Game- changer! More than 8.3 million children live with at least one parent who abuses or is dependent on alcohol or illicit drugs.

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1 Prototypes Post Ispirig stories ad ews from Prototypes WINTER 2014 Gamechager! PROTOTYPES NEW PROGRAM TAKES FAMILY TREATMENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL More tha 8.3 millio childre live with at least oe paret who abuses or is depedet o alcohol or illicit drugs. Paretal substace use accouts for close to 80% of substatiated child abuse ad eglect cases. Ofte, though, treatmet programs focus oly o the paret s eeds. INSIDE Ribbo Cuttig ad Natioal Recovery Moth Celebratio....2 Childre of Prototypes: Jacob s Story Prototypes Hoors the Black Wome Lawyers Associatio of Los Ageles...4 Prototypes Three-Year Strategic Growth Pla The devastatig effects of child abuse ad eglect very ofte lead to poor ad costly physical ad psychological health outcomes later i life. Accordig to the Ceters for Disease Cotrol, for oe year of cofirmed cases of child maltreatmet, the associated costs over a lifetime are estimated at approximately $124 billio. A ew demostratio program fuded by the Admiistratio o Childre ad Families is allowig Prototypes to focus o developig activities ad tools to egage a cliet s childre ad her etire family. This ew family-cetered treatmet program, called Healthy Childre, Strog Families (HCSF), is provided through Prototypes residetial facility i Pomoa. While Prototypes residetial program has always icluded mothers ad their childre, HCSF provides additioal staff ad tools to miimize the risk of child abadomet or placemet i foster care ad icreases the likelihood of positive outcomes for the etire family whe they reeter the commuity. cotiued o page 6 Prototypes Uveils Reovated Pomoa Wome s Ceter See page 2 for more iformatio!

2 Prototypes Post WINTER 2014 Prototypes Ribbo-Cuttig ad Natioal Recovery Moth Celebratio BOARD OF DIRECTORS A McClaatha, Chair Perso Vice Presidet of Busiess Developmet, mystregth.com cotiued from page 2 Michael Kemp, Vice Chair Perso Fouder ad Pricipal, Michael Kemp Architects Ro Burkhardt, Secretary Maagig Director, Newmark Grubb Kight Frak Jim Qui, Treasurer Former Seior Maagemet Executive Margaret Kelly Regioal Vice Presidet, West Govermet, Educatio & Labor, OptumHealth Brado Matloff Fiacial Represetative, Northwester Mutual Kare E. Poiter, Esq. Parter ad Attorey at Law, Lerma Poiter & Spitz LLP Cidy Teti Seior Maager, Capital Group Cassadra Loch Presidet ad Chief Executive Officer, Prototypes ABOUT US Prototypes is a lifelie to wome who are strugglig with addictio ad other serious issues such as domestic violece ad metal illess. May of these wome are mothers who face a impossible choice: give up their childre to foster care or a guardia, or cotiue to suffer. Prototypes is a game chager by allowig wome to keep their childre with them durig treatmet so they both get the help they eed. Ad, by combiig comprehesive treatmet with practical life-skills traiig, we prepare wome for log-term success. Prototypes provides comprehesive, itegrated, ad evidece-based services to 10,000 idividuals each year at 14 locatios throughout Souther Califoria. Prototypes is a iteratioally recogized, CARF Accredited o-profit orgaizatio dedicated to improvig commuities impacted by substace use, metal illess ad domestic violece. prototypes.org Prototypes staff ad supporters cut the ribbo to commemorate the reovatios at the Pomoa Wome s Ceter. From left: Jay Virbel, Califoria Departmet of Correctios ad Rehabilitatio Associate Director of Female Offeder Programs; Christy Beaudi, LCSW, CPHQ, Prototypes VP of Quality & Safety; April Wilso, Prototypes VP of Mother ad Child Residetial; Califoria State Seator Carol Liu; A McClaatha, Protoypes Board Chair; Cassadra Loch, Prototypes Presidet & CEO; Nial Stimso, Prototypes VP of Busiess Developmet; Califoria Seator Norma J. Torres; Levi Marti, Prototypes VP of Fiace & Admiistrative Operatios; ad Agie Castro, Assistat Field Director for Supervisor Gloria Molia. EVENT SPOTLIGHT Prototypes Ribbo-Cuttig ad Natioal Recovery Moth Celebratio PROTOTYPES NEWLY RENOVATED POMONA WOMEN S CENTER was the scee of celebratio as supporters, Board members, staff ad cliets joied with elected officials to celebrate the revamped facility. The Pomoa Wome s Ceter reovatios provides Prototypes staff with a fully equipped facility to match the high-quality services they deliver each day to wome ad their childre. The upgrades ivolved early every room, helpig to improve the Ceter after early 30 years of providig treatmet services while maitaiig its warm, home-like feel. Because of Prototypes, thousads of wome with drug addictios have access to services whe they would t have the opportuity elsewhere. SENATOR NORMA J. TORRES The celebratio was made eve more special because it took place durig Natioal Recovery Moth. Now i its 25th year, Natioal Recovery Moth serves a critical role i remidig the public that addictio is a disease ad, as