2005 Annual Report
Dear MOCSA Friends,
A key component of the MOCSA strategic plan has been to further promote awareness of our services to the broad metropolitan community. This past year we witnessed a number of events and activities advancing that goal, though this report unfortunately cannot relate them all. Highlights included the Kansas City Young Matrons Ball whose sold-out event brought new friends and funds for MOCSA’s mission, The Ad Club’s POP Auction, the Tri-Com Golf Tournament, the Friends of MOCSA inaugural Young at Art event, and Sexual Assault Awareness Month activities, including the Pryor Leadership Seminar. Led by honorary co-chairs Jeannette Nichols and Mark Ernst, the annual Community Luncheon featured Claudia Bayliff, Project Attorney for the National Judicial Education Program, who addressed the unique dynamics of sexual assault cases. Fall awareness breakfasts were held in both Wyandotte and Johnson Counties, and 2005 saw an increase in numbers of lay groups hearing about our issue and our services.
A major 2005 initiative was "regionalizing" hospital advocacy volunteers to provide for a quicker response to victims and hospitals. In follow-up to the selection of the Kansas City Inter-disciplinary Response to Sexual Assault (KCIRSA), as one of eight communities nationwide who demonstrate quality interagency collaboration, MOCSA and our community of team members are involved in a special data collection project which will provide important insights into our work. To address extraordinary demands for services to adult survivors of child sexual abuse, a major assessment and redesign occurred over the year resulting in a new program with more targeted services entitled "START…Survivors and Thrivers Achieve Respect Together. " Other program changes have enhanced our volunteer program, our intake system, and support for crisis line and advocacy volunteers.
MOCSA’s evaluation project with the Centers for Disease Control and Research Triangle Institute of North Carolina drew to a formal close in the fall of 2005. Preliminary results regarding our exemplary youth prevention efforts were promising, and we will learn final results in 2006.
Thanks to our committed staff, volunteers, donors and friends, 2005 was a good year. We reached 48,000 individuals who benefited from our direct services and our educational messages. Your support means much to MOCSA and to our community.
Ken Mellard, Board Chair
Palle M. Rilinger, Executive Director
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