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About
Us
Diocesan
Catholic Children's Home is a treatment center for children, ages 6 to 14, who
have severe to moderate emotional
and/or behavioral problems. The origins of the Home date back to over 160
years when a group of Kenton Countians met to form the St. John's Orphan Society. (See History)
DCCH has evolved over the years to meet the changing needs of the
community. DCCH's 83-acre campus is located in Northern Kentucky, in the
city of Fort Mitchell, just off of I-75 (Directions).
OUR
MISSION:
The mission of
Diocesan Catholic Children's Home is to express God’s love by
providing compassionate care and quality services to address the physical,
spiritual and emotional needs of children and families.
OUR
VISION: Diocesan Catholic Children's
Home will be the preferred provider of flexible, adaptive and the highest
quality family-centered care in a safe environment. We will increase
awareness in the community and expand funding sources to ensure the
long-term financial viability of a state-of-the-art facility.
OUR
GOALS: To access, stabilize, treat, and
educate children and their families while
facilitating changes in relationships, attitudes and behavior. Through a
continuum of support and assistance, we strive to establish them into a
family setting, as well as develop them into productive, self-confident
members of the community.
OUR PHILOSOPHY: As a Christian institution
under the auspices of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, Diocesan Catholic
Children's Home respects the dignity of each individual as a person created
in the image and likeness of God.
The Board of Directors
and Staff are committed to helping children and their families while, at
the same time embracing and celebrating the diversity and giftedness of
each and every person.
In this way, we strive
to develop their whole person-physical, intellectual, emotional, and
spiritual-to the fullest possible extent, providing them the opportunity to
lead fruitful and productive lives as children of God and members of
society.
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS: We
are very proud of our accomplishments and achievements. To learn more about
the indicators by which we evaluate our services, please see Performance Indicators.
OUR ACCREDITATION: The Home was the first
residential treatment facility to become accredited by Council on
Accreditation (COA) in Northern Kentucky
in 1990. The Cabinet for Children, State of Kentucky now mandates that all private,
child-caring agencies be nationally accredited by October, 2004. This is
the fifth, successful time that the Home has sought and received
accreditation and is effective through September, 2010. The process
involved a comprehensive review of human resources, financial and risk
management, and continuous quality improvement as well as 39 service
standards. These standards address a full array of child, family and
behavioral healthcare issues including residential treatment, therapeutic
foster care, and adoption. Link to COA’s website by clicking the logo
below:

BREAKDOWN OF
EXPENSES BY PROGRAM:
Administration
.............................................$ 504,866
Development................................................$
328,067
Total
Program Services...............................$ 3,079,698
- Residential
Treatment..................................$ 2,575,984
- School..........................................................$
395,493
- TFC..............................................................$
112,632
*
The information presented here is taken from The Home’s year-end
profit/loss
statement.
A final audited profit/loss statement will be issued in October 2009.
Our
IRS 990 form will be available in February 2010. Both will be available for
public review at those times.
Net Assets as reported in 2008: $5,802,449
The Team
for Child Care in the 21st Century
The
Staff
Sister Jean Marie Hoffman is a thirty year veteran serving
the needs of children with moderate to severe emotional problems. She
graduated from Notre Dame Academy, completed her undergraduate degree at Thomas More
College and her Masters in
Education at Xavier University, Cincinnati,
Ohio. Prior to her being
Executive Director at Diocesan Catholic Children’s Home, she was a
child care worker and therapist at DCCH. Contact Sister Jean Marie by emailing, jhoffman at DCCHome
dot org
John Ross is the Director of Children's
Services for DCCH and has over 25 years in the child care services field.
John received his Masters in Social Work degree from the University of Kentucky.
John and his wife, Fran live in Florence
with a son, Luke and daughter, Emily. Contact John by emailing, jross at DCCHome dot org
Cheryl Ross returned to DCCH as the
Treatment Director for the Residential unit in May 2006. She was
previously employed for 13 years as a therapist and then Treatment Director
at DCCH. She left in 2002 to work at First Church of Christ in Burlington KY
as the Associate Director of Worship. Cheryl is married to Brad Ross. They
live in Pendleton
County, raising beef
cattle. Brad and his brother manage a family owned business servicing and
selling John Deere equipment. Contact Cheryl by emailing, cross at DCCHome dot org
Sommer Alpiger grew up in Dayton, KY,
where she attended Summit County Day
High School in Cincinnati. She then went to Center College
in Danville, KY to complete her triple major in
Philosophy, Sociology and Anthropology. She moved to Boston,
MA to earn her M.Ed. at Leslie University
in Cambridge.
While earning her Masters, she was teaching and soon was promoted to
Education Director of the Gifford School in Boston.
She decided to move back to the Commonwealth to be closer to her family.
Contact Sommer at sommer dot alpiger
at beechwood dot kyschools dot us
Tim Lucas is the Director of Finance and
Operations for DCCH. He has over 30 years of business experience, with an
extensive background in both operations and human resource management. He
completed his undergraduate work at Northern
Kentucky University
with a degree in Business Management, and also received his MBA from N.K.U.
Tim and his wife, Linda live in Campbell
County with their
four children.You can contact Tim by emailing, tlucas at DCCHome dot org
Ron
Bertsch is the Director of the Therapeutic Foster and Adoption
Care Program "WINGS". He has over 23 years experience in foster
care and adoption services. He received his Bachelors in Social work and
Sociology at Thomas More College
and his Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Kentucky.
Ron and his wife, Julie live in Kenton
County with their
five children, of whom four came to them through adoption. Contact Ron by
emailing, ronb at DCCHome dot org
Steven
Breidenich is the Development Director. He has over 30 years
experience in non-profit and development work. He received his Bachelors of
Science degree in Youth Agency Administration at the University of Indianapolis.
Steven lives with his wife, Nancy and two children in Independence. Contact Steven by emailing,
stevenb at DCCHome dot org
2009-2010 Board of Directors
Caroline Weltzer,
President, Viox & Viox, Inc.
Kelly Schoening, Vice President, Dressman, Benzinger & LaVelle
Kit Morrison,
Treasurer, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center
Paul Miller,
Secretary, Our Daily Bread
Terry Carl, Kenton County Fiscal Court
Jim Cutter, Cutter
Construction
Jerry Deatherage,
Diversified Asset Management
Pat Dressman, Campbell
County Fiscal Court
Tony Huser, B.L.
Spille Construction
Sister Mary Reinette Kroger, S.N.D., Sisters of Notre Dame
Julie Ludwig, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center
Kathy Papp, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
of N. America
Randy Rawe, Roeding
Group Companies
Darlene Sand Wall, Darlene Sand Wall, D.M.D.
Sal Santoro, Commonwealth of Kentucky, House of Representatives
Rick Schwab, Blessed
Sacrament Parish
Fr. Jeff VonLehman,
St. Patrick’s Parish
Alecia Webb-Edgington, Commonwealth of Kentucky, House of Representatives
Beth Welter, Fifth
Third Bank
Robert Wilson, Sanofi
Aventis Pharmaceuticals
Gerry Zembrodt, Retired
Joe Zerhusen, The
Cincinnati
Reds
Catherine Zimmer, Zimmer Motors
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