such, should be afforded the same research, fudig ad treatmet as ay other chroic disease. Natioal Recovery Moth also serves to remid the public of the growig eed for programs like Prototypes. Last year aloe, early 23 millio Americas eeded treatmet for drug or alcohol use. Less tha 11 percet of that total actually received the treatmet they eeded to recover. As a mom, I could ever imagie havig to choose betwee my health ad my so, ad o oe should have to, said Prototypes Presidet ad CEO Cassadra Loch. Prototypes keeps families together ad provides everythig we ca for both moms ad their childre, she said, makig sure the ext geeratio does ot suffer from addictio, icarceratio ad poverty. cotiued from page 6 HCSF is a game-chager for wome who face uimagiable challeges. Recetly, a youg wome ad her two-year-old toddler came to Prototypes seekig treatmet. They had bee homeless ad arrived with virtually othig. Prototypes staff immediately foud space. Desperate ad worried about the well-beig of her childre, she had left her eight-moth old baby i the care of others while she sought help. Ufortuately, the caretakers for her baby proved ureliable. Durig her secod week at Prototypes, with o warig, ie armed police officers arrived to arrest her for child abadomet. We were able to have the police sit dow with the cliet ad explai the situatio, said Ms. Poirier. Although police still arrested her, Prototypes staff assured her that they would assist her through the process. The evet also hoored idividuals who have supported Prototypes missio to esure that the most vulerable i our commuity receive life-savig treatmet. Ms. Loch ad April Wilso, BA, RAS, Vice Presidet of Mother ad Child Residetial Treatmet, preseted the Prototypes Champio Award to two elected officials for their advocacy ad support: U.S. Cogresswoma Gloria Negrete McLeod ad Califoria State Seator Norma Torres. The Champio Award was also preseted to the Black Wome Lawyers Associatio of Los Ageles for their may years of support. Califoria State Seator Carol Liu, who received Prototypes Champio Award i 2013, was also preset to celebrate the reovatios. Seator Liu played a itegral role i helpig to keep our Commuity Prisoer Mother Program ope ad highlighted why programs like those at Prototypes are critical for our commuities. The way we deal with icarcerated wome does ot just affect wome. It also has a profoud impact o their childre, Seator Liu stated. It s time we treat addictio as a health issue, ot as a crime. Whe a mother is arrested, there is a immediate egative impact o the child, said Ms. Child. HCSF has the capabilities to fid ways to trasform how law eforcemet ad the courts deal with these situatios. The HCSF Collaborative Coucil met ad discussed the situatio. A represetative from the District Attorey s office was able to help Prototypes advocate for the cliet. To avoid future situatios, such as armed police arrivig to arrest a cliet, Prototypes is curretly workig with the police departmet to trai them o better approaches to workig with this populatio. The HCSF program was made for wome like this cliet, Ms. Poirier said. Wome who, because of homelessess, trauma ad addictio, have ever had the comprehesive support to tur their lives aroud. Above, the ew computer lab provides computer skills traiig to help cliets prepare for employmet. The ew family dormitories provide a warm ad comfortable space for moms ad their kids. cotiued o page 7 2 Newsletter desig by 2B Commuicatios 7

3 New Program Helps Esure Healthy Childre, Strog Families cotiued from cover Prototypes cotiues to break ew groud i addressig the real ad complex eeds of wome ad childre. You ca help other families like Jacob ad his mom. Doate today at prototypes.org KATHY JETT, Policy Cosultat Califoria Forward ad Former Director of Alcohol ad Drug Programs ad Udersecretary of Adult Programs for the Departmet of Correctios ad Rehabilitatio paretig classes at Prototypes does t have to repeat the process by takig additioal paretig classes that may be required by her social worker. This project takes family-cetered treatmet to the ext level, stated April Wilso, BA, RAS, Prototypes Vice Presidet, Mother ad Child Residetial Treatmet. It ecompasses the whole family so cliets have a solid support system oce they complete treatmet. I partership with Childre ad Family Futures, Prototypes lauched HCSF i early 2014 alog with 11 commuity-based parter orgaizatios i the Sa Gabriel Valley that form the HCSF Collaborative Coucil. While Prototypes provides a iovative, trauma-iformed treatmet program, this collaboratio is key to havig a positive impact o the etire system of care amog providers, public agecies ad families. Usually, cliets i substace use treatmet programs must meet requiremets for multiple service providers ad systems. Ufortuately, those requiremets ca ofte overwhelm cliets, or it ca be almost impossible to meet all requiremets i the allotted amout of time. Ofte, cliets have to repeat their traumatic histories to each provider from whom they eed to