celebrating 25 years of service

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ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12

Celebrating 25 Years of Service

1986: Prototypes is founded with a goal of changing treatment for women and their children.

Founders Vivian Brown, PhD, and Maryann Fraser, LCSW, MBA establish a new form of social service organization designed to promote health and psychosocial well-being on an individual, family and organizational level, through health, mental health and substance abuse services. Their mission was to meet emerging community needs by developing innovative models of service delivery and disseminating these models to others.

1988: Prototypes’ Pomona Women’s Center begins offering treatment.The Center provides residential treatment for women at risk for co-occuring mental illness, substance abuse, trauma and chronic health conditions such as HIV/AIDS. This fi rst-of-its-kind model allowed women to keep their children with them while they underwent comprehensive treatment services.

1989: Prototypes offers women-focused AIDS prevention and outreach programs.Prototypes becomes one of the fi rst agencies in the United States to offer HIV/AIDS prevention and outreach programs specifi cally targeted to women at risk.

Dr. Vivian Brown amid staff and clients at Prototypes Women’s Center, 1992

Dear Friends,

The past 25 years have been a remarkable journey of growth for Prototypes. Since our inception in 1986, we have evolved into an agency of national stature, serving more than 12,000 women, children and men each year.

The impact of our quarter century of work helping society’s most vulnerable families has been exponential. Because our services incorporate the entire family, the benefi ts of changing one person’s life can have positive consequences for entire families and generations.

Over the past year, we:

■ Expanded our offerings to include integrated services for individuals being released from state prison.

■ Added a detoxifi cation unit to our services in Oxnard, enhancing our already comprehensive continuum of care.

■ Introduced new evidence-based practices geared at preventing more serious conditions from developing.

■ Began accepting most PPO and HMO insurance plans and developed affordable payment options for those who do not qualify for Prototypes’ government-funded programs. This allows us to serve even more individuals while also preparing for healthcare reform.

■ Earned an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties for providing residential substance abuse treatment services to families at our Tustin Campus – the fi rst facility of its kind in Orange County.

■ Kept our Community Prisoner Mother Program (CPMP) intact and welcomed California State Senators Carol Liu, Loni Hancock and other dignitaries to tour the program.

■ Received a proclamation from the Ventura County Board of Supervisors recognizing our critical work in the community.

■ Added a portfolio of web-based self-help tools to the range of services we provide our clients.

■ Raised substantial private support through our annual Hope, Health and Independence Charity Golf Tournament.

■ Further expanded our grant funding with notable grants received from Disney Online Studios, Edison International, Kaiser Permanente, Magic Johnson Foundation, S. Mark Taper Foundation and Specialty Family Foundation. As we celebrate 25 years of service and look to the future, this annual report presents some of our clients’ stories, which poignantly illustrate the remarkable ripple effect of our work. We share their journeys with hope, great pride and tremendous optimism for what lies ahead.

Warm regards,

Ann McClanathan

Chair Person, Board of Directors

Cassandra Loch, LCSW, MBAPresident and CEO

Ann McClanathan

Cassandra Loch

Dr. Vivian Brown amid staff and clients at Prototypes Women’s Center, 1992Dr. Vivian Brown amid staff and clients at Prototypes Women’s Center, 1992Dr. Vivian Brown amid staff and clients at Prototypes Women’s Center, 1992

Revenue and SupportPrototypes was largely funded through government contracts for Mother and Child Residential Treatment, Outpatient Mental Health, Outpatient Substance Use Disorder, Domestic Violence and Prevention services which comprised 93.6% of Prototypes’ total annual revenue. Program fees, including private-pay and managed-care income, comprised 3.8% of total revenue, and fundraising accounted for 2.4% of Prototypes’ annual revenue and support.

Operating ExpensesIn Fiscal Year 2011-2012, Prototypes’ expenditures were concentrated primarily on fi ve major program service areas: Mother and Child Residential Treatment, Outpatient Mental Health, Outpatient Substance Use Disorder, Domestic Violence and Prevention, which comprised 35.5%, 30.5%, 10.5%, 8.6% and 4.0% of total expenditures, respectively. Through sound fi scal policies and effi cient, lean management systems, Prototypes was able to ensure that nearly 90% of annual expenditures were directly related to programmatic services.

