ACH HISTORY AT A GLANCE

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4 ACH HISTORY AT A GLANCE The Home Mission Societies of the Methodist churches of Fort Worth and suburbs meet to form an organization with the objective of bringing about a closer fellowship, cooperation and better understanding between the Methodist churches of the district The Methodist Union resolves to invite all the missionary societies of the city to meet, a committee is appointed to draft a new constitution and bylaws, and the organization is called the Church Women s Federation. The Church Women s Federation adopts the Women s Cooperative Home as its special work Innovative thinking leads to an expansion of services and expanding the Home into four, more family-like residential group homes. The Women s Cooperative Home is chartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The Home is located at First and Taylor streets and is established to provide care for destitute women and children The Women s Auxiliary is formed for young women who want to volunteer and has supported children in care ever since To better address changing needs, services expand to include case management, therapy and psychiatric support The name of the Home is changed to All Church Home for Children and in 1936 relocates to the Samuel Burk Burnett mansion at 1424 Summit Avenue Through a special lease agreement with the Texas Youth Development Corporation, a Boys Ranch is opened near Stephenville Services are expanded to include In-Home Services, Campus Respite Care, Foster Care and After-Care programs ACH becomes nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA), the Residential Group Care program moves from the Summit Campus to the Wedgwood Campus, and the Boys Ranch becomes a foster home After an initial Group Home opened in the Wedgwood area in Fort Worth, the Wrigley Way foster home is established and the Behavioral Group Care Program begins. The Families Together Program begins, the first of three new family homes opens at Wedgwood, and ACH combines operations with the Bridge Youth and Family Services to expand services to include a Youth Emergency Shelter, Street Outreach (HOPE), and Services to At-Risk Youth (STAR).

5 ACH becomes a United Way of Tarrant County community partner and adopts new mission and vision statements The groundbreaking ceremony is held for the Wichita Street Campus Project 19.5 acres and nine buildings donated by Valerie and Michael Mallick. The LIFE Project (Learning Independence from Experience) opens and ACH launches its first social business venture, the Belltower Chapel and Garden All Church Home for Children is renamed ACH Child and Family Services ACH celebrates the completion of the Wichita Street Campus renovations and signs a contract with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to be the Single Source Continuum Contractor for Region 3b ACH celebrates 100 years of protecting children and preserving families in North Texas. The Women s Auxiliary is reinstated and yach is formed to give young professionals social and service opportunities. The Youth Emergency Shelter relocates to the Wichita Street Campus and the Behavioral Care residential program relocates to the Wedgwood Campus Our Community, Our Kids (OCOK) is formed as a division of ACH to manage the only urban Foster Care Redesign initiative with DFPS, overseeing the foster care provider network in seven counties. Our Community, Our Kids is relocated to the Summit Campus. Renovation of the nearly 100-year old dining hall into the Jo and Holt Hickman Center began in March and in December hosted the annual meeting of the Board of Directors. Primarily for the role OCOK played in Foster Care Redesign, helping to pass Senate Bill 11 and making Community Based Care a reality for the entire state, ACH wins the CNM (Center for Nonprofit Management) Nonprofit of the Year Award, the first time the honor has been bestowed on a Tarrant County organization. ACH leverages its beautiful campus by celebrating foster families with the first Super Hero Family Fun Fest in May and again in December with the first Rockin in a Winter Wonderland family-friendly holiday event and concert that attracted more than 650 individuals. ACH applies for and receives a grant from the Rees-Jones Foundation, the largest grant in ACH history. The grant will be used to help fund a breakthrough project, Innovations in Foster Care: A Plan for Transformation After the relocation of all programs, the ACH Summit Campus is sold. The Virginia and Meto Miteff Family Home is completed.

