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Friends of the Children (Friends) is an intervention program for the
most vulnerable children living in seriously high-risk environments
Vision
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Teachers, Firefighters, and Friends*—Friends will become part of the “social fabric”
of our communities; helping our nation’s most vulnerable children develop the
relationships, goals, and skills necessary to break the cycles of poverty, abuse, and
violence and become contributing members of their community
Service model
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Most vulnerable children are selected based on research-based risk factors
Children receive early intervention starting in kindergarten or first grade and long-term
mentoring and support continuing through high school graduation
Children spend one-on-one quality time with a “Friend” who is a full-time, carefully
selected, and trained professional
Children are offered comprehensive services to meet their academic, social, emotional,
and physical needs
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Outcomes for children
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Avoid involvement in criminal justice system
Avoid early parenting
Graduate from high school with a plan for the future
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Friends’ unique program is specifically designed to identify and support
our nation’s most vulnerable children
Identify the most
vulnerable children early…
• Proactive child selection
process
–Research shows that early
risk factors can identify young
children most likely to fall
victim to later serious negative
outcomes
–Friends works with schools in
high-poverty areas to select
children based on risk factors
and then conducts extensive
outreach to families to enroll
children
• Early intervention
–Children enter by the end of
first grade
…and provide them
with a supportive,
qualified adult
… and holistic services
over a sustained period
of time
• Supportive, qualified adult
• Holistic approach
–Professional Friends
–Friends develop quality oneon-one relationship with child
• Full time, paid employees
• Meet with each child 8
• College educated
times for 16 hours/month
• Are experience and
• Develop and update
talented working with
individualized goal plan for
high-risk youth
child
–Selected through rigorous
• Engage in community
hiring process
service and other activities
–Receive extensive initial and
–Friends and program staff
ongoing training
work to support each child’s
–Are highly supported and
academic, physical,
supervised by program staff
emotional, social, and mental
health needs
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Demonstrated potential of the unique service model sparked interest across
the country and led to the creation of the national network
Number of sites
Oregon Initiative (Salem & Eugene)
opened
12.5
11
Cincinnati, New York City, San
Francisco, Wilmington opened
10.0
9
National office, Klamath Falls
and Seattle opened
7.5
Chester opened
5.0
3
Portland opened
2.5
0.0
5
Washington DC opened
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92/93
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124
137
153
168
232
253
304
523
644
Number
of children
served
Source: Friends of the Children
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To start the business planning process, Friends developed a comprehensive
Theory of Change for the network
Helping our most vulnerable children living in seriously high-risk environments develop the relationships, goals, skills, and resources necessary to thrive.
1. National Friends needs these
resources
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Qualified and Effective Personnel
with Expertise in:
 Management
 Business/strategy planning
Program Development and Quality
Assurance
 Management of quality, including
database and reporting system
 Curriculum development for child
and adolescent programming
 Training of supervisors and child
serving staff
 Evaluation management
 Developing and maintaining
collaborative partnerships
Infrastructure/Operations
 Financial and HR systems, including
hiring practices
 IT
Financial Sustainability/
Development
 Fundraising with national and local
major donors
 Developing/testing fundraising
strategies including new products
 Marketing and Public Relations
 Grant writing (government and
foundations)
 Government Relations (lobbying)
 Developing and maintaining
corporate Partnerships
Board Members with
 Commitment to Friends of the
Children
 National connections (corporate,
foundations, individuals)
 Expertise in a substantive area
(finance, law, public relations,
national organizations)
 Willingness to help with fundraising
Budget to support personnel
2…..to provide these activities
and services 
3….so that chapters have these elements
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4.…needed to successfully
implement these strategies
Program Development
 Lead efforts to refine the program
 Provide assistance in addressing ad
hoc program questions
High Quality Friends
 High quality Friends who remain in relationship for a
minimum of four years with a monthly minimum of 6-8
contacts of 16 hours with each child
 Friends with an associates degree or more
(preferred); a minimum of two years direct experience
with children living in seriously high-risk environments;
safe driving record
 Friends who work with no more than 8 children
An enduring high-quality
relationship
for each child with a professional
paid) mentor (the Friend)
• One-on-one long-term positive
relationship
• Individualized plans for success
for each child
• Review progress semi- annually
Quality Assurance
 Establish standards and best
practices for chapters;
 Review outcome data for children
and assist chapters in using data to
improve program
 Assist chapters in selecting and
retaining both children and Friends
 Provide curriculum and training for
Friends, supervisors, Executive
Directors
 Conduct site visits, provide coaching
 Assist chapters in identifying gaps;
suggest strategies for addressing
gaps
Infrastructure/Operations
 Provide support for hiring qualified
and effective Executive Directors
 Establish standards for accounting,
HR, and insurance; provide
templates and free/fee-based
support for implementation
 Assist in Board development (clarify
roles, orientation, training, support)
 Implement regular processes to
share information/lessons learned
through intranet, conference calls,
meetings
 Establish database system including
forms, software, hardware;
Financial Sustainability/Development
 Coordinate donor prospects
 Provide marketing/PR strategy and
selected products, materials (like
sponsorship); train chapters
 Provide case statement, framework
and assist chapters in developing
strategic plans including growth and
development plans; Board, ED
training
National Evaluation
 Provide leadership in seeking funds
for and in managing program
research, longitudinal evaluation
study
 Dissemination of evaluation results
Selection of Vulnerable Children Living in High Risk
Environments
 Children served by each chapter meet specified
screening criteria (see risk and protective factors
chart)
 Children identified by the end of the first grade
 Children selected in collaboration with credible and
supportive community organizations
 A working relationship with child’s parents or
guardians
High Quality Program Resources and Support,
Directly
or through Partnerships
 A safe space for Friends and children
 Educational support services
 Physical, emotional and social services
 Caregiver support for basic needs and appropriate
interventions when necessary for child’s progress
 A strong working partnership with schools
 A commitment to program children through high
school and as they move within the service area
Financial Sustainability/Development
 Personnel with development expertise
 Engaged and effective board
 Sound and active development plan, including local
major donors
 Sound and active marketing and PR plan
 Adherence to national branding standards
 Diversified funding base
 In-kind and volunteer resources
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5.…to produce these outcomes among
children and youth
Intermediate
Social and Emotional
Development
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Making Good Choices
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Friends who have the knowledge,
experience, and ability to provide
skill
building and/or resources for:
• Social development
• Emotional development, including
anger management
• Academic development
• Problem solving/making positive
choices
• Appreciation of own culture and
cultures of others
• Skills that build towards
independent living (i.e. hygiene,
nutrition, time management, social
courtesies, budgeting)
• Development of individual talents
and interests
• Participation in meaningful and
quality extracurricular activities and
community service.
