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Our Yearly Achievements

2017 ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Increased clients served by counseling grants by 42% since previous year
  • Launched a new website with updated content written by a birth/first mother
  • Debuted a new film focusing on our impact and promoting our mission
  • Launched a series of Empowerment Initiatives aimed at giving birth/first mothers a voice to speak out on issues that affect them
    • Published 6 POV series, providing a forum for birth/first mothers to critique adoption stories in TV and movies from their point of view
    • Published 3 Spotlight on Education Interviews highlighting the achievements of our educational grant recipients
  • Increased new client intakes by 13% since previous year
  • Accomplished 3 outreach trips throughout California: Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Central Valley and increased partnerships with community-based organizations
  • Streamlined our services by integrating our donor tracking system with our website and social media platforms
  • Retooled our program and retreat evaluations to be mission focused
  • Integrated program services and operations to develop a more robust infrastructure centered on our mission
  • Hosted additional client-based regional events in Southern California and Sacramento
  • Professionalized our operations by increasing financial oversight, streamlining our financial management, and moving into a new, private office space.
  • Bridged counseling grants to be inclusive of insurance, resulting in expansion of coverage for counseling for clients

2018 ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Increased January-February client intake by 66% from last year
  • More than doubled demand for Spring retreat participation among first-time attendees
  • Hired a new retreat clinician to improve professional support for staff/facilitators and therapeutic support for clients during retreats
  • Added an additional retreat in Southern California, increasing clients to be served at retreats by 50%
  • Increased accounts payable efficiency by adopting a direct deposit system for our vendors
  • Developed a Pathway to Leadership for Clients, including a retreat co-facilitation pathway
  • Participate in UN Commission on the Status of Women in March in New York City, in which MPA staff will represent as delegates
  • Localized our website to include Spanish translation on our “For Birthmothers” page
  • Held a client-driven online fundraising event for Mother’s Day
  • Improved Gala programming to better communicate our mission
  • Trained staff on effectively employing our community database platform
  • Implemented a communications plan, including social media and website
  • Developed a strategic plan, taking into account the changing adoption landscape
  • Reach out to new community partners in the Bay Area and Central Valley

2019 ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Expanded our geographical impact for clients through an additional retreat held in Southern California
  • Developed new brand to better align with our mission to empower birthmothers and increase community awareness
  • Increased our engagement with community-based stakeholders, including Gala sponsorships
  • Hosted our first community webinar for birthmother clients
  • Increased client diversity at our retreats by 50%
  • Developed a presentation about our mission's link to domestic violence and presented to San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium
  • Increased the funding and disbursement for Emergency Grants

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