receive services, which is t ecessary, said Holly Child, research associate with Childre ad Family Futures. HCSF is a opportuity to improve commuicatios amog service providers, so cliets do t have to relive their trauma each time they ecouter a social worker, therapist, case maager ad others. I additio, HCSF provides a formal way to track cases, so a cliet takig 6 Childre ad Family Futures is a Califoria-based orgaizatio that works to improve collaborative policy ad practice across the substace abuse, child welfare ad judicial systems throughout the coutry. Ad the orgaizatio is ot a typical evaluator. Rather, it has a vested iterest i creatig effective models for families that ca be replicated elsewhere. With their help, the HCSF project is able to use a sigle resource, the Family Care Coordiatio documet, to foster collaboratio across providers. This uique tool was developed because, as Ms. Child oted, We could t fid ay curret tools that supported what we eeded. Aother critical resource is a ewly created staff positio, the Family Navigator. The Family Navigator coects with each perso a cliet idetifies as importat i her life, explaied Julia Poirier, LCSW, Maager I at Prototypes Pomoa Wome s Ceter. We iclude childre, parters, gradparets or foster parets ad the reach out ad provide them with aythig they may eed. This goes beyod simple referrals to other services or pamphlets with iformatio. The Family Navigator idetifies ad addresses broader family eeds. For example, she may meet with a cliet s childre who are i kiship care ad determie that a child eeds therapy. She will ot oly fid the therapist, she will make sure a appoitmet has bee made ad that the child actually receives treatmet, eve if it meas locatig a therapist who ca come to the child s school. It s more of a partership with a family, holdig their had ad walkig them through treatmet, so they all come out stroger, said Ms. Poirier. Prototypes also provides groups ad classes for family members. CHILDREN OF PROTOTYPES Jacob s Story Prototypes chaged the way I see my mom. Now she is my role model. AS A TRAINED COUNSELOR FOR ADOLESCENTS AT RISK FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, Jacob has a special reaso for coectig so well with his cliets: He s bee i their shoes. Growig up, Jacob s life was aythig but stable. His mother, Sharo, moved ofte, brigig Jacob ad his youger brother with her from place to place as she struggled with her addictio. I did t kow if I was goig to go to school every day, Jacob shared recetly. I did t kow where I was goig to sleep or where I was goig to wake up. Jacob could tell whe his mom was o drugs, ad he costatly feared that the ext kock o the door would be from police. There were times whe Sharo would just go away, leavig him aloe to care for his brother. The his brother was take away. That really made my mom realize that she had a problem, Jacob said. Sharo sought treatmet at Prototypes. There, she got sober ad healthy, ad she leared how to be a better paret. She also gaied skills to start a ew career helpig other strugglig wome i circumstaces similar to hers. Jacob kows how importat it was for his mom to keep her childre with her durig treatmet. He uderstads how terrifyig it is for mothers ot to kow how their kids are doig. It s motivatio for them to keep goig, Jacob said. I tur, by stayig close to their mom, Jacob ad his brother were able to witess her trasformatio. You ca watch Jacob s video o our homepage at prototypes.org. Sharo has bee clea ad sober for 10 years, ad she works at Prototypes as a Certified Addictio Treatmet Couselor ad vocatioal coordiator. Jacob ad his mom have a great relatioship. Prototypes chaged the way I see my mom, Jacob oted. Now she is my role model. Mother ad so support each other professioally, ad Jacob s youger brother is also doig well. Jacob is completig his bachelor s degree i sociology ad plas to pursue a master s degree i social work. He says his experiece with his mother ad Prototypes has ispired him to help others. He plas to keep helpig tees strugglig with addictio so they will ever have to hit rock bottom. Prototypes, he said, has taught me gratitude. 3

4 PROTOTYPES THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN HIGHLIGHTS Prototypes is keely aware of the importace that strategic growth plaig plays i our ability to chart a successful course for the future. Over the past several moths, we ve egaged i a facilitated process ivolvig our Board of Directors ad key staff. The result: A actioable three-year strategic growth pla that is already guidig us to ew levels of success. A hallmark of our approach to doig busiess is keepig our figers o the pulse of what s happeig i the field ad stayig ahead of the chage curve. Our strategic plaig process helps us evaluate our opportuities ad create the roadmap that is already takig us to the ext level. CASSANDRA LOCH, CEO Cassadra Loch, Prototypes Presidet & CEO, preseted the 2014 Prototypes Champio Award to Lida Rosborough, Tami Warre ad Kare Poiter from the Black