Other NotesPrototypes has received from its auditors an unqualifi ed opinion on its fi nancial statements for Fiscal Year 2011-2012.

Prototypes employs sound business and fi scal strategies to ensure a balanced, effective approach to operations and service delivery. With four consecutive years of positive fi nancial results and the continued strategic focus onrevenue diversifi cation and disciplined expense management, Prototypes is poised to continue providing high-quality, cost-effective services in accordance with healthcare reform and to maintain its chief focus of rebuilding the lives of women, children and communities impacted by substance abuse, mental illness and domestic violence.

REVENUE AND EXPENSE HISTORY

FY 06-07 FY 07-08 FY 08-09 FY 09-10 FY 10-11 FY 11-12

$25,000,000

$20,000,000

$15,000,000

$10,000,000

$5,000,000

■ REVENUE

■ EXPENSE

REVENUE AND SUPPORT

OUTPATIENT

SUBSTANCE USE

DISORDER 10.5%

ADMINISTRATION 10.7%

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 8.6%

PREVENTION 4%

OUTPATIENT

MENTAL

HEALTH 30.5%

MOTHER

AND CHILD

RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT

OPERATING EXPENSES

OUTPATIENT

SUBSTANCE USE

DISORDER 11%

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 9%

PREVENTION 4%

PROGRAM FEES 3.8%

FUNDRAISING 2.4%

OUTPATIENT

MENTAL HEALTH 34%

MOTHER

AND CHILD

RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT

OTHER 0.2% FUNDRAISING 0.2%

Prototypes relies primarily on program contracts to fund its annual operating expenditures. At the same time, we have enhanced our efforts to grow additional revenue streams such as private fundraising, private and foun-dation contributions and private-pay and managed-care revenue. Despite protracted economic challenges facing both public entities and the community at large, Prototypes’ fi scal discipline, strategic initiatives and quality services have enabled the agency to operate effi ciently and meet an ever-increasing demand for its services.

REVENUE AND SUPPORTProgram SupportMother and Child Residential TreatmentOutpatient Mental Health Outpatient Substance Use DisorderDomestic ViolencePrevention

Program FeesClient FeesFood StampsPrivate Pay and Managed Care Income

FundraisingFoundation Grants and ContributionsIndividual and Corporate ContributionsIn-Kind Support and Other In-Kind Revenue Fundraising Events, Net

OtherInterest IncomeOther Miscellaneous Revenue

Total Revenue and Support

OPERATING EXPENSESProgram ExpensesMother and Child Residential TreatmentOutpatient Mental Health Outpatient Substance Use DisorderDomestic ViolencePrevention

AdministrationAdministrationFundraising

Total Operating Expenses

FY 2011-12

5,902,3835,751,762 1,933,174 1,454,390

725,379$15,767,088

309,498 235,48092,522

$637,500

$ 173,87382,589

126,252 26,087

$408,801

1,378 33,869

$35,247

$16,848,636

5,892,716 5,070,414 1,749,813 1,435,842

664,518 $14,813,303

1,771,381 38,595

1,809,976

$16,623,279

35.5%30.5%10.5%8.6%4.0%

10.7%0.2%

FY 06-07 $15,498,733 $15,768,552

FY 07-08 $19,117,734 $19,597,174

FY 08-09 $22,461,281 $21,427,438

FY 09-10 $17,761,618 $17,722,479

FY 10-11 $16,938,969 $16,657,068

FY 11-12 $16,848,636 $16,623,279

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW for July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

We deeply appreciate the support we have received from donors during the period from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.

$100,000 and aboveSpecialty Family Foundation

$50,000 – $99,999S. Mark Taper Foundation

$10,000 – $49,999Brand New DayDisney Online StudiosEdison International Health Net of ArizonaHowie and Louise Phanstiel US Foods

$5,000 – $9,999CPEhrEmergency Food and Shelter Program Kaiser Foundation Hospital Los AngelesMagic Johnson Foundation Shangri-la ConstructionTeleComcepts, Inc.Torrey Pines BankTotal Tires, Inc.

