2009 Annual Report - Oak-Leyden Developmental Services

oak-leyden developmental services
2009
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OAK-LEYDEN
OAK-LEYDEN
Developmental Services, Inc
411 CHICAGO AVENUE
OAK PARK, IL 60302
708-524-1050
WWW.OAK-LEYDEN.ORG
Developmental Services, Inc
Papaspiros Greek Taverna
Performance Massage Therapy
Phyllis Peters
Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants
Pure Harmony Massage
Puree’s Pizza & Pasta
Quill Corporation
Radio Flyer
AJ & Russell Ramsey
Alex Ramsey, Sr.
Brandon Ramsey
Gwen Ramsey
Kaleb & Kenyatta Ramsey
Redmoon Theatre
Replogle Globes
Richoh Business Solutions
Lou and Sue Rodriguez
Schauer’s Ace Hardware
Seadog Cruises
Emma Shelton
Jessica Shelton
Shepherd’s Crook Zion Park District
Shirtworks
Skincare Company & Spa
Southwest Airlines
Starship Restaurant & Catering
David and Sharon Strempel
James T. Swayze
Sybaris Inns, Downers Grove
Sycamore Park District
Symphony of Oak Park/River Forest
Edmund N. Szwankowski
The Black Ensemble Theater
The Brown Cow
The Competitive Foot
The Hemingway Museum
The Second City
The Tennis and Fitness Center of Oak Park River
Forest
The Theatre School
Theatre Building Chicago
Stephanie Thomas
Thrive Integrative Medical Spa
Todd and Holland Tea Merchants
Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding
Treeehouse Bouttique
Two Fish Art Glass
TY International
Westgate Flowers, Ltd.
Wildfire Restaurant
Winberie’s Restaurant
Windy City ThunderBolts
Women’s Workout World
Wonderworks Children’s Museum
Zanies Comedy Club
Concordia University
students, most of them
part of the university’s
athletic programs, wielded
hedge trimmers, rakes,
saws, and shovels, setting
to work to clear out a
dozen bushes and plant
overgrowth in an OakLeyden group home’s
backyard. The students’
volunteerism is a
requirement for graduation
as part of the school’s
academic service learning
curricula which extends
beyond the boundaries of
the traditional classroom.
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United Healthcare
Margaret Urie-Paul
U.S. Cellular
M. Patricia Wallace
Mark C. Weber
Lawrence & Katherine Wegner
Richard & Eileen Weicher
Susan K. Wohlford
Edward Wojcik
Marion C. Wojcik
James & Janice Wolak
Rosa Zamora
Frank A. Zelko
Dolores Zeravich
Jenniphre Zias
Robert Zosel
In Kind Donations
2XCell, Etc.
2100 Blue Restaurant
A Red Orchid Theatre
Accents by Fred
ACH Corporation
Academy of Movement and Music
Affordable Backyard Tents
Debbie Ahlden
George & Willie Akins
Ala Carte Entertainment
Alioto’s
All-4-Fun LLC
Allegiant Air
Anita Dee
Annette Schabowski
Anthony Peter Hair Salon, Ltd.
Armand’s Restaurant
Aroma Workshop
Art Gecko
Athenaeum Theatre
B.D.’s Mongolian BBQ
Belden Stratford Hotel
Blue Max Coffee
Michael & Maria Boisvert
Brookfield Zoo
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Cora Burton
Cafe Salsa
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
Casa Margarita
Catherine Krickl
Cernan Earth and Space Center
Michael Chang
Chicago Children’s Museum
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Wolves Professional Hockey
Beverly Childress
Chipotle Restaurant - Oak Park
Chris Guilllen, Inc.
Janelle Clark & Norman Cord
Clydon Hair Salon
Columbia Yacht Club
Competitive Foot
Copper Fish Galleries
Diane S. Cummings
Customized “FX” Consultants
Dave & Buster’s
Lillian Davis
Dee & Edee
DePaul Basketball Charity Network
Betty Fields
Doc Ryan’s Restaurant
Dominick’s
Doubletree Hotel
DuPage Children’s Museum
Ebony Creations
Edible Arrangements
Egg Harbor Cafe
Elch’s Sports
Elmhurst Art Museum
Enzee Boutique, Inc.
