working-age NYCHA residents.

While it is comparable to unemployment patterns in similar

low-income communities, Section 3 is a ederal requirement

that can and should be used to strengthen resident job and

training opportunities.

CSS used the ndings and recommendations in Making the

Connection to inorm testimony, public orums, and meetings

with key stakeholders. This included testimony by CSS Presidentand CEO David R. Jones at Congressional eld hearings in

ImprOVInGTHe ecOnOmIcOuTlOOkFOr puBlIcHOusInGresIdenTs

More than 20,000 public housing residents are seeking

jobs in New York Citys recession economy. The

city and the Housing Authority hae eery reason to

connect them to opportunities.

Making the Connection: Economic Opportunity fo

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New York City, held by the Subcommittee on Housing and

Community Opportunity o the House Financial Services

Committee. The hearings ocused on legislation to strengthen

Section 3 requirements to use HUD unds to maximize job and

training opportunities or public housing residents.

Mr. Jones also made the case on a panel invited to testiy

at Congressional hearings on the Future o Public Housing

convened by the Subcommittee on Housing and Community

Opportunity in Washington, D.C. In addition, during aproductive meeting with the new chairman o NYCHA,

John Rhea, Mr. Jones shared the policy briengs core

recommendations and set the stage or uture collaboration

with NYCHA on enhancing the implementation o Section 3.

OTHer HIGHlIGHTs OF 2010 Included:

Providing expert testimony at public hearings on NYCHAs

amended 2010 Annual Plan, lending our support to

NYCHAs proposal to ederalize its public housing

developments under a special economic stimulus provisiono the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Fighting cuts to NYCHA vouchers through various

advocacy eorts, including co-hosting a brieng or

elected ocials with the Legal Aid Society and other

members o the New York City Public Housing Advocates

Roundtable, which CSS convenes.

Hosting two citywide Resident Leaders Forums that

brought NYCHA residents together with leaders in

the housing eld to discuss issues and opportunities

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reFOcusInGTHe lens OnaccessIBleHealTHcOVeraGeIssue OVerVIew

CSS is a leading adocate or making quality health care aordable

and accessible or eery New Yorker. With insurance premiums

on the rise and job-based coverage in decline, more and more

working New Yorkers nd themselves without aordable

health care.

In 2010, CSS research explored the complex design and

implementation issues surrounding an option or employers

to buy in to New York States Family Health Plus program.

The Family Health Plus Employer Buy-In (EBI) program was

created to help employers and union health unds oer low-

cost, comprehensive health coverage to their employees. But

three years a ter its inception, only one union and not a singl

employer had signed on due to the programs unexpectedly

high premiums.

With unding rom the New York State Health Foundation,

CSS explored ways to make this potentially valuable programmore viable or employers, unions, and employeesoering

state policy makers detailed recommendations on how to

signicantly reduce program costs.

One in three New Yorkers say they or someone in their

amily has not gotten or postponed getting medical

care or a prescription in the past 12 months because

o a lack o money or insurance. Seenty-two percent

are worried about increasing health care costs, and 40

percent eel fnancially insecure to be able to aord

their uture health care.

CSSs Statewide Health Care Surey, October 2009

O Je 7, 2010, CSS achieved a hard-wo victor whe the new york

State Legislatre passed a bdget exteder that oce agai eables the new

york State Departmet o Israce to review ad approve health israce

premim hikes beore the go ito eect.

Beore this chage, israce compaies cold simpl le ad implemet

brdesome cost icreases, withot accotabilit to cosmers or

bsiesses. Betwee 2000 ad 2009, that polic faw broght a 92 percet

icrease i health israce premims i new york State, while media

wages icreased b ol 14 percet.

