Hillsborough Kids Leadership

Message from President & CEO
Highlights from fiscal year 2009-2010

Dear Friends,

Hillsborough Kids has experienced a positive year, achieving great outcomes for the kids and the families we serve. Busy schedules, deadlines, meetings, etc., keep us focused on the moment and it is very easy for us to overlook the daily impact we have on our community’s kids.

The annual report allows me to step out of the moment and reflect over the years and highlight a few of our accomplishments. In 2010, like previous years, we did some amazing work. I am particularly proud to let you know Hillsborough Kids successfully achieved the arduous task of becoming accredited by the Council on Accreditation. We are one of the first community-based care lead agencies to become accredited as a Network.

Our system is committed to the practice of engaging family and bringing family members to the table to make decisions for children. Family Group Decision Making entails the practice of engaging family and utilizing the strengths of the family as part of the case plan. In the spring of 2010, we were fortunate to host Justice Max Baer of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and his team as they presented practice ideas on Family Group Decision Making from the Pennsylvania child dependency system.

With the collaboration of numerous community partners and dependency courts, Hillsborough Kids supported the implementation of a pilot Infant Mental Health court. The Administrative Office of the Court assisted in creating a unique court division to handle intensive judicial cases of young children with families who experience serious mental health or emotional issues. The pilot is based on a national model that has a track record of very positive outcomes for families with young children.

Finally, without the commitment and dedication of our case managers and direct service providers, many of our successes would not have happened. I want to personally thank every direct service staff that is a part of our great system of care. We all must recognize that you change lives every day and too often your hard work goes unnoticed. I know that the internal satisfaction and gratification for what you do is a part of what drives you to great things. However, it is important that you hear it from the outside, as well. On behalf of our system of care, thank you.

Let’s have another great year!

Jeff Rainey
President/CEO