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Almost Home Kids 2011 Annual Report Liska + Associates 691003 10.11.11 Revision 0

Campaign for Growth 2011 Annual Report


Our Mission at Almost Home Kids is to provide transitional care in a home-like setting to children with complicated health needs, training for their families and respite care.

Cover: Farah, 11 months, drifts off to sleep in the arms of Child Life Specialist Intern Joan Timberlake. Opposite from left: 3-year old Maria with Samantha, a freshman at a local high school; Morgan, 14 years old, enjoying the garden; Matthew, 5 months, with his mom going home.

Scarlett, 5 months old, with a Child Life Specialist Intern doing developmental therapy.

Almost Home Kids — Campaign for Growth

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Dear Friends, In fiscal year 2011, AHK continued to help children and their families. Despite a very challenging funding climate, we experienced a time of growth. We are thrilled about our progress as we expand our home in DuPage County and have signed our lease to open a second facility in 2012 in downtown Chicago. It is an exciting time for us and we hope you will embrace the opportunity and become part of our family. Help us “share the care”.

Under the direction of our Medical Director, Mary Keen, M.D., we serve as a leader in providing care and compassion for children who are medically fragile. Our home medical model is recognized by hospitals, clinics and insurance companies as a cost effective alternative. In September of 2011, our Board of Directors revisited the vision statement by asking the question – what does success look like in the future? The resulting vision statement: The AHK model is present in any place there is a need without regard to geographical boundaries. All key community and policy stakeholders are fully committed to the AHK model and recognize it as the premiere standard of care.

We are thankful to have a dedicated staff, committed Board of Directors, volunteer network and other stakeholders who generously support our mission. We thank all the individuals, civic groups, government, corporate and philanthropic partners whose contributions allow us to achieve our goals.

With gratitude,

Deborah A. Grisko, RN President & CEO

Doug Truax Chairman of the Board

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Caring for Our Children There is a growing need for facilities dedicated to the care of children who are medically fragile, which means the child is in a stable condition, but is dependent on life sustaining medications, treatments, equipment and has need for assistance with activities of daily living.

For the past two years, Almost Home Kids has been forced to turn away more that 50 children and families because of lack of space at the Naperville facility. Now we will soon be able to welcome more children into the Almost Home Kids family with a second location in downtown Chicago, scheduled to open in the summer of 2012.

How We Do ItTransitional Care — A bridge from hospital to home

AHK provides a Transitional Care Program for children who are ready to be discharged from a hospital but for whom preparations at home need to be made. In a comforting environment, children receive 24-hour medical and nurs-ing support from skilled pediatric nurses. AHK trains families on how to both care for their children who are medically fragile and prepare the home for their child.

Respite Care

The Respite Care Program at AHK offers children a comfortable place to stay with access to medical and nursing support while their

parents/caregivers tend to personal or family issues. The Respite Transportation Program provides roundtrip transportation for a child from their home to an AHK facility.

Our model for providing transitional and short-term respite care can be replicated throughout the country. Where the need exists, the organiza-tion will help facilitate development of other Almost Home Kids locations.

Community Support

In addition to training and care, AHK provides community resources and activities that become a support system the family can depend on for years to come.

Volunteer Michelle Vermeland reads to 13-year old Obedyah. He came to AHK for transitional care following a traumatic brain injury.

Medically Fragile DefinedOur audience is medically fragile which means the child is in a stable condition, but is dependent on life sustaining medications, treatments, equipment and has need for assistance with activities of daily living.

