CTS 2009 Annual Report

Community Treatment Solutions 2008 Annual Report

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the world

one child

at a time

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es goals&objectivesCommunity Treatment Solutions is dedicated to

providing a continuum of services to children, adoles-

cents and their families. Our programs are structured

to be clinically intensive, quality driven and strengths

based. Programs support our clients in attaining skills

to overcome barriers to productive life functioning.

Community Treatment Solutions will be

recognized as a premier community agency.

We will always be innovative, focused and

compassionate. With our partners, we will

change the world, one child at a time.

We are culturally competent.

We are ethically and professionally guided.

We operate with integrity and accountability.

We respect and encourage creativity and

cohesiveness within the organization.

We enjoy our work and have a sense

of humor.

We emphasize that our employees are

our greatest asset.

We are committed to partnering with

stakeholders within our communities.

To serve as a community-based

alternative to institutional and

out-of-home placement.

To prevent symptom/behavior

exacerbation and stabilize crisis.

To identify and use client strengths

and support acquisition of new skills.

To increase the family’s connection

to natural, community-based

resources and supports.

To coordinate services and resources

in order to eliminate obstacles to

productive functioning.

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Creating Dreams

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Michele Pollack Chair, Board of Trustees

Susan Buchwald President and CEO

That simple, powerful and timeless phrase is integral to the Vision of Community Treatment Solutions as we strive to be recognized as a premier community agency, providing services to children, teens and families most in need. It is a poignant message that holds special meaning for me and everyone involved with CTS, and it is a particularly appropriate theme for our 2008 Annual Report.

Since its establishment in 1990, CTS has strived to build and foster partnerships with a wide range of agencies and individuals whose support and expertise are essential to fulfilling the organization’s mission. As a member of the board of trustees and its current chairperson, I feel privileged to be counted as a CTS partner.

The year 2008 was exciting and eventful for CTS…a year filled with many accomplishments, new partnerships and “firsts” for the organization. For me, the event of which I am most proud is the First Annual CTS JAM held last October. As a trustee for the organization it was rewarding to receive such enthusiastic support for CTS from longtime and new supporters. As an individual who supports the CTS mission, I was humbled and honored that the

fundraiser kicked off the campaign for the Pollack Residences, the organization’s initiative to build independent living residences for clients who age out of the system.

Many thanks to every CTS partner for your continued support and commitment to our mission. If you are a new or prospective CTS partner…welcome! We look forward to working together with you in the days, months and years ahead. It is only through working together, one day at a time, that "we will change the world, one child at a time.”

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As I reflect on the highlights of the past year at Community Treatment Solutions – the challenges and accomplishments, the obstacles and opportunities, I am reminded of the unpredictable journey we are all taking through this life.

For the youth and families served by CTS, the road has always been particularly arduous and troubling. They are most often among the less fortunate in our society, with few resources and limited opportunities to achieve and lead productive, happy lives. They face obstacles that may seem insurmountable. Before coming to CTS, they didn’t have a choice of the road to take, their course was set and the final destination was not promising.

Thanks in part to you, our partners and supporters, the CTS continuum of care provides the services and support our clients need to overcome obstacles. I’m pleased to report that in 2008 we remained steadfast in our mission, adding new highly-specialized programs that expand the scope and breadth of services including:

Developmentally Disabled/Mentally Ill (DDMI)

Specialty Services

Functional Family Therapy

I am energized and confident as I look to the year ahead. On behalf of the CTS staff, thank you for your support and the opportunity to give those most in need a choice to take a road that makes all the difference.

“ With our partners, we will change the world, one child at a time.”

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the road less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

- From The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost

who we serveCTS Serves……children, teens and young adults, ages 3 to 21 years who are in desperate need; those who have been abused, neglected and rejected by most of the adults in their lives. They have lost the ability to trust or love. They have lost hope in themselves, in others and in the promise of happiness, stability and success today and in the future.

The trauma our clients have endured throughout their young lives has led them to be so disruptive to their families, foster families, schools and communities that they have exhausted all of the options and resources traditionally available to them.

Our professional staff and treatment foster parents understand the root of our clients’ behaviors and have the exceptional ability to combine training, skills and compassion to overcome barriers that may have seemed overwhelming. When appropriate, CTS provides services to parents and families to improve parenting skills and prepare them to be reunited with their child.

Through a continuum of care, CTS is a ray of hope for children, teens and families who are the most vulnerable.

CTS is the foundation for personal growth, achievement and hope for the youth we serve.

Treatment home parents say:

CTS is the best at providing services to children.

