Calendar Template - TFI Family Services, Inc.

Letter from the CEO
New Mission and Vision
Donna Hedges said, “Having a place to go – is a family. Having someone to love
– is a family. Having both - is a blessing.” These inspirational words describe
the driving force behind the development of TFI Family Services, Inc.’s (TFI)
new mission statement: “Devoted to the Strength of Family,” and new vision
statement: “To be Nationally Recognized for Excellence in Service, Education
and Advocacy to Strengthen Families.”
Our commitment to being “Devoted to the Strength of Family” conveys what we
do every day in a powerful and stimulating manner. We strive to tap into families’
individual and unique strengths to empower them to overcome the daily living
struggles they often encounter. In our day-to-day process of employing best
practices to promote healthy families, we encourage them to move from basic
survival abilities to acquire parenting, partnering and communication skills. Our
vision, “To be Nationally Recognized for Excellence in Service, Education
and Advocacy to Strengthen Families,” pushes us to continually explore, develop
and implement evidence-based programs we can use to strengthen families.
Within each of these calendar pages, you will have the opportunity to read how
TFI’s mission guides our work with family and children. We would also like to take
this opportunity to share our accomplishments from the past year.
Our accomplishments
We became a licensed Child Placing Agency in Nebraska and opened a service
office in the city of Kearney, NE, to provide programs in central and western
Nebraska. We opened our second Visitation and Exchange Center (VEC) in
Wichita, KS, to complement our VEC in Lawrence, KS. These centers provide
a neutral site for visitation and exchange between parents and supervised visits
when ordered by the court. Combined, these centers provided 1,017 supervised
visits and 789 monitored exchanges to 285 children and 145 families. Our
behavioral health programs served 137 youth and families. TFI’s participation in
the Kansas Intensive Permanency Project provided behavioral health services
to 55 families and youth. TFI served 4,693 Kansas children in out of home
placement through our two 45 county reintegration/adoption and foster care
contracts. The Northeast Kansas contract region worked with 2,769 children
and their families. In Southeast Kansas and the South Central contract region,
TFI served 1,924 children and their families. We provided foster homes to 520
children referred to us by other child welfare organizations. TFI collaborated with