As a member o the Health Care or All new york (HCFAny) coalitio, CSS

has log served its goal o restorig prior approval o health care premim

icreases ad pttig a ed to skrocketig rates that place qalit health

care ot o reach or too ma low- ad middle-icome new yorkers.

pursuInG THe VIsIOn OF aFFOrdaBle HealTH care FOr all


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In June 2010, CSS released a policy brie detailing how

restructuring the Family Health Plus Employer Buy-In program

could provide aordable and comprehensive health coverage

to employees o small businesses, unions, sole proprietors, and

other employers. This game-changing report ocused on:

The ndings o a national analysis o public/private

insurance hybrid programs; An analysis o how rates are set or various public

products in New York and an evaluation o premiums set

by the state; and

Concrete recommendations or stakeholders and

policymakers on successul program implementation.

Our research led directly to state-level policy changes that

enable small businesses across New York State to provide

aordable, comprehensive health care or as l ittle as $157 per

employee per month.

Whe circmstaces reqire cort itervetio, CSS brigs its powerl

litigatio capabilities to bear o seekig jstice or low-icome new yorkers

i the workplace ad beod.

This ear, CSS wo a major case i the bat tle agaist workplace discrimiatio

or idividals with covictio histories. For the rst time, a new york Spreme

Cort has explicitl held that someoe covicted o a crime while on the job

is protected b the Correctio Law, which reqires emploers to ratioall

cosider whether a covictio is directl related to the job or poses a

reasoable risk to persos or propert beore termiatig emplomet.

CSS is co-cosel i a atiowide class actio lawsit agaist the uS

Cess Brea or hirig discrimiatio. Filed i the uS District Cort or

the Sother District o new york i April 2010, the sit arges that

sstematic discrimiatio cased thosads o Arica America, Latio,

ad native America applicats to be rejected or jobs b the u.S. Cess

Brea drig the ederal govermets massive hirig campaig or the

2010 cess. The sit alleges that the Cess Brea lawll screes ot

job applicats who have arrest records, regardless o whether the arrest led

to a actal crimial covictio, or to othig at all. Two o the plaitis i this

case are cliets o CSS.

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GeTTInG OurmessaGe seen

and Heard

clOsInG THe skIlls Gap

In 2010, CSS teamed up with the Center or an Urban Future (CUF)

to raise awareness about the citys human capital concerns

and the need or employment pipelines and skills deelopment to

help prepare New Yorks workorce or the 21st century economy.

Our joint two-part orum series in July and August 2009

explored the human capital need acing the city over the nexttwo decades, viewing the issues through two lenses: employer

needs that must be addressed i the city is to maintain its

economic edge; and the skills gap among the citys working-age

population o young adults, immigrants, ormerly incarcerated

persons, and public assistance recipients.

Attended by more than 600 leading gures rom the public and

private sectors, policy makers, and concerned New Yorkers,

the orums provided an extraordinary opportunity to incubate

new ideas.

From these events and jointly conducted research, CSS and

CUF issued a comprehensive report on New York Citys human

capital outlook, entitled Closing the Skills Gap: A Blueprint

for Preparing New York Citys Workforce to Meet the

Evolving Needs of Employers. The report includes 34 detailed

recommendations or strengthening the citys K12 educational

system, community college network, and workorce

development systemchanges that will advance New Yorks

economic interests or decades to come.

CSS and CUF disseminated the reports ndings ar and wide,

including meetings with community stakeholders and briengs

with the New York City Council and New York State Assembly

and Senate.

wOrkInG FOr cHanGe

The Working or Change orum is a monthly policy brieng

in Washington, D.C., co-sponsored by CSS and the Coalition

on Human Needs. The orum brings together congressional

sta, policy advocates, and thought leaders to advancepolicies that promote the economic security o the working

poor. In 2010, the orum ocused on health care reorm, paid

sick time or low-wage workers, setting a jobs agenda or a

sustained economic recovery, reraming the criteria by which

poverty is dened to arrive at more meaningul measures, and

related issues.

adVOcacy day FOr THe FOrmerly

IncarceraTed

In May 2010, a strong turnout o more than 150 advocatesarrived in Albany or the 4th Annual New York Reentry

Roundtable Albany Advocacy Dayan event sponsored by

CSS to engage our elected ocials in eliminating the systemic

obstacles to civic participation and economic opportunity that

people with conviction histories continue to ace long ater they

have served their time.


