What does our impact look like?

Our impact ranges from ensuring kids’ basic needs for food, shelter, education and caring social interaction are met, to facilitating immeasurable, trajectory-changing personal changes — the impact of which ripples across our communities. Often this work takes place over the course of years, but even on a case-by-case and day-by-day basis, our goals remain the same: to encourage the sort of long-lasting physical, mental and emotional well-being that keeps kids and families together, lifts our community and helps youth understand who they ultimately want to be.

  • 857 Kids and families impacted last year
  • 357 Kids in residential programs last year
  • 1,687 Therapy sessions last year

That’s not all. Ellipsis staff measures impact in a variety of ways across our programs, including meals served, emergency calls responded to or just the small, day-to-day improvements we see among our kids and families. In 2024, Ellipsis staff made the following impacts:

Our Impact...

  •  53% of Ellipsis youth have an ACE score of 4 or more. Per the National Institutes of Health, 15.8% of Americans have an ACE score of four or more. 
  • 755 youth have been served by Ellipsis.
  • 4.2 the average ACE score of Ellipsis youth. 59.5% of Iowa adults with a lifetime score of zero or one.
  • 27% more kids in Cluster Structured Apartment Living were successfully discharged.
  • 13% more boys in the Qualified Residential Treatment Program were successfully discharged.

Create impact of your own.

There are many ways to get involved with our mission. Visit Get Involved to find a path that’s right for you.