2025-06-30T15:46:31-04:00 2024-12-31 472461346 WELLS CPA LLC 215 N FRONT ST STE 110 COLUMBUS OH 43215 990 2024-01-01 314412697 MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF OHIO INC MENT 6142211441 2323 W FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 160 COLUMBUS OH 43204 TONYA FULWIDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6142211441 2025-06-30 false DONALD WELLS P01867509 6143968974 2025-06-30 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z TONYA FULWIDER 2323 W FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 160 COLUMBUS OH 43204 3358832 false X MHAOHIO.ORG X 1956 OH MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF OHIO (MHAOHIO) IS TRANSFORMING HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS, MAKING IT EASIER TO GET HELP, AND GIVING PEOPLE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO GET BETTER AND STAY BETTER. OUR VISION IS A COMMUNITY WITHOUT BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING MENTAL HEALTH WHERE NO ONE FEELS ALONE ON THEIR ROAD TO RECOVERY. 15 15 30 116 0 2477755 3191238 37430 47033 77521 17781 10680 2542569 3316869 0 0 1918362 2141224 0 107396 702846 682165 2621208 2823389 -78639 493480 2490520 4170714 263620 1348235 2226900 2822479 X WE TRANSFORM HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS, MAKE IT EASIER TO GET HELP, AND GIVE PEOPLE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO GET BETTER AND STAY BETTER. false false 2591601 37430 IN 2024, THE WORKPLACE HEALTH PROGRAM TEAM CONDUCTED 16 OCCUMETRICS ASSESSMENTS WITH A COMBINATION OF NEW AND PREVIOUSLY ENGAGED AGENCIES AND THROUGH FUNDING FROM TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES. OCCUMETRICS STAFF CONTINUE TO SIT ON MULTIPLE COMMITTEES ADDRESSING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. TWO FUNDING CONTRACTS WERE SECURED TO LAUNCH TWO DIFFERENT PILOT PROGRAMS IN 2025 DESIGNED TO CREATE COMMUNITIES OF BEST PRACTICE FOR VARIOUS LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP IN BOTH LOCAL AND STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCIES. OUR PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT (PRS) SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO USE THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS ON THEIR PATH TO RECOVERY CONTINUED TO GROW. OUR TEAM HELD EIGHT TRAININGS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THREE STATEWIDE VIRTUAL TRAININGS IN 2024 WITH A TOTAL OF 147 PROFESSIONALS COMPLETING THE CLASS AND HOSTED TWO PRS EVENTS WITH A TOTAL OF 158 ATTENDEES. IN 2024, WE LAUNCHED THE PRS INTERNSHIP PROGRAMWHICH PROVIDES ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE TO CERTIFIED PRS WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS IN THE WORKPLACE. IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE YEAR, THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED ITS PILOT COHORT OF FOUR INTERNS WHO WERE PLACED AT THREE LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCIES. IN ADDITION TO THEIR WORK AT THE CONTRACTED HOST SITES, THE INTERNS ALSO COMPLETED AN ORIENTATION AND BI-WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH MHAOHIO, WHICH PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT. IN 2024, THE POEM PROGRAM (PERINATAL OUTREACH & ENCOURAGEMENT FOR MOMS) PROVIDED A RANGE OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES. THE PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH PEER SERVICES, POEM PEER CARECONNECT, RECEIVED 2,586 REFERRALS FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE. POEM SERVED 229 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON SUPPORT GROUPS AND FACILITATED 157 MENTOR- MENTEE PEER SUPPORT CONNECTIONS. PARTICIPANTS IN POEM RISE COMPRISED OVER 40% OF PROGRAM REFERRALS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 96 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED RISE EVENTS FOCUSED ON RAISING AWARENESS AND INITIATING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BLACK MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH. WE HOSTED FIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) TRAININGS, ENGAGING 336 PROFESSIONALS AND PROVIDERS. PROGRAM STAFF ALSO PRESENTED AT ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND SHARED RESOURCES AT MORE THAN 35 PARTNER EVENTS, MAKING DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH PEERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. POEMS VOLUNTEER MANAGER RECRUITED AND TRAINED 22 NEW PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS IN 2024, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS TO 116. IN ADVOCACY AND SYSTEMS-LEVEL WORK, MHAOHIOS POEM PROGRAM CONTINUED TO HOST AND SERVE AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE OHIO PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE.THE TASK FORCE HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, NOW INCLUDING NEARLY 500 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. ITS FIVE STRATEGIC AREA ACTION TEAMS REMAINED ACTIVE IN THE AREAS OF RESEARCH & DATA, TREATMENT & SUPPORT, PUBLIC AWARENESS, SCREENING & IDENTIFICATION, AND POLICY & REGULATION. THE GET CONNECTED FRANKLIN COUNTY PROGRAM OFFERED CARE NAVIGATION AND REFERRAL TO OVER 1400 CALLERS IN 2024. ONE PARTICIPANT REPORTED, I HAD NO IDEA WHERE TO GO FOR HELP, OR THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ME. ALL I KNEW WAS THAT I DIDNT WANT TO BE CONSUMED BY THE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY THAT I WAS SUFFERING THROUGH. I HAVE SINCE BEEN CONNECTED WITH A COUNSELOR AND AM WORKING THROUGH MY SYMPTOMS. I AM ABLE TO FOCUS ON GETTING BETTER PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, INSTEAD OF SHUTTING MYSELF OFF FROM THE WORLD. I FEEL LIKE I AM GETTING MY LIFE BACK. THE FAMILY ADVOCATE SERVICE, WHICH OFFERS EXTENDED CARE NAVIGATION AND SUPPORT TO FAMILY MEMBERS SUPPORTING A LOVED ONE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, WORKED WITH 43 NEW FAMILIES IN 2024. IN 2024, THE GET CONNECTED PROGRAM IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY SERVED A TOTAL OF 250 PEOPLE, PROVIDING REFERRALS, INFORMATION, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM HAS CONTINUED TO GROW YEAR TO YEAR AND FUNDING WAS MAINTAINED. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THIS PROGRAM FOCUSED ON GROWING RELATIONSHIPS WITH POTENTIAL REFERRAL SOURCES AND PUBLICIZING THE SERVICE DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY. THE GET CONNECTED PROGRAM MANAGER ALSO REPRESENTS THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY ADAMH BOARD ON THE COUNTYS GUARDIANSHIP BOARD. OUR SUPPORT GROUPS PROGRAM CURRENTLY HOSTS 15 ACTIVE GROUPS ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY COVERING TOPICS OFANXIETY, DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR DISORDER, OCD, SYMPTOMS OF PSYCHOSIS, AND FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. AMONG THESE GROUPS IN 2024, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED 2,760 CONTACT HOURS REACHING 575 UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH A ROSTER OF THIRTY VOLUNTEER FACILITATORS, EIGHTEEN OF WHOM (60%) ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. FACILITATORS ARE TRAINED TO SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS IN SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND BUILDING SUPPORTIVE CONNECTIONS IN THE GROUP. OUR PARTICIPANTS SHARE FEEDBACK THAT SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED OUTCOMES OF THESE GROUPS, WITH STATEMENTS INCLUDING, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE GROUP. I CAN SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT WHATEVER STRESSES OR SYMPTOMS THAT I HAVE. THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON FOSTERING AUTHENTIC PEER-LED SPACES THAT AREACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING THAT TEACHES ADULTS HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES. IN 2024, THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY FACILITATED A TOTAL OF 15 TRAININGS WHICH RESULTED IN 167 NEW MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS. OF THOSE, THERE WERE 8 YOUTH MHFA TRAININGS, WHICH TRAINED 80 PEOPLE, AND 7 ADULT MHFA TRAININGS, WHICH TRAINED 87 PEOPLE. IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO SUNSET THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID PROGRAM DUE TO DECLINING INTEREST IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF TRAININGS THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES. THIS WAS EXECUTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024 AND NO TRAININGS WERE HELD THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE YEAR. IN 2024,FRANKLIN COUNTY SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION (FCSPC) MEMBERS DONATED 349.15 HOURS AND 8,041 OF IN-KIND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO MHAOHIO. TOGETHER, FCSPC MEMBERS DEVELOPED AND PUBLISHED THE 2024 FRANKLIN COUNTY SUICIDE REPORT. ADDITIONALLY, THE FCSPC PROVIDED 2,422 PEOPLE WITH CRITICAL SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION THROUGH OUTREACH EVENTS. THIS INCLUDED PARTNERING MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS TO COORDINATE 59 EVIDENCE-BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAININGS AND EVENTS. IN 2024, THE PRO BONO COUNSELING PROGRAM (PBCP) CONTINUED TO SERVE UN- AND UNDERINSURED RESIDENTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY BY CONNECTING 47 OF THE 108 INDIVIDUALS SCREENED INTO THE PROGRAM TO VOLUNTEER CLINICIANS FOR FREE SHORT-TERM COUNSELING. THE PROGRAM RECEIVED 597 TOTAL REQUESTS FOR COUNSELING AND EACH OF THE 209 INDIVIDUALS SCREENED WERE PROVIDED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION, EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT SCREENED INTO THE PROGRAM. VOLUNTEER CLINICIANS DONATED 345.15 HOURS OF COUNSELING IN THE CALENDAR YEAR. OUR TEAM RECRUITED 24 NEW VOLUNTEER CLINICIANS, EACH OF WHOM COMMITTED TO SEEING A MINIMUM OF ONE CLIENT FOR AT LEAST 12 FREE COUNSELING SESSIONS EACH YEAR. 2591601 true true false false false false false false false false true true false true true true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 30 0 30 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false OH X TONYA FULWIDER 6142211441 2323 W FIFTH AVENUE SUITE 160 COLUMBUS OH 43204 ERIN RYAN PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 TIFFANY NOBLES VICE PRESIDE 2.00 X X 0 0 0 AMANDA APLING SECRETARY/TR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MIKE HOCHRON BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LISA ROBERSON BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NITA GARG BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DR UJJWAL RAMTEKKAR BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NIKKIA KNUDSEN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMIE DAVIS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 EVERETT HALEY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JULIA DEWEY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH STELZER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALLISON MITSUI BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSEPH WHITE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TONYA FULWIDER EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 129057 0 0 AMANDA STRAUSBAUGH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 129057 1 false false false 32500 70827 2754482 333429 9599 3191238 PROGRAM SERVICE FEES 900099 37430 37430 37430 77521 77521 50837 70827 41963 8874 FISCAL AGENT REVENUE 1806 1806 1806 3316869 116757 X 129057 123895 2581 2581 1661202 1527292 70623 63287 208144 196641 4774 6729 142821 131292 5952 5577 318148 292155 22386 3607 153940 139872 2975 11093 59251 57247 2004 15449 14219 32 1198 44575 42446 126 2003 889 889 11052 6076 4976 MEMBERSHIP DUES 36593 29814 486 6293 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 21441 20941 300 200 BANK FEES 11228 112 8292 2824 IN KIND SERVICES 9599 9599 2823389 2591601 124392 107396 290 166806 705210 1294979 111554 951206 6358 9315 5289 15082 57970 55959 2900 2011 432971 471023 1225948 1260292 2490520 4170714 108889 221315 71343 1094984 83388 31936 263620 1348235 X 2171261 2407711 55639 414768 2226900 2822479 2490520 4170714 X 493480 102099 X false true true false X 1899955 2246295 2329750 2532173 3181639 12189812 1899955 2246295 2329750 2532173 3181639 12189812 12189812 95746 157081 47033 77521 377381 29142 3255 390 450 1806 35043 12602236 292549 0.96730 0.95880 X PART II, LINE 10 OTHER INCOME 35,043 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 11485 9475 2010 46485 46484 1 2011 MUTUAL FUNDS 471023 F 471023 BEN. INTEREST HELD BY 3RD PARTY 1228356 RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET 31936 1260292 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY 31936 31936 X 3460931 102099 41963 144062 3316869 3316869 2865352 41963 41963 2823389 2823389 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X MHAOHIO IS TAX-EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. CONSEQUENTLY, NO PROVISIONS FOR INCOME