$2,500 – $4,999Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.Ron Burkhardt Burning Torch, Inc.Michael Caponnetto and Amanda WickmanPatrick and Catherine Loch James and Anne Nielson Joel RiegseckerRodeo RealtySmart & Final Charitable FoundationStone TapertUnited Healthcare Services, Inc.ValueOptions, Inc.

$1,000 – $2,4992B Communications Aetna Life InsuranceAnthem Blue CrossBaker, Romero, & AssociatesBoston Private Bank & Trust CompanyDr. Vivian Brown Cal Pac Contractors, Inc.Century Group Jose Corral Areta Crowell Elaine DornigKara DornigThe Greenhill FundHolwick Constructors, Inc. Dayton and Melodie HoweInternational City Bank Danny JenkinsMargaret Kelly Michael KempJohn Klymshyn Joseph Konowiecki Cassandra Loch David Mancilla Ann and Mac McClanathan Bret MorrisMr. Copy Pepperdine UniversityJim QuinnCynthia Redom Laurie RozetSave on Auto CareBenjamin SingerSoroptimist InternationalRobin Stark Sysco Los Angeles, Inc.Jamie Watson

$500 – $999John Arnstein Sara BergeBergman & AllderdiceGary Bess

Ron Blair Marti and Jack Bruno Robert and Cate Burchuk John Chisholm John Craven Katrina DornigGreg’s RefrigerationRichard and Paula HibbsIvan IbarraIGNISISBrown JaynesJoshua P. Friedman and Associates, Inc.Steve KennedyCurtis and Stacey LaneBrandon MatloffMed Pro BillingMichael MillerOpen 4 Business Productions Karen Pointer, Esq. William ReillyMarlin RiegseckerMerilla Scott SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services, LLCThe James Irvine Foundation The Open Fist Theatre CompanyThe Paper CompanyTimeless GemsTorrance Community Credit UnionKen and Sue WatkinsDoug WeitzElizabeth WheelerJacqueline White Brenda Frazier-Zamzow

$100 – $499Don Agababian Altrusa International of OxnardJoseph Bannister and Shaynah NeshamaBetsey BinetBlack Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc. Perry BowersHarry BoxerFaith BranvoldEllen BrokawAnita and Bill Bronstein Brandon BrownChris CarrCenter for Corporate Innovation Audrey and James ConleyDolores CullenGerald DongWendy Elgin-SilvaLisa FarleyTony Fatouros Federally Employed WomenFelsenthal Property Management, Inc.Stephanie Ferrell Janice FoggGeneral Pavement ManagementGretchen GoetzStephen Gorgey Grace & Blomberg Certifi ed Public AccountantsJennifer and Timothy Harrington Amy Hirsh RobinsonSteven HochsteinDavid HouLawrence IveyPat Jessup Eric Kieling Jonathan KingAlice KuchinskasRay LandesChristina Lincoln Jonathan and Angie Loch Randy and Anita Loch Tom and Sally LockettSonya MakungaSumana and Narayanan Mandala Mel MarksKris Martin Levi and Natasha Martin

Spencer and Millison McCurry Melville and Erica McKeeLisa Melchior Martin Mervel Lisa Miller Thomas Mushegain Jay Oken Marci PantiliatPMX Print N CopyRon and Deborah Pollack Quality Business MachinesAndrea Rossato Guy Roy Nancy SchmidtMark Sear Jon ShoemakerJanet Silva and Anthony SarmientoDavid and Barbara Smith Steve Solton Irma Strantz Carole TelferRobert ten Bosch, Jr. Cindy TetiKatherine and Vincent Teti Time Warner Employee Grant ProgramsVTBS ArchitectsGloria Weissman XO JetAlan Zafran Rhyan Zweifl er

