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Fiscal Year 10-11Accomplishments byNorthstar ProblemGambling Alliance (NPGA)

25%

Event Fees $3250 2%

Northstar Gross RevenueSFY 2010-11 at June 30, 2011

State Grant

$225,000

Individuals and

business $16,751

Interest $348

>1%

66%

FY Total $ 280,907

Receivable $ 40,130Total Earned $ 321,037

In-Kind Donations$70,688

6%

Pe$8

Offic

Program$182,744

62%

28%

10%

Total Expenses Eligible for Grant $297

$ 297,608 eligible

$ 225,000 available

$ 72,608 other funds

$8,5493%

$296,593

SFY2010-11 at June 30, 2011 $305,142

97%

Non GrantExpensesGrant Expenses

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

FINANCIAL REPORT

Organizational

year strategic plan.

Northern Light,

is launched with the goal of becomingthe primary source of c urrent problem

gambling, treatment and recovery

information in Minnesota. Print

distribution expands from 500 in early

2010 to over 4500 byscal year end.

State Conference on Problem Gambling

for 75 aendees. Keith Whyte, executive

director of the National Council on

Problem Gambling, is one of the featured

speakers.

Minnesota problem gambling professionals

to aend the National Council on Problem

Gambling annual conference in Boston,

July 2011.

SFY 2010-11 at June 30, 2011Total Expenses Eligible for Grant $297

SFY 2010-11 at June 30, 2011SFY 2010-11 at June 30, 2011 $305,142

Legislative

legislators and testify at commiee

hearings to encourage funding for

education and treatment of problem

gambling.

the legislature to continue to serve as

the Minnesota aliate to the National

Council on Problem Gambling.Outreach

24 training programs for over 675

professionals around Minnesota,

including alcohol and drug counselors,

students in addiction studies, probation

ocers, aorneys and treatment program

teams.

10 professional conferences, reaching

hundreds of professionals such as

psychologists, alcohol and drug

counselors, therapists, social workers,

marriage and family therapists, and

corrections ocers.

Gambling Awareness week (sponsored

by the National Council on Problem

Gambling), providing billboards

throughout the Twin Cities displaying

the Minnesota Helpline for Problem

Gamblers, 800-333-HOPE.e week-

long campaign includes print and

broadcast media stories as well as live

television and radio interviews, reaching

thousands across the state.e campaigncontributed to a 60% increase in calls

to the state problem gambling helpline

during March and April.

trainings for 75 police ocers on Rule

82, which requires ocers to conduct a

problem gambling assessment for new

probation clients.

Research

gambling behaviors in Minnesota high

school students. A second, related project

analyzes the data to explore the same

behaviors in a subset of Native American

students. (Report can be viewed at www.

NorthstarProblemGambling.org.)

survey to establish a basel

Minnesotans awareness,

and aitude toward the is

gambling.e 500-partic

be completed in FY 2011

to drive communication m

to measure and compare t

education and awareness

Collaboration

work with the Minnesota

Services Problem Gambli

Minnesota Problem Gam

Council, statewide proble

treatment providers, and

addiction recovery comm

providers and members o

Advisory Council on Prob

to develop and present inf

on problem gambling at t

MARRCH conference fo

drug abuse professionals.

Northstar Total Expenses Northstar Gross Revenue Minnesota State Grant Expense Cat

The struggles and fears of Minnesotans with gambling problems

can be heard acutely in their words:

My husband is a compulsive gambler. I just found out he has

gambled away a significant part of our savings. What should I do?

I certainly dont want to tell anyone about this.

About ten years ago, I was heavily into a gambling addiction. My

life was quite chaotic in all areas: work stress, family stress,

financial and spiritual stress. Gambling seemed to be the only

alternative for survival, yet it consumed me to the point that all my

perceived stresses only seemed to magnify themselves further.

Emotionally, gambling had become a chore. I was so scared that

I was going to end up doing this for another 20 or 30 years. I

was scared that I was going to get fired or end up in jail. I was on

autopilot, and I couldnt stop. I didnt know how.

I was out of control again, but I didnt want to admit I was a

compulsive gambler.

These are the very real and common fears faced by problem gamblers and thepeople close to them. Problem gamblers cant control their gambling and dontwant anyone to know about it, yet they dont know how to get help to stop.

These are the very people the Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance seeks to

help.

Our community outreach, education and training programs are geared to helpMinnesotans understand the following:

drugs

willpower

social and financial problems associated with out-of-control gambling