Planting Seeds
Reaching for the Stars
2016 Annual Report
PEP Programs
PEP DAY TREATMENT CENTERS provide a specialized
school and mental health environment for school-age children,
the majority of whom have been identified with an emotional
disturbance, autism and/or other complex developmental
disabilities. These centers provide a therapeutic environment
where there are expectations for normal, healthy behavior, where
competence is stressed, and where energy is focused on
finding and building strengths that promote positive growth.
PEP CONNECTIONS coordinates services for children and
youth who are experiencing serious emotional difficulties
and are determined to be at-risk for deeper system
involvement and/or returning home or to the community
from an out-of-home placement. PEP Connections works
with the child and everyone involved in the child’s life to
create a plan of care aimed at helping the child access
community supports and begin on a path to success.
Children receiving care through PEP EARLY CHILDHOOD PLUS
are experiencing significant social, emotional, behavioral
and/or developmental challenges that are interfering with their
daily living. Utilizing consultation, training and support services,
PEP helps the child and the adults in the child’s life better
manage those challenges so that these children will find
success in school and in life.
PEP ASSIST is a consulting and training service provided
to schools and programs designed to teach best practices
for working with at-risk and special needs children.
Services are individually tailored to meet the unique
needs of each district. Working in collaboration with public
schools, PEP Assist staff develops innovative programs
and staff development opportunities so that children
with severe and challenging behaviors may be served
successfully in their school of residence.
MISSION
Positive Education Program
helps troubled and troubling
children learn and grow.
PROGRAMMATIC PHILOSOPHY
At PEP, our work with children and families is grounded in the Principles of Re-EDucation (Re-ED)
and The Sanctuary Model. Re-ED, a child and family centered approach to care for children
and youth facing mental health challenges, is an open paradigm that accentuates the strengths
within each individual. The Sanctuary Model creates a safe, nurturing therapeutic environment
that supports children and youth impacted by trauma. It helps them reorganize their self-defeating
beliefs and instills hope for the future.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and
the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman
At Positive Education Program, we have great dreams for our kids. We know that their
young lives have been met by challenges and too often by trauma. It is our responsibility to be certain their
lives and experiences are defined by and designed to their potential, not their problems.
In this work, we are planting seeds, seeds that require a lot of support and nurture to take root and flourish.
We shine our lights on the strengths that live inside our kids, knowing that meaningful success comes from
building on those strengths. It is a slow and deliberate process, one that requires extreme patience and a
passion for cultivating resilience. Yet, with each small step, each small victory, we know progress is being
made and that these are moments to be celebrated.
As Harriet Tubman states, “Every great dream begins with a dreamer.” At PEP, our dreamers are also our
stars – our caring and competent staff who have committed themselves to the proposition that all children
have promise and potential. With each young life that is now defined by hope and possibilities instead of pain
and trauma, their stars take rise and we take joy in knowing we are doing our part to change the world for
the better for our children and their families.
Robert A. DeAngelis
Chair, Board of Directors
Frank A. Fecser, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
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Sally McClintock
Consultant / Trainer
PEP Early Childhood Plus
“With our kids, there is always a reason for their behavior. I believe it’s the
highest form of respect to see their perspective and validate their feelings. When
you look inside you find that there are real strengths. I structure the environment
for their success, not my comfort. This often means letting go of control and
empowering them. You come to realize that what you offer to others you
strengthen in yourself. You are planting a seed. There is no magic sprinkle dust.”
97% of young children on the verge of expulsion from
child care were able to be successfully maintained in a child care
setting, thanks to support from PEP Early Childhood Plus.
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John Dober
Behavior Coach
PEP Assist
“It’s my job to go into each classroom and shine a light on the strengths in the
students and the teachers, to become that honest broker who brings a sense
of calm and optimism. I’ve seen tough things and I’ve seen them get better.
No matter the situation, at the end of each day you want each kid going home
feeling good about something. You need to celebrate each small victory, each
small step, and know that you are helping move things in a positive direction.”
93% of students supported by PEP Assist developed the skills
so that they could remain in their home school district.
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Richele Banks
Teacher-Counselor
PEP Ireland
“You may be the one person who touches them, that encourages them, that says
something kind to them, that smiles at them. You want to be that person because
you have the power to make a real difference. These kids crave structure; they
want people to have high expectations of them. I give a lot and I expect the same
in return. We work from relationships of mutual respect. In my classroom, we look
out for each other. We help each other out.”
92% of PEP Day Treatment Center students
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David Weiss
Occupational Therapist
PEP Prentiss Autism Center
“You don’t know when those opportunities to teach will present themselves,
but you never want to miss one of those moments. For our kids, everything has to
be intentional for every kid all the time. It’s a lot like coaching and knowing that
from that moment we cross the line onto the field, it’s full go. It’s all a team effort,
and I get fired up by other engaged staff. They fuel my passion for this work.”
achieved their individually-determined growth targets.