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css In THe news

Media coverage o CSS research, advocacy,

and services on behal o low-income New

Yorkers in 2010 included more than 115

mentions in print and online media outlets,

36 radio and TV appearances, and more

than 100 opinion pieces by CSS President

& CEO David R. Jones. Media highlights

rom 2010 include:

David R. Jones authored a provocative series o weekly

blog entries on The Hungton Post covering a wide range

o issues, including the potential o green economy jobs to

create new opportunities or low-income workers, New

York Citys rising tide o chronic joblessness, and the value

o health care reorm to New Yorks economic well-being.

The New York Timess highly respected Neediest

Cases series included several articles covering the

extraordinary experiences o CSS clients trying to shape

a more positive uture or themselves and their amilies.

CSS is one o seven agencies that receive support through

the Timess annual undraising drive.

GOVernmenT TesTImOny

In 2010, CSS experts

were requently called

upon to testiy beore key

local, state, and ederal

legislative bodies. Public

testimonies are just one o

the many ways we share

our research ndings,infuence policy decisions, and help to change the conversation

about poverty, health care, education, and economic

opportunity in New York City and nationwide.

In May 2010, CSS President and CEO David R. Jones

delivered testimony in Washington, D.C., at a hearing o the

Joint Economic Committee o the U.S. Congress. Mr. Joness

testimonyAvoiding a Lost Generation: How to Minimize

the Impact o the Great Recession on Young Workerslent

an important perspective to the hearings on Congressional

action to reduce unemployment among young workers.

Eve i a time o skrocketig ecoomic ieqalit,

the isses srrodig povert, the icome gap,the emplomet crisis, ad the strggles o

the workig poor are ote derreported i the

maistream media. To esre that these pivotal

ews stories are ot lost i the shfe o media

satratio ad iormatio overload, CSS recetl

took o the role o pblisher o City Limits,

a idepedet, ivestigative pblicatio ocsed o civic aairs i

new york Cit.

Available i prit ad electroic ormats, City Limits(www.citlimits.org) is the

cits largest oprot, civic-ocsed ews site, eatrig i-depth reportigo the politics ad policies that aect the atios rba ageda. This

award-wiig pblicatio brigs a idepedet editorial voice to promote

pblic awareess o how todas ecoomic ladscape is shapig the lives o

idividals ad commities citwide.

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Along with our research and advocacy work, the Community

Service Society delivers a range o innovative services to enable

low-income New Yorkers, including the working poor, to increase

their economic security.

We look beyond statistics to create meaningul responses to

service gaps that leave thousands o New Yorkers out in the cold

when it comes to aordable health care and housing, educational

opportunities, and work that pays a living wage.

lOOkInG OuT FOr THe needs OF new yOrkers

serVIce HIGHlIGHTs


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a sTeadFasTFOcus OnecOnOmIcempOwermenTIssue OVerVIew

New Yorks Citys widespread unemployment, low wages, and the

high cost o liing leae low-income New Yorkers with little saings

and high leels o debt. The CSS Financial Advocacy Program

provides money-management coaching and public benet

counseling that empower people with the knowledge and

support to make the most o their limited resources.

In a time o skyrocketing demand or its services, the Financial

Advocacy Program maximizes its reach by marshalling the

extensive volunteer resources o the CSS Retired and Senior

Volunteer Program (RSVP)a nationally acclaimed program

that enlists adults ages 55 and older to strengthen their

communities by serving as volunteers. RSVP has grown into

a 6,000-strong cohort o older retired volunteers comprising

nearly 50 percent black, Latino, and Asian adults rom

communities around New York City. The synergy between the

Financial Advocacy Program and RSVP exemplies a key CSS

strategy or generating the greatest possible impact in an era o

limited resources.

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The Financial Advocacy Program has two signature projects:

the Financial Coaching Corps (FCC) and the ACES (Advocacy,Counseling, and Entitlement Services) project. Both projects

assist clients on-site at CSS and at 50 partner agencies that

serve low-income communities within the ve boroughs.