Wome Lawyers Associatio of Los Ageles. WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN THREE YEARS Our pla builds o our stregths, aligs with our missio, leverages our assets, coveys a strog brad, promotes orgaizatioal stability, ad fosters growth. It is our roadmap to fulfillig our visio: to cosistetly exceed the expectatios of our cliets, our employees ad our fuders. Throughout the ext three years, Prototypes actios will be guided by a set of core priciples ad six strategic goals. SUPPORT HIGHLIGHT Prototypes Hoors the Black Wome Lawyers Associatio of Los Ageles MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, BOARD MEMBER KAREN POINTER INTRODUCED PROTOTYPES TO THE BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES (BWL). Sice the, the aual support of this group has bee icredibly importat to Prototypes. To thak BWL for its ogoig support, Prototypes preseted the associatio with its Champio Award last September durig a Ribbo Cuttig ad Natioal Recovery Moth Celebratio. CORE PRINCIPLES We believe that i order for Prototypes to thrive we must: Prototypes is such a importat force i the commuity. It touches so may lives. BWL was fouded i 1975 as a support system for black wome attoreys ad evolved ito a premier associatio dedicated to givig back to the commuity. The associatio ecourages youg black wome to go to law school, ad it provides scholarships to esure diversity i the professio. Our work i the commuity cotiues to grow ad is a source of great pride for our group, shared Tami Warre, outgoig BWL presidet. I additio to Prototypes, we participate i service projects ad work i high schools i primarily black eighborhoods. A Los Ageles public defeder, Ms. Warre s coectio to Prototypes rus deep. The Public Defeder s office works closely with Prototypes to help wome i the crimial justice system gai access to treatmet. My perspective is uique, sice I happe to represet may of the wome who ed up at Prototypes. Ms. Warre said. Oe of her cliets, who had a log history with drugs, was thrilled to get a bed at Prototypes ad move away from addictio ad toward idepedece. She later reached out to Ms. Warre ad let her kow that the experiece had chaged her life. Now, for more tha a decade, the BWL members have doated fuds ad voluteered their time to esure that families at Prototypes have a woderful Thaksgivig ad Christmas holiday. It is so amazig to see the light i their eyes whe we brig toys ad other gifts, said Ms. Warre. Lida Rosborough, a deputy district attorey ad BWL s Commuity Actio Chair for the past eight years, is aother powerful advocate for BWL s cotiued support of Prototypes. Prototypes is such a importat force i the commuity, Ms. Rosborough said recetly. It touches so may lives. 4 Be a trasformatioal service provider ad employer Be cliical leaders Deliver the highest-quality services Maitai a balace betwee govermet ad private fudig Model the highest levels of dedicatio ad commitmet Be exterally focused ad evolvig SIX STRATEGIC GOALS 1. Programs ad Services: Meet the holistic eeds of our cliets by deliverig a fully itegrated cotiuum of care. Key Focus Areas: Aligig structure to support expaded, itegrated services; cetralizig ad streamliig itake ad support fuctios; measurig program effectiveess; expadig residetial programs for wome. 2. Staffig ad Stadards: Achieve ad maitai a high-quality, iterdiscipliary team approach to deliverig the Prototypes evidece-based treatmet approaches. Key Focus Areas: Stadardizig evidece-based treatmet models agecy-wide; recruitig ad retaiig top-quality staff; traiig staff ad guidig professioal developmet; maitaiig CARF accreditatio. 3. Goverace ad Fudraisig Leadership: Build ad maitai a diverse, high-performig Board that actively advaces Prototypes priorities. Key Focus Areas: Esurig strategic Board growth, developmet ad traiig; operatioalizig key priciples of high-performig boards. 4. Commuicatios: Icrease Prototypes visibility ad stregthe our reputatio as a leader i the field. Key Focus Areas: Expadig our cliical leadership role i the field; ehacig relatioships with key stakeholders; servig as a expert resource for policy- makers ad the media o issues related to our missio. 5. Ifrastructure Facilities ad Techology: Esure that our facilities ad techology reflect our commitmet to quality ad eable our evidece-based treatmet approaches. Key Focus Areas: Fully implemetig Electroic Health Records itegratio to improve operatios, ehace cliical collaboratio ad measure outcomes; proactively esurig that facilities are equipped to meet program eeds. 6. Fiscal Maagemet ad Reveue: Set ad maitai a balaced budget through prudet fiacial disciplie ad striget fiscal cotrol withi a diversified reveue model. Key Focus Areas: Icreasig private sector support; expadig outreach capacity to build private pay/maaged care reveue; maximizig service cotracts. Watch for progress updates o our website: prototypes.org 5

