Child Abuse is NOT a One-Hour Drama
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of a never-before-seen glimpse
into child abuse investigations in
Central Texas.
CACTX: FY12, the year in review
“When The Bough Breaks”
PBS Documentary premieres
Catherine
and family
bought a
house
Site Visit:
Dayton
Finance
Committee
and staff
launch new
chart of
accounts
CACTX
launches
risk-based
monitoring
protocol
Over 60 CAC clinicians
& supervisors attend first
CACTX-sponsored Evidence
Based Practices training
CACTX makes first
presentation to the Texas
Association of School
Administrators/Texas
Association of School Boards
annual conference – Fosters
new partnership with school
district leadership
SEPTEMBER
CACTX
distributes
$438,955.47
in funding to
local centers
CACTX hosts 6
specialized trainings for
local center staff, board,
and team members
Suellen graduated
from the UT School of
Social Work with highest
honors and a 4.0,
being selected as class
speaker at graduation
Board approves
FY 12/13
Strategic Plan
Board launches
monthly
e-newsletter to
foster increased
communication
and
engagement
Board
approves
partnership
with JHL
Company,
FY12
Fundraising
plan
launched,
over
$100,000 in
operational
savings
realized
Film airs nationally on
public television, Over 800
participants attend two
premiere events
Over 250 MDT members, local
center staff and board attend
Partners in Courage Conference
- Participation reflects a 12%
increase over FY11 event
Child-Friendly
Courtrooms bench
book released to
all Texas judges
Site Visits:
Angleton
Midland
Waco
At the direction of
the board, CACTX
launches a more
aggressive and
comprehensive
foundation grantwriting strategy,
in FY12, ten
applications are
submitted to
potential new
funders
OCTOBER
Public Policy
Committee
adopts
short term and
long term
appropriations
strategies
to address
shortfall in
the state’s
CVC fund
and potential
impact to CAC
funding and
services
First Annual Partners in
Courage Luncheon raises
almost $85,000 - 6 new
corporate sponsors cultivated,
and revenue shows a 50%
increase over FY11 event
CACTX
distributes
$648,114.16
in funding to
local centers
17 states
launch
CACTX
Outcome
Measurement
System
Joy runs
(and finishes)
the Chicago
Marathon
CACTX
hosts 7
specialized
trainings
for local
center
staff,
board,
and team
members
Amarilis
completed her
8th marathon
Debbie
became a
grandmother
Telecast is broadcast roughly
400 times across 19 states
Individual board
member contribution
results in trademark
registration for the One
with Courage brand and
campaign
Site Visits:
Brownsville
Bonham
NOVEMBER
CACTX distributes
$555,375.68 in
funding to local
centers
CACTX hosts 4
specialized trainings
for local center staff,
board, and team
members
CACTX revises
forensic interviewing
curriculum to include
the Semi-Structured
Narrative Process
Development
work begins for
online grants
management
system
CACTX hires
Executive Assistant,
welcoming Suellen Brown
Angie passed
the Texas Bar
Exam
CACTX hosts
6 specialized
trainings for local
center staff, board,
and team members
Hattie got
married
Board Development Committee revises board
recruitment materials and processes - shift to
year-long recruitment begins
DECEMBER
Thanks to individual
board member
contribution, CACTX
begins comprehensive
review of Swalm
Endowment fund
manager
Brenda
completes
two of her
personal
bucket
list items:
seeing
the Grand
Canyon
and doing
so in a
helicopter
CACTX distributes
$590,331.43 in
funding to local
centers
CACTX
distributes
$685,687.68
in funding to
local centers,
including
funding from
National
Children’s
Alliance
Finance
Committee
reviews/
revises
CACTX
financial
management
policies
At the direction of the
public policy committee,
CACTX continues long-term
appropriations strategy by
retaining a legislative budget
consultant who begins
comprehensive review of
state revenue sources
Focus groups
begin with
educators
regarding
mandated
reporting laws
JANUARY
Cross
departmental
grant writing
approach begins
- Through a
collaborative
strategy, CACTX
ultimately receives
over $300,000 in
new programmatic
grant funding
Site Visits:
El Paso
Livingston
CACTX hosts
11 specialized
trainings for
local center
staff, board, and
team members
CACTX invited to present at
3 judicial conferences.
Awareness created on childfriendly courtrooms. Over 200
judges participate
TF-CBT Learning
Collaborative begins 35 clinicians participate,
Project will eventually
benefit 900 children
FEBRUARY
Site Visits:
Alpine
Greenville
Texarkana
Victoria
CACTX
distributes
$664,012.35
in funding to
local centers
CACTX hosts
6 specialized
trainings for
local center
staff, board,
and team
members
Board meets and exceeds
annual individual fund
development goal
Thank you, Board!