Eligibility Requirements■ Families from Illinois■ Age from Birth to 22■ Children who are Medically Fragile■ Children who are Technology Dependent

Services■ Medical Home Provider■ 24/7 care by Pediatric Advance Life

Support (PALS) and Ventilator Certified Registered Nurses

■ On-site Pediatric Medical Director■ Speech Therapy■ Occupational Therapy■ Physical Therapy■ Development Therapy■ Nutrition Consultation■ Weekly Care Conferences■ Discharge Coordination Meetings■ Individual Educational Coordination■ Fully Accessible Playground (Naperville)■ Beautifully Landscaped Grounds with

Wheelchair Accessible Paths (Naperville)■ On-site Respite■ Emergency Respite■ Respite Transportation Services

Community of SupportFrom navigating the healthcare system to providing emotional support, Almost Home Kids introduces families to a continuum of care that is community based:■ Case Management ■ Parent Advocacy Assistance■ Case Coordination — Medical Team

Opposite: Travis, 12 months old, enjoying the playground at AHK’s Naperville facility with Dad and Mom.



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Medical Home Model

Hospital is ready to release a child with complicated health needs but caregivers have no experience in handling the care.

Child is diagnosed with complicated health needs and treated at hospital.

Transitional Care offers short-term care for the child, care coordination and training for caregivers.

Respite Care offers a safety net in the continuum of care.

Trained caregiver takes the child back to the prepared home environment.

Caregiver has to take a temporary leave and requires support for the child’s care.

Almost Home KidsHospital Home Environment

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Financial Review April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011Statement of Operations 2011 2010

Program Services 1,625,096 1,454,871

Contributions & Other Support (does not include In-kind Gifts) 660,521 574,624

Change in Value of Beneficial Interests 110,765 136,918

Expense 1,987,739 1,856,043

Change in Net Assets 1,200,425 310,370

Balance Sheet

Assets

Current Assets 853,975 540,488

Property and Equipment, Net 989,502 1,027,960

Beneficial Interests 1,480,254 577,707

Total Assets 3,323,731 2,146,155

Liabilities

Current Liabilities 95,579 138,332

Long-Term Liabilities 819,337 799,433

Net Assets 2,408,815 1,208,390

Total Liabilities 3,323,731 2,146,155

47.3% Corporations and Foundations

19.7% In-kind Gifts

18.2% Civic and Religious Groups

14.8% Individuals

Almost Home Kids Private Donations: $724,934

Days of Care

2,110

2,4462,639 2,728

FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011

47.3%

19.7%

18.2%

14.8%



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Funding SourcesAHK is licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health and operates under the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act as a Children’s Community-Based Health Care Center. Three out of four of the families served at AHK live at or below the federal poverty level. Most qualify for medical care support from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and many are eligible for children’s waiver services through the Department of Specialized Care for Children. Neither of these governmental programs covers the complete cost to care for the children. AHK absorbs the unreimbursed medical expenses by turning to philanthropy.

How We Spend FundsIt is 500% more expensive to provide continuous clinical care for a child in the hospital rather than an AHK facility. Each day spent at AHK represents a tremendous financial savings to the State of Illinois. During FY 2010 and 2011, AHK saved Illinois taxpayers over $10 million in Medicaid dollars.

■ Almost Home Kids applies 85 cents of every dollar raised to its mission.

■ Almost Home Kids harnesses the power of volunteers on a daily basis. Over 500 volunteers give more than 3,500 hours to AHK annually. This represents 2.5 full time employees over the course of a given year.

■ Almost Home Kids benefits the community by offering resident and fellow training, advocacy efforts on behalf of children and family-centered support services and programs.

Daily Savings of $3,265

$4,115$850

Hospital

AlmostHome Kids

Average Cost per Day

Clockwise from left: Volunteers from Crowe Horwath Public Accounting; Michelle and volunteer Gini Herkert, engage Kristin, photo courtesy of Sean M. Schmidt; Volunteers from Lend Lease/Chicago.

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Almost Home Kids in Chicago AHK will lease the 6th floor of a new Ronald McDonald House in Chicago. This building, situated near four world-class hospitals, is scheduled to open in summer 2012. The partnership between AHK and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana (RMHC-CNI) is the first of its kind. By combining the care and services for children who are medically fragile with RMHC-CNI, families will be reunited sooner and the partnership will keep families together and strong.