5 PROTOTYPES THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN HIGHLIGHTS Prototypes is keely aware of the importace that strategic growth plaig plays i our ability to chart a successful course for the future. Over the past several moths, we ve egaged i a facilitated process ivolvig our Board of Directors ad key staff. The result: A actioable three-year strategic growth pla that is already guidig us to ew levels of success. A hallmark of our approach to doig busiess is keepig our figers o the pulse of what s happeig i the field ad stayig ahead of the chage curve. Our strategic plaig process helps us evaluate our opportuities ad create the roadmap that is already takig us to the ext level. CASSANDRA LOCH, CEO Cassadra Loch, Prototypes Presidet & CEO, preseted the 2014 Prototypes Champio Award to Lida Rosborough, Tami Warre ad Kare Poiter from the Black Wome Lawyers Associatio of Los Ageles. WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN THREE YEARS Our pla builds o our stregths, aligs with our missio, leverages our assets, coveys a strog brad, promotes orgaizatioal stability, ad fosters growth. It is our roadmap to fulfillig our visio: to cosistetly exceed the expectatios of our cliets, our employees ad our fuders. Throughout the ext three years, Prototypes actios will be guided by a set of core priciples ad six strategic goals. SUPPORT HIGHLIGHT Prototypes Hoors the Black Wome Lawyers Associatio of Los Ageles MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO, BOARD MEMBER KAREN POINTER INTRODUCED PROTOTYPES TO THE BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES (BWL). Sice the, the aual support of this group has bee icredibly importat to Prototypes. To thak BWL for its ogoig support, Prototypes preseted the associatio with its Champio Award last September durig a Ribbo Cuttig ad Natioal Recovery Moth Celebratio. CORE PRINCIPLES We believe that i order for Prototypes to thrive we must: Prototypes is such a importat force i the commuity. It touches so may lives. BWL was fouded i 1975 as a support system for black wome attoreys ad evolved ito a premier associatio dedicated to givig back to the commuity. The associatio ecourages youg black wome to go to law school, ad it provides scholarships to esure diversity i the professio. Our work i the commuity cotiues to grow ad is a source of great pride for our group, shared Tami Warre, outgoig BWL presidet. I additio to Prototypes, we participate i service projects ad work i high schools i primarily black eighborhoods. A Los Ageles public defeder, Ms. Warre s coectio to Prototypes rus deep. The Public Defeder s office works closely with Prototypes to help wome i the crimial justice system gai access to treatmet. My perspective is uique, sice I happe to represet may of the wome who ed up at Prototypes. Ms. Warre said. Oe of her cliets, who had a log history with drugs, was thrilled to get a bed at Prototypes ad move away from addictio ad toward idepedece. She later reached out to Ms. Warre ad let her kow that the experiece had chaged her life. Now, for more tha a decade, the BWL members have doated fuds ad voluteered their time to esure that families at Prototypes have a woderful Thaksgivig ad Christmas holiday. It is so amazig to see the light i their eyes whe we brig toys ad other gifts, said Ms. Warre. Lida Rosborough, a deputy district attorey ad BWL s Commuity Actio Chair for the past eight years, is aother powerful advocate for BWL s cotiued support of Prototypes. Prototypes is such a importat force i the commuity, Ms. Rosborough said recetly. It touches so may lives. 4 Be a trasformatioal service provider ad employer Be cliical leaders Deliver the highest-quality services Maitai a balace betwee govermet ad private fudig Model the highest levels of dedicatio ad commitmet Be exterally focused ad evolvig SIX STRATEGIC GOALS 1. Programs ad Services: Meet the holistic eeds of our cliets by deliverig a fully itegrated cotiuum of care. Key Focus Areas: Aligig structure to support expaded, itegrated services; cetralizig ad streamliig itake ad support fuctios; measurig program effectiveess; expadig residetial programs for wome. 2. Staffig ad Stadards: Achieve ad maitai a high-quality, iterdiscipliary team approach to deliverig the Prototypes evidece-based treatmet approaches. Key Focus Areas: Stadardizig evidece-based treatmet models agecy-wide; recruitig ad retaiig top-quality staff; traiig staff ad guidig professioal developmet; maitaiig CARF accreditatio. 3. Goverace ad Fudraisig Leadership: Build ad maitai a diverse, high-performig Board that actively advaces Prototypes priorities. Key Focus Areas: Esurig strategic Board growth, developmet ad traiig; operatioalizig key priciples of high-performig boards. 4. Commuicatios: Icrease Prototypes visibility ad stregthe our reputatio as a leader i the field. Key Focus Areas: Expadig our cliical leadership role i the field; ehacig relatioships with key stakeholders; servig as a expert resource for policy- makers ad the media o issues related to our missio. 5. Ifrastructure Facilities ad Techology: Esure that our facilities ad techology reflect our commitmet to quality ad eable our evidece-based treatmet approaches. Key Focus Areas: Fully implemetig Electroic Health Records itegratio to improve operatios, ehace cliical collaboratio ad measure outcomes; proactively esurig that facilities are equipped to meet program eeds. 6. Fiscal Maagemet ad Reveue: Set ad maitai a balaced budget through prudet fiacial disciplie ad striget fiscal cotrol withi a diversified reveue model. Key Focus Areas: Icreasig private sector support; expadig outreach capacity to build private pay/maaged care reveue; maximizig service cotracts. Watch for progress updates o our website: prototypes.org 5

