EveryChild
A safe, healthy childhood starts here
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We are working to end child abuse and neglect in our region.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Healthy Families Illinois (Rock Island County)
Healthy Families Rock Island offers educational home visits to overburdened new parents, providing information on infant-parent bonding and attachment, child development and positive parenting techniques. The ultimate goal is the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Healthy Families Illinois is part of the Healthy Families America national initiative, launched in 1992. Healthy Families America offers home visiting services to families in over 420 communities across the United States.
Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center
The Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center supports and strengthens child abuse investigations/assessments by providing forensic interviewers and medical specialists to state child protection services and local law enforcement. Children are interviewed and examined in a comfortable, child-friendly facility to reduce trauma and support the child throughout the
Community Education
Highly trained staff and volunteers work to educate community members regarding a range of issues related to parenting, child abuse prevention and specific topics about children of all ages. Presentations are available based upon individual or group need.
Safe From the Start
Safe from the Start is a community response program dedicated to reducing the trauma that very young children experience when they are exposed to violence.
Exposure to violence can occur when a child is:
A first-hand victim of abuse, neglect, or maltreatment
A witness of physical, emotional, or sexual violence or another violent crime
Both direct and indirect experiences can have lasting effects on the typical development of a child.
Safe from the Start is the areas only community based provider serving children specifically aged zero to five and their families. In addition, we work with local agencies, community leaders, and childcare providers to Identify children that need help to heal the wounds caused by exposure to violence.
If you are concerned about what your child has seen, heard or felt, Safe from the Start is here to help.
All Our Kids Network
All Our Kids (AOK) builds community to unleash the potential of young people. We recognize the incredible value of our young people and provide the resources they need to succeed. We make sure they have what they need to negotiate every-day life; when they pursue an educational path, we provide everything they need to focus on learning and succeed, including filling tuition gaps; we help our young people develop healthy financial habits in order to establish financial independence; we take them on vacation and make sure they are celebrated on birthdays and holidays. In other words, we do for our young people whatever we’d do for our own kids. And it is working. The AOK approach results in confident young people moving with intention toward self-defined goals; adults who grow from participating in diverse communities; and strong partnerships with community and faith organizations and the business community committed to supporting our kids.
Doula Services
The Community Doula Services are a part of our Healthy Families home visitation Program. Doulas provide prenatal & postnatal education and labor/delivery support for expectant families with focus on attachment & bonding. These home visits typically start at the beginning of the third trimester to aid in the preparation for labor & delivery. Our doulas teach new parent skills, familial health support, building of advocacy skills & acclimating to home life. The Doula Team also hosts a free prenatal education/support group up to three times per year.
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children is a national network of 951 community-based programs that recruit, train and support citizen-volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in courtrooms and communities.
Rock Island County currently has nineteen volunteer advocates. The advocates are empowered directly by the courts and offer judges the critical information they need to ensure that each child’s rights and needs are being attended to while in foster care.
Where we work
Awards
Friend of Children Award 2003
Prevent Child Abuse Illinois
Kids Count Award 2005
Voices for Illinois Children
Dawson Social Justice Award 2007
St. Ambrose University
Annual Criminal Justice Award (Sue Swisher, Executive Director) 2007
Judges of the Illinois 14th Judicial Circuit
Accreditation 2014
Healthy Families America
Affiliations & memberships
Prevent Child Abuse America - Member 1983
National Children's Alliance - Full Member 2007
National CASA 2011
National CASA 2020
Healthy Families America 2021
Healthy Families America 2022
National CASA 2021
External reviews
Photos
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Families, Parents
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total number of clients served by EveryChild (formerly the Child Abuse Council) across all programs during FY23.
Number of free registrants to classes
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Parents, Caregivers
Related Program
Community Education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total number of people that attended a free prevention education class, training, or presentation (to learn how to help prevent child abuse).
Number of conference attendees
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Young adults, Older adults
Related Program
Community Education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
Number of attendees to our annual "Children Exposed To Violence" Conference (a regional conference where experts from around the country present on Trauma and treatment).
Number of patient visits
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, Economically disadvantaged people, Immigrants and migrants
Related Program
Healthy Families Illinois (Rock Island County)
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of home visits completed by Family Support Workers to families "at risk" for child abuse and neglect.
Number of therapy hours provided to clients
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers
Related Program
Safe From the Start
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Hours of play therapy provided to children who were victims of abuse or witnesses to trauma.
Number of Forensic Interviews and Forensic Exams Completed with Clients.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of Forensic Interviews and Medical Exams completed on child abuse victims. Our skilled experts then work side by side with law enforcement and the legal system to prosecute offenders.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We want every child to have the foundation they need for a safe, healthy childhood.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
EveryChild (formerly the Child Abuse Council) is the Quad Cities' only child abuse prevention agency dedicated to keeping children safe and building strong families with an emphasis on children aged zero to five years. We provide effective, holistic services by approaching child abuse prevention utilizing a public health model through three distinct paradigms:
•Universal Prevention, through which the entire community is provided with education and support necessary for building nurturing families
•Secondary Prevention, through which families are engaged with targeted, specialized support to keep children safe
•Tertiary Prevention, through which children and families are provided with resources essential to healing from trauma, while teaming with skilled professionals to prevent recurrent abuse and neglect."
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are working with the local chamber of commerce to realize a vision for our region that is "cool, prosperous and connected" by the year 2030. This coalition of both "for profit" and "not for profit" businesses in the community, along with local government and elected officials, is working hard to transform our region.
It is our belief, that a "cool" region does not allow their children to be neglected or abused. It is our vision that in order to be prosperous, we have to ensure that every child has a safe, nurturing home because we know that victims are 9x's likely to commit crime, much more likely to suffer from depression and commit suicide, much more likely to be addicted to alcohol and drugs. Not only is child abuse wrong and unacceptable, but it drains a community of it's resources as victims struggle to overcome these crimes against them that hurt both their body and their soul.
We'll accomplish our goal if the community rises up to stand tall against these crimes and works to protect children and educate parents and the community on what children need to thrive.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Child Abuse was on the rise nation-wide last year (3% increase in cases). In our region, the number went down (1400 to 1350). We can't directly connect this to our work, but we know that during our 40 year history, we have undoubtedly saved 100's if not 1000's of children. And even if we've only helped one family, or one child have a better life, that is an accomplishment.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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EveryChild
Board of directorsas of 01/26/2024
Ms. Kasey Kelly
John Deere Corporation
Term: 2022 - 2024
Kasey Kelly
Deere and Company
Thomas Thoms
Philanthropist
Linda Wastyn
Wastyn & Associates
Kristin Berry
Total Solutions Staffing
Luis Moreno
Arrowhead Ranch
Beth Ann Stratton
Retired - Iowa DHS
Amy Behning
Mindfire
Mary Macumber-Schmidt
UnityPoint Health Foundation
Ramona Dixon
Rock Island School District
Tilford Flowers
John Deere
Abbey Furlong
Lane & Waterman
Ray German
Retired - Consultant
Thomas Herr
Retired - Pediatrician
Riane Leib
Huiskamp Collins Investments, LLC
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.