AHK is poised to be a national leader in treating children that are medically fragile, with a cost-effective business model that can easily be replicated in any community across the country.

Clockwise from top left: New Ronald McDonald House building; Child’s room; Kitchen for the children, families, volunteers and staff; Living room.

AHK on the 6th floor


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We Need Your SupportAHK relies on philanthropy to deliver critical care to its children and their families. Support comes from individuals, civic groups, government, corporate and philanthropic partners. Together, we “share the care” by providing medical care and compassion for children with complicated medical needs.

Almost Home Kids Chicago will enjoy 8,000 square feet comprised of six bedrooms and one playroom so families may spend time together while transitioning from hospital to home. The floor plan also includes a therapy room, a work station for nursing staff, laundry room and, of course, a kitchen for families.

Total cost for construction, furnishing, equipment and start up costs is $3.5 million and the operational cost for the two facilities (Naperville and Chicago) over the next five years is $4.5 million. With enthusiastic support from its Board of Directors, Almost Home Kids is seeking public grants and private donations to fund the $8 million project.

To make a gift please visit www.AlmostHomeKids.org or call Raeann Olsen-Jackson at 630.786.1765.

“Almost Home Kids projects 3,500 additional days of care through our new Chicago site per year. This translates into an estimated $10 million in cost savings to Illinois taxpayers over the course of a year.” Deborah Grisko, RN, President & CEO

■ There are currently more than 6,000 children in Illinois who are medically fragile and dependant on technology.

■ Children with special healthcare needs represent an estimated 12 – 18% of children in Illinois.

■ Since opening their doors in 1992, Almost Home Kids has served more than 720 children.

From left: Kathy Stegman, AHK’s Director of Nursing with Lupita; Stephen; Gerardo; Lupita.

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Individual Donors

$5,000 and greaterMaureen and Robert BingleEuan McLean Memorial FundMary and Bill Neustadt

$2,000 - $4,999Jayme and Peter FlowersMarcia Glenn and James HoagDeborah and Steven GriskoErica and Dr. Michael HoffmanDr. Mary Keen and Charles KirchoffStacia Kopplin and Thomas MitchellTejal and Martin MullarkeySusan SchwartzNicole and Douglas TruaxAnonymous

$1,000 - $1,999Curt BoehmkePerry BrowderMichael CushingJames EnglishDominick EspositoJoan and William KelleyJulie and Christian KemnitzCasey MeyerLisa and Michael MullarkeyJeni and Ryan MurphyElizabeth and David NehfKathy OlechowskiCynthia and Gregory PageKathy and Thomas RothDee and Raymond SchumacherDarlene and John ScottDora and John Silvia

$500 - $999Elaine and Kevin BurkeJoan and Joseph DotoliThomas GrottsJoanne and Travis HaldemanSonia and James HarmonMark HenningDaniel HewittCarolyn and Joe JohnsonJanet and John La RocqueTracy and Christopher LoudonBeth and Daniel MaguireMary Kathryn MasseryJacqueline and Edward McGowanKevin MitchellMaureen and Kevin MoeggenborgMatthew MullarkeyD. and K. O’ConnorHeather O’SheaGayle and Philip PerzekMichael PesolaMargaret and Ken PikusCarmel and Daniel RothAngela and Drew SementaJade SimonMissy and James SlatteryLiz Somone

Richard SullivanDeborah and John SweeneyLim Taek-KyumMonique and Jay WaltersPhyllis and David WarrickLea WayneMarlene and William Wolz