$99 and underKenna AckleyJerry Anderson Cort BakerDianne Baquet Smith Joel BarnehamaGeorge Bennett Valerie BeualacTatyana BerkovichCarol Black Pam Bloom Christopher BollenbachWilliam and Erica BrooksSachean Brown Aileen Calderon Gregg CarpenterKathleen Chapman Kin ChengIsabel ContrerasJohn Cookman Jacqueline Cornelius Cip Corona Patty Corry Richard CrossDavid CrowderDiana Cruz-AdamsSteven and Carole Dickstein Chris DowdellEric EllestadEddie EspinosaRobert Eubanks Hayley FickettJames Finnican Galpin FordSteve Graham Samantha HaasJosh HellandAnetta HerringshawJoel Hollingsworth Christa Jackson Steve Jones George Kahn Itai Klein Jeffrey Knakal Anne KramerSonia Kroth Larry LaksJason Lefton Angeline Limjoco J. Juan Macias Elliot Matloff Eulanda Matthews Yukilynn McElvain Delia Metoyer Melissa Miller Kathleen MiranteNick Mirizzi Michael Morris

Shelly and Trent Niemand Gerald OleskerMatt PlocherRyan PlummerRon Proul Chris Quadrini Sara RichardsAdam RileyJoanne Rotstein Marin RutherfordAnthony RyeJean SafGeorge SalmasRyan and Katie SchwarzJennifer and Brian Shafton Joseph Singleton Aaron SlusherDavid Smith Stanley SungDon TapertMatt TapertSahar Tavakoli Judge Michael TynanCraig ValeraVanasek Insurance Services, Inc. Annalisa Van KirkDora VargasTyler Whiteman Jason Wilson Delta Wright Alvin and Amy YamSondra YevetteLaura Zibecchi

Supporters/In-Kind360 Dental Services 42nd Street Bagel CafeAmy Abola Valinda AccettaApplebee’sBaby2BabyBlack Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, Inc. Faith Branvold Buffets, Inc. California Highway Patrol Ventura Station 765Yesenia Chan Diana CrebsDenny’sDisneylandSheri Ecklund Caitlin EichenGloria Fatouros Fire Station 188First Pacifi c AdvisorsGeorge’s MaintenanceHealthy Hair BarIn-N-Out BurgerSuzy and Michael LarosDavid LeitCate LochLGO HospitalityMain-Tain GrindMake Believe, Inc.Dennis and Jennifer MonterosaMt. San Antonio College Pomona Unifi ed School DistrictRachel Lincoln Sarnoff Shawna Sharrar Shelter Partnerships, Inc. Toni Shibayama SporerSome CrustStarbucksJennifer Sturm The Local PeasantTimeless GemsTrader Joe’s University of La Verne, College of LawSid Valluri Deena VandevenderMary Ann Wahl Zoe Life Publications

BOARD OF DIRECTORSAnn McClanathan, Chair PersonVice President, Partner Development, myStrength.com

Michael Kemp, Vice Chair PersonFounder and Principal, Michael Kemp Architects

Ron Burkhardt, SecretaryManaging Director, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

Amador Sanchez, Jr., TreasurerChief Executive Offi cer, Total Intermodal Service, Inc.

Jose Corral, MBASales Director, Aetna

Margaret KellyRegional Vice PresidentWest Government, Education & Labor OptumHealth

Brandon Matloff Financial Representative, Northwestern Mutual

Karen E. Pointer, Esq. Partner and Attorney at LawLerman Pointer & Spitz LLP

Judith Rogala President and Chief Executive Offi cerThe Catapult Factor

Andrea RossatoSenior Vice President and Private BankerCiti Private Bank

Cindy TetiVice President, Luminous Capital

Cassandra Loch, LCSW, MBAPresident & Chief Executive Offi cer, Prototypes

LOCATIONSADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES1000 North Alameda Street, Suite 390Los Angeles, CA 90012 213.542.3838

COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT SERVICE CENTERS11100 Valley Boulevard, Suite 116, El Monte, CA 91731626.444.0705

2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 308Pasadena, CA 91107 626.449.2433

831 East Arrow Highway, Pomona, CA 91767909.398.4383

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DROP-IN AND RESOURCE CENTERS4841 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90043323.464.6281