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Tory Coats
Care Manager
PEP Connections
“I tell my kids that every play is going to run through you. We’re going to figure
out your strengths and your motivation. You are our superstar. You’re my LeBron.
But then I also tell them, see mom over there – she’s Coach Tyronn Lue and
I am the GM. My job is to find the supporting cast that is going to help you
shine; that is going to help you be that star.”
88% of the parents of PEP Connections clients report
that they are now hopeful about their child’s future.
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Public Partners
SCHOOLS
CHILD SERVING SYSTEMS
Akron Public Schools
Alliance City Schools
Amherst Exempted Village Schools
Avon Lake City Schools
Avon Local Schools
Bay Village City Schools
Beachwood City Schools
Bedford City Schools
Bellevue City Schools
Berea City Schools
Berkshire Local Schools
Brecksville-Broadview Heights City Schools
Brooklyn City Schools
Brunswick City Schools
Buckeye Local Schools – Medina
Clearview Local Schools
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City Schools
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Cloverleaf Local Schools
Columbia Local Schools
Constellation Schools, LLC
Crestwood Local School District
Cuyahoga Heights Local Schools
East Cleveland City Schools
Edison Local Schools
Elyria City Schools
Euclid City Schools
Fairview Park City Schools
Firelands Local School District
Garfield Heights City Schools
Hudson City Schools
Huron City School District
Keystone Local Schools
Lakewood City Schools
Lorain City Schools
Educational Service Center of Lorain County
Maple Heights City Schools
Mayfield City Schools
Medina City Schools
Midview Local Schools
Monroeville Local Schools
Near West Intergenerational School
New London Local Schools
Nordonia Hills City Schools
North Olmsted City Schools
North Ridgeville City Schools
North Royalton City Schools
Norwalk City Schools
Oberlin City Schools
Olmsted Falls City Schools
Orange City Schools
Painesville City Local Schools
Parma City Schools
Perkins Local Schools
Richmond Heights Local Schools
Rocky River City Schools
Sandusky City Schools
Shaker Heights City Schools
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City Schools
Solon City Schools
South Euclid Lyndhurst City Schools
Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools
Strongsville City Schools
Twinsburg City Schools
Vermilion Local Schools
Warrensville Heights City Schools
Wellington Exempted Village Schools
Western Reserve Local Schools
Westlake City Schools
Wickliffe City Schools
Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools
Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
Cuyahoga County Family and Children First Council
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court
Cuyahoga County Office of Health and Human Services
Cuyahoga County Tapestry System of Care
Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County
Help Me Grow of Cuyahoga County
Invest in Children, Office of Early Childhood
Lorain County Board of Mental Health
Ohio Department of Education
Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services
Starting Point
State Support Team – Region 3
United Way of Greater Cleveland
Thanks to these stars – our public partners and philanthropists –
PEP was able to change the world for the better for
2,776 children and their families.
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Philanthropists
DONORS
The Abington Foundation
Laurie Albright
Kris Alicea
Goldie K. Alvis
American Heattek Corp.
Reverend Mary Sterrett Anderson
Applied Industrial Technologies
Gina and Carl Ashby
Russ Audino
BakerHostetler
Nancy Barch
Barrett Benefits Group Inc.
Bass Fineberg Leasing
Monica and Benton Bassett
Jennifer A. Baus
Benesch
Ruth S. Berger
Susan Berger and Robert Brown
Susan H. Berk
Birch Street Development Consulting, LLC
Lance Block
Ann and Terry Bowdish
David S. Breslin
Broad and Cassel
Jenny and Glenn R. Brown
Michael P. Brown
Brunswick Companies
Business on the Move, LLC
The Caruso Family
Barbara A. Caspell
Bill and Judie Caster
Jacqueline and Peter Cerar
Caroline B. and Robert P. Chander
Robin L. Chilton
Colin M. Christman
City Wide Maintenance
Jill and Paul Clark
Michael and Sue Clegg
Cleveland Browns Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland State University
Ronald B. Cohen
ComDoc
Ryan Conway
William E. and Mary F. Conway Fund
Brian D. Coverstone
Ryan Cowin
Mike Crisel
Julie and Jeff Cristal
Cross Engineering Consultants
Cuyahoga County Mayors’
Secretaries Association
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Faith and Anthony DaFonseca
Stephen Daray
William Davies
Jonathon Wise and Cheryl Davis
Maryellen S. Davis, MD
Robert A. DeAngelis
Todd Derbaum
Tom Dicarro
Gary W. Dillard
Dimit Architects, LLC
James Doglio
Dominion East Ohio
Colin Dormody
Lauren and Damon Dormody
Douglas and Nancy Downs
Senator Grace L. Drake
Easton Telecom Services LLC
The Eaton Charitable Fund
Ginny and Bob Eckardt
Ryan Edgar
Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County
Dave Edwards
Lucinda B. and Thomas H. Einhouse
Judith A. Embrescia
Rebecca F. and Christopher G. Enderle
Adam Ernst
Evolve IP LLC
Dan Fagan
John T. Fagan
John A. Favret
Frank and Mary Ellen Fecser
Melissa and Konrad Fellmann
First National Bank
Kelly Fleet
Sally Florkiewicz
Brian M. Fontanella
Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation
Ryan Fry
Anne E. Gannon
Audra and Tom Garske
Paul Gent
Tom and Amy Gilchrist
Shari Goldberg
Asmita Goldblum
Graffiti Inc.