Everett & Associates, Inc.
Famous Liquors
Farmers Guest House
Fitzgerald’s Fine Stationary
Flavour Cooking School
Four Mounds Foundation
Frame Warehouse
Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
Grand Victoria Casino
Hagen’s Fish Market, Inc.
Hancock Observatory
Hawksview Golf Club
Hawthorne Race Course
Healy’s Westside
Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park
Holiday Inn Chicago - Elmhurst
Hollywood Casino
Horn Insurance
House Red
Maureen Huston
Hyatt Regency of Oakbrook
Improv Olympic
Israel’s Designs for Living
It’s A Sign
Jewel Middle School
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Kane County Cougars
Keane Heating
Kelley Frame Company
Marty & Karen Kerrins
Elaine V. Kies
Kingston Mines Blues Center
Krazy About Kids Outlet
Nancy Krickl
James & Nancy Kuehner
Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria
Loyola Center for Health and Fitness
Lynfred Winery
Madly Pop’n Gourmet Gifts & Snacks
Magic Tree Bookstore
Delores Malinski
Manor Press
Marconi’s Ristorante
Marion Street Grille
Medieval Times
Merle Reskin Theatre at DePaul University
Sarah Meyers-Hughes
Midtown Fitness
Robert and Carol Miller
Moss Modern Flowers, Ltd.
Mullarkey Distributors, Inc.
Noble Horse Theatre
Julie Nudo
Maria Nudo & Catina Nudo-Ridler
Oak Park Athletic Club
Opera
Panera Bread Company
mission
Statement
The mission statement of Oak-Leyden
is to help people with developmental
disablities meet life’s challenges and
reach their highest potential.
Dear
friends and family,
It has been a challenging year for Oak-Leyden Developmental
Services with economic cutbacks, decreased philanthropy,
and governmental uncertainty with regard to ongoing
funding for the services and supports provided by our
organization. Yet, Oak-Leyden has remained steadfast in
its efforts to continue to utilize limited financial resources
to the best advantage for the people with developmental
disabilities that we serve.
Oak-Leyden has capitalized on its strengths over the past
year. The staunch dedication of our staff has provided
continuity in providing the highest quality services and
supports to our participants. The organization bolstered
its relationships with constituents keeping them informed
as to how their support is indeed making a significant
impact on the lives of people with disabilities. The
management and supervisory teams tightened their
belts and developed insightful plans to utilize resources
efficiently. Adults with disabilities continued to make
positive strides in their communities – working, living,
and participating in recreational activities and enjoying a
quality of life on par with those of their neighbors.
For all of the challenges Oak-Leyden encountered
during the last year, the agency continued to forge
ahead, embracing new opportunities and developing new
strategies to ensure the health, safety, and satisfaction
of our participants and their families and guardians. It
is because of your dedication to our mission that OakLeyden remains a strong and robust organization fully
committed to achieving our goal – helping people with
developmental disabilities meet life’s challenges and
reach their highest potential.
Sincerely,
Lou Soteras, President, Board of Directors
Robert W. Atkinson
President & CEO
Dale Gapinski
Lois Gartner
Bryan & Maureen Gartner
Lori Gartner
John & Susan Gerovasil
Thomas & Joan Gibbons
Jean E. Gonzalez
Barbara J. Goode
Alice C. Grant
Marshall & Delores Grant
Robert & Addie Grant
Anthony R. Grant
Alma Green
Kathleen J. Guillen
Chris & Chelsea Guillen
James Gwizdala
Sheryl Hallmann
Melzetta Harris
Tonya Hart & Cecilia Hardacker
Harriet Hausman
Donald Heller
Kevin & Laura Heller
Paul & Linda Hendrickson
Martese Hilton
Nathan & Mary Hobaugh
Julie Hollich
B.J. & Fredda Holt
Dali R. Hoover
J.E. Howell
Bertha Huerta
Larry & Kathleen Hufford
Jerome & Nancy Hunt
I.B.E.W. Local #134
Inland Bank & Trust
William & Mary Irons, Jr.
