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Resilience & Gratitude
Impact Report 2021
A Message from our Board of Directors
CEO and Board President Jessica Pride, President
Dear Friends, Katherine Atkinson, Vice President
Katie Sullivan, Secretary
It is our honor to present the Center for Community Solutions 2021
Tracy L. Skaddan, Treasurer
Annual Impact Report, which provides key highlights of our activities
and programs for the past fiscal year from July 1, 2020 to June Dr. Jan Andersen
30, 2021. As you read the report, we hope you will gain a deeper Christine Antoine
understanding of the programs and services we provided to San Adriana C. Cabre
Diego County residents affected by intimate partner violence, sexual Joe Dunn
assault, or stalking. This vital work would not be possible without the
Brian Epperson
dedication and generosity of so many and for that, we are beyond
grateful for your support. Ron Giannotti
Elaine Kaminski Becerra
Over the last year, we have witnessed the stunning resilience Anita Mahaffey
of our staff, volunteers, and brave survivors of relationship and
Kathleen Medina
sexual violence. Despite the immense challenges presented by the
COVID-19 pandemic, our team has jumped into action to ensure Karen Mitchell
a seamless transition to virtual services, and we have watched Dung Ngo
courageous survivors persevere in their journey of healing amid a Saundra Pelletier
global pandemic. We are honored to be an organization that has been Dr. Jay Silverman
a beacon of hope for so many during these difficult times.
Jennifer Tankersley
CCS adapted our programs quickly and efficiently to continue
providing essential services under changing public health orders.
Our legal, counseling and advocacy teams transitioned to virtual
appointments, our shelters introduced WiFi to help clients better
Advisory Board
function in an increasingly digital society, and our hotline staff
Elizabeth M. Boyer, Co-Chair
remained busy assisting survivors while call volumes surged. Many of
the innovative practices we have introduced this year have improved Amy Rypins, Co-Chair
client satisfaction, and we’re happy to say they will continue even Tom Coan
after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Audrey Doherty
Carlos Gomez
Thank you for your support of Center for Community Solutions, and
for making hope and healing possible for survivors of sexual and Sue Hetzel
relationship violence. David A. Jacobs
Jewel Kelley
Sincerely, Louise Kelly
Michele Macosky
Verna Griffin-Tabor, CEO & Jessica Pride, Board President
Carl Rustin
Executive Staff
Verna Griffin-Tabor, CEO
Deedre Robles, CFO
Cori Austin, COO
Suzie Miako Colby, CDO
Perla Torres, CHRO
SHELTER SERVICES
Shelter Services are provided through our two
emergency shelters and two transitional shelter
programs confidentially located in San Diego County.
186 adults and children
Shelters provide safe housing for adults and children received 10,946 nights
escaping violence. All residents may choose to access of safety
a spectrum of wraparound services.
“There are no right words to explain our gratitude for all that
you have done for us. Thank you is not enough.” —CCS Client
Conquering the Digital
Divide in Shelters
In 2020-2021, COVID-relief funds and
individual donations provided survivors in
our shelters with WiFi, access to laptops,
and gift cards for cell phone data. WiFi
was a critical key that gave survivors
the ability to search for and apply for
permanent safe housing and allowed
children in the shelter to attend school
remotely during the pandemic. WiFi also
made it possible for survivors to continue
their healing journeys by attending
virtual counseling sessions, advocacy
appointments, and legal consultations.
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HOTLINE SERVICES Stay-at-Home Orders
Ironically Increased
Danger for Some
As cases of relationship violence have
surged worldwide during the pandemic,
CCS experienced a record increase in
intensity of hotline calls received in
2021. CCS advocates provided emotional
support and safety planning for clients
who were sheltering in place with an
abusive partner. Despite a decrease in
resources and the heightened severity
of calls, our team continued providing
our free and confidential 24-hour crisis
intervention hotline and found ways to
connect survivors with key resources amid
a global pandemic. CCS hotline services
offer assistance in multiple languages and
accessibility options.
