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2010 Highlights and Accomplishments from Grace Hill
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Celebrating Grace
Accomplishments from the Accomplishments from the
2010 Calendar Year
Innovative Award WinningInnovative, Award Winning
Grace Hill AmeriCorps program was named one of 52 of the M I i Most Innovative AmeriCorps State Programs in the United States
Major Investment in HealthcareMajor Investment in Healthcare
Dr. Mary Wakefield, Administrator of the Health Resources and S d S Services Administration (HRSA) presented a check for $2,147,821 from the Affordable Care Act.
Soaring Parent SatisfactionSoaring Parent Satisfaction
• 95% of parents said they were satisfied overall with Head StartHead Start
• Parents overwhelmingly agree that staff treat them with courtesy and respect
Creating CommunityCreating Community
In May, Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers completed the first pstage of the Grace Hill College Hill Community Initiative at the Water Tower Campus by opening the Campus by opening the 18,500 sq. foot Water Tower Health Center.
Award winning StaffAward-winning Staff
•Coretha Bynum-Dabney received the 2010 PNC Bank Early Childhood Education Award
h d ’ l at the St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education
•Harriet Foiles, Disabilities Coordinator, won the State, Regional and National Margaret Coughlin Memorial Award for Head Start Coordinator of Disability Servicesy
Expanding Our ReachExpanding Our Reach
Grace Hill South Health Center on South Broadway expanded resulting in a expanded resulting in a newly, modernized Community Health Center for South City.
Launched New ProgramsLaunched New Programs
f h l d d•Afterschool Program expanded to 7 schools; serving over 200 children.
•Launched Early Head Start program serving 20 i f t / t th d infants/pregnant mothers and their families.
Increased scope of servicesIncreased scope of services
Speech and Language Diagnosis and Therapy were Diagnosis and Therapy were added to the services offered in the Children’s D l l C Developmental Center.
Recognition for ExcellenceRecognition for Excellence
•Grace Hill Settlement House was Grace Hill Settlement House was awarded the Quality of Life Award by the St. Louis Development CorporationCorporation.
•Rod Jones was honored as Non-Profit Executive of the Year b h Th S L i A i by the The St. Louis American Foundation, St. Louis RCGA, and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis.
College Hill ProjectCollege Hill Project
•Initiated and led the College Hill Collaborative of Service Providersg
•Established neighbor work groups to involve neighbors in the betterment of their neighborhood
ll b d h d k bl h h l•Collaborated with Midwest Bank to establish a home loan program for North St. Louis
•Homeless forum with City of St. Louis with 70 service providers to Homeless forum with City of St. Louis with 70 service providers to coordinate services to the chronically homeless
Collaborating for ExcellenceCollaborating for Excellence
Grace Hill collaborates with the University of Missouri St Louis University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) School of Optometry to provide optometric services to all patients Pediatric Optometry was patients. Pediatric Optometry was added in 2010.
Chosen to LeadChosen to Lead
Selected as lead agency for the St Louis Children’s the St. Louis Children s Zone Project
Recognition of the BoardRecognition of the Board
Board Treasurer and Past President Jean Frazee was awarded the prestigious Samuel awarded the prestigious Samuel Rodgers Award for service to Community Healthcare Centers b th Mi i P i C by the Missouri Primary Care Association.
Staff Join The CauseStaff Join The Cause
Grace Hill Settlement House had 100% participation in the United Way Employee Campaign and Way Employee Campaign and raised 22% over the agency goal.
Improved Classroom EnvironmentsImproved Classroom Environments
• The quality of every q y yclassroom has improved (based upon the Infant Toddler and Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scales).
• Average ECERS scores rose to 5.58 in PY09-10 from 4.22 in PY08-09.
• Average ITERS scores rose from 4.24 in PY08-09to 5.31 in PY09-10
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