MHA 2016 annual report

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ANNUAL REPORT

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Inc.

Mood disorders, including major depression, dysthymic disorder and bipolar disorder, are the third most common cause of hospitalization in the U.S. for both youth and adults aged 18–44.

Mental Health Association In Ulster County Inc. 2016 Annual Report President and CEO Message...............................2 Mission...................................................................3 Adult Services Adult Residential Services Department.................5 Health Home Care Management...........................6 Wellness Services.................................................6 Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)................6 Education and Advocacy Department....................7

Children Services Family and Youth Services Department.................9 Harbour Light......................................................9 Children and Youth ICM.................................... 10 Respite and Family Support Services of Delaware and Otsego Counties............................ 10 Home and Community Based Waiver Services.... 11

#MHAParents; Mental Health Screenings......... 12 Story of the Bell................................................... 13 Financials........................................................ 14-15 Board of Directors and Staff Officers........... 16-17 If your first language is not English and you would like more information about services available at the Mental Health Association in Ulster County please call 845-339-9090 x0 for assistance.

Statistics provided by National Alliance on Mental Illness www.nami.org, unless otherwise noted.

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President and CEO Message It is satisfying to look back on 2016 and be able to pinpoint examples how the MHA Board of Directors and MHA Staff have worked to meet the MHA mission of providing innovative and compassionate services that EDUCATE, ADVOCATE, PREVENT and HEAL. It is our pleasure to share the following with you:

Educate:

MHA has its social media campaign Matters Helping All Parents be Successful. Each week during the school year, MHA provides information to parents to help in their children’s social, emotional and mental health development.

Advocate:

MHA’s Advocacy Committee’s Compassionate Contact Program (calling people discharged from the Psychiatric Unit within the first 24 to 72 hours to offer support) & Safety Plan document have been accepted and replicated throughout the Ulster County mental health system. We advocate in support of the HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley’s (HAHV) efforts to improve the psychiatric coverage in the HAHV system.

Prevent:

As people become aware of changes in themselves or a loved one questions arise, does this have anything to do with a mental health condition? In collaboration with Mental Health America, MHA’s Planning Committee has promoted mental health screening opportunities (see access to these screenings on Page 12). Early screenings can promote early identification and treatment.

Heal:

MHA continues to provide a multi-layered approach of support to children, adults and families who are dealing with a mental illness or mental health challenge.

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MHA Mission and Vision

The Mental Health Association in Ulster County, Inc. (MHA) was chartered as a not-for-profit organization in 1959 by a group of physicians and concerned individuals to develop a coordinated citizens’ movement to promote mental health and to work toward improved care and treatment for persons with mental illnesses. The mission of the MHA is to engage all people in achieving their optimal mental health by providing innovative and compassionate services that educate, advocate, prevent and heal.

To achieve its mission, the MHA sponsors a variety of educational, advocacy and service programs, including mental health education, rehabilitation, residential services, family and youth support services, and therapeutic foster care.

The MHA is one of 200 chapters affiliated with Mental Health America and the Mental Health Association in New York State.

The MHA envisions a responsible and respectful society where the stigma of mental illness is eliminated.

Serious mental illness costs America $193.2 billion in lost earning every year.

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Adult Services Adults in the U.S. living with serious mental illness die on average 25 years earlier than others, largely due to treatable medical conditions.

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Adult Residential Services Department The Residential Program provides a supportive living environment to individuals recovering from mental illness. Residents are assisted in developing the skills needed to transition to greater independence within their community.

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES CONSISTS OF FIVE DISTINCT PROGRAMS PROVIDING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CARE.

• Tuytenbridge Treatment Apartment Program – fully staffed 24 hours a day 7 days a week

• Locust Street Apartment Complex – an intensive supportive apartment program

• Scattered Site Apartment Program – 3 bedroom apartments spread throughout the area

• Supported Housing Program – single unit permanent apartments in Ulster County

• Permanent Supportive Housing Program – HUD funded.

1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiences a mental illness in a given year.