Board Development
Committee
identifies FY13 nominees
All recruitment needs are
met
Welcome to the team,
Joe Cosgrove
Charles Stuart
Michelle Apodaca
Doug Mueller
Michael Kelsheimer
CACTX
distributes
$546,823.10
in funding to
local centers
Alisyn
successfully
completed her
first course
towards “Grants
Management”
Certification
CACTX and local centers
successfully
preserve the
FY13 state
appropriation through
grassroots and
state-level advocacy
Grants
department
begins
“Did You Know”
informational
series for
member childrens’
advocacy centers
CACTX provides invited
testimony before House
Appropriations and
Senate Criminal Justice
Committees
Lynn got
married
CACTX hosts 7
specialized trainings for
local center staff, board,
and team members
Site Visit:
Corpus Christi
CACTX meets
with Texas
Congressional
delegation successfully
works with
NCA to restore
federal funding
for CACs
Child Abuse
Prevention Month
legislative
event hosted at
Capitol
Over 40 offices
participate
One with Courage launches nationally in over
30 states in recognition of National Child Abuse
Prevention Month
MARCH
CACTX distributes
$574,286.38 in
funding to local
centers
Clay got
married
CACTX hosts first Women of
Courage Luncheon honoring
Senator Florence Shapiro:
over $35,000 raised, 4 new
corporate sponsors cultivated.
Over 150 attendees including
8 elected officials
Sam Houston
State
University
presents white
paper on
improving
mental health
services at
CACs
New CACTX website
launched
CACTX creates &
fills new Assistant
Program Director
position,
welcoming Debbie
Hall
APRIL
CACTX article
on Child-Friendly
Courtrooms is
published in the
“In Chambers”
magazine
Site Visits:
Center
Longview
San Marcos
Board cultivation
of Time Warner Cable
leads to donation of
additional cable
airtime for the One
With Courage PSAs in
Texas for five additional
months
CACTX hosts
3 specialized
trainings for
local center
staff, board, and
team members
Individual board
contribution results in
review of case tracking
system software
CACTX launches Family
Advocacy Peer Review
Invited testimony
provided before Joint
Human Trafficking
Committee
Regional
meetings for
Executive
Directors
begin across
the state
CACTX distributes
$561,060.85 in
funding to local
centers
Site Visits:
Bay City
Graham
Hondo
Ad hoc Investment
Committee meets to
review CACTX
Investment Policy
Statement
CACTX hosts
9 specialized
trainings for
local center
staff, board, and
team members
Ada was mom to
two of the best
kids in the world
this past year
and plans for this
to continue into
FY 13.
Shield Ayers Foundation
awards $10,000 in
support to CACTX, a
30% increase over last
year’s award
20 participants
attend Family
Advocacy
training
MAY
SAE Cookin’ for kids event
raises a record $25,100 - a
100% increase over FY11 event
Through
individual
board contacts,
CACTX
successfully
restores
Criminal Justice
Division grant
funding
CACTX
receives over
$300,000 in
Children’s
Justice Act
Funding, a
90% increase
over last year
Trull
Foundation
supports
CACTX with
first time gift
CACTX visits
interested
communities
Jack and Wise
counties for
presentation on
potential new
CACs
Site Visit:
Lubbock
One with
Courage
mobile site
launched
CACTX
distributes
$577,766.63
in funding to
local centers
CACTX membership’s
Biennial Salary Survey
distributed: this is the
most requested technical
assistance tool for local
centers
CACTX hosts
10 specialized
trainings for
local center
staff, board, and
team members
Board Cultivation leads to
$150,000 in funding from
BCBSTX Healthy Kids,
Healthy Families program.
Funding will support a second
round of TF-CBT training
reaching over 700 children
Board undertakes
comprehensive
review of CACTX
Bylaws and
conflict of interest
policy
JUNE
Ad hoc board committee
selects 2012 Partners in
Courage Award winners, from
over 30 nominees
CACTX distributes
181 copies of “It
Takes a Team” to
legislative offices
Cherisse
vacationed
in Colorado
Football Coaches from
UT-Austin, Texas Tech
University, University
of Houston, and Texas
A&M participate in One
with Courage Public
Service Announcement
JULY
Emma-Lee
keeps her
cool while
canoeing
eight
miles with
teenagers in
98 degree
heat
CACTX
distributes
$45,000.00
in Swalm
Endowment
Grants to local
centers
CACTX hires Grants
Monitor welcoming
Brenda Tharp
Site Visit:
Winnsboro
AUGUST
Board Finance Committee
provides guidance during
termination of PEO contract
and decision to bring benefits
and payroll “in house” Over $30,000 in savings to be
realized annually
Executive Directors
Committee meets to finalize
revised standards for Texas CACs
CACTX launches
competitive new employee
benefits package and
transfers to new payroll
administrator
CACTX visits
interested
community
Palo Pinto,
Wilson, Karnes,
Frio, Atascosa and
La Salle counties
for presentation
on potential new
CACs
CACTX
hosts 9
specialized
trainings for
local center
staff, board,
and team
members
Through the generous support of the
Office of the Attorney General, CACTX
distributes over 45,000 informational
brochures to local centers for teachers
on mandatory reporting of child abuse.
CACTX hosts
6 specialized
trainings for
local center
staff, board, and
team members
Meghan’s
daughter is
a year old
CACTX
distributes
$191,656.00
in funding to
local centers,
including
funding from
National
Children’s
Alliance