CCS staff and volunteers respond to
calls coming in to our county-wide
crisis hotline 24 hours a day.
Our hotline counselors provide
trauma-informed safety planning and
emotional support, expert navigation
of county resources, and connection
to supportive services.
Hotline counselors
responded to
5,304 calls
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Breakdown of FY 2021 Hotline Calls
56.7%
16.5%
Domestic Violence Elder abuse
Sexual Assault Human Trafficking
Child-related Other
Stalking
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LEGAL ADVOCACY
CCS is the only Legal Team in San Diego County offering trauma-informed, no-cost, holistic, wrap-around services
to survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and stalking.
Continuing Legal
71% increase Services Through the
493 survivors in client
Court Shut Downs
assisted with civil understanding
remedies of the criminal When the courts shut down amid
justice system the COVID-19 pandemic, our staff
provided remote access to our
services to ensure our clients received
holistic legal assistance and help with
safety planning. This remote service
was especially helpful to clients
residing in rural areas, lacking access
to transportation to CCS business
offices, living with disabilities, or
those unable to secure childcare to
attend in-office consultations. Once
the courts were capable of virtual
hearings, our legal team instructed
clients on how to engage with remote/
virtual platforms, helped prepare
them for virtual court hearings, and
offered virtual court accompaniment,
which provided emotional support and
assistance to clients having to face
their perpetrators.
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COUNSELING
Our Clinical Services Department is comprised of licensed and interning therapists who provide individual, group,
family, and child counseling using research-based, best practice, trauma-informed approaches.
“My counselor was empathetic, knowledgeable, resourceful and
professional. She was there for me in a time of need and was able to give
me very useful tools to cope, heal & thrive in the future.” —CCS Client
437 adults
and children
received 3,765
counseling
sessions
Child clients
experienced
52.6% relief in
self-reported
trauma
symptoms
The Pandemic’s Silver Lining for Trauma Counseling
When COVID-19 restrictions interrupted in-person services, our counseling team seamlessly transitioned
to providing virtual appointments through video conferencing software in one week. Families that
historically had a difficult time getting to the office for in-person services were able to engage in therapy
consistently without having to sacrifice their income or other children’s activities. In addition, the team
of child advocates and therapists were able to integrate increased use of technology to keep child clients
engaged in the therapeutic process.
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SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES
Our Sexual Assault Services (SAS) are in three divisions: Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), Justice
Advocacy, and Campus Advocacy Services. One of the busiest Rape Crisis Centers in California, CCS
covers the majority of San Diego County, assisting walk-ins, referrals, and emergency room victims.
Sexual Assault Justice Advocacy Campus Advocacy
Response Team
Justice Advocates provide Campus Advocacy Services
Our Sexual Assault Response crisis intervention, provide sexual assault and
Team shifted from in-person counseling, information intimate partner violence
services during the pandemic about the criminal justice information, prevention
to support sexual assault process, accompaniment to outreach, survivor
survivors during medical prosecution-related events, accompaniment, and
forensic exams over the assistance with resources, and education/training for college
phone. referrals to other programs. students, faculty, and staff.
418 clients 71% incease in 5% of all SAS
1,090 contacts understanding clients come
273 forensic of criminal from local
exams justice system colleges
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PREVENTION & AWARENESS
CCS Prevention programs use education to break the cycle of violence and prevent harm before it happens.
Our programs strive to empower participants with the skills and tools they need to prevent violence in their
relationships and communities.
Communities Rise to
Help Prevent Violence
Our Prevention Education Team tailored their
programs to the specific needs of communities
being served, and they also adapted to the societal
shifts caused by the pandemic. CCS engages
youth and adults in the communities we serve
to be part of awareness and solutions in their
neighborhoods. While it was not possible to teach
in person, our educators kept the conversations
going through virtual workshops for different
age groups, in different languages, and on topics
requested by community members.