$250 - $499Marilyn BergCindy and Mike BlumRandy BrownMichael G. BusseJudy and John CableJacqueline and Paul DemesDiane and Brian DiedrichJoan and Michael DiggsDavid Drake, DDSKathryn and Daniel DresselPatricia and Howard EmberCarol and Anthony FojtikHugh FranklinLucy and Richard GavenPeggy and Frank HarmonKristin and Kevin HoganBrenda and Gary HolterNancy and Ed KarasekCindy and James KlimaBernadine and Brian KowalskiJennifer LovejoyAngela and John LovelessJames MaddenDeborah and Bruce PfaffJennifer and James PhilbrickDennis ReganLaura and Steven ReitmanKenneth RosenzweigMilorad SavicJennifer C. and Matthew C. ScheboJohn J. ScottJyotsnabel and Ruchi ShahAnne M. and Peter M. Shannon, Jr.Anthony SomoneScott SterbaWilliam C. WaddellKaren and David WaltonPatricia and John Wright

Corporations and Foundations

Advanced Life SciencesAlfred Bersted FoundationAllstate Giving CampaignAmerican Academy of Sleep MedicineAmicus FoundationBaizer Kolar & Lewis P.C.Bank of America FoundationBernhard WoodworkThe Billy FundCardinal Pallet Co.CB Richard EllisCenterPoint Properties TrustChasers Sports Bar & GrillThe Chicago Community Foundation

Chicago Fire FoundationChristopher B. Burke EngineeringCole Taylor BankCommunity Memorial FoundationCompusystemsThe Conduit TeamCorboy & DemetrioCoyne AssociatesDavid C. McCaffrey Stable, Inc.Delta Dental of IllinoisDirect EnergyElkay Manufacturing CompanyElmhurst CollegeExecutive Construction Inc.Flooring Resources CorporationFoote, Meyers, Mielke & Flowers, LLCGatz ConstructionGlobal Experience Specialists, Inc.Golf Mill FordGood Heart, Work Smart FoundationGuardian Life InsuranceH&W IngredientsHaskin & CorriganHealth Care Service CorporationHinsdale Bank & TrustHolly Duran Real EstateHoward Street InnIllinois Women’s Soccer LeagueInter Ocean Cabinet CompanyInterior SystemsItalian American Labor CouncilJessica Jones Charitable FundJones Lang LaSalleKardos Family FoundationKovitz InvestmentsKraft Foods Foundation - Matching Gifts ProgramMcDonald’s Central DivisionMCE-Chicago HQMcGraw Hill CompaniesMcMaster Carr Supply CompanyMullarkey Associates, Inc.Network Merchants, Inc.Neuco, Inc.NokiaNorthern Illinois Terrazzo & Tile CompanyThe Northern Trust CompanyPabst Brewing CompanyThe Patrick James Ryan Trust FundPepsi-Cola Champaign-Urbana Bottling CompanyPhilip H. Corboy FoundationPower Marketing Inc.Premier Payment SystemsPrint Post, Inc.ProAssurance (ProNational) Insurance Co.Professional Benefit AdministratorsQuantumRex ElectricRichard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead TrustRichard J. Reimer & Associates LLCRobert R. McCormick FoundationRobinson Grant & Co.

AcknowledgementsAlmost Home Kids is extremely grateful for the support of donors and volunteers. We thank the following individuals, foundations, corporations and civic groups for their contributions received from April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011.



Rocco & RoccoSara Lee FoundationScott Lindsay Sales & Marketing, Inc.The StandardStar NissanStevenson Crane Service, Inc.Topfer Family FoundationTuntas and D’AgostinoTurano Baking CompanyTurano Foundation, Inc.Turner ConstructionTyco Fire ProductsUnited WayUPS FoundationVeriClaim, Inc.VOA Associates IncorporatedWalsh GroupWashington Square Health FoundationWhite Light GroupWinters Enright Salzella and O’BrienWolf & Company LLP