CTS understands each community’s children and their needs.

of careOur Philosophy of Care……is strengths based, family focused and guided by the following principles:

Youth require safety, stability and consistency in their daily lives in order to facilitate problem solving. A client’s needs must be ad-dressed in every area where there is an obstacle to achievements.

Clients have strengths and resiliencies. These strengths may be applied to a variety of situations and domains.

Each client belongs to a family regardless of the family’s function-ing. This family is relevant to the client.

Treatment must be individualized.

Interventions view the child’s acting-out, self-destructive and with-drawing behavior as a way of coping with an overwhelming internal state or life situation.

Interventions in the client’s natural environment aid in the early identification of strengths and problem areas and expedite the finding of solutions.

Treatment planning must include client participation and be done in collaboration with stakeholders for the client’s welfare.

CTS will always use a multidisciplinary treatment team model as clients need support on a variety of levels.

Interventions focus on bolstering functional life skills, which, when learned, help to prepare the child for reunification with his or her family or for independent living.

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yThe Community Treatment Solutions philosophy of care is strengths based and family focused.

Community partners say:

CTS believes the kids can have a future. They really are driven by this belief.

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specialtyservicesThe CTS Specialty Services Program is a community-based alterna-tive to residential treatment for children who have a history of trauma, abuse and/or psychiatric disorders and exhibit complex behaviors.

CTS provides a highly-structured, home-like setting where youth receive individualized, intensive clinical services such as:

Trauma-informed assessment and treatment

Life skills development

Cognitive Behavioral, Group and Family Therapy

Crisis intervention

Medication management

Anger management

Victim empathy

Social skills development

Recreational activities

Behavior management

Play, dance and movement therapy

Video and audio diaries

CTS interventions view the child’s acting-out, self-destructive and withdrawing behavior as a way of coping with an overwhelming internal state or life situation.

- From the CTS Philosophy of Care


CTS is the best possible service.

CTS focuses on partnerships to provide the best possible outcomes.

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Youth require safety, stability and consistency in their daily lives in order to facilitate problem solving. A client’s needs must be addressed in every area where there is an obstacle to achievements.


dd/mi developmentally disabled/mentally ill

The CTS Developmentally Disabled/Mentally Ill Program (DD/MI), established in July 2008, provides a community-based alternative to institutional placement for youth diagnosed as DD/MI as de-fined by the DSMIV-TR. The program offers:

Client-centered, strengths-based services

Treatment home services

Services guided by the techniques of Applied Behavioral Analysis to emphasize teaching functional behaviors

Individualized intensive clinical services include:

› Extensive behavioral support plans

› Anger control/management

› Coping and problem solving skills

› Assertiveness training

› Tutoring and liaison with academic setting

› Delinquency prevention

› Parent training

› Crisis intervention & 24-hour on-call

› Medication management

› Counseling and life skills training

› Recreational activities

› Re-integration into families and communities

Treatment home parents say:

CTS is very responsive to my needs.

CTS is always available and supportive.

intensive clinical servicesCTS continuum of care

CTS Intensive Clinical Services include a broad spectrum of services for children, teens and families designed to bolster functional life skills.

Services include:

Reintegration and family reunification

› Intensive case management

› Resource coordination

› Aftercare

Treatment foster care, when appropriate

Individualized, intensive clinical services

› Comprehensive assessments and level of care determination

› Drug and alcohol prevention

› Crisis intervention & 24-hour on-call

› Medication management

› Counseling and life skills training

› Tutoring and liaison with academic setting

› Recreational activities

› Advocacy

Interventions focus on bolstering functional life skills, which, when learned, help to prepare the child for reunification with his or her family or for independent living.


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CTS professionals anticipate needs and proactively act to fill them. They will accept “gray area” kids.

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The CTS Transitional Assisted Independent Living Program (T.R.A.I.L.) provides clinical and case management services to support our young adult clients as they transition to independence in the communities they choose and with families that care about them.

The program demonstrates our commitment to providing a continuum of care through:

Medication monitoring until clients can obtain psychiatric services within the community.

On call 24/7 response to assist clients through periods of crisis or when needing additional support.

Personalized transitional living curriculum based on each client’s unique strengths and needs, including:

› Employment and pre-employment skills

› Money management

› Developing effective communication skills

› Exploring educational options

› Fostering problem solving and decision making skills

› Health management and self-care

› Securing housing within the community

› Accessing community resources

› Adult daily living skills


CTS is interested in the whole continuum of care for the kids and very concerned about where the kids are going after they leave CTS services.