6 New Program Helps Esure Healthy Childre, Strog Families cotiued from cover Prototypes cotiues to break ew groud i addressig the real ad complex eeds of wome ad childre. You ca help other families like Jacob ad his mom. Doate today at prototypes.org KATHY JETT, Policy Cosultat Califoria Forward ad Former Director of Alcohol ad Drug Programs ad Udersecretary of Adult Programs for the Departmet of Correctios ad Rehabilitatio paretig classes at Prototypes does t have to repeat the process by takig additioal paretig classes that may be required by her social worker. This project takes family-cetered treatmet to the ext level, stated April Wilso, BA, RAS, Prototypes Vice Presidet, Mother ad Child Residetial Treatmet. It ecompasses the whole family so cliets have a solid support system oce they complete treatmet. I partership with Childre ad Family Futures, Prototypes lauched HCSF i early 2014 alog with 11 commuity-based parter orgaizatios i the Sa Gabriel Valley that form the HCSF Collaborative Coucil. While Prototypes provides a iovative, trauma-iformed treatmet program, this collaboratio is key to havig a positive impact o the etire system of care amog providers, public agecies ad families. Usually, cliets i substace use treatmet programs must meet requiremets for multiple service providers ad systems. Ufortuately, those requiremets ca ofte overwhelm cliets, or it ca be almost impossible to meet all requiremets i the allotted amout of time. Ofte, cliets have to repeat their traumatic histories to each provider from whom they eed to receive services, which is t ecessary, said Holly Child, research associate with Childre ad Family Futures. HCSF is a opportuity to improve commuicatios amog service providers, so cliets do t have to relive their trauma each time they ecouter a social worker, therapist, case maager ad others. I additio, HCSF provides a formal way to track cases, so a cliet takig 6 Childre ad Family Futures is a Califoria-based orgaizatio that works to improve collaborative policy ad practice across the substace abuse, child welfare ad judicial systems throughout the coutry. Ad the orgaizatio is ot a typical evaluator. Rather, it has a vested iterest i creatig effective models for families that ca be replicated elsewhere. With their help, the HCSF project is able to use a sigle resource, the Family Care Coordiatio documet, to foster collaboratio across providers. This uique tool was developed because, as Ms. Child oted, We could t fid ay curret tools that supported what we eeded. Aother critical resource is a ewly created staff positio, the Family Navigator. The Family Navigator coects with each perso a cliet idetifies as importat i her life, explaied Julia Poirier, LCSW, Maager I at Prototypes Pomoa Wome s Ceter. We iclude childre, parters, gradparets or foster parets ad the reach out ad provide them with aythig they may eed. This goes beyod simple referrals to other services or pamphlets with iformatio. The Family Navigator idetifies ad addresses broader family eeds. For example, she may meet with a cliet s childre who are i kiship care ad determie that a child eeds therapy. She will ot oly fid the therapist, she will make sure a appoitmet has bee made ad that the child actually receives treatmet, eve if it meas locatig a therapist who ca come to the child s school. It s more of a partership with a family, holdig their had ad walkig them through treatmet, so they all come out stroger, said Ms. Poirier. Prototypes also provides groups ad classes for family members. CHILDREN OF PROTOTYPES Jacob s Story Prototypes chaged the way I see my mom. Now she is my role model. AS A TRAINED COUNSELOR FOR ADOLESCENTS AT RISK FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, Jacob has a special reaso for coectig so well with his cliets: He s bee i their shoes. Growig up, Jacob s life was aythig but stable. His mother, Sharo, moved ofte, brigig Jacob ad his youger brother with her from place to place as she struggled with her addictio. I did t kow if I was goig to go to school every day, Jacob shared recetly. I did t kow where I was goig to sleep or where I was goig to wake up. Jacob could tell whe his mom was o drugs, ad he costatly feared that the ext kock o the door would be from police. There were times whe Sharo would just go away, leavig him aloe to care for his brother. The his brother was take away. That really made my