Civic and Other Non-Profit Organizations

5th District of G.W.F.C. IllinoisAurora Police Benevolent Assn.Bolingbrook Police AssociationBolingbrook Police Command Chapter 4Boy Scouts of America Pack 565Citizens 4 McBrideDowners Grove Junior Women’s ClubDuPage Human Services Grant FundFraternal Order of Police - Lombard Lodge #270Fraternal Order of Police Aurora Lodge 11Fraternal Order of Police DuPage County SheriffFraternal Order of Police Lodge 138Girl Scout Troop 51725Girl Scouts of Whispering Oaks, Brownie Troop #225Harvest Bible ChapelHinsdale Junior Woman’s ClubLisle Woodridge Fire DistrictLombard Fire Fighters UnionThe Metropolitan Alliance of PoliceMothers & MoreNaperville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 42Naperville JayceesNaperville Noon Lions FoundationSt. Helen Women’s PhiloptochosSt. Isaac Jogues ChurchSt. John of the Cross Catholic Women’s ClubSt. Margaret Mary ParishTuesday Morning Ladies LeagueWoodridge Police Association

Board of Directors

Executive Committee OfficersDouglas Truax Veritas Risk Services, President Chairman/Board President

Robert Muriel, Esq. Muriel Law Offices Vice Chairman

Kathleen Ruroede, PhD, RN Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Quality & Research, Vice President Vice Chairwoman

Tom Roth Village Bank and Trust Treasurer

Board of Directors MembersMaureen Bingle Community Representative

Paul Bogdanski Grant Thornton, Senior Manager

Michael Busse Community Bank of Downers Grove, President

Deb Fiddelke Edelman, Sr. VP, Public Affairs

Marlene Franke, CPA ORBA, Business Development Manager

Hugh Franklin BMO Harris Bank, VP Community Development Lending

Theresa Gorman VOA, Sr. Vice President, Business Development

Michael Hoffman, MD Elmhurst Clinic, Pediatrician

Carolyn Johnson Continental Automotive, Senior Staff Engineer

Nancy Karasek Wintrust Financial Corporation

Judith McLean Illinois State Soccer Association, Executive Director

Matthew Mullarkey Centerpoint Properties, Sr. VP, Special Projects

Ryan Murphy PricewaterhouseCoopers, Director, Investigations and Forensics

Bill Neustadt Neuco, Inc., Proprietor & CEO

Christopher Schenkenberg Grant Thornton, Partner

Susan Schwartz Corboy & Demetrio, Partner

Peter J. Smith, MD, MA The University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Sarah Tromans The Drake Hotel, Director of Finance

Shawn Tyrrell, MBA, MSN, BSN Adventist Hospitals, Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer

Advisory Board

Steven Cochran The Steve Cochran Show

Peter H. Erickson Hall-Erickson Inc., President, Amicus Foundation

Peter J. Flowers, Esq. Foote, Meyers, Mielke & Flowers, LLC, Partner Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Past President

Leann Lazzari Gary Lee Partners, Associate Partner

H. Garry Gardner, MD DuPage Pediatrics, Ltd.

Medical Advisory Committee

David M. Steinhorn, MD Children’s Memorial Hospital, Medical Director, The Bridges Program

Larry Desch, MD Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital, Division Chair, Pediatric Dev.

Dan Anderson Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department Chief EMS

Kim Carmignane, RN Edward Hospital NICU/PICU, Case Manager

Michael Hoffman, MD Elmhurst Clinic, Pediatrician

Mary Keen, MD Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Pediatric Medical Director

George Koburov, MD Edward Hospital Director of Pediatric Emergency Room

Christine Sajous, MD Loyola University Medical Center, Pediatric Neonatologist

Kitty Shannon, RN, MS, PNP-BC Children’s Memorial Hospital

Kathy Jo Stegman, MBA, RN Almost Home Kids, Director of Nursing

Amy Sun, MD Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Keith Veselik, MD Loyola University Medical Center, Loyola Primary Care Center, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Almost Home Kids would like to acknowledge the dedicated individuals who serve on our board. Their work and involvement makes an immeasurable difference in the lives of our children.

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“I am regularly humbled and inspired not just by the kids, but by the entire organization. I have watched this organization fight every step of the way for the simple right to make life a little easier for its families and a lot better for the kids.” Maureen Bingle, AHK Board of Directors

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