ANNUAL REPORT 2003 - Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic

our mission comes to life
Letter from the Chairperson of the Board
and the Executive Director
Dear Clinic Friends and Supporters:
In this Annual Report 2003, you will see our mission statement come to life in stories of best practices and
successes that illustrate key Clinic components, from family-centered programs and strategic collaborative
efforts to ongoing evaluations.
Ensuring easy access and promoting early intervention are at the very core of our mission. But our scope of
therapeutic services and outreach activities go beyond these hallmarks. As this report unfolds, we highlight
for you the comprehensive mental health services, programs and activities of the Los Angeles Child Guidance
Clinic. These are efforts conducted each and every day by a dedicated staff who fulfill our vision of bringing
essential services to children and families in serious need.
A significant commitment that the Clinic completed this past year was building a new Child and Youth
Development Center. The project’s primary goal was to increase access to much needed mental health services
by children and families residing in Central and South Los Angeles. This was achieved in two important
ways: by moving our administrative offices out of the Exposition Park facility (and into the new site), thereby
increasing our service capacity at the old site by adding treatment space for our Walk-In Clinic and Outpatient
Services; and by further expanding the Clinic’s specialty services in the new 30,000 square foot building.
Our new Child and Youth Development Center makes access to mental health services easy and convenient,
allowing more children to receive the critical services they need to assist them in becoming healthier and more
successful in their social, home and school environments.
Thank you very much for your friendship and support of the Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic, and of the
children we serve, which make the achievement of our mission possible!
Stephen D. Royer
Chairperson of the Board
Elizabeth W. Pfromm, M.S., MPA
Executive Director
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