J. & L. Enterprise
Namir Jawar
Jaws Corporation
Patricia Johnson
Jon & Carol Johnson
Tenika Jones
S.J. & C.R. Joyce
Martin & Karen Kerrins
James & Maxine King
Joan Klemak
Edward & Susan Klinger
Joseph & Catherine Krickl
Martin & Traci Laffey
Kathryn Le Fevour
Marcel & Johara Lewinski
Jacqueline Libert
Gregory & Meg Liebreich
Dan Lopata
James M. MacLaughlan
Kevin & Donna MacLaughlan
Dr. Lillian C. Magana
Carl & Ardis Maiden
Nathan Mandell
Jane McCahill
McCarthy Ford
Kathleen Ann McCahill
Anthony & Kathleen McMahon
Mechanical Servants, Inc.
Midwest Bank & Trust
Phillip W. Milano
Pamela Miller
Charlotte Moore
Mutual of America
Manuel Novoa
Peter & Laura Nowicki
Catina Nudo-Ridler
Essie Nyem
Velmar Nyem
Maria Ocon
Michael & Patricia Olejnik
Molly E. Olson
Early & Paula O’Malley
Omnicare, Inc.
Carlos & Amber Pareja
Frankye Parham
Park National Bank
PCS Industries
Marie Pellettiere
Melanie Pensak
Permidt Engineering, LTD
Phyllis J. Peters
Pamela Pettis
James & Valerie Plomin
Kenneth & Lynn Poepp
Margaret Poepp
Tamara Pollici
Mary Ann Porcelli
John & Debra Prodromos
Robert B. Racanelli
Dan Ramey
Gwen Ramsey
Kent & Lori Rauser
Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)
Resurrection Healthcare
Individual & Corporate Donors (continued)
Carmen & Carla Reyes
Tarkisha Rias
Sharon Riley
Robert E. Lee & Sons
Michal & Lucja Rodziewicz
Thomas & Laura Rose
Jack & Maureen Ross
Bonnie Rounds
Patrick & Janice Ryan
Nicholas & Maria Sacarelos
Mark & Clara Sage
Saint Luke Parish
Jaime Sandoval
Daniel & Marcia Saracino
William & Patricia Schmalzl
Paul & Ann Schreckenberger
John & Joan Sheehan, Jr.
Cara Shoss
Simmons Design Group
Catherine Spalla
Theodore & Stella Spas
Peter & Rita Starr
Felicia Stewart
Edward & Carol Streeter
Bruce & Jean Stumbris
Christopher & Joyce Sweet
B.R. & N.J. Tableriou
The Book Table
Regeana Taylor-Shelton
The Management Association of Illinois
D. Thomson
Annie Tofanelli
Frank & Josephine Tokarczyk, Jr.
Total Capital Solutions, Inc.
Wanda Turner Ball
generous supporters
Government
Berwyn Dept. of Community Development
Berwyn Township Community Mental Health Board
Cicero Community Mental Health Board
Leyden Township
Village of Oak Park - Department of Community
Development
Oak Park Township Community Mental Health Board
Proviso Township Mental Health Commission
River Forest Township Community Mental Health
Committee
State of Illinois
United Way
United Way Metro Chicago
United Way of Oak Park, River Forest & Forest Park
United Way of Leyden-Proviso Area
West Suburban United Way
Organizations
United Methodist Women
Knights of Columbus - Ave Maria Council
Knights of Columbus - Fr. Francis Breen Council
TAP Connected to the Community
Foundations
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
George M. Eisenberg Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
Sam’s Club Foundation
Sundholm Foundation
$1,000 and Above
Anonymous
Jack & Marie Battaglia
Baudin & Baudin, Attorneys at
Law
Kenneth & Annabel Bergman
Michael & Maria Boisvert
CPS, Inc.
Everett & Associates, Inc.
First Security Trust & Savings
G.B.G., Inc.
Glenbard Auto Body
Home Mortgages Co.
Jose & Guadalupe Jimenez
Lou & Sue Rodriguez
Louis J. Soteras
David & Sharon Strempel
John & Mary Margaret Vicars
Ward Auto Body, Inc.