The FCC provides one-to-one coaching and skills development

on nancial literacy issues such as budgeting, debt-reduction

planning, credit repair, and creating a savings strategy. In

2010, the FCC assisted 524 clientsmany o them acing acute

diculties due to unemployment or underemployment.

The ACES project helps low-wage workers and others to access

the benets theyre entitled to by screening clients or eligibility

helping to complete benets applications, and advocating

to correct benets-related problems. In 2010, the project

conducted 5,455 public benet counseling sessions that helped

increase individuals and amilies economic security and pave

the way toward sel-suciency.

parTner VIewpOInT

Our Financial Adocacy Program olunteer

has built strong relationships with our clients,

helping with eerything rom flling out Medicaid

applications to debt management. Her sensitie

approach is an A+ or our clients, who hae a lot

o stress about their economic circumstances.

Andrea Johnson, LCSW, Social Work Superisor,

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TakInG a lOnG-Term VIew OnHealTH care

access andreFOrmIssue OVerVIew

In March 2010, President Obama signed the Aordable Care Act

(ACA), the most signifcant adance or economic justice and ciil

rights in the United States in decades. An estimated 32 millionAmericans will gain health care coverage as a result o this

landmark legislation.

CSS and other advocates ought tirelessly to include

appropriate consumer protections in the nal bill. This

included the provision o $30 million to und state-based

consumer assistance programs, on the model o CSSs

Community Health Advocates (CHA) program, to help

the newly insured navigate a complex array o new health

coverage options.

In 2011, CHA and its network will take the lead in preparingNew York State consumers or changes stemming rom health

care reorm through a new live, statewide helpline as well as

individual counseling sessions and community presentations

provided by our partners across the state.

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Through its Community Health Advocates program (ormerly

known as the Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program),

CSS provided technical assistance, inormation, and counseling

on public managed care issues and health benet options to

clients who needed assistance in understanding and utilizing

Medicaid, Medicare, Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus,

and private insurance.

CHA highlights or 2010 included:

Providing more than 12,500 consumers with individual

counseling and training sessions;

Individually counseling nearly 9,000 health care

consumers to help them enroll in or retain coverage,

utilize their coverage, or otherwise access the health care

system;

Conducting 560 trainings in community-based settings

or more than 3,500 advocates and consumers in

11 languages about how to enroll in and use health

insurance;

Collaborating with 24 community-based organizations

in low-income, low literacy, and immigrant communities

to connect New Yorks most vulnerable amilies and

individuals to health care; and

Launching a new, multilingual website that enables New

Yorkers to access user-riendly inormation about their

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cOnsumer VIewpOInT

It is so important or people to get the right

inormation. I was new to the whole Medicaid

process and thought I was coered until I receied

a $6,500 bill or my daughters pre-natal care and

deliery. My CHA adocate helped get the bill

reduced, answered all my questions, and got mydaughter the health coerage she needs.

Melissa Mendez, CHA client

I the wake o the Great Recessio, the ederal govermet eacted a ew

premim sbsid to help laid-o workers pa or health israce premims

der the Cosolidated Omibs Bdget Recociliatio Act (COBRA) . I new

york, state law was modied to exted COBRA eligibilit rom 18 to 36 moths.

Almost immediatel, or Commit Health Advocates helplie bega

receivig meros calls rom cosmers with COBRA-related qestios.

Beore log, the mber o calls abot COBRA had tripled. CHA embarked

o a edcatioal campaig abot COBRA ad the ew premim sbsid,

traiig its etwork o commit-based orgaizatios to spread the

iormatio ar ad wide.

CHA also leared that locall- ad atioall-based emploer beet

maagers were aware o new york States COBRA extesio ad were

prematrel termiatig ot-o-work cosmers coverage. To prevet eligible

idividals rom losig ot o the exteded COBRA beets, CHA collected

represetative cases ad, workig with the relevat govermet agecies,

cotacted the major ot-o-state beet maagers, emploers, ad isrers

to edcate them abot the ew rles.

