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Hibiscus Children's Center — HOPE Program (Healthy Opportunities for Parenting Excellence) Indian River County Children's Services Advisory Committee PROPOSAL NARRATIVE A. ORGANIZATION CAPABILITY (Entire Section A not to exceed one page.l 1 . Provide the mission statement and vision of your organization. The mission of Hibiscus Children' s Center is to prevent and reduce child abuse and neglect. . Hibiscus provides a comprehensive continuum of services that meet identified needs of children and families in our community. From primary prevention to the most intrusive interventions, the paramount goal of Hibiscus Children' s Center is to identify strengths and capacity that are innate in all family systems, work in partnership to build family resiliency, and ensure children grow up free of abuse and neglect with the ability to reach their highest potential. Hibiscus Children' s Center is a quality service provider that maximizes funding streams from multiple sources and is a shining example of community based care at its finest. Hibiscus Children' s Center works together with state and local funders to meet program operations and raises approximately 30- 35 % of its overall budget through private donations and fundraising activities . Child abuse, neglect and abandonment are the result of community problems . . . and Hibiscus understands that solutions are based on the commitment and investment of the community as a whole. 2. Provide a brief summary of your organization including areas of expertise, accomplishments, and population served. Hibiscus HOPE is a reunification program that works with families whose children have been removed due to allegations of abuse and neglect and are identified as high risk in reunifying children safely with their family of origin. Hibiscus Crisis Nursery is a primary prevention program that families in crisis seek voluntarily. The program enables families to reduce the impact of poverty, unemployment, domestic violence, behavior management, and other stressful situations that can precipitate child abuse. By providing family support and respite services . . . we can help families prevent problems from escalating into abuse and neglect. Hibiscus Foster Care provides recruitment, training, licensure, and re-licensure of foster parents and their homes to increase capacity in our four county areas. Hibiscus Children' s Shelter is a 24 hour awake emergency shelter for children ages birth to 12 and their siblings who have been removed from their homes due to egregious abuse and neglect. Since 1989, we've provided over 157,330 safe nights for children. Hibiscus Children' s Village opened in April 2004 increasing capacity and providing thousands of nights of safety to hundreds of children birth to 12 and their siblings a home like setting. Hibiscus embarked on a $5 . 1 million capital campaign "Building Hope . . . Mending Lives " which was completed in 2005 , garnering a prestigious Kresge Foundation Grant for $500,000, and allowing it to open its doors debt free. Hibiscus Treasure House provides thrift store resources to children and families in program services and in need in the community. It also provides a source of revenue for program operations. Hibiscus Volunteers & Guild work tirelessly on behalf of the children and families we serve bringing over 33 ,000 hours of volunteerism each year in a variety of functions, in addition to raising millions of dollars to meet community identified needs for our most vulnerable children and families. Hibiscus strives to be a valuable resource for the community in the field of child abuse and neglect. Hibiscus actively works to remain at the forefront of best practices in child welfare through our membership in the Child Welfare League of America, Florida Coalition for Children and being accredited through Council On Accreditation For Children and Family Services. 3