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Kansas Advocates for Better Care Annual Report 2017
Annual Report
January - December 2017
536 Fireside Ct., Suite B Lawrence Kansas 66049 785.842.3088
800.525.1782 www.kabc.org [email protected]
Advocating for Quality Long-Term Care since 1975
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What’s inside: Board of Directors & Staff page 2
Acknowledgements page 2
Members by County page 3
Information & Services page 4
Quality At-Home Care page 5
New Staff - Laura Pfeifer page 5
Major Charitable Donors page 6
Financial Report page 6
Income & Expense Comparison page 7
President Linda Carlsen, Overland Park
Community Volunteer
Vice-President Barbara J. Sabol, Lawrence
Treasurer
Margaret Farley, BSN, JD Lawrence, Attorney
Secretary
Molly M. Wood, JD, Lawrence Elder Law Attorney
Directors
Barbara Braa, Eudora Vice-President/Trust Officer
Ann Campbell, Topeka
Retired, Accounting KS Dept. on Aging
Janet Dunn, Lawrence
Retired Military
Mary Edwards, Leawood Community Volunteer
Marlene Finney, LMSW, Topeka
Retired Social Services Administrator
Jennifer Johnson, Lawrence, Author
Dave Kingsley, Kansas City Retired Statistics Professor KUMC
Earl Nehring PhD, Lawrence
Retired Professor of Political Science
Dave Ranney, Lawrence Retired Journalist
Artie Shaw PhD, Lawrence
Clinical Psychologist
Honorary Board Member William Dann, Lawrence
2017 Board of Directors
Kansas Advocates for Better Care Annual Report 2017
Mitzi E. McFatrich Executive Director Laura Meyer Pfeifer
Director of Development & Outreach Barbara Conant Public
Policy/Legislative Coordinator Lenette Hamm Office Manager
William Dann, for his continued dedication and commitment in
support of improved quality care.
Our generous Foundation donors:
Kansas Health Foundation
Gould Charitable Foundation
Topeka Community Foundation
Members, donors and volunteers for keeping KABC’s work
alive.
KU Interns Leah Nagely, MSW and Claire Shanovich, BGS for all of
their hard work on grant projects & publications.
Steve & Kelly Wildeman, American Presort, for generously
providing mailing services for the KABC newsletters.
Kansas Advocates for Better Care thanks
Acknowledgments
KABC Staff
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KABC volunteers and members provide considerable time and energy
to improve elder care. In 2017, their combined efforts totaled 700+
hours. Volunteer efforts included leadership on public policy
advocacy, training to caregivers and community leaders, as well as
assisting at the KABC office to get out critical information to
individuals and the media.
THANK YOU for all of your time and energy to advance our
mission.
KABC Members
600 active members & contributors in Kansas
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KABC has 51 members & contributors in 20 states, including
the District of Columbia.
Arizona 2 California 4 Colorado 2 DC 1 Iowa 1 Illinois 2
Massachusetts 2
Minnesota 1 Missouri 20 Mississippi 1 Nebraska 1 New Jersey 1
New York 2 Ohio 2
Oklahoma 1 Rhode Island 1 Tennessee 1 Texas 2 Virginia 1
Washington 3
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Information & Services Provided KABC guides, supports and
educates older adults and families who are dealing with long-term
care issues. This chart summarizes our efforts through December
2017. KABC engages in public policy advocacy solely for the purpose
of improving the quality of long-term care.
Requests for assistance (phone & email) Website visits to
access information
Facebook & Twitter Engagement
Total newsletters sent (4 times/yearly)
Attendees at training sessions
Testimony presented to Legislature Testimony on regulations to
Federal or State agencies
Assistance Provided
777
4,781
719
3,450
1,127
13 Bills
3 Fed. 1 State
2017
1,163
4,094
218
3,736
1,381
11 Bills
1 Fed. Regs.
2014 2015
1,337
4,638
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3,820
1,740
10 Bills
2 Fed. Regs.
789
5,912
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3,686
1,505
15 bills
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2016
With your help, KABC reached nearly 11,000 people in 2017!
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Quality At-Home Care - A Model Project
Over four decades, KABC has built an impressive library of
guides responding to requests from older adults, caregivers, and
aging professionals who seek to know more about good quality
long-term care but found that such information from a consumer’s
perspective was not always available. That lack of information was
certainly the case for our newest quality guide which was completed
in 2017.
The Care You Want: A Quality Care Checklist for Older Adults
Choosing Care At Home is the latest addition in our consumer
quality resource line up. Thanks to a generous grant from the Gould
Charitable Foundation, KABC was able to undertake and complete this
model project.
To create this one of a kind guide, KABC sought expertise
directly from older adults, caregivers, geriatric health
specialists, aging services providers, and elder care case
managers. We gathered expertise by interviewing, hosting focus
groups, and through written surveys. In addition, we conducted an
extensive review of relevant research and literature.
Over the past months, we asked older adults who use in-home care
services and those who wanted to explore using in-home services to
give us feedback on this guide and we’ve incorporated their
wisdom.
We are delighted with the results of this collaborative effort
and hope you will find it very useful. The guide is available in
print and we’ll happily share it with you upon request. As laws
change - updates will be made to the digital version available on
our website so that you’ll always have the best and most current
information.
Late in 2016, KABC was selected by the Kansas Health Foundation
(KHF) as one of ten Kansas non-profits to receive a 3-year,
$300,000 Health Equity grant. The KHF grants allow non-profits to
build organizational capacity and in turn strengthen the ability to
build greater health equity for Kansans. In our case, that is for
Kansans needing long-term care services.