Program resources and support,
directly or through partnerships, in
the following areas of need:
• Services for children, including
physical, emotional and educational
support, community service
activities, special talent
opportunities
• Services for caregivers, including
referral to social services
• A safe space for Friends and
children to gather
Strong relationships with adults,
peers, and community
Improved mental and emotional
health
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Reduced aggression and problem
behaviors
Avoidance of substance abuse
School Success
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Academic performance and progress
(attendance, appropriate classroom
behavior, progression in
reading/math/ computer literacy and
promotion)
Other
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Improved health care (both physical
and mental including reproductive
when appropriate)
Plan and skills for the future (post
high school)
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Long-term
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Avoid Involvement in the
Criminal Justice System
Avoid Early Parenting
Succeed in School with a
minimum of a high school
diploma (1st choice) or GED
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How to Tell a Good Story
1. Stay in format
- hero, villain, plot
2. Show, don’t tell
3. No jargon
4. Keep it simple
5. Connect to
emotions
6. Focus on
structure
7. Omit unnecessary
elements
8. Rehearse
February 8, 2008
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What makes a good story?
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Meet A.J.
In elementary school,
he was suspended 22
times.
In one year.
He lived with his
mother in a rundown
neighborhood,
surrounded by gangs
and drugs.
He was just the kind of
child we look for.
We matched A.J. with a Friend who would be a
positive force in his life -- four hours each week,
52 weeks each year, until A.J. graduated from high
school.
Today, AJ (#2 in the photo)
is a star player for
Jefferson High School.
He’s being recruited by
Division I colleges and will
probably receive a full
scholarship.
His life has turned around.
And that’s just the kind of
result we work for.
Friends of the Children was
founded in 1993 by Duncan
Campbell.
Duncan was an “at-risk
youth” before the term even
existed.
After succeeding in
business, he decided to use
his wealth to help kids just
like he used to be.
We started in Portland with 24 children, and today
we have 11 chapters serving nearly 700 children
across the United States.
Seattle
Portland
Salem
Eugene
Klamath Falls
San Francisco
Cincinnati
New York
Wilmington
Chester
Washington
Our work is based on a bedrock
principle:
The single most important
protective factor that fosters
resiliency in high-risk children is a
caring and sustained relationship
with a supportive adult.
These adults, whom we call “Friends,” are full-time, paid
professionals who bring both experience and heartfelt
commitment to working with at-risk children.
Our Friends are diverse: 60% are people of color, 50%
are women, ages range from the twenties to the fifties,
and they come from all walks of life.
Each Friend receives extensive training, supervision,
and support from our program staff.
Each Friend works with no more than 8 children.
Each child has a Friend from 1st through 12th grade.
Friends also maintain regular contact with each
child’s family to keep us connected to the most
important influences in the child’s life.
We set 3 clear, measurable goals for each child in our
program:
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Graduate from high school with a positive plan for
the future.
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Avoid involvement in the criminal justice system.
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Avoid early parenting.
Based on results from our Portland chapter alone, we
can already see that Friends of the Children is making
a difference…
98% of children in our program are still in school,
and 97% have passing grades.
97% are not using drugs or alcohol on a regular basis.
More than 90% are not involved in gang activity.
98% have not been incarcerated.
Friends of the Children also benefits the larger community
by removing costs that can be incurred when at-risk
children do not receive early and sustained care…
$1.3 million
Becoming a
career criminal
$800 thousand
Becoming a
teen mother
$500 thousand
Dropping out
of high school
0.0
0.5
1.0
$1.5M
Total lifetime cost to society and taxpayers per individual (net present value.) 26
And when compared on a per-child basis, the annual cost
of supporting an individual in our program is considerably
less than the alternatives taxpayers often must bear.
$50,000
$50,000
$47,000
$40,000
$27,000
$30,000
$20,000
$8,100
$10,000
Annual
Cost
Residential
care program
Juvenile
incarceration
Adult
incarceration
Friends of
the Children
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“In my professional life,
I’ve seen only a few
programs that I think
have a shot at really
making a difference.
What [Duncan
Campbell] created in
Portland could change
the way this country
tries to help its
children.”
Gary Walker, President
Public/Private Ventures
And that’s only part of our story. To find out more, please
call Vanessa Wilkins at 503.281.6633, or visit us on the
Internet at www.friendsofthechildren.com.
Thank you.
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