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TO meeTHuman needsIssue OVerVIew

More than $2 billion in public benefts go unclaimed by eligible

indiiduals and amilies in New York City each year. Many people

dont realize they are eligible or benets like ood stamps orhousing assistance, or are discouraged by the bureaucratic

application processes.

This trend is cause or concern, not only because public

benets help poor people make ends meet, but because they

provide a degree o economic stability that can lay the path

toward sel-suciency.

The Center or Benets and Services (CBS), a cornerstone

program at CSS, builds the capacity o New York Citys

community-based organizations to ensure that their clients

get the benets theyre entitled to. Our print, online, training,and educational resources demystiy the intricacies o various

benet programs, giving hundreds o small organizations an

indispensable tool or increasing the economic security o the

many thousands o low-income New Yorkers they serve.

a clOser lOOk

In April 2010, the Center or Benets and Services published

the 4th edition o Benets Plus, our comprehensive manual on

60 ederal, state, and city government benet programs and

services. Social service proessionals and advocates rely on thi

user-riendly online resource to connect tens o thousands o

low-income New Yorkers with vital benets. In the rst three

months, nearly 200 people subscribed to Benets Plus.

CBS has also ormed a unique Partnership Initiative that

completed its rst year o work in 2010. The Partnership

Initiative provides substantial support to community-based

organizations that provide workorce development and

educational services that promote upward mobility. Throughemergency nancial assistance, training, and technical

assistance regarding public benets and housing assistance, the

Partnership Initiative makes sure ront-line organizations have

the resources they need to help their clients work their way out

o poverty.

parTner VIewpOInT

Were seeing people who neer thought they

would go to a ood pantrylaid-o teachers,nursing students, and working people. On a

gien day, I might see 75 clients, but without

the CBS trainings, I cant always connect them

to the right benefts. The frst thing I do when I

come to work is log on to the Benefts Plus site,

so I know I hae backup when I need it.

Maria Pacheco, West Side Campaign Against Hunger

(WCAH), a CSS Partnership Initiatie participant


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$207,267 i direct acial assistace distribted to 532 clietsb or Ceter or Beets ad Services thaks to or logstadig spport

rom The New York Timesneediest Cases d.

6,875 olunteersworkig at more tha 400 pblic adoprot istittios throghot the ve boroghs throgh or log-rig

Retired ad Seior Volteer Program (RSVP)the atios fagship service

iitiative or older adlts ad retirees, which origiated at CSS.

1,144 workshopscodcted b or Medicaid ChoiceEdcatio Project (MCEP)a statewide iitiative helpig more tha 12,000

Medicaid recipiets select appropriate health plas.

Up to 18 months o serice provided tomore tha 250 og adlts throgh or Workorce Advocac ad Spport

Iitiative (WASI), which parters with or workorce developmet agecies to

ideti oth i eed o extra spport ad services to make the trasitio to

log-term emplomet.

234 rap sheet errors identifedthrogh or Record Repair Coselig Program, which helped 425

cliets seekig to rebild lives ad careers ater a crimial covictio

or period o icarceratio. CSS also cotied to operate two volteer

metorig programs: MetorCHIP, which helps og adlts i alteratives

to icarceratio programs, ad MetoruP, which helps the childre oicarcerated parets. Both programs bild the skills, codece, ad

academic achievemets eeded to help break the ccle o recidivism.

414 K3 students received oe-o-oe ttorig or i-class metorig rom 42 taleted volteers i or Experiece Corps literac

program. Or program has bee show to sigicatl icrease readig

abilit i academicall at-risk stdets i the earl grades.

snapsHOT OF 2010serVIce HIGHlIGHTs

Other highlights o CBS programming include trainings

or social service proessionals and services to individuals

and amilies. In 2010, nearly 1,000 social service providers

registered or our trainings, which included 31 specialized

workshops on a wide range o public benets and resources.