David & Darlene Wyosnick
Individuals and Corporations
Ahlbeck & Company
Rufus Akeju
George & Willie Akins
George Alcime & Jacqueline Jones
Rita Andracki
Natalie Andrus & Haywood Kelly
Jennifer Aragones
Oscar and Cristina Arellano
Assurance Agency, LTD
Loretta Atkinson
Robert & Karen Atkinson
Gregory & Tonya Baise
Jim & Trudy Fessler
John & Marlene Barilla
Laura Basi
Jack & Marie Battaglia
Donald & Carolyn Becker
Mark Belew
James & Karen Bellafiore
David & Carolyn Benjamin
Alan & Janet Bennett
Margaret R. Boland
Carol Bombacino
Donald Bosley
Mary Grace Bozzi
Elva Braun
Robert & Kristina Broz
Burke Communications
Ted Burke
James Caporusso
Mike & Linda Caprile
Lisa Carandang
Cary & Kathleen Cardelli
Robert Carlson
Jeff & Lorraine Carpenter
Ken & Linda Cheatham
Chicagoland Auto, Inc.
Chrysalis Consulting Group
Michael & Maria Colella
Eleanor Collins
Robert S. Connors
Mark & Alma Conti
Continental Nissan
Agnes D. Cooper
William & Bethann Costa
Michelle Cox
Kenneth & Patricia Cozzi
CPS, Inc.
Peggy Crane
Bill R. & Bethany Crittendon
Michael & Karen Cussen
Nahlah Daddino
Drew & Linda Dammeier
Eleanor Dank
Barbara & Maria Davidson
Lillian Davis
Carol Dawson
Gus & Caroline De Salvo
Mark & Dawn Deaton
Deer Creek Christian Church
Henryk & Miroslawa Derus
Robert & Laura Dietrich
Charles & Linda Drake
Duane Morris LLP
Norma Durham
E Z Duz It
Richard & Sandra Eames
Arthur & Darlene Ehling
Greda Evans
Jatina M. Ferguson
Robert & Diane Ferguson
Arlene Finke
Ann Flanagan
Kenneth Floody
Forest Park National Bank
John & Ada Fournier
Friends for Saviano
G & F Mold Polishing
Galewood Roofing & Tuckpointing
Patricia Galowitch
management TEAM
BOARD OF directors
Robert W. Atkinson, President & CEO
Lou Soteras, President
Margaret Poepp, Vice President of Human Resources
Tony Grant, Vice President
Dan Ramey, Vice President of Finance
Bruce Stumbris, Treasurer
Ken Cheatham, Division Chief of Vocational Services
Peter Silvern, Secretary
Chelsea Guillen, Division Chief of Early Intervention Services
Marvin Sanders, Jr., Trustee
Catherine Spalla, Division Chief of Community Living Services
Albert Benedict, Trustee
Valerie Sheldon, Director of Development
Cathy Dahl, Trustee
Greda Evans, Vocational Program
vocational services
Developmental Training Program
Oak-Leyden’s Developmental Training Program provides purposeful and meaningful activities designed to assist adults
with developmental disabilities to strengthen their ability to live as independently as possible in their homes and
communities. Participants actively join in classes focusing on activities of daily living, eagerly enlist in volunteer
opportunities, and confidently engage in culturally and socially enriching activities in the communities where they live.
• 384 hours volunteered at Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry
• 477 outings and places in local communities
• 7 contractual jobs through Oak Industries – partners include Mickey’s Linen – Melrose
Park, Mickey’s Linen – Chicago, Mechanical Servants, Chicago Parent Magazine, ALP
Lighting, Manor Press, and Oak Park Youth Baseball
• 1,400 classes held at our Developmental Training sites in Oak Park and Franklin Park
statement of activities
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR JULY 1, 2008 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2009
INCOME
UNRESTRICTED
TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED
TOTAL
Government Grants
Program Service/Contract Revenue
Contributions & Other Income
$628,724
$4,722,449
$215,662
$34,537
$28,154
$663,261
$4,722,449
$243,816
Total Income
$5,566,835
$62,691
$5,629,526
Program Services
General & Administrative Services
$4,637,139
$894,906
-
$4,637,139
$894,906
Total Expenses
$5,532,045
Released from Restriction
Gain on Sale
Change in Net Assets
Beginning Net Assets
$112,575
$2,400
$149,765
$1,379,589
$(112,575)
(49,884)
$549,496
$2,400
$99,881
$1,929,085
Ending Net Assets
$1,529,354
$499,612
$2,028,966
EXPENSES
$5,532,045
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION JUNE 30, 2009
ASSETS
Current Assets
Fixed Assets
$1,189,337
$2,924,584
Total Assets
$4,113,921
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
$1,535,089
$549,866
Total Liabilities
$2,084,955
NET LIABILITIES
Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
$1,529,354
$499,612
Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities & Net Assets
$2,028,966
$4,113,921
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•• Monthly
with participants
to hours
of intermittent
support
facilitate
planning
of activities they were interested in.