CCS Crisis Intervention Training Continued Uninterrupted
This past fiscal year, nearly 40 staff, volunteers
and community partners completed CCS Crisis
Intervention Training, a 66.5-hour program that
provides attendees with trauma-informed skills,
knowledge, and tools to better serve and support
those impacted by intimate partner violence,
sexual assault, and stalking. Every staff member at
CCS completes this training.
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Thank You
We are grateful to the many individuals, businesses, Scarano Family Foundation at The San Diego Foundation:
corporations, foundations, and organizations who make our in honor of Anita and Mike Mahaffey
work possible. Highlighted below are major supporters who Schuler Family Foundation
invested in our mission in fiscal year 2020-2021. Share the Dough
Tabor Communications
$50,000+ The Pride Law Firm — Jessica Pride
U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against The Rypins Family: In honor of Ruth Marks
Women TJX Foundation, Inc.
California Department of Public Health TIAA on behalf of Connie Nott
California Office of Emergency Services Tracy Skaddan
Conrad Prebys Foundation Verizon
County of San Diego Weingart Foundation
J. Willard & Alice S. Marriott Charitable Fund at the
American Endowment Foundation $5,000 - $9,999
Kushinsky & Carman Living Trust - Richard Lloyd Sloan Allan and Virginia Farwell
Marriott Daughters Foundation Amanda Hendrix
Price Philanthropies Foundation Anita and Mike Mahaffey
Rancho Santa Fe Women’s Charitable Donor Advised Anonymous fund at The San Diego Foundation
Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation Baby Bird Communications
Cool-Jams, Inc.
$25,000 - $49,999 Dave Brody
Allison & Robert Price Family Foundation Fund of Deana Baker-Dunn
the Jewish Community Foundation Female Athlete Volunteers
Hervey Family Fund at The San Diego Foundation Gemperle Family Farms
Katie & Dan Sullivan Isle, Charles and Peter Dalebrook Charitable Fund
MUFG Union Bank, N.A. John T. O. Martin
Robin Toft — We Can Rise Katherine & Steve Atkinson
Samuel H. French & Katherine Weaver French Fund Law Offices of Amy Rypins
at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Louise Kelly
Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Michele McGinn
The San Diego Foundation - COVID-19 Community Mintz
Response Fund Nordson Corporation Foundation
Walter J. & Betty C. Zable Foundation Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest
We Can Rise: in honor of Ron Giannotti Potter Electric, Inc.
We Can Rise: in honor of Rosemary Rayburn Robert and Carolyn Roden Fund at The San Diego
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A Foundation
William H. Donner Foundation, Inc. Rowling Family Charitable Fund of the Jewish Community
Foundation — Sheryl Rowling
$10,000 - $24,999 San Diego County Bar Foundation
Alpha Chi Omega Sandra Timmons
Bank of America St. Germaine Children’s Charity
David B. and Patricia E. Marino UC San Diego
Do A Little Fund – San Francisco Foundation
Escondido Community Foundation $2,500 - $4,999
Evofem Biosciences Adriana C. Cabre
Helmut Kiffmann Family Foundation Amy Liepert
La Jolla Monthly Meeting Anonymous
Laura Ellis Audrey Doherty
Laurel L. Barry Brian Epperson
Maurice J. Masserini Memorial Trust California Endowment: in honor of Robin Ross
Michael D. and Roxane E. Fredericks Carol E. Glann
Patricia & Christopher Weil Family Foundation Carlos Gomez
Quon Family Fund at Fidelity Charitable Chemistry PR
Saundra Pelletier Clipped Wings - United Airlines Stewardess Alumnae
Scarano Family Foundation at The San Diego Foundation Elizabeth M. Boyer and Harry Engel
10Goldsmith Legacy Foundation Laura Kay Stephens