Meanwhile, our in-house case managers served more than

800 clients, many o whom received direct nancial assistance

or the purposes o acilitating employment (licensing,

transportation, attire, and training), preventing eviction, and

stabilizing households aced with nancial emergencies.

pIcTurInG Our serVIces

AnnuAL REPOR


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Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Permanently Restricted Total

reVenue:

Public support:

Cotribtios $ 388,013 $ 25,039 $ $ 413,052

Fodatios 270,550 1,048,560 1,319,110

Beqests 2,023,333 2,023,333

Greater new york Fd/uited Wa 580 40,550 41,130

new york Times neediest Cases Fd 1,094,928 1,094,928

Govermet grats 5,235,207 5,235,207

Cotracts 679,800 679,800

Sbscriptio ad advertisemet icome 60,648 60,648

Total public support 3,422,924 7,444,284 10,867,208

Other reenue:

Ivestmet icome 11,182,636 3,162,786 14,345,422

Chage i air vale o beecial iterest i perpetal trsts 1,424,173 1,424,173

Program service ees 102,860 102,860

Chage i ivestmet i The uited Charities 125,450 125,450

Total other reenue 11,410,946 3,162,786 1,424,173 15,997,905

net assets released rom restrictios 10,243,807 (10,243,807)

Total Reenue 25,077,677 363,263 1,424,173 26,865,113

eXpenses:

Program serices:

Direct service program 11,455,461 11,455,461

Polic research ad advocac 3,119,807 3,119,807

Pblic iterest 1,548,503 1,548,503

Total program serices 16,123,771 16,123,771

Supporting serices:

Maagemet ad geeral 4,003,958 4,003,958

Fdraisig 782,602 782,602

Total supporting serices 4,786,560 4,686,560

Total Expenses 20,910,331 20,910,331

Chage i et assets beore other charges 4,167,346 363,263 1,424,173 5,954,782

Pesio ad postretiremet beet adjstmet (2,488,363) (2,488,363)

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 1,678,983 363,263 1,424,173 3,466,419

NET ASSETSBeginning o year 62,384,416 18,315,202 55,312,603 136,012,221

NET ASSETSEnd o year $ 64,063,399 $ 18,678,465 $ 56,736,776 $ 139,478,640

FInancIal sTaTemenTCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIvITIESyEAR EnDInG JunE 30, 2010


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AnnuAL REPOR

asseTs:

Cash And Cash Equialents $ 4,058,277

Marketable Securities 112,464,551

Accounts Receiable:

Govermet agecies 5,041,100

Other 182,713

Benefcial Interest In Perpetual Trusts 27,642,241

Accrued Interest And Diidends Receiable 13,933

Prepaid Expenses And Other Assets 77,961

Intangible AssetCit Limits Magazie 220,000

Inestment In The uited Charities 1,163,349

Equipment and Improementsnet 2,378,805

TOTAL $ 153,242,930

lIaBIlITIes and neT asseTs

Liabilities:

Accots paable ad accred expeses $ 2,519,452

Accred vacatio pa 904,733

Loa Paable 170,000

Liabi li t or postemplomet ad postret iremet beets 1,626,174

Pesio Liabilit 8,543,931

Total Liabilities 13,764,290

NET ASSETS:

urestricted 64,063,399

Temporaril restricted 18,678,465

Permaetl restricted 56,736,776

Total Net Assets 139,478,640

TOTAL $ 153,242,930

FInancIal sTaTemenTCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL

POSITIONyEAR EnDInG JunE 30, 2010

NOTES1. These cosolidated statemets iclde all ds o the Commit Service Societ o

new york ad its a liates, The Istitte or Commit Empowermet, ad Frieds o

RSVP, Ic. The statemets are codesed rom the acial statemets or the ear

edig Je 30, 2010, which have bee adited b Loeb & Troper LLP.

2. A cop o the latest CSS acial report led with the new york Departmet o S tate i

Alba is available po reqest rom the Departmet or CSS.

3. The Societs board ollows a polic o appropriatig Edowmet moies accordig

to a ormla. The crret ormla allows p to 6% o the ve-ear average o the

Edowmets market vale to be spet. For the scal ear eded Je 30, 2010, the

Societ appropriated $8,366,000, accordig to this ormla.