Yvette C. Graham
Anita Gray
Peter and Mary Rita Grealis
Susan and William Grimberg
Mindalore Hamilton
Gregory Hanna
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
Elaine and James Harper
Jared Hass
Terry Hass
Linda and Lawrence Hatch
Bridget and Matthew Hawes
Hello LLC
Don Hemmelgarn
Hill, Barth and King LLC
Kevin Hobson
Honda North
Hoover Milstein
Michael J. Horvitz Donor Advised Fund*
Susan and Thomas Houlihan
David Howard
Amy and Timothy Hrouda
James and Nancy Hyland
Hyland, creator of OnBase
Independence Business Supply
Louise A. and Brian D. Isroff
Matthew Jacques
Joe Jeffers
Michael Jobe
Sam Jones
Jones Day
Dawn and Derek Kaesgen
Peggy Kanakis
Lenore L. Keene
KeyBank
KeyBank Foundation
Noreen Kilbane
Florence Kimbo
Colin King
Christopher R. Kious
Caren Kirchick
Kevin R. Klein
S. Lee Kohrman
Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz
Dennis Kolibab
Alexandra Kovachy
KPMG
Krantz Family Philanthropic Donor
Advised Fund*
Michael Krupka
Richard A. Krupka
Robert J. Krupka
Thomas L. Krupka
Hans Kuenzel
Land Use Solutions
Pete Lannan
Andy LaVoy
Lee and Associates
Michelle and David A. Lehman
Kim and Tom Littman
Matthew Lomelo
Steve Lotz
Bryan W. Machovina
Macina, Bose, Copeland and Associates, Inc.
Dale Mack
Jeff Mackey
Madav IX Donor Advised Fund*
Frank Mahnic, Jr.
Jason Majerus
Mannix Construction Management
Christopher Marsh
John Marshall
Holley and Robert Martens
Tom Martin
W. B. Mason
Nylajean McDaniel, PhD
Gerald L. McGill
Megan and Ryan McLeod
Riley McMahan
Meaden & Moore
Valorie Mendelson
Robert A. Mengerink
The MetroHealth Foundation
MGO Inc.
Shawn Mihalko
Brice Milla
Dean Miller
Lee Miller
Bryan R. Mitchell
Katherine M. Mlakar
Mitch Moisio
Russ Monchein
Michele Moore
Mario and Dana Morino
Daniel W. Morris
National Association of Collegiate
Directors of Athletics
Kurt Nelson
Robert and Haide Neubert
Jon Newhouse
Gilda Newman
Nitelights of Cleveland
The Noeller Family
John Nosek
Novogradac & Company LLP
The NRP Group LLC
Pat OBrien Chevrolet West
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin J. Odeal
Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
Ohio Sigma Home Co.
Financials
2016 TOTAL REVENUE $43,390,665
Terri J. Oldham
Bill O’Malley
Katharine and David Outcalt
Jane and Jon Outcalt
Jon and Robin Outcalt
Katie and Ken Outcalt
Alicia F. Palmiero
Jon D. Palmiero
Joseph A. Palmiero
Larry Payner
Aaron Pechota
Jim Petrucci
Vincent Phelan
Gianni Pierro
PNC Foundation Matching Gift Program
PNC Wealth Management
Dick Pogue
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation
Brad Pressler
Jeffrey C. Price
Monyka S. Price
Mike Profant
Kimberly Pustulka
Brian R. Radigan
Dominic Ramicone
The Albert B. & Audrey G. Ratner Family
Foundation
Michael Reeves
Reliable Solutions Group
William and Judy Riter
Robert W. Baird Co. Inc.