6211 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90038323.464.6281

OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTERS11001 Valley Mall, Suite 300, El Monte, CA 91731626.442.0710

2555 East Colorado Boulevard, Suites 100 and 101Pasadena, CA 91107 626.577.2261

THE S. MARK TAPER FOUNDATION FAMILY LIVING CENTER837 East Arrow Highway, Pomona, CA 91767909.621.9058

WOMEN’S RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS 2150 North Victoria Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036Admissions Department: 805.382.5150 Main: 805.382.6296

845 East Arrow Highway, Pomona, CA 91767Admissions Department: 909.634.2950 Main: 909.624.1233

Mother and Child Residential Homes15405 Lansdowne Road, Tustin, CA 92782 714.566.2804

STAR HouseConfi dential Location 323.461.4118

Annual report photography: Glenn Marzano Annual report design: 2B Communications

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Dear Friends,

Warm regards,

Ann McClanathan

Cassandra Loch

FY 06-07 FY 07-08 FY 08-09 FY 09-10 FY 10-11 FY 11-12

$25,000,000

$20,000,000

$15,000,000

$10,000,000

$5,000,000

■ REVENUE

■ EXPENSE

REVENUE AND SUPPORT

OUTPATIENT

SUBSTANCE USE

DISORDER 10.5%

PREVENTION 4%

OUTPATIENT

MENTAL

HEALTH 30.5%

MOTHER

AND CHILD

RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT

OPERATING EXPENSES

OUTPATIENT

SUBSTANCE USE

DISORDER 11%

PREVENTION 4%

PROGRAM FEES 3.8%

FUNDRAISING 2.4%

OUTPATIENT

MENTAL HEALTH 34%

MOTHER

AND CHILD

RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT

FY 2011-12

5,902,3835,751,762 1,933,174 1,454,390

725,379$15,767,088

309,498 235,48092,522

$637,500

$ 173,87382,589

126,252 26,087

$408,801

1,378 33,869

$35,247

$16,848,636

5,892,716 5,070,414 1,749,813 1,435,842

664,518 $14,813,303

1,771,381 38,595

1,809,976

$16,623,279

35.5%30.5%10.5%8.6%4.0%

10.7%0.2%

FY 06-07 $15,498,733 $15,768,552

FY 07-08 $19,117,734 $19,597,174

FY 08-09 $22,461,281 $21,427,438

FY 09-10 $17,761,618 $17,722,479

FY 10-11 $16,938,969 $16,657,068

FY 11-12 $16,848,636 $16,623,279

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Dear Friends,

Warm regards,

Ann McClanathan

Cassandra Loch

FY 06-07 FY 07-08 FY 08-09 FY 09-10 FY 10-11 FY 11-12

$25,000,000

$20,000,000

$15,000,000

$10,000,000

$5,000,000

■ REVENUE

■ EXPENSE

REVENUE AND SUPPORT

OUTPATIENT

SUBSTANCE USE

DISORDER 10.5%

PREVENTION 4%

OUTPATIENT

MENTAL

HEALTH 30.5%

MOTHER

AND CHILD

RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT

OPERATING EXPENSES

OUTPATIENT

SUBSTANCE USE

DISORDER 11%

PREVENTION 4%

PROGRAM FEES 3.8%

FUNDRAISING 2.4%

OUTPATIENT

MENTAL HEALTH 34%

MOTHER

AND CHILD

RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT

FY 2011-12

5,902,3835,751,762 1,933,174 1,454,390

725,379$15,767,088

309,498 235,48092,522

$637,500

$ 173,87382,589

126,252 26,087

$408,801

1,378 33,869

$35,247

$16,848,636

5,892,716 5,070,414 1,749,813 1,435,842

664,518 $14,813,303

1,771,381 38,595

1,809,976

$16,623,279

35.5%30.5%10.5%8.6%4.0%

10.7%0.2%

FY 06-07 $15,498,733 $15,768,552

FY 07-08 $19,117,734 $19,597,174

FY 08-09 $22,461,281 $21,427,438

FY 09-10 $17,761,618 $17,722,479

FY 10-11 $16,938,969 $16,657,068

FY 11-12 $16,848,636 $16,623,279

1990-91: Josette Mondanaro Women’s Resource Center opens in Pomona.

