as of May 1, 2012 - Childhaven

A year
establishes a foundation for the future
of changes
Over the past year, exciting changes paved the way for ensuring
Childhaven’s long-term viability and for expanding our child
abuse prevention mission into the community.
In May 2011, Maria Chavez Wilcox became President of Childhaven, bringing with her a deep personal
passion for the cause, a nationally-recognized reputation in nonprofit leadership and a determination to
build even deeper community support for our mission.
In July 2011, the Washington State Department of Early Learning (DEL)—the first Cabinet-level
state government department in the nation focused solely on young children—assumed oversight of
Childhaven. Although Childhaven is not a state agency, we are licensed and monitored by the
state because we receive state funds to partially cover the costs of therapeutic child care. Under the
umbrella of this caring advocate, Childhaven finds greater protection of its state funding, more resources
to support the early learning elements of our program and a committed champion of our mission.
Childhaven also kicked off our Second Century Campaign. The Campaign is an ambitious initiative
to galvanize individuals, families and our generous community to raise $20 million over the next five
years—$10 million to protect and strengthen our core program and another $10 million to create an
endowment to further secure our mission for the next 100 years. Every dollar donated to Childhaven
through 2016 will go toward the Second Century Campaign. More information on the Second Century
Campaign can be found on the inside flap of this report.
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