Nick Rodak
Enid and David Rosenberg
Carol M. Holland and William E. Rosenberg
Karen and Judd Roszman
Dave Rote
Lenny Rote
Robert and Margo Roth Family Philanthropic Donor Advised Fund*
John and Delores Saada
John and Eliza Saada
David Sagerser and Christine Krol
Harry and Joan Scharf
Bill and Dallas Schubert
SecureData 365
Chloe and Scott Seelbach
Nancy and Bill Seelbach
Mary Jane and John Sesek
Jesse Shamp
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Faith Shook
Ellen and George Shook
Norman and Dolly Sigel
Kenneth Simpson
Aaron Slepecky
Richard J. Slosar
Sally A. Smith
Sandra and Kile Snyder
Randy Solomon and Nancy Glick
John B. Stein
Maryellen and Douglas Sundstrom
Super Bakery, Inc.
James P. Sweeney
CJ Tabor
Derek Tater
Mike Tegtmeyer
Norma and Dale Tewksbury
L. Jack Thomas
Steve Thomas
Rob Thompson
Jeff Troyer
Ulmer & Berne LLP
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Claudia Lann Valore
Thomas Valore, PhD
Robert W. Varley
Marc and Pam Vosen
Claire and Eric Waag
Linda and Chris Warren
Nancy Wasylyshyn
Sally and Jim Weakley
Linda Weaver, Independence
Business Supply
David E. Weiss
Richard Werner and Barbara Langhenry
Margie and John Wheeler
Ruth and Robert F. Williams
Charitable Fund
Derek Wilson
Ryan Wilson
Sean Wilson
Daniel Wise
Doug Wolfe
Maxwell K. Wright
John and Amanda Yurechko
Sajit Zachariah
Caleb M. Zehnder
Taige Zender
SOURCES OF REVENUE
Federal Medicaid 17%
School Districts 66%
Local Government 14%
Philanthropy 2%
Other 1%
USES OF REVENUE
Occupancy and Operations 9%
Salary and Benefits 82%
Client Assistance 4%
Professional Services 2%
Other 3%
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*Donor Advised Fund of
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
This list reflects contributions made between July 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016.
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 2016 is available for inspection at our office.
The audit was completed by Meaden & Moore, Ltd., Independent Auditors.
Please see the Audited Financial Statements for complete financial information.
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Board of Directors
Staff Leadership Team
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CENTRAL OFFICE
DAY TREATMENT CENTERS
Robert A. DeAngelis
Chair
Frank A. Fecser, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Kenneth W. Outcalt
Vice Chair
Claudia Lann Valore
Chief Program Officer
Eastwood
Steven J. Byrd
Program Coordinator
Noreen Kilbane
Susan Berger
Chief External Relations Officer
Brett S. Krantz
Secretary
At-Large Representative
Steven L. Hedgepeth
Chief Operating Officer
DIRECTORS
John P. Sesek
Chief Financial Officer
Myrna Loy Corley
The Rico F. Pallotta Building
3100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
216-361-4400
Habeebah R. Grimes
Chief Clinical Officer
Heidi Gartland
Florence Kimbo, MD
D. Keith Lockyer
Holley Fowler Martens
Carmen M. McClennon
Robert Mengerink, EdD*
Candice MIller
Monyka S. Price
Kimberly J. Pustulka
Scott Seelbach
Michael Sheppard
Sajit Zachariah, PhD
*ex-officio
www.pepcleve.org
Elaine Harper, PhD
Educational Services Director
Nancy Kochevar
Quality Assurance Director
John L. Malcolm IV
Information Technology Director
Thomas J. Martin, PhD
Program Evaluation Director
Aaron Muttillo
Clinical Services Director
Erica New, MD
Medical Director
Ireland
Eric C. Waag
Program Coordinator
Phoenix
Todd R. Ray
Program Coordinator
Prentiss Autism Center
Darlene Kelly
Program Coordinator
Willow Creek
Nancy Gecking
Program Coordinator
CONNECTIONS
Jill Koenig
Program Director
Sheila O’Donnell
General Counsel and Risk Manager
Claire Shands-Waag
Human Resources Director
Since 1971, Positive Education Program has helped troubled and troubling children learn and grow, providing
strength-based special education and mental health services in partnership with families, schools, and communities.
Each year PEP provides support and training to hundreds of peer professionals and positively impacts the lives
of 2,500 children and their families through its areas of service: Integrated Special Education & Mental Health,
Early Childhood, Autism, Community Support, and Consultation & Training. PEP operates many programs including:
Day Treatment Centers, Early Childhood Plus, Connections and PEP Assist.
Associated with Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County
Contract Provider of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County
Accredited by CARF: Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
A United Way Agency
Hopewell
Kevin Wering
Program Coordinator
NANCY WASYLYSHYN DESIGN
Treasurer
Greenview
D. Kyle Rose
Program Coordinator