Hunter Industries Leah Gomez
In-N-Out Burger Foundation Linda Louise Katz
Jewel and Dr. Leon Kelley Linda Silverman
John Glann Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Kathleen Medina Lori Mayne
Lisa Stennes Laikind Marcie Rowe
Mabi Castro Michael and Sara Orlando Trust
Monica E. Kaiser Michele Macosky
North County Blind Company, Inc. Michelle Schill
Northern Trust — Kelly Colvard Miraglo Foundation
Schor Vogelzang & Chung LLP — Julie A. Vogelzang Ms. Molly Foundation
Summer Girgis Nancy Steddom
Susan & Rick Howe Neil & Anna Mintz Charitable Fund
Sycuan Casino Neil & Gina Matheson
The Frame Maker — Samantha Atlas Paula Taylor & Bernie Kulchin
Therese Collins Robin Belsaas
Ruth Marks
$1,000 - $2,499 Samuel I. & John Henry Fox Foundation
Ameritino Foundation Scripps Howard Foundation
Anne Wright Charitable Fund Sherry Blanton
Anonymous Silicon Valley Community Foundation: In memory of
Bonnie Dumanis Robin Ross
Caitlin Weil SDG&E
California Bank & Trust — Zions Bancorporation Stephen Mitchell
Chalice U. U. Congregation Steve & Linda Klosterman
Chamille Lamb Steven Rukin Revocable Trust
Christopher Weil & Company, Inc. Sue Hetzel
Dana Arritola Susan Laun
Dawn Purarty Thomas G. and Linda J. Oakley
Deb Hamby Tina Grimm
Deborah Santana Tracy Borkum
Devorah Gurantz Verna Griffin-Tabor
Diana C. and Gary G. Whitney
DLM Engineering, Inc. Thank You for 100% Board Giving
Dung Ngo
Erick Girouard Dr. Jan Andersen Kathleen Medina
Gail Hutcheson Christine Antoine Karen Mitchell
Gardenfam Fund of the Jewish Community Katherine Atkinson Dung Ngo
Foundation Adriana C. Cabre Saundra Pelletier
Joe Dunn Jessica Pride
Gigi Cramer
Brian Epperson Dr. Jay SilvermanO
Ginger Bass Memorial Fund
Ron Giannotti Katie Sullivan
Gini Meyer
Elaine Kaminski Becerra Tracy L. Skaddan
Jane B. Lane - Jane Lane Kids Inc. Anita Mahaffey Jennifer Tankersley
Janis and Peter A. Andersen
Jay Silverman
Jennifer Tankersley
Judith M. Fogel
Thank You to Our Major In-Kind Donors
Judy Jaron CCS received more than $250,000 in donations of
Katey Brunini goods and pro bono services! Our major donors:
Kelly Culwell
Kit-Victoria (Weil) Wells • Schor Vogelzang & Chung LLP — Julie A Vogelzang
Larry & Gigie Price Fund of the Jewish Community • Atlas Transfer & Storage — Linda J. Oakley
Foundation • Target River — Brian Epperson
Las Proveedoras Del Norte • Repairs and Remodels On Demand — Charles Gilbert
11Financial Health
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES | FYE 2020 AND 2021
Revenue and Support 2021 2020
Contract revenue $4,983,768 $4,963,840
Contributions and grants 1,274,406 893,297
Fundraising revenue 424,445 125,787
In-kind contributions 250,828 296,069
Fees for services 13,955 3,468
Other income 7,204 87,558
Investment income 3,839 682
TOTAL 6,958,445 6,370,701
Expenses
Program services 4,769,559 4,919,696
Management and general 738,635 625,493
Fundraising 419,160 561,715
Total Expenses 5,927,354 6,106,904
Change in Net Assets 1,031,091 263,797
Net Assets at Beginning of Year 2,430,170 2,166,373
NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $3,461,261 $2,430,170
2021 Revenue 2021 Expenses
Contracts 71.62%
Contributions 18.31% Programs 80.4%
Special Events 6.10% Management 12.5%
In-Kind 3.60% Fundraising 7.1%
Other 0.37%
12STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION | FYE 2020 AND 2021
Assets 2021 2020
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $2,920,611 $2,193,753
Contracts receivable 948,674 845,142
Other receivables 21,398 8,495
Prepaid expenses 12,937 66,510
Total Current Assets 3,903,620 3,113,900
Noncurrent Assets
Deposits 12,763 12,763
Property and equipment, net 1,938,509 2,079,274
Beneficial interest in endowment funds 12,915 10,368