The Resource Center provides ongoing training for drug treatment and other service providers throughout Los Angeles County, including a cross-training project to increase healthcare professionals’ knowledge and awareness of effective education, prevention and intervention strategies for treating HIV/AIDS, particularly as it relates to substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence, trauma and other health concerns.

1992: Prototypes’ Oxnard Women’s Center opens.

Prototypes expands residential treatment for women and children to Ventura County.

1994: Prototypes develops the fi rst of three multi-service centers for women living with HIV/AIDS.

The Centers provide women with counseling and education about HIV/AIDS in their communities, at medical centers and at Prototypes locations.

Breaking ground for new dormsin Pomona,1994

Mrs. Cookie Johnson, wife of sports legend Magic Johnson, visits Prototypes, 1996

Prototypes Oxnard, 1992

1999: STAR House opens for battered women with co-occurring disorders.

STAR House Transitional Domestic Violence Shelter provides women and their children with a confi dential location in which they receive comprehensive substance abuse, mental health and domestic violence services while remaining safe from the trauma of abuse.

2000: Prototypes begins serving men.

In response to community requests, Prototypes expands its services to meet the needs of men.

Prototypes opens its outpatient mental health programs.

Prototypes begins providing outpatient mental health services to men, women and children of all ages.

2001: Prototypes Pomona outpatient program launches.

Prototypes opens an outpatient program in Pomona, offering comprehensive services for individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. This program eventually expands to include services aimed at preventing adolescent substance abuse, child abuse and infant mortality. Prototypes also begins providing comprehensive assessment and referral services throughout the San Gabriel Valley at its locations in El Monte, Pasadena and Pomona.

Jose, a recent Prototypes outpatient graduate, 2012

2006: The S. Mark Taper Foundation Family Living Center opens in Pomona.

A new 32-unit affordable housing complex on the grounds of Prototypes’ Pomona campus opens to provide both transitional and permanent housing for single parent families. Homes are built around a courtyard area, creating an environment that fosters community and caring and reduces the likelihood of isolation.

2007: Prototypes begins providing services for the Women’s Second Chance Re-Entry Court program in L.A. County.

Through an innovative partnership with the L.A. County Criminal Courts, Probation, District Attorney, Public Defender and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Prototypes begins providing services for some of the most high-risk and high-need women in the organization’s history.

2009: Services are offered at the Tustin Family Campus.

In partnership with the Proposition 10 Commission, The Children and Families Commission of Orange County and the Orange County Social Services Agency, Prototypes begins providing supportive treatment and transitional housing for 15 mothers and their children who commit to live an alcohol- and drug-free lifestyle.

Prototypes’ Outpatient Center in Pomona, 2002

Clients of Prototypes’ Women’s Center in Oxnard, 2012

Danielle’s road to recovery began after six years of increasing addiction complicated by a host of other problems. With a long history of depression, anxiety and borderline personality disorder, she was prone to violent outbursts and fi ts of rage. “I didn’t know how to function in the world,” Danielle recalls. “I had no goals, no aspirations. I was only waking up for my daughter.”

But just two days before Mother’s Day in 2011, Danielle lost custody of her daughter, Kennedy. The loss was unbearable. She knew she needed help to turn her life around and get her daughter back.

It was then that Danielle found Prototypes. Critical for Danielle was that Prototypes’ staff are all trained to work with clients who have co-occurring disorders, so they were able to focus on both her substance abuse and mental health issues.

From the start, Danielle was highly motivated, and she actively participated in programs that were designed to help her build a stable and healthy life for herself and her daughter. She recently progressed from the residential treatment program to Bridges, Prototypes’ transitional living program, and she is currently completing a community peer advocate certifi cation program with the goal of enrolling in college.

