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Cummings Foundation Grant

June 27, 2019

$100,000 over 4 years helps One Can Help accommodate increased needs.

These funds will help at-risk and foster children overcome poverty barriers standing in the way of better futures.

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2019 Spring Benefit Thank You

May 16, 2019

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS EVENT SPONSORS!

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One Can Help’s 13th annual benefit
to support at-risk and foster children

A truly special evening celebrating how collectively we can help our most vulnerable children succeed.

Thank you to all attendees, sponsors, and supporters!

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about sponsoring the event.

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BU Report: One Can Help and Positive Financial Externalities for the State

May 16, 2019

INTRODUCTION

A Boston University student led/faculty advised group recently analyzed OCH’s 2017 data and concluded that not only does this innovative approach reduce the need for foster care, keep more families together, help families avoid homelessness, and support vulnerable children, it also likely helped save the state between 9-11 million dollars in 2017.

Below is an excerpt from the report. To read the document in its entirety, please click on the button BU Report .

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In our attempt to quantify One Can Help’s financial impact on the State we’ve performed multiple cost-benefit analyses comparing how much One Can Help (OCH) spends on its services to the potential financial alleviation from the taxpayer burden that results from these services. We used OCH’s outcomes survey and application data for 2017 to conduct our analysis. We estimate that OCH’s services resources and interventions saved the state, and consequentially taxpayers, between $9,419,989 and $11,436,510 in 2017. To help our analysis we’ve segmented OCH’s potential impact into three main categories: foster care, courts, and miscellaneous.

We’ve estimated that OCH’s intervention within foster care, including returning children from foster care sooner to their homes or keeping them out of foster care altogether, saves the state an estimated annual amount of $6,848,471.34 if we estimate the average cost to the state of a child in foster care to be $29 for each day

In the court system, we believe that OCH’s services help to provide “meaningful access to justice” and in doing so, help to decrease the amount of time some cases need to be in court in order to resolve as well as decrease the number of no-shows which result in additional court dates. We estimated that every court hour costs the state a minimum of $857 in professional time (lawyers, judges, social workers) and that in 2017, the decrease in court time due to assistance from OCH saved the state between $2,016,521 and $4,033,042.

We’ve also categorized OCH’s impacts outside of foster care and courts into miscellaneous. This includes benefits of OCH’s services in regard to preventing homelessness, alleviating cost of childcare, improvements to mental health and deterrence from entering institutions and care facilities, preventing “at-risk” teens from re-entering the court system and improving education. We’ve estimated that it costs OCH 4 times less to keep families in their homes than it costs for the state to provide for that same family in a homeless shelter.

We’ve estimated that OCH alleviates the financial burden in regard to public welfare distributed for child care by $2,322 per year. In regard to the state providing for those with mental health issues, OCH potentially saves the state $10,251 annually. In providing services to prevent re-entry into the court system and the prison system, OCH potentially saves the state $172,824 annually. Lastly, in providing better access to education and encouraging the continuation of education for many of these children, OCH saves $292,000 of taxpayer money in total with each child. If OCH prevented even only 5% of its serviced children from dropping out of school, that is an annual benefit of $369,600 saved for the state.

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2019 Spring Benefit

February 18, 2019

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS EVENT SPONSORS!

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We invite you to One Can Help’s 13th annual benefit
to support at-risk and foster children.

Celebrating Changing Lives

Thursday, May 9, 2019 
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Windsor Club, 1601 Beacon St., Newton, MA

Join your friends for a truly special evening celebrating how collectively we can help our most vulnerable children succeed.

Enjoy great Mediterranean food, drink and live jazz.
Help support impactful social justice in Massachusetts.

Tickets are $60 (or $30 for Juvenile Court Professionals).
Sponsorships start at only $300 and include event tickets.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Massachusetts Juvenile Court Chief Justice
Hon. Amy Nechtem

nechtem-headshot-186The Honorable Amy L. Nechtem is the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Juvenile Court system, dedicated to advance juvenile justice and child welfare throughout the Commonwealth.

“We as a community have a shared responsibility to empower our children to be successful in school, to be supported in a stable, nurturing home and to ensure that our youth have the tools to thrive in life. We must continually educate ourselves on the vulnerabilities children face in our system of care so we may deliver the resources needed for every child to soar.”

HONORARY CHAIR OF THE EVENT:
Rep. Ayanna Pressley

pressley-headshot-186x157Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is the first African-American woman elected to represent Massachusetts in Congress. A survivor herself, Ms. Pressley is a tireless advocate for underserved children and families and victims of trauma.

“At the end of the day, if our young people can’t access the resources they need to believe they are worth it, it is all in vain. Self esteem is built up over time and that is the work of One Can Help.”

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS EVENT SPONSORS!
Visionaries for Better Futures ($10,000)

*The Good People

Champions Against Poverty ($2,500)

Steve Adelman and Debbie Levenson
David Martin and Anne Bader-Martin

Community Caretakers ($1,000)

Blue State Coffee LLC
Doug Cahn and Barbara Gaffin
Faber Daeufer & Itrato PC
Michael and Diane Gardener
Ted and Ann Kurland
Timothy McAllister and Beth Lehman
Steven and Charla Lerman
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C
Arnold May and Allison Myers
Curtis and Susan Sayers
Greta Schnee
Brian and Stephanie Singer

Advocates for Social Justice ($500)

Anonymous
Arlene Bernstein
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Lisette Cooper
Ken Goldberg and Judith Neumann
Brian and Arza Goldstein
Ken Hodge
Joshua Kraft
Looney, Cohen & Aisenberg LLP
Bruce and Jacqueline Parker
José and Mariá Portuondo
Joan and Emily Sullivan Team, Hammond Realty
The Village Bank

Friends of Children in Need ($300)

Richard and Rosemary Allen
Magdalen Bader
Steve and Nancy Clayman
Kenny Breur and Rochelle Hahn
Anna Culmone
Anna Christina
Noah Drori and Sandra Hinderliter
Patricia Faass
Theresa Fitzpatrick
Rich and Judy Goldman
Barbara Harris
Benjamin and Sherie Heywood
Bert Holman and Randy Foster
Ruth Isaacs
Jim and Lisa Kaufman
David Margulies and Else Smedemark-Margulies
Lauren Paul
Susan Permut
Jill Roff
David and Susan Rosenbaum
Chuck Silverston, Unlimited Sotheby’s International Realty
Belle Soloway
Francine Vidockler
Joyce Zakim

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2019 Spring Benefit Save the Date

February 14, 2019

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2019onecanhelp-fundraiser-savedate-mainimageCelebrating Changing Lives

Thursday, May 9, 2019 
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Windsor Club, 1601 Beacon St., Newton, MA

Featuring
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Massachusetts Juvenile Court Chief Justice
Hon. Amy Nechtem
HONORARY CHAIR:
Rep. Ayanna Pressley

Invitation to follow in March

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