Total Noncurrent Assets 1,964,187 2,102,405
TOTAL ASSETS $5,867,807 $5,216,305
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable $132,699 $104,106
Accrued payroll and related liabilities 411,297 379,389
Deferred revenue — 422,802
Current portion of notes payable 36,481 34,653
Total Current Liabilities 580,477 940,950
Noncurrent Liabilities
Notes payable, less current portion 1,638,877 1,673,545
Interest payable 187,192 171,640
Total Noncurrent Liabilities 1,826,069 1,845,185
Total Liabilities 2,406,546 2,786,135
Net Assets
Without donor restrictions 3,173,598 2,276,138
With donor restriction 287,663 154,032
Total Net Assets 3,461,261 2,430,170
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $5,867,807 $5,216,305
13VOLUNTEERS
Despite the challenges associated with COVID-19, numerous dedicated volunteers continued to support
CCS and survivors. Volunteer roles range from counseling trainees, advocates, and attorneys to outreach and
prevention efforts at community events. Additionally, CCS is supported by the Board of Directors, Advisory
Board, Hidden Valley House and Project Safehouse Auxiliaries, event volunteers, and development interns.
“Being a tiny part of
someone’s healing journey is 114 dedicated volunteers
continued to support CCS
the best feeling I know. throughout this year
It’s everything.” —Lisa
One Hotline Volunteer: 700 Hours
Lisa has volunteered more than 3,500 lifetime hours to
support survivors of relationship and sexual violence. In 2021
alone, she logged 700 hours and was part of a core team
who were a critical lifeline to callers reaching out during the
pandemic.
Lisa dedicates four days a week to answering our 24/7 Crisis
Hotline, where she provides resources to survivors and
connects them to services like counseling, emergency shelter
and legal assistance. Sometimes, she is just a compassionate
sounding board for someone who needs to talk.
Lisa also trains new volunteers and staff to support trauma
survivors. She has made a difference in the lives of countless
survivors over her eight years of volunteering, and says it has
been “tremendously rewarding.”
14JOIN OUR MISSION
There are many ways you can help advance our mission to end relationship violence and sexual assualt.
Help us to be there for San Diegans of all ages who are tragically impacted by unspeakable violence.
Help us change the trajectory of a survivor’s path to hope and healing.
How to Help Today
• Make a financial or in-kind contribution
• Honor CCS with a legacy gift
• Sponsor or attend our special events
• Schedule an education program or workshop for your organization or company
• Host a beneficiary event that raises funds and awareness
• Recommend us for a grant or corporate gift
• Volunteer your time
Want to help? Please contact us at getinvolved@ccssd.org or 858.272.5777
Your Donations at Work
• All services are free
• 24/7 confidential crisis hotline:
1-888-385-4657
• Four domestic violence shelter programs
• One of the largest Rape Crisis Centers in CA
• Child abuse treatment
• Legal team offering trauma-informed services
• Individual and group counseling
• Safety planning and referrals to services
• Prevention education and outreach
Our mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice.
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SAVE THE DATE! San Diego’s Event of the Year
CCS Tea & Tonic
Friday, June 17, 2022
1:30 - 4:30pm
The Shell
A stunning view. An enjoyable luncheon
with friends. A memorable afternoon that will
remind you why you support our mission. We will reveal our
amazing guest speaker’s name and more event details soon.
Don’t miss our announcements and stay tuned for updates about
our 2022 event at ccssd.org.You can also read