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7 volunteerach Individual Opportunities Youth Ambassador Plan and participate in activities (educational, crafts, games, cooking, reading, sports and more) with clients of various ages. Must be at least 16 years old and willing to undergo screening prior to participating. Flexible times available. SAFE Place Site Checker Our community needs help keeping our kids safe from violence and abuse. Help us promote the SAFE Place initiative by working with our team to perform site checks throughout Tarrant County. We provide the questions. You provide the car. Flexible schedules available. Office Support Assistant Put your experience and skills to good use by advocating for our team behind the scenes. Previous experience and screening may be required. Weekday Shifts Available. Crafting Crew Have a crafty talent? Simply crochet, knit, sew, or quilt blankets, pillows, scarves, hats or other new items for those in our care. Items can be donated weekdays, at our Wichita Campus until 5 pm. Social Media Ambassador Help support ACH virtually with a "like", "share" or "love" throughout our various social media outlets. Post your experiences with ACH in support of our mission and receive volunteer time for your efforts. Life Skills Instructors TUse your expertise and knowledge to teach clients ages 5-17 about basic to advanced life skills based on educational and personal growth principles. LIFE Project Mentors Help youths participating in the LIFE Project gain trusting relationships. Must be 25 years of age and commit to one year of service. Call us at to apply! Group Opportunities Supper Club Program Volunteers provide a healthy portioned meal, along with a fun activity, to children, youth and families who call ACH home. Meals can be dropped off weekedays before 5 pm. Garden Growers Club Calling all green thumbs! We need volunteer gardeners to care for our organically-grown vegetables and plants. Limited tools are provided. We welcome experts of all ages to help keep our garden thriving, year round! Flexible times and schedules available. renewach Campus Cleanup We need volunteers, between people, to come out and help renew both of our campus locations, for Spring. Clean outside, inside, light maintenance, and more. Call to RSVP for April 24th event (all day). Group Service Projects Interested in a service project with ACH? We have several opportunities to help us renew ACH, both for interior and exterior items. Group projects may or may not be funded by ACH and additional support is always welcome by groups in order to meet the growing needs our agency. Other Opportunities Women's Auxiliary Group Joining the ACH Women's Auxiliary is a sure way to become part of a team of women dedicated to making a difference! We are looking for a diverse and dynamic group of women devoted supporting the children and families of ACH. $100 donation to join. yach Young Professionals Are you a young professional looking for a way to make an impact? Start right now! Make your mark in our North Texas community by joining yach! We re committed to helping local children and families while having an awesome time serving them.$50 donation to join. Volunteer Recognition Event Each year, ACH celebrates the hard work our volunteers put forth by hosting an annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. All volunteers, individuals and groups, are invited to attend and enjoy some fun, food and recognize our valuable volunteers. The event will be April 25, 2019 at 6 pm, location TBD. To learn more, visit: ACHservices.org/volunteer With more than a century of experience, ACH brings needed resources and skills to children and families struggling with life s challenges. Our volunteers join us in helping families to thrive and children to experience safety, hope and love. Apply Online or Call Our Team at Today! Court Ordered Community Service is not offered at this time.

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29 Welcome to ACH and Our Family of Services 3712 Wichita Street Fort Worth, Texas achchildandfamily TO ACCESS ACH SERVICES CONTACT US AT: HOPE (4673) We provide 24-hour crisis call response, centralized assessment and intake for ACH programs, and referrals to services in the community. PRESERVATION SERVICES FAMILIES TOGETHER Parent-child transitional housing. Offers homeless, single-parent families a transitional housing environment while they work to overcome the crisis that led to their homelessness and return to independent living. Short-term, basic and therapeutic services in safe residential care are provided to maintain the family unit, promote and encourage family independence, and promote and encourage long-term self-sufficiency and family stability. SERVICE AREA: Tarrant County SKILL BUILDER CLASSES Group classes of six weekly sessions for youth, ages 10-17, and parents of youth up to age 17 needing real-life skills. Topics include Life Skills, WhyTry, Too Good for Drugs and Violence (Anger Management), Safe Dates, Raising Resilient Youth and Parenting Wisely. Over 98% success rates using evidence-based curricula. SERVICE AREA: Tarrant, Johnson, Hill, Parker and Palo Pinto counties FUNDING PARTNER: Texas Prevention and Early Intervention YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELING Real help for youth up to age 17, and their families dealing with real-life issues such as conflict at home, bullying, anger management issues, talk of running away, reckless or criminal behavior, and school attendance or behavior problems. Services are provided at convenient community locations. SERVICE AREA: Tarrant, Hill, Johnson, Palo Pinto and Parker counties FUNDING PARTNER: Texas Prevention and Early Intervention SAFETY AND STABILITY HOPE HOPE, Homeless Outreach Project Experience, delivers direct, street-based services to runaway, homeless youth, ages in Tarrant County s high impact zones of homelessness. The HOPE team offers a variety of services as they work to build trusting relationships with youth, including gateway services to meet basic needs, safety planning, and intensive case management to increase youths safety and well-being. SERVICE AREA: Tarrant County FUNDING PARTNER: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families LIFE PROJECT The LIFE (Learning Independence from Experience) Project promotes self-confidence and self-sufficiency for eligible young adults by providing independent living housing options and skills development. Participants must be 18 to 21 years of age, single adults or parenting single adults aging out of foster care, or homeless young adults. SERVICE AREA: CPS Region 3b (Erath, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell and Tarrant counties) and the following Region 3 counties: Dallas, Denton, Ellis and Navarro FUNDING PARTNER: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services SAFE PLACE Locally administered national program designed to provide immediate help and safety to young people, under the age of 18 years, who are experiencing a crisis. Safe Place sites are developed in partnership with business and community locations that are easily accessible to youth. Locally, this critical community safety net makes it possible for youth to get help fast at locations displaying the distinctive yellow and black Safe Place sign. Provides response to youth at Safe Place locations. SERVICE AREA: Tarrant County FUNDING PARTNER: QuikTrip, Texas Prevention and Early Intervention YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER Offers runaway and homeless youth as well as trafficking survivors, ages 10-17, 24-hour immediate safe shelter and care while ACH works to reunite them with their families, or find safe and meaningful alternative living arrangements. Provides outreach, education and case management services for homeless youth, ages SERVICE AREA: Tarrant County FUNDING PARTNER: Emergency Food and Shelter Program; Tarrant County Community Development/U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Texas Department of Family and Protective Services; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families; United Way of Tarrant County COMMUNITY-BASED CARE OUR COMMUNITY OUR KIDS (OCOK) OCOK, a division of ACH Child and Family Services, is the Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC) for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in Region 3b. OCOK oversees the foster care provider network with the following overarching goals: 1) keep foster children safe and protected, 2) keep foster children within 50 miles of their homes and connected to their communities, 3) keep siblings together, and 4) reduce the number of times that children are moved between foster homes. SERVICE AREA: CPS Region 3b (Erath, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell and Tarrant counties) FUNDING PARTNER: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ACH LEARNING LUNCHES Be our guest for lunch and learn more about ACH. Visit to reserve your seat. Most ACH programs are free of charge. For the few programs with a small charge, no one is denied services because of inability to pay.