mom realize that she had a problem, Jacob said. Sharo sought treatmet at Prototypes. There, she got sober ad healthy, ad she leared how to be a better paret. She also gaied skills to start a ew career helpig other strugglig wome i circumstaces similar to hers. Jacob kows how importat it was for his mom to keep her childre with her durig treatmet. He uderstads how terrifyig it is for mothers ot to kow how their kids are doig. It s motivatio for them to keep goig, Jacob said. I tur, by stayig close to their mom, Jacob ad his brother were able to witess her trasformatio. You ca watch Jacob s video o our homepage at prototypes.org. Sharo has bee clea ad sober for 10 years, ad she works at Prototypes as a Certified Addictio Treatmet Couselor ad vocatioal coordiator. Jacob ad his mom have a great relatioship. Prototypes chaged the way I see my mom, Jacob oted. Now she is my role model. Mother ad so support each other professioally, ad Jacob s youger brother is also doig well. Jacob is completig his bachelor s degree i sociology ad plas to pursue a master s degree i social work. He says his experiece with his mother ad Prototypes has ispired him to help others. He plas to keep helpig tees strugglig with addictio so they will ever have to hit rock bottom. Prototypes, he said, has taught me gratitude. 3

7 Prototypes Post WINTER 2014 Prototypes Ribbo-Cuttig ad Natioal Recovery Moth Celebratio BOARD OF DIRECTORS A McClaatha, Chair Perso Vice Presidet of Busiess Developmet, mystregth.com cotiued from page 2 Michael Kemp, Vice Chair Perso Fouder ad Pricipal, Michael Kemp Architects Ro Burkhardt, Secretary Maagig Director, Newmark Grubb Kight Frak Jim Qui, Treasurer Former Seior Maagemet Executive Margaret Kelly Regioal Vice Presidet, West Govermet, Educatio & Labor, OptumHealth Brado Matloff Fiacial Represetative, Northwester Mutual Kare E. Poiter, Esq. Parter ad Attorey at Law, Lerma Poiter & Spitz LLP Cidy Teti Seior Maager, Capital Group Cassadra Loch Presidet ad Chief Executive Officer, Prototypes ABOUT US Prototypes is a lifelie to wome who are strugglig with addictio ad other serious issues such as domestic violece ad metal illess. May of these wome are mothers who face a impossible choice: give up their childre to foster care or a guardia, or cotiue to suffer. Prototypes is a game chager by allowig wome to keep their childre with them durig treatmet so they both get the help they eed. Ad, by combiig comprehesive treatmet with practical life-skills traiig, we prepare wome for log-term success. Prototypes provides comprehesive, itegrated, ad evidece-based services to 10,000 idividuals each year at 14 locatios throughout Souther Califoria. Prototypes is a iteratioally recogized, CARF Accredited o-profit orgaizatio dedicated to improvig commuities impacted by substace use, metal illess ad domestic violece. prototypes.org Prototypes staff ad supporters cut the ribbo to commemorate the reovatios at the Pomoa Wome s Ceter. From left: Jay Virbel, Califoria Departmet of Correctios ad Rehabilitatio Associate Director of Female Offeder Programs; Christy Beaudi, LCSW, CPHQ, Prototypes VP of Quality & Safety; April Wilso, Prototypes VP of Mother ad Child Residetial; Califoria State Seator Carol Liu; A McClaatha, Protoypes Board Chair; Cassadra Loch, Prototypes Presidet & CEO; Nial Stimso, Prototypes VP of Busiess Developmet; Califoria Seator Norma J. Torres; Levi Marti, Prototypes VP of Fiace & Admiistrative Operatios; ad Agie Castro, Assistat Field Director for Supervisor Gloria Molia. EVENT SPOTLIGHT Prototypes Ribbo-Cuttig ad Natioal Recovery Moth Celebratio PROTOTYPES NEWLY RENOVATED POMONA WOMEN S CENTER was the scee of celebratio as supporters, Board members, staff ad cliets joied with elected officials to celebrate the revamped facility. The Pomoa Wome s Ceter reovatios provides Prototypes staff with a fully equipped facility to match the high-quality services they deliver each day to wome ad their childre. The upgrades ivolved early every room, helpig to improve the Ceter after early 30 years of providig treatmet services while maitaiig its warm, home-like feel. Because of Prototypes, thousads of wome with drug addictios have access to services whe they would t have the opportuity elsewhere. SENATOR NORMA J. TORRES The celebratio was made eve more special because it took place durig Natioal Recovery Moth. Now i its 25th year, Natioal Recovery Moth serves a critical role i remidig the public that addictio is a disease ad, as such, should be afforded the same research, fudig ad treatmet as ay other chroic disease. Natioal Recovery Moth also serves to remid the public of the growig eed for programs like Prototypes. Last year aloe, early 23 millio Americas eeded treatmet for drug or alcohol use. Less tha 11 percet of that total actually received the treatmet they eeded to recover. As a mom, I could ever imagie havig to choose betwee my health ad my so, ad o oe should have to, said Prototypes Presidet ad CEO Cassadra Loch. Prototypes keeps families together ad