During her stay at Prototypes, Danielle acquired an additional strength. At Prototypes’ Stitch in Time group, she learned to crochet. Beanies, scarves, blankets, booties – you name it, Danielle can crochet it. In fact, she says, crocheting was an important part of her recovery, helping to keep her focused and reducing her anxiety.Best of all, Danielle was able to regain shared custody of Kennedy, now a second grader. “I’m working hard to be a better me,” she says, “so I can be a better mom.”

The S. Mark Taper Foundation Family Living Center grand opening, 2006

2011: Prototypes expands its services for women.

Prototypes once again expands its services to meet emerging community needs. Expanded services include detoxifi cation at its Oxnard location. In addition, Prototypes begins accepting insurance payment and private pay for clients not meeting criteria for government contracts.

TODAY: Prototypes’ locations throughout Southern California serve more than 12,000 women, children and men each year.

Prototypes remains focused on rebuilding the lives of women, children and communities impacted by substance abuse, mental illness and domestic violence. With a proven model for successful social services, Prototypes has evolved into one of the nation’s leading behavioral healthcare organizations and is a “prototype” for other such organizations.

Judge Michael Tynan and a client of The Second Chance Women’s Re-Entry Court program, 2010

Seven months pregnant, homeless, scared and alone, Katherine was facing jail time for drug charges and had lost all hope for the future when she came to Prototypes.

Until then, Katherine had only experienced hardship and heartbreak, beginning with her mother’s death when she was six, and continuing through a childhood fi lled with bullying and a desperate need to connect with her emotionally absent father.

To assuage her fear and depression, Katherine began smoking marijuana at 12. “I was covering my feelings with drugs,” she says, describing how she quickly graduated to harder drugs, including the highly addictive crystal meth. Soon after she began at Prototypes, however, Katherine realized that she had a very real opportunity to create a different life for herself. She quickly became disciplined and proactive about her recovery.

Katherine’s program has included a host of classes that have inspired her to grow. She found the grief and loss classes especially benefi cial, since they fi nally gave her the opportunity to grieve for her mother. “I want to feel for the fi rst time ever,” Katherine says. “I want to be present.”

She’s also taken parenting, anger management and employment preparation classes as well as a class that teaches safe coping skills. “Now I can get through any situation and stay stable and sober,” she says confi dently.

Katherine looks forward to pursuing her GED and moving to the Bridges transitional living program where she’ll live with her daughter, Emma, now fi ve months old.

The desperate woman who arrived at Prototypes just seven months ago bears little resemblence to the healthy, confi dent woman Katherine is today.

Debra’s journey toward change began in 1997 when she enrolled along with 12 other women in the new program at Prototypes. Debra had no idea what to expect. She and her sons, four-year-old Andrew and fi ve-year-old Alex, were among the fi rst clients to enter the

facility. She vividly remembers walking through Prototypes’ doors with her sons in tow. It wasn’t the only time Debra would enter as a client; she was to repeat the program in 1999, again with Andrew and Alex.

Her second chance at recovery reinforced Debra’s determination to make the most of her life. Through enormous strength of will – and many nights in the closet with a book and a fl ashlight after “lights out” – she took the fi nal college courses she needed to complete her business degree. She graduated from both Prototypes and college in 2000.

Debra went on to build a career in social services. Today, she is a respected leader who specializes in treating patients with co-occurring disorders. She has trained and mentored dozens of professionals working in the fi eld and is currently the program director of a highly regarded treatment center in the San Gabriel Valley. Debra’s children have pursued higher education and are now achievers in their own right.

Debra credits Prototypes’ dedicated staff for sharing the knowledge and tools necessary to set her on the path to success. “I was always encouraged,” she says. “And I learned to believe that there was nothing I couldn’t achieve if I put my heart into it.”

Debra and her son at Prototypes

Josie’s family and neighborhood were steeped in drug culture. She’s not sure if her mother was an addict or just sold drugs to make ends meet. Either way, drugs were pervasive.

A drug conviction led Josie to Prototypes. While she was in prison, one of her brothers, who had gotten clean after an incarceration, urged her to get into a treatment program. Josie knew she was lucky to be alive and took his message to heart. A wise judge realized that Josie’s desire to get better was sincere and allowed her to enter Prototypes’ Pomona treatment facility.