were
held
with participants
•• 13Monthly
studentmeetings
volunteers
from
Concordia
Universityto
facilitate
planning
of
activities
they
were
participated in a landscaping project at theinterested
home in in.
• Westchester.
13 student volunteers from Concordia University
participated in a landscaping project at the home in
Westchester.
Through Oak-Leyden’s Community Living Service program,
adults with developmental disabilities enjoy comfort and
safety
homes in local
communities.
Residents
are
ThroughinOak-Leyden’s
Community
Living Service
program,
provided
24-hour
support and
care thatenjoy
promote
personal
adults with
developmental
disabilities
comfort
and
safety in homes
local well-being.
communities. Residents are
independence
and inphysical
provided 24-hour support and care that promote personal
independence
and physical
Adults
with disabilities
livewell-being.
in small, family-like settings
that allow for greater attention to their individual needs.
Adults
with disabilities
live Living
in small,
family-like settings
The
Community
Integrated
Arrangements
(CILAs)
that
allow
for
greater
attention
to
their
individual
provide a path laden with developmental stepping needs.
stones
The Community Integrated Living Arrangements (CILAs)
to
independence for each individual. Participants are
provide a path laden with developmental stepping stones
able
to build a foundation
which they Participants
grow and liveare
as
to independence
for eachonindividual.
independently
as
possible,
participating
in
communities
as
able to build a foundation on which they grow and live as
their
neighbors
do.
independently as possible, participating in communities as
their neighbors do.
Oak-Leyden offers intermittent support to adults with
developmental
disabilities
who live
on their
own inwith
the
Oak-Leyden offers
intermittent
support
to adults
community.
staff live
helpon Intermittent
developmentalOak-Leyden
disabilities who
their own inCILA
the
community. maintaining
Oak-Leydentheir
staffpersonal
help Intermittent
participants
independenceCILA
by
participants
maintaining
their
personal
independence
by
providing the support they need.
providing the support they need.
Born in 1978, Curtis was a very quiet child who grew into a very quiet man. His
Born in 1978, Curtis was a very quiet child who grew into a very quiet man. His
interaction
with others was unpredictable and he was completely dependent on his
interaction with others was unpredictable and he was completely dependent on his
family
for
his
family brought
brought him
him to
to
family for his daily
daily needs.
needs. When
When he
he became
became an
an adult,
adult, Curtis’
Curtis’ family
Oak-Leyden
where
he
moved
into
a
CILA
home
in
Oak
Park.
With
structured
and
Oak-Leyden where he moved into a CILA home in Oak Park. With structured and
constant
in which
which he
he uses
uses skills
skills he
he
constant support,
support, Curtis
Curtis was
was able
able to
to build
build aa life
life of
of his
his own
own in
has
ever have
have imagined.
imagined. He
He
has learned
learned to
to live
live more
more independently
independently than his family could ever
talks
talks more
more freely,
freely, interacts
interacts with
with others, helps around his house, and often displays a
comic sense
sense of
of humor
humor that
that is a joy to all. Curtis’ family is thankful for the changes
comic
he has
has experienced
experienced through
through the support of Oak-Leyden and feels he has finally found
he
stability and
and aa place
place where
where he
he belongs.
stability
and well being of our participants is an integral factor
necessary to be in place to facilitate each individual’s success.
• 149 participants had access to coordinated medical services
• 41 adults with disabilities received primary and specialty care
• 149
participants
had access
to coordinatedClinic
medical services
coordinated
through
the Multidisciplinary
• 41 adults with disabilities received primary and specialty care
coordinated through the Multidisciplinary Clinic