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Health Home Care Management Program Under the auspices of the Ulster County Health Home operated by the Institute for Family Health, Health Home care coordination services aim to address the person as a whole. Care Managers link and refer clients to relevant support services, communicate and coordinate with other service providers, advocate for client services, and provide education and support to clients.

Wellness Services The Wellness Services Department provides social, recreational and educational opportunities for persons enrolled or eligible for Community Support Systems programs. Wellness Services provides a wide range of rehabilitative programs and services to adults with a psychiatric disability and/or a developmental disability diagnosis.

On any given day the Wellness Services Department will have on average forty participants accessing programs at the Clifford Beers Center.

Assertive Community Treatment — ACT The ACT program is an evidence based mental health treatment and case management approach for adults with serious psychiatric disorders. Participants must have demonstrated a need for continuous high levels of service through frequent psychiatric hospitalizations or use of psychiatric emergency services.

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Education and Advocacy Department The Education and Advocacy Department (E&A) provides persons with psychiatric disabilities, their families, mental health professionals and the general public with mental health education, information, advocacy and support services which allow them to make choices that will improve their lives.

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO OPERATES:

• Skill Building/Support Groups • Wellness Resource Coordination • U.C. Eating Disorder Coalition • Compeer • Academic Coaching for Education Success (ACES) • Transitions Program • OMH Care Coordination

Approximately 10.2 million adults have co-occuring mental health and addiction disorders.

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Children Services Approximately 1 in 5 youth aged 13–18 (21.4%) experiences a severe mental disorder at some point during their life.

For children aged 8–15, the estimate is 13%.

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Family and Youth Services Department The Family and Youth Services Department offers community-based programs that provide a continuum of care for children and their families, with responsiveness to community needs. The department offers prevention programs, educational seminars, support groups and skill-building parenting classes.

SOME OF THE PROGRAMS OFFERED INCLUDE:

• Parent Education and Support programs • The Family Support Team • Family Support ResourceCenter • Respite Program • Youth Booth

Harbour Light The Harbour Light Therapeutic Foster Care Program is designed to serve children and youth who are considered to have emotional disturbances – those with significant behavior problems – that need to acquire better self-help skills. These children are in the custody of the Department of Social Services and their placement is an alternative to a more restrictive non-family setting.

One-half of all chronic mental illness begins by the age of 14; three-quarters by the age of 24.

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Children and Youth ICM The Children and Youth Intensive Case Management Program (ICM) works to provide case management services to children who have serious emotional disturbances and their families within the child’s own home. Children in these programs range in age from 5 – 18. This program transitioned to Children’s Health Home in December 2016.

Respite and Family Support Services of Delaware and Otsego Counties In addition to Home and Community Based Waiver Services MHA provides a Family Respite program and Family Support Services for Delaware and Otsego Counties headquartered in the Oneonta regional office.

Individuals living with serious mental illness face an increased risk of having chronic medical conditions.

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Home and Community Based Waiver Services (HCBWS) Our Home and Community Based Waiver Services Program of Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan and Ulster Counties serves children with serious emotional disturbances at risk of imminent hospitalization by providing a wide array of services to children in the home and community.

This program helps families stay together when a child needs mental health services. We are able to keep children at home, saving the child and family from suffering the high emotional and financial costs of being treated in institutions, sometimes far from home.

Adults in the U.S. living with serious mental illness die on average 25 years earlier than others, largely due to treatable medical conditions.

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Matters Helping All Parents To Be Successful #MHAParents MHA believes that inherently all parents want to be successful. In an effort to reach busy parents we started a social media campaign in which we have been sharing helpful information for parents on a weekly basis. The topics we discussed are:

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School Achievement Understanding Childhood/Adolescent Development Cultural Competency Conflicts for Positive Change Emotional Wellness Social Connectedness Safety Fun UR the Key Love

Mental Health Screenings Anxious? Stressed? Depressed?

WORRIED ABOUT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH? TAKE A FREE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING TODAY. Our national organization, Mental Health America has put together evidence based screening tools to help determine if you or someone you care about is facing a mental health challenge and may be in need of help.

Don’t wait, try it now!