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Our suppOrTers

VIsIOnarIes ($100,000+)

Baisle Powell Elebash Fd

The Ira W. DeCamp Fodatio

Estate o Berie Hter

The new york Commit Trst

new york State Health Fodatio

The new york Times neediest

Cases Fd

The Pikerto Fodatio

Estate o Eva Schoeberger

The Starr Fodatio

Tiger Fodatio

Mariae G. Wildig-White Trst

Robert Wood Johso Fodatio

sTewards ($50,000+)

Caregie Corporatio o new york

Hele M. deKa Trst

Mar J. Htchis Fodatio

adVOcaTes ($25,000+)

Coca-Cola Compa

FJCA Fodatio o

Philathropic Fds

The Hagedor Fd

The Radi ad Cliord Lae

Fodatio

Mr. & Mrs. David E. Moore

Estate o Joseph Pa

The Ted Sowdo Fodatio

Robert Sterlig Clark Fodatio

cHampIOns ($10,000+)

Roger ad Hele Alcal

AomosMs. Virgiia Brod

Joh Alexader Lockwood Trst

Marble Fd, Ic.

Patto Famil Fodatio

Mr. David Paker

uited Hospital Fd

paTrOns ($5,000+)

Ala & Arlee Alda

Ms. Melissa A. Berma

& Mr. Richard Klotz

Mrs. Lois R. Collier

Ms. Kate Delacorte

Ms. Valerie H. Delacorte

DeLaCor Famil Fodatio

Mr. Mark M. Edmisto

Mrs. Florece H. Frcher

Jarvie Commoweal Service

Philip Kapla Glass Works LLC

Joel & Kate Kopp

The Lichtestei Fodatio, Ic.

The new york Times Compa

Fodatio

Rdi Fodatio Ic.

Sarah I. Schieeli Residar Trst

spOnsOrs ($2,500+)

Aomos

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow

Mr. Richard Brialt &

Dr. Sherr Glied

The BTMu Fodatio, Ic.

Ms. Jd Chambers

Her Christese, III, Esq.Mrs. Barbara J. Fie

Ford Fodatio Matchig

Gits Program

Mr. David Goldhill

Mr. Philip L. Graham, Jr.

Mrs. Maria S. Heiskell

G. Pe Holsebeck, Esq.

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lamm

Ms. Marta Lawrece

Doald W. Savelso, Esq.

Mark A. Willis, Esq.

FrIends ($1,000+)

Aomos

Ko Appeteg, Esq.

Mr. Richard I. Beattie

Joh n. Blackmo, Sr. Fodatio

Robert B. & Patricia M. Care

Mr. & Mrs. Withrop D. Chamberli

Mr. Timoth Chambers

Richard Cotto, Esq.

Dr. Margot Amma Drrer

Ssa S. & norma I. Faistei

Mr. Dall W. Forsthe

Mr. Stephe H. Frisha

Daiel W. Gerrit, Esq.

The Glickehas Fodatio

Lee Gotlieb Fd Ic.

Ms. Joa Grald

Mr. nicholas A. Gravate, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Haje

Gweda ad Joh Haso Fd

Joseph R. Harbert, Ph.D.

Ms. Joa C. Hiam

Estate o Chase Horto

Estate o Mario B. Hter

Mr. & Mrs. James Hrle

Dr. norma Hmes

Pal H. & Barbara M. Jekel

Mr. David L. Kig

Mrs. Shirle L. Klei Clat

Mr. Micah C. Lasher

Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Leeds

Kell Oneill Lev, Esq.

Ms. Barbara Lidsk

Mr. Mark E. Lieberma

Mr. Victor Lider

Mrs. Margaret P. Mater

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Meschel

Harve Miller, Esq.

Ralph da Costa nez, Ph.D.