TAXES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE HAS NOT CLASSIFIED THE MHAOHIO AS A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT IS AN ORGANIZATION OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS 509(A)(1) AND 170 (B) (A)(VI) OF THE CODE. MHAOHIO FOLLOWS FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD ("FASB") GUIDANCE ON ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES, WHICH ADDRESSES THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER TAX BENEFITS CLAIMED OR EXPECTED TO BE CLAIMED ON A TAX RETURN SHOULD BE RECORDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. UNDER THIS GUIDANCE, MHAOHIO MAY RECOGNIZE THE TAX BENEFIT FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION ONLY IF IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED ON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES, BASED ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION. EXAMPLES OF TAX POSITIONS INCLUDE THE TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF THE MHAOHIO, AND VARIOUS POSITIONS RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME (UBIT). THE TAX BENEFITS RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM SUCH A POSITION ARE MEASURED BASED ON THE LARGEST BENEFIT THAT HAS A GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT LIKELIHOOD OF BEING REALIZED UPON ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT. THE GUIDANCE ON ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES ALSO ADDRESSES DE-RECOGNITION, CLASSIFICATION, INTEREST AND PENALTIES ON INCOME TAXES, AND ACCOUNTING IN INTERIM PERIODS. ON DECEMBER 31, 2024, THERE WERE NO MATERIAL UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IDENTIFIED OR RECORDED AS LIABILITIES. MHAOHIO FILES FORM 990 IN THE U.S. FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND THE STATE OF OHIO. MHAOHIO'S FEDERAL EXEMPT ORGANIZATION TAX RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY ARE FILED. ALL TAX RETURNS FOR YEARS ENDING AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2021 ARE OPEN FOR EXAMINATION. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2D FUNDRAISING EVENT COST 41,963 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 41,963 GMTM EVENT 107189 70827 36362 38366 POEM GOLF OUTIN 14475 14475 3597 121664 70827 50837 41963 41963 8874 FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 LICENSED CLINICIANS DONATE THEIR TIME TO PROVIDE SHORT-TERM COUNSELING TO UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO. OTHER VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE PUBLIC SPEAKING AND FACILITATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A IN 2024, THE WORKPLACE HEALTH PROGRAM TEAM CONDUCTED 16 OCCUMETRICS ASSESSMENTS WITH A COMBINATION OF NEW AND PREVIOUSLY ENGAGED AGENCIES AND THROUGH FUNDING FROM TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES. OCCUMETRICS STAFF CONTINUE TO SIT ON MULTIPLE COMMITTEES ADDRESSING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. TWO FUNDING CONTRACTS WERE SECURED TO LAUNCH TWO DIFFERENT PILOT PROGRAMS IN 2025 DESIGNED TO CREATE COMMUNITIES OF BEST PRACTICE FOR VARIOUS LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP IN BOTH LOCAL AND STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCIES. OUR PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT (PRS) SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO USE THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS ON THEIR PATH TO RECOVERY CONTINUED TO GROW. OUR TEAM HELD EIGHT TRAININGS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THREE STATEWIDE VIRTUAL TRAININGS IN 2024 WITH A TOTAL OF 147 PROFESSIONALS COMPLETING THE CLASS AND HOSTED TWO PRS EVENTS WITH A TOTAL OF 158 ATTENDEES. IN 2024, WE LAUNCHED THE PRS INTERNSHIP PROGRAMWHICH PROVIDES ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE TO CERTIFIED PRS WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS IN THE WORKPLACE. IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE YEAR, THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED ITS PILOT COHORT OF FOUR INTERNS WHO WERE PLACED AT THREE LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCIES. IN ADDITION TO THEIR WORK AT THE CONTRACTED HOST SITES, THE INTERNS ALSO COMPLETED AN ORIENTATION AND BI-WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH MHAOHIO, WHICH PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT. IN 