provides everythig we ca for both moms ad their childre, she said, makig sure the ext geeratio does ot suffer from addictio, icarceratio ad poverty. cotiued from page 6 HCSF is a game-chager for wome who face uimagiable challeges. Recetly, a youg wome ad her two-year-old toddler came to Prototypes seekig treatmet. They had bee homeless ad arrived with virtually othig. Prototypes staff immediately foud space. Desperate ad worried about the well-beig of her childre, she had left her eight-moth old baby i the care of others while she sought help. Ufortuately, the caretakers for her baby proved ureliable. Durig her secod week at Prototypes, with o warig, ie armed police officers arrived to arrest her for child abadomet. We were able to have the police sit dow with the cliet ad explai the situatio, said Ms. Poirier. Although police still arrested her, Prototypes staff assured her that they would assist her through the process. The evet also hoored idividuals who have supported Prototypes missio to esure that the most vulerable i our commuity receive life-savig treatmet. Ms. Loch ad April Wilso, BA, RAS, Vice Presidet of Mother ad Child Residetial Treatmet, preseted the Prototypes Champio Award to two elected officials for their advocacy ad support: U.S. Cogresswoma Gloria Negrete McLeod ad Califoria State Seator Norma Torres. The Champio Award was also preseted to the Black Wome Lawyers Associatio of Los Ageles for their may years of support. Califoria State Seator Carol Liu, who received Prototypes Champio Award i 2013, was also preset to celebrate the reovatios. Seator Liu played a itegral role i helpig to keep our Commuity Prisoer Mother Program ope ad highlighted why programs like those at Prototypes are critical for our commuities. The way we deal with icarcerated wome does ot just affect wome. It also has a profoud impact o their childre, Seator Liu stated. It s time we treat addictio as a health issue, ot as a crime. Whe a mother is arrested, there is a immediate egative impact o the child, said Ms. Child. HCSF has the capabilities to fid ways to trasform how law eforcemet ad the courts deal with these situatios. The HCSF Collaborative Coucil met ad discussed the situatio. A represetative from the District Attorey s office was able to help Prototypes advocate for the cliet. To avoid future situatios, such as armed police arrivig to arrest a cliet, Prototypes is curretly workig with the police departmet to trai them o better approaches to workig with this populatio. The HCSF program was made for wome like this cliet, Ms. Poirier said. Wome who, because of homelessess, trauma ad addictio, have ever had the comprehesive support to tur their lives aroud. Above, the ew computer lab provides computer skills traiig to help cliets prepare for employmet. The ew family dormitories provide a warm ad comfortable space for moms ad their kids. cotiued o page 7 2 Newsletter desig by 2B Commuicatios 7

8 At Prototypes, we re workig to chage the way i which commuities approach treatmet. We believe that substace use ad metal health disorders should be viewed ad treated the same as ay other medical coditio, with the same care ad cocer that our society ad health care systems give to physical ailmets. PROTOTYPES IS A GAME-CHANGER. Not oly do we provide treatmet to the perso who is strugglig, we ivolve her etire support system childre, parters, frieds ad other family members so they uderstad her challeges ad eeds as well as their ow. Ivolvig the etire family or support system helps wome succeed i their recovery log after they leave Prototypes. Ad it eables us to help reduce stigma, icrease compassio ad make a positive impact for families today ad for geeratios to come. Durig the holiday seaso, everyoe should be able to celebrate ad sped time with their loved oes. But we kow that this is ot always the case, because may cotiue to suffer i silece ad shame. Thakfully, with the help of our supporters who have atteded a evet, give of their time, or who have made a doatio to Prototypes this past year, more families are livig healthy lives. Together, we will cotiue workig to create more compassioate commuities ad help idividual families to create ew holiday traditios that will last may lifetimes. From my family to yours, Happy Holidays! MESSAGE from Prototypes Presidet ad CEO FOR MOST WOMEN, overcomig a addictio while sufferig from metal illess or a history of trauma is the challege of a lifetime. Fidig treatmet that takes ito accout all of a idividual s eeds, alog with those of her family ca sometimes be impossible. Cassadra Loch, MBA, LCSW, Presidet ad CEO Patricia ad her daughter are proof that we are savig lives. Right ow there are wome who desperately wat ad eed treatmet, but caot afford it. Patricia remais steadfast i her recovery. She has a ew home, a successful career ad a thrivig child. Your life-savig doatio will help provide access to the services they urgetly eed. We appreciate your geerosity. Doate olie at prototypes.org. Thak you! Ispirig Hope, Health ad Idepedece