Ms. Aa Oliveira

Ms. Carol L. Oneale

Mr. & Mrs. Brce & nicole Paiser

Mr. David J. Pollak

Mr. & Mrs. William B. Pollard, III

Mr. Side Lee Posel

Vicki P. & Charles Raebr

Mrs. Mora Reid-Schwartz

Lida Adriee Rock, M.D.

Mr. Harold L. Rose

Ms. Deborah M. Sale

Ms. Costace Schrat

Sills Famil Fodatio

Mr. Jamil Simo

Mr. neal I. Smith

The Sobel Famil Fodatio

Mr. nicholas A. Stephes

James & Jlia Streit

Mr. & Mrs. Joh K. &

Margaret A. Sweee

Miss Elizabeth Taer

Marcia Brad Tcker Fodatio

Ms. Michelle Webb

Abb M. Wezel, Esq.

Ms. Lcille Werliich

GOVernmenT suppOrT

Civic Vetres

Corporatio or natioal ad

Commit Service

new york Cit Cocil

new york Cit Departmet

or the Agig

new york Cit Departmet o Health

new york Cit Departmet o

Homeless Services

new york Cit Oce o

Fiacial Empowermet

new york State Health Israce

Iormatio, Coselig ad

Assistace Program

new york State Oce or the Agig

u.S. Departmet o Jveile Jstice

prO BOnO leGal suppOrT

Coze OCoor

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Dechert LLP

Maatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Schlte Roth & Zabel LLP

The Community Serice Society

o New York is a nonproft,

nonsectarian, tax-exempt

organization. Donations to the

Community Serice Society are

tax deductible.

The Community Service Society o New York is grateul or the generosity o all its supporters. As space is limited, we are only

able list our major contributors. However, this does not minimize our appreciation o everyone who cares about CSSs work.


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AnnuAL REPOR

OFFIcers, TrusTees, and senIOr sTaFF

eXecuTIVe OFFIcers

David R. Joes, Esq.

President and Chie

Executive Ofcer

Steve L. Krase,

Executive Vice President

and Chie Operating Ofcer

20102011 BOard

OF TrusTees

Ko Appeteg, Esq.

Chairperson

Joseph R. Harbert, Ph.D.

Vice Chairperson

Ralph da Costa nez, Ph.D.

Treasurer

Deborah M. Sale

Secretary

Joh F. Beatt

Adam M. Blmethal

Steve Brow

Richard R. Ber, Jr.

Jd Chambers

Bill Chog

Melissa Crti

Sde de Jogh

Florece H. Frcher

nicholas A. Gravate, Jr., Esq.

Bets Gotbam

G. Pe Holsebeck, Esq.

Brad Holma

Matthew Klei

Micah C. Lasher

Kell Oneill Lev, Esq.

Mark E. Lieberma

Terri L. Ldwig

Joce L. Miller

Aa L. Oliveira

Carol L. Oneale

David PollakDoald W. Savelso, Esq.

Sadra Silverma

Barbara nevis Talor

Jeer J. Weaver

Michelle Webb

Abb M. Wezel, Esq.

Mark A. Willis

HOnOrary lIFe TrusTees

Stephe R. Aiello, Ph.D.David n. Dikis

Maria S. Heiskell

Doglas Williams

senIOr sTaFF

Elisabeth R. Bejami

Vice President o Health Initiatives

Jaeee K. Freema

Director o Government Relations

Melissa Kostovski

Director o Development

Jere n. Macli

Director o Public Relations

Alia Molia

Vice President or

Program Services

nac Raki

Vice President or Research,

Policy, and Advocacy

Jere F. Rizzo

Vice President and Chie

Financial Ofcer

Jdith Whitig

General Counsel

Alia Witers

Director o Marketing and

Communications

Annual Report covers scal year July 1, 2009 through

June 30, 2010.

Special thanks to Gerry Gomez Pearlberg or copywriting

and editorial assistance; and to Hazan & Company or

graphic design.

Copies may be obtained by contacting:Department o Marketing and Communications

Community Service Society o New York

105 East 22nd Street

New York, NY 10010

Telephone: 212-614-5314

For more inormation about the Community Service Society,

visit our website at www.cssny.org.


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