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The Story of the Mental Health Bell

The Bell is

displayed at Mental During World War II, future leaders of Health America’s the National Mental Health Association Headquarters in worked in state mental hospitals. There, Alexandria, Virginia they witnessed the deplorable and inhumane treatment of patients with mental illnesses who were chained to the hospital walls. This experience inspired the men to devote their time to improving the lives of all those who suffer from mental illnesses, and changing the way America thinks about persons with mental illnesses.

In 1950 the NMHA chose a bell as their symbol. Two years later, volunteers at the Mental Health Association’s National Headquarters in New York collected the metal restraints from hundreds of mental hospitals across the country and piled them in the building’s lobby. These restraints were then shipped to the McShane Bell Foundry in Baltimore, Maryland, where in 1953 they were dropped into a crucible and cast into a 300-pound bell. Nothing could proclaim hope for those who have mental illness more dramatically than a bell cast from the actual chains and shackles used as restraints for persons with mental illnesses.

To many, a bell symbolizes freedom and liberty. For the 40 million Americans affected by mental illnesses, the bell serves as a reminder of the more insidious chains of stigma and discrimination that still bind people with mental illnesses.

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Today the Mental Health Bell stands as a national symbol for the mental health movement.

The inscription on the bell reads: “Cast from the shackles which bound them, this Bell shall ring out for the mentally ill and victory over Mental Illness.”

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Financials 2015 REVENUE State and County Contracts 34.8%

$2,624,260

Medicaid and SSI

52.3%

$3,940,792

Dept. of Social Services

11.1% $833,949

United Way

0.3%

$20,297

Fund Raising, Contributions, Interest, Misc.

1.6%

$119,356

100% $7,538,654

2015 EXPENSES Developmental Disabilities

2.9%

$217,758

Information and Referral

1.0%

$74,166

30.5%

$2,287,068

4.5%

$338,876

Fostercare and HCBW

25.9%

$1,942,563

Residential

20.4%

$1,530,603

Community Support Family and Youth

Administration 14.9% $1,116,067

100.0% $7,507,101

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Medicaid and SSI, 52.3% Dept. of Social Services, 11.1%

United Way 0.3%

Fund Raising Contributions, Interest, Misc., 1.6%

State and County Contracts, 34.8%

Developmental Disabilities, 2.9% Information and Referral, 1.0%

Administration, 14.9%

Community Support, 30.5%

Family and Youth, 4.5%

Residential, 20.4% Fostercare and HCBW, 25.9% 15

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OFFICERS OF THE BOARD Patty Griffis President Ellen Pendegar Chief Executive Officer Kimberly Addesso VP Planning Joseph Montalto VP Finance/Treasurer Rachael Scorca VP Resource Development Gina Sottile VP Human Resources James F. Shaughnessy, Jr. VP Nomination/Board Development Scot Hastie Chapter Delegate/Secretary Fran Wishnick Chair Advocacy Committee

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dirk Budd Brian Campbell Carol Dexter Tammy Gillon Julie Lonstein

Barbara Reynolds Allen Rowe Howard Shafran Aaron Schulte

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STAFF OFFICERS Chief Executive Officer

Ellen L. Pendegar

Director of Finance

Shawn Doyle

Director of Human Resources

Liz Chlus

Director of Adult Residential Services Heather Weston Director of Quality Assurance

Lisa Hanson

Director of Education and Advocacy Services

Martha Steuding

Director of Wellness Services

Denise Ranaghan

Director of Family and Youth Services Department Maria-Anne Duncan Director of Harbour Light Program

Kathy Cavano

Regional Director

Marion Mossman

Produced Joan Schuman Associates

Director of Home and Community Based Waiver Program for Chenango, Delaware and Otsego Counties Marion Mossman Director of Home and Community Based Waiver Program for Sullivan and Ulster Counties

Maria-Anne Duncan

Director of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

Denise Ranaghan

A copy of the latest financial report filed with the Department of State may be obtained by writing: NYS Department of State, Office of Charities Registration, Albany, NY 12231 A United Way Agency 17

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