“At fi rst, I tried to leave every day,” Josie recalls, “but my counselor wouldn’t let me.” In time, she came to understand the value of what Prototypes had to teach her, including the practical life skills she would need to survive. In Prototypes’ vocational training programs, Josie learned to bake so well that she was featured in a magazine. She also learned how to be fi nancially independent and to budget money – skills critical to her later career success.

Financial acumen wasn’t the only important skill Josie acquired at Prototypes. “They taught me integrity and honesty,” she explains, along with “everything important that I hadn’t learned before.”

After graduating from Prototypes nearly 20 years ago, Josie began working in the substance abuse treatment fi eld as a house manager. Her career blossomed as she became an operations director and later a program director.

Today, she operates her own treatment center in Temecula. She also enjoys traveling and spending time with her granddaughter. Over her professional career, Josie helped scores of people whose lives were shattered by substance abuse and who now lead productive lives.

“I don’t know how I got to Prototypes alive,”Josie says, “but Prototypes gave me the foundation for a whole new life.”

Josie during her stay at Prototypes

Courtprogramhelps women turn their lives around Women facing a return to state prison for nonviolent felonies plead guilty and enter treatment instead. Most are going on to lead crime-free lives.

October 19, 2010|By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times

Sprinting down the Hollywood Hills on a radiant April morning, a 35-year-old meth addict named Orange told herself in a moment of clarity: "This is it. You're done."

Fast approaching from behind was a furious homeowner who had caught her burglarizing his home. Somewhere in Long Beach, her parole officer was probably tapping his foot impatiently, waiting for her to show up.

She came up to the edge of a cliff with nowhere to run. Thirty feet below, rush-hour traffic zoomed by on Cahuenga Boulevard. She thought about her prior arrests and what another one — her 21st — would mean.

She jumped.

On any given day, Judge Michael Tynan's fourth-floor courtroom in downtown L.A.'s criminal courts building is crowded with lives in need of redemption.

Over the years, the 73-year-old Army veteran with a gruff, no-nonsense voice has taken on populations that others have given up on — the county's drug addicts, homeless, mentally ill and, in recent years, women parolees. The Los Angeles County Superior Court judge oversees a number of programs known as collaborative or problem-solving courts, designed to address the underlying issues — addictions, mental health, poverty — that lead to repeated arrests and prison terms.

Clients of Prototypes’ Women’s Center in Pomona, 2012

She jumped.

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Dear Friends,

Warm regards,

Ann McClanathan

Cassandra Loch

FY 06-07 FY 07-08 FY 08-09 FY 09-10 FY 10-11 FY 11-12

$25,000,000

$20,000,000

$15,000,000

$10,000,000

$5,000,000

■ REVENUE

■ EXPENSE

REVENUE AND SUPPORT

OUTPATIENT

SUBSTANCE USE

DISORDER 10.5%

PREVENTION 4%

OUTPATIENT

MENTAL

HEALTH 30.5%

MOTHER

AND CHILD

RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT

OPERATING EXPENSES

OUTPATIENT

SUBSTANCE USE

DISORDER 11%

PREVENTION 4%

PROGRAM FEES 3.8%

FUNDRAISING 2.4%

OUTPATIENT

MENTAL HEALTH 34%

MOTHER

AND CHILD

RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT

FY 2011-12

5,902,3835,751,762 1,933,174 1,454,390

725,379$15,767,088

309,498 235,48092,522

$637,500

$ 173,87382,589

126,252 26,087

$408,801

1,378 33,869

$35,247

$16,848,636

5,892,716 5,070,414 1,749,813 1,435,842

664,518 $14,813,303

1,771,381 38,595

1,809,976

$16,623,279

35.5%30.5%10.5%8.6%4.0%

10.7%0.2%

FY 06-07 $15,498,733 $15,768,552

FY 07-08 $19,117,734 $19,597,174

FY 08-09 $22,461,281 $21,427,438

FY 09-10 $17,761,618 $17,722,479

FY 10-11 $16,938,969 $16,657,068

FY 11-12 $16,848,636 $16,623,279

celebrating 25 years of service

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