This innovative and generous grant is certainly achieving its
intended goal for KABC. In July 2017, KABC expanded our ability to
reach out and actively engage with more older adults in more
communities throughout Kansas through the addition of Laura
Pfeifer, KABC’s Director of Development and Outreach.
KABC has expanded outreach and engagement through in-person
visits, community and health professional training sessions,
guidance and support conversations about long-term care needs, and
recruitment and engagement of new volunteers, advocates and
financial partners.
Some of the tangible results of KABC’s strengthened capacity are
new partnerships with businesses and organizations, new tools to
create more timely communications on key issues, and most
importantly significant public policy successes.
The grant runs through 2019. We look forward to maximizing this
opportunity and take a big leap forward in building greater health
equity for older Kansans.
Building Capacity at KABC and Health Equity for Older
Kansans
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2017 Financial Report 2017 Major Charitable Donors
ABC Foundation, JT & Keely Compton AgeWise Advocacy &
Consulting Steven & Carole Anderson Elvira & Richard
Angeletti Deanne & Lou Bacco Andrew & Peggy Beal Terry
Benson Bob & Winky Bergeson Betty Bowen Andrea Bozarth Barbara
& Mick Braa Jim Brothers Sculpture Studio Johanna Bryant Ken
& Norma Buchwach Janet Buttery & Alan Williger Ann & JR
Campbell Linda & Chuck Carlsen Central Bank of the Midwest
Century Business Technologies Charles Cerf & Cynthia Dunbar
Rosemary Chapin Crown Automotive/ Miles Schnaer Evie & Bob
Curtis William Dann Davenport Winery Byron Dills Dobbins &
Letourneau Eye Care Suzanne Dotson Dr. George & Mary Edwards
Mrs. Terry Edwards The Fabulous Torques’ Dr. James & Sara
Farley Margaret Farley Kathy Fetters & Doug Crouch Marlene
Finney David & Kathy Geese Barbara & Gerold Goforth Webster
& Joan Golden Donna Gould Cohen & Larry Cohen Kathy
Greenlee Phil & Clara Hemphill John & Nancy Hiebert Emily
Hill & Burke Griggs Wyatt Hundley Jennifer Johnson & Ken
Grotewiel Johnson County Community College Kansas Public Radio
Lee Ketzel Marc & Lita Ketzel Steve & Kristin Kibbee
David Kingsley Jean Krahn Graham Kreicker Herbert A. Lewis Marcia
A. Manter Linda Mason & Brad Hutton Sharon Mayo & Vicky
Walter Laura McConwell Mitzi McFatrich Toby McIntosh Minuteman
Press John Naramore & Eileen Larson Earl Nehring Will Orvedal
Pete Peterson Laura Pfeifer Mark & Sandy Praeger Edward Quick
Dave & Candice Ranney Regnier Family Foundation Cathy Reinhardt
Jean Rosenthal Emily Russell Barbara Sabol Barbara & Richard
Schowen Webster Schott Gail Shaheed Artie Shaw Shawnee Mission
Health Shepherd Elder Law Carolyn Shelton Fred & Lilian Six
Simpson Foundation Randy Smith Jerrold & Carol Spady Stevens
& Brand, LLP Barbara Thomas Ann & Peter Thompson Topeka
Community Fdn. The Trust Company/ Mark Knackendoffel Lisa &
Rick Werner Wilkerson, Saunders & Anderson DDS John Wilson
Molly M. Wood
We appreciate the substantial support of these generous
individuals & businesses who help further KABC’s mission and
advocacy work. For the complete donor list, visit www.kabc.org
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash-checking $5,262
Money Market $108,903
Total Current Assets $114,165
Restricted Cash/Investments
Endowment & Grant Funds $906,591
Capital Assets
Office Equip/Furniture $17,717
Less accum. Deprecia-
tion ($11,291)
Net Property/Equip $6,426
Total Assets $1,027,182
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
Net Assets
Unrestricted $114,165
Temp Restricted-Endow $.783,380
Temp Restricted-Grants $123,211
Total Net Assets $1,020,756
Total Liabilities & Net Assets $1,027,182
Unrestricted Revenue
Contributions $168,268
Memorials $7,200
Membership Dues $7,726
Endowment Investment Income (loss) $93,749
Misc. Income $338
In-kind Donations $1,500
Total unrestricted revenue, gains, losses $278,781
Net assets restricted for purpose $69,237
Total unrestricted revenue & net assets
released from purpose restrictions $348,018
Expenses
Program $239,252
Management $31,568
Fundraising $17,262
Member Development $7,328
Total Expenses $295,410
Increase in unrestricted net assets $52,608
Temporarily restricted net assets
(Grants/Endowments) $168,492
Net assets restricted for purpose ($69,237)
Increase in temp. restricted net assets $99,255
Increase in net assets $151,863
Net Assets as of Jan 1, 2017 $875,319
Net Assets as of Dec. 31, 2017 $1,027,182
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2017 Income/Expense Comparison
Expense
Member Development
Income
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Annual Report produced by: Mitzi E. McFatrich, Exec. Director,
Laura Pfeifer Dir. of Development & Lenette Hamm, Office Mgr.
Financial information taken from the 2017 Audit prepared by: Kenney
D. Hales, CPA, PC
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KABC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, as identified by the IRS. Your
support continues the mission of advocating for quality long-term
care for frail and elderly Kansans.
All contributions are tax-deductible, as provided by law.
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