Clients have strengths and resiliencies. These strengths may be applied to a variety of situations and domains.


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functional family therapy

CTS Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is an in-community program for youth, 11-18 years old, who are often involved in the juvenile justice system.

FFT’s key elements are:

A short-time treatment model of approximately 12 to 15 weeks.

An FFT-trained and closely supervised clinical staff.

On call response 24 hours a day, seven days a week to assist clients through periods of crisis or when needing additional support.

A focus on involving as many family members as possible to maximize the therapeutic benefits to the child.

Preventative benefits for siblings involved in the family treatment process.

Services provided in the clinic or in the home, based on each family’s needs.

Interventions in the client’s natural environment aid in the early identification of strengths and problem areas and expedite the finding of solutions.


Family receiving service says:

Community Treatment Solutions is a wonderful program and I am thankful that you were available to me and my family when we needed some outside help. Because of this program my family is in a better place. Thanks again and please continue to do what you do. I hope I don't need to reach to you again but I take comfort in knowing that if I needed to, I can and I will get great help. Thanks again!

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goldston family servicesa family visitation and reunification program

Based in Cumberland County, New Jersey, Goldston Family Services opened in September 2008 to prepare parents for reunification by helping them to improve their parenting skills and provide a safe and stable home for their children. The program is geared toward children and adolescents who are in placement and are able to be reunified with their families within three to six months.

The program includes:

Visitation

› Transportation is provided for children and adolescents to the parents’ home and/or community.

› Visits occur weekly for 1½ hours for each visit, however the schedule may fluctuate based on each family’s needs and circumstances.

Parenting Groups

› Parents attend 12 group sessions to learn and receive coaching in parenting skills.

› Childcare and meals are provided at each group session.

Home Support

› Family Specialists (FS) visit parents in their homes to teach, reinforce and coach them on parenting skills.

› After families are reunited, aftercare services begin. The Family Specialist continues to visit the family at their home, with visits titrated over the next six-month period.


CTS has a strong drive for excellence.

CTS focuses on the best interest of kids and families.

Goldston Family Services is named in honor of Linda Leebov Goldston, Esq., a dedicated lawyer, mother and philanthropist. Her philanthropy supports programs that give people new tools for success and emphasize stewardship.

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CTS Behavioral Rehabilitation is family focused, supporting our commitment to preserve the family unit, improve its function, and foster a nurturing environment for children and teens.

Through Behavioral Rehabilitation, CTS helps families provide structure and support for youth within the least restrictive environ-ment possible - their own homes, schools and communities.

Interventions are strengths based and focused on achieving sus-tainable behavioral changes that improve functioning, enhance the quality of life and strengthen the family’s and individual’s skills in such areas as:

Interpersonal relationships

Social interaction

Behavior and conduct

Adaptive and effective coping skills

CTS Behavioral Health Services are flexible and supportive, scheduled at the convenience of the client and family.

Each client belongs to a family regardless of the family’s functioning. This family is relevant to the client.


Employees say:

CTS saves lives – keeps kids safe.

CTS is very respectful of my needs.

Annualized Revenue 2008

DYFS Contracts $1,996,839DYFS Fee for Service $1,373,978Cumberland County Contract $132,184DCBHS Contracts $67,944Medicaid $254,061In Community Services Flex Funds $280,930Miscellaneous Income $61,139Total $4,167,075

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Revenue Sources Annualized Revenue

Number of Children Served 2008

DYFS Day Treatment Contract (BGCS) 50DYFS Shelter Contract (Cumb) 17DYFS Visitation Reunification Services (Cumb) 23Cumberland County Family Court Shelter Contract 15DYFS ICS Fee for Service referrals (SARs) 23Behavioral Rehabilitation (IIC - BA)Total 403

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275

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15

23

17

50

Funding Sources Children Served


CTS has HOPE when most others do not… even other agencies that serve a similar population.

clients served CTS Gratefully Acknowledges Our SupportersGalaxySusquehanna Bank

Platinum StarLinda Goldston

Gold Star ($5,000-$9,999)Michele Pollack David SwoyerTower Investments, Inc.

Silver Star ($1,000-$4,999)Aesthetic Plastic Surgery & Skin Care CenterAramarkARC Properties, Inc.Susan Ball, M.D.Susan Buchwald and Aline Rowens ETA LimousineThe Garber FamilyKarpousis LawKatz/Pierz, Inc.Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLPEstate of Myra Pollack PhillipsProfessional Receivables NetworkThe Quaker GroupSteven L. Rasner, DMD, MAGDSubaru of America, Inc.Whitesell Construction Co., Inc.