2024, THE POEM PROGRAM (PERINATAL OUTREACH & ENCOURAGEMENT FOR MOMS) PROVIDED A RANGE OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES. THE PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH PEER SERVICES, POEM PEER CARECONNECT, RECEIVED 2,586 REFERRALS FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE. POEM SERVED 229 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON SUPPORT GROUPS AND FACILITATED 157 MENTOR- MENTEE PEER SUPPORT CONNECTIONS. PARTICIPANTS IN POEM RISE COMPRISED OVER 40% OF PROGRAM REFERRALS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 96 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED RISE EVENTS FOCUSED ON RAISING AWARENESS AND INITIATING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BLACK MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH. WE HOSTED FIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) TRAININGS, ENGAGING 336 PROFESSIONALS AND PROVIDERS. PROGRAM STAFF ALSO PRESENTED AT ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND SHARED RESOURCES AT MORE THAN 35 PARTNER EVENTS, MAKING DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH PEERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. POEMS VOLUNTEER MANAGER RECRUITED AND TRAINED 22 NEW PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS IN 2024, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS TO 116. IN ADVOCACY AND SYSTEMS-LEVEL WORK, MHAOHIOS POEM PROGRAM CONTINUED TO HOST AND SERVE AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE OHIO PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE.THE TASK FORCE HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, NOW INCLUDING NEARLY 500 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. ITS FIVE STRATEGIC AREA ACTION TEAMS REMAINED ACTIVE IN THE AREAS OF RESEARCH & DATA, TREATMENT & SUPPORT, PUBLIC AWARENESS, SCREENING & IDENTIFICATION, AND POLICY & REGULATION. THE GET CONNECTED FRANKLIN COUNTY PROGRAM OFFERED CARE NAVIGATION AND REFERRAL TO OVER 1400 CALLERS IN 2024. ONE PARTICIPANT REPORTED, I HAD NO IDEA WHERE TO GO FOR HELP, OR THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ME. ALL I KNEW WAS THAT I DIDNT WANT TO BE CONSUMED BY THE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY THAT I WAS SUFFERING THROUGH. I HAVE SINCE BEEN CONNECTED WITH A COUNSELOR AND AM WORKING THROUGH MY SYMPTOMS. I AM ABLE TO FOCUS ON GETTING BETTER PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, INSTEAD OF SHUTTING MYSELF OFF FROM THE WORLD. I FEEL LIKE I AM GETTING MY LIFE BACK. THE FAMILY ADVOCATE SERVICE, WHICH OFFERS EXTENDED CARE NAVIGATION AND SUPPORT TO FAMILY MEMBERS SUPPORTING A LOVED ONE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, WORKED WITH 43 NEW FAMILIES IN 2024. IN 2024, THE GET CONNECTED PROGRAM IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY SERVED A TOTAL OF 250 PEOPLE, PROVIDING REFERRALS, INFORMATION, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM HAS CONTINUED TO GROW YEAR TO YEAR AND FUNDING WAS MAINTAINED. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THIS PROGRAM FOCUSED ON GROWING RELATIONSHIPS WITH POTENTIAL REFERRAL SOURCES AND PUBLICIZING THE SERVICE DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY. THE GET CONNECTED PROGRAM MANAGER ALSO REPRESENTS THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY ADAMH BOARD ON THE COUNTYS GUARDIANSHIP BOARD. OUR SUPPORT GROUPS PROGRAM CURRENTLY HOSTS 15 ACTIVE GROUPS ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY COVERING TOPICS OFANXIETY, DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR DISORDER, OCD, SYMPTOMS OF PSYCHOSIS, AND FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. AMONG THESE GROUPS IN 2024, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED 2,760 CONTACT HOURS REACHING 575 UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH A ROSTER OF THIRTY VOLUNTEER FACILITATORS, EIGHTEEN OF WHOM (60%) ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. FACILITATORS ARE TRAINED TO SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS IN SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND BUILDING SUPPORTIVE CONNECTIONS IN THE GROUP. OUR PARTICIPANTS SHARE FEEDBACK THAT SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED OUTCOMES OF THESE GROUPS, WITH STATEMENTS INCLUDING, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE GROUP. I CAN SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT WHATEVER STRESSES OR SYMPTOMS THAT I HAVE. THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON FOSTERING AUTHENTIC PEER-LED SPACES THAT AREACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING THAT TEACHES ADULTS HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES. IN 2024, THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY FACILITATED A TOTAL OF 15 TRAININGS WHICH RESULTED IN 167 NEW MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS. OF THOSE, THERE WERE 8 YOUTH MHFA TRAININGS, WHICH TRAINED 80 PEOPLE, AND 7 ADULT MHFA TRAININGS, WHICH TRAINED 87 PEOPLE. IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO SUNSET THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID PROGRAM DUE TO DECLINING INTEREST IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF TRAININGS THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES. THIS WAS EXECUTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024 AND NO TRAININGS WERE HELD THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE YEAR. IN 2024,FRANKLIN COUNTY SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION (FCSPC) MEMBERS DONATED 349.15 HOURS AND 8,041 OF IN-KIND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO MHAOHIO. TOGETHER, FCSPC MEMBERS DEVELOPED AND PUBLISHED THE 2024 FRANKLIN COUNTY SUICIDE REPORT. ADDITIONALLY, THE FCSPC PROVIDED 2,422 PEOPLE WITH CRITICAL SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION THROUGH OUTREACH EVENTS. THIS INCLUDED PARTNERING MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS TO COORDINATE 59 EVIDENCE-BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAININGS AND EVENTS. IN 2024, THE PRO BONO COUNSELING PROGRAM (PBCP) CONTINUED TO SERVE UN- AND UNDERINSURED RESIDENTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY BY CONNECTING 47 OF THE 108 INDIVIDUALS SCREENED INTO THE PROGRAM TO VOLUNTEER CLINICIANS FOR FREE SHORT-TERM COUNSELING. THE PROGRAM RECEIVED 597 TOTAL REQUESTS FOR COUNSELING AND EACH OF THE 209 INDIVIDUALS SCREENED WERE PROVIDED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION, EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT SCREENED INTO THE PROGRAM. VOLUNTEER CLINICIANS DONATED 345.15 HOURS OF COUNSELING IN THE CALENDAR YEAR. OUR TEAM RECRUITED 24 NEW VOLUNTEER CLINICIANS, EACH OF WHOM COMMITTED TO SEEING A MINIMUM OF ONE CLIENT FOR AT LEAST 12 FREE COUNSELING SESSIONS EACH YEAR. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEW THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND TAX RETURN AND PRESENT THEM FOR BOARD APPROVAL. COPIES ARE ISSUED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER. THE BOARD THEN HEARS A PRESENTATION FROM THE SECRETARY/TREASURER AND VOTES TO APPROVE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C EACH BOARD MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY STATES THAT IF THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE BOARD MEMBER WOULD ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THE ISSUE WHICH IS IN CONFLICT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE ENTIRE BOARD. INFORMATION REGARDING SALARIES OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF AGENCIES THROUGHOUT OHIO IS USED FOR COMPARABILITY DATA. THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS IN LINE WITH THE SALARIES OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF LIKE AGENCIES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B THE COMPENSATION OF THE KEY EMPLOYEES IS REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE ENTIRE BOARD. INFORMATION REGARDING SALARIES OF SIMILAR POSITIONS THROUGHOUT OHIO IS USED FOR COMPARABILITY DATA. THE COMPENSATION OF THE KEY EMPLOYEES IS IN LINE WITH THE SALARIES OF SIMILAR POSITIONS OF LIKE AGENCIES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON REQUEST BY ISSUING A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT REQUESTED AND BY A DIRECT LINK TO THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL FEES 292,155 22,386 3,607 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 FUNDRAISING EVENT COST 41,963 FUNDRAISING EXPENSES -41,963 MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA 2000 NORTH BEAUREGARD STREET ALEXANDRA VA 22311 131614906 HEALTH VA 501 7 N/A false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false