30 Welcome to ACH and Our Family of Services 3712 Wichita Street Fort Worth, Texas achchildandfamily TO ACCESS ACH SERVICES CONTACT US AT: HOPE (4673) We provide 24-hour crisis call response, centralized assessment and intake for ACH programs, and referrals to services in the community. TREATMENT SERVICES ADOPTION ACH partners with Child Protective Services to find adoptive families for children, and provides services for families until adoption is finalized. Post-adoption support and referral services are provided to families, as needed. SERVICE AREA: The service area for licensing families is CPS Region 3 (Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant and Wise counties). However, children can be matched from anywhere within Texas with families approved by ACH. FUNDING PARTNER: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services BEHAVIORAL CARE Therapeutic residential services for children, ages 4-12, with moderate to severe behavior problems. Provides safe and structured residential care that teaches adaptive behaviors, supports successful child development, promotes family reunification where possible, and secures the optimal level of living for each child. SERVICE AREA: Tarrant County FUNDING PARTNER: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services FOSTER CARE Foster Care services provided for children, ages 0-17, in the conservatorship of the state of Texas. ACH trains and licenses families to provide therapeutic foster care, in addition to providing a full range of support services to meet the diverse needs of foster families, including direct access to many other ACH programs. SERVICE AREA: CPS Region 3 (Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant and Wise counties). ACH also operates Our Community Our Kids for Foster Care Redesign for Region 3b (Erath, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell and Tarrant counties) to ensure the best possible placements are found for children who cannot reside with their biological families. FUNDING PARTNER: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services SUMMIT PROGRAM Innovative crisis stabilization and respite program provides youth, ages 10-17, who are experiencing crisis with acute mental health assessment and stabilization within a pleasant and home-like residential environment. The goal of the program is to prevent further deterioration as well as the need for a higher level of care for those youth and families who need assistance, but do not meet the criteria for inpatient hospitalization. In addition, the program works to promote family stability by providing a variety of services to meet individualized needs of each family and youth. Each family is provided with referral or connection to aftercare services that will support their ongoing progress. Immediate assessment and crisis intervention is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling SERVICE AREA: Tarrant County FUNDING PARTNER: Beacon Health Options TURNING POINT Crisis intervention, acute stabilization and family preservation program that provides foster children and their caregivers with relief and therapeutic interventions that prevent hospitalizations and placement disruptions. Immediate assessment and crisis intervention is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling SERVICE AREA: CPS Region 3 (Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant and Wise counties) FUNDING PARTNER: Cenpatico WEDGWOOD RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM Offers safe, stable and nurturing homes for children and youth, ages 5-17, who are unable to live with their families. Provides basic and therapeutic services in safe residential care that assist children, youth and their families through crises, promote family reunification where possible, and secure and/or provide the optimal level of living for each child. SERVICE AREA: Tarrant County FUNDING PARTNER: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ACH LEARNING LUNCHES Be our guest for lunch and learn more about ACH. Visit to reserve your seat. Most ACH programs are free of charge. For the few programs with a small charge, no one is denied services because of inability to pay. Rev. 12/18

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