Bronze Star ($500-$999)Capehart ScatchardCovered Bridge Pharmacy/Magaziner PropertiesMaria DiJohnDillworth Paxson, LLPDrenk Behavioral Health CenterSaul Ewing, LLPFrederick FelterKeith C. Figgs, Ed.D. Rocco FiorentinoFlaster/Greenberg, P.C.Foundation Title, LLCLynne & Anthony InfantolinoThe McIntyre GroupMoore Brothers Wine CompanyMorey Corporation

Pearl Properties, LLCDonald PettitRobins' Nest, Inc.Barbara RowensDon SaleskiSherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & PodolskyTalleyville PropertiesTank Wash USA

Super Star ($1-$499)Avian JewelersBall Buckley & Seher, LLP, CPABalloons For All OccasionsBarnacle Ben’s Seafood RestaurantJodi BermanBernard’s Salon & Day SpaMartin BernsteinBest Foot ForwardBigBURRITO Restaurant GroupBishop & Bishop, P.C.Boyd’sBrio Tuscan GrillDebra BromsonBruce & Yvonne BurgessCafé Aldo LambertiBill Clements Todd CohenLynn Santilli Connor Cork RestaurantRozann CozzaCrystal Lake Body Therapy AssociatesCarol & Robert D’AlessandroRuth Darlington The DeMutis GroupVictoria & Gary FarnesiFarnesi TravelDavid FoxFrankel Financial Corp.Sue GambleTara GrisakJennifer Hess Leila & Ian JoffeLynette & Robert KillenJudith LauraBeverly & Steven LevinAngela MaranoPaula & Maury Masucci

McCormick & Schmick’sKathy & Thomas McGrathDenise & Howard MendelMetalworks Contemporary JewelryMelinda & John MuellerMikado RestaurantHessam Moheimani, M.D. Debbie & Larry MorierLinda Mottin ConsultantFreyda Neyman, M.D. and Sara Swift, M.D Onassis RestaurantGerald PacellaJoe Pesce RestaurantPizzicato RestaurantJay Roberts JewelersCarol & Zev RoseKari & Joel RosenSaiber, LLCJohn SantanielloSavona RestaurantDawn Segal and Nancy Wasser Shabnam Sharma Angela SowinskiMario Tommasi The Tutoring CenterTheresa & Russell ViggianoDebbie & Perry WeinstockWilliam Douglas SteakhouseKeith Warren Sarah Zuba

In-KindCovered Bridge Pharmacy/Magaziner PropertiesCharles Goldstein, LCSWDenise and Thomas HighsmithLaCroix at RittenhouseWendy M. LeebovMarianne LeoneStuart Levy, DDSMichele PollackTammy & Andy ReidDon SaleskiDavid SwoyerWegman’s Food Market

executive staff

board oftrusteesoffice locations

Michele Pollack, ChairRegional President, Susquehanna Bank

David Fox, Board Vice ChairProducer/Director/Writer, VCSvideo

David Swoyer, Board TreasurerExecutive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer, Cornerstone Bank

Sarah Zuba, Esq., Board SecretaryAttorney at Law

Susan Buchwald, MSWPresident & Chief Executive Officer, CTS

Gary Farnesi, TrusteeAsst. Vice President, Commercial Lending, Susquehanna Bank

John Feast, Trustee First Vice President/Investments, Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC

Steven L. Rasner, DMD, MAGD, Trustee

Don Saleski, TrusteeProfessional Receivables Network

Susan Buchwald, MSWPresident & Chief Executive Officer

Mario Tommasi, Ph.D., ABPPVice President, Clinical Affairs

Shabnam Sharma, M.A.Vice President, Business Services

Administrative Office236 W. Route 38, Ste. 100 Moorestown, NJ 08057 Phone 856.642.9090 Fax 856.642.9303

CTS North236 W. Route 38, Ste. 120 Moorestown, NJ 08057 Phone 856.222.9009 Fax 856.222.1339

CTS South622 Landis Ave, Ste. 1 Bridgeton, NJ 08302 Phone 856.453.8600 Fax 856.453.8686

GFS Family Services622 Landis Ave. Ste. 4 Bridgeton, NJ 08302 Phone 856.453.8600

Lynn Santilli Connor, MSW, LSW, BCBAVice President, Community Services

Jennifer Hess M.A.Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Quality Improvement

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Instilling Hope . . .

Creating Dreamsexecutive staff

www.ctsnj.org Tel: 856.642.9090 Fax: 856.642.9303

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CTS 2009 Annual Report

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