Also-cornerstone Inc

What it reported doing in 2009

Park street residence is a residential program designed to help adults suffering from prolonged mental illness adjust to living in the community after what is usually a number of hospitalizations and to support them in the transition to more independent housing. A supervised apartment living arrangement offers an opportunity for cleints to learn to manage their illness more effectively and to increase their skills of independence. Case management servcies also help clients to access resources of the mental health system and community at large, as well as existing residents to establish themselves in permanent housing while providing an extended period of less intensive support. Pendelton house is a program designed to provide transitional housing and rehabilitation support to homeless individuals suffering from prolonged mental illness along with substance abuse. A shared housing arrangement offers an opportunity for clients to learn to manage their illness more effectively and to increase their skills of independence. The milieu of the program community provides structure and support for maintaining sobriety. Case management services also help clients access resources fo the mental health system and community at large. Also-cornerstone, inc. Offers a department of public health licensed outpatient clinic serving adults and families with mental illness, substance abuse, or co-occuring disorders. The clinic is also designated, as an enhanced care clinic for families and contracts with the agency on aging to serve elderly personal with mental health treatment needs. Clinicians are trained and licensed in a variety of behavioral health disciplines. The program of norton court offers a range of supportive and rehabilitative services to invidividuals with mental illness who are attempting to reestablish their residence following a period of hospitalization. Depending on the invidivual needs of the client, services may include assistance in locating and maintaining an apartment, enhancing skills in the management of a daily life routine, accessing vocational and recereational resources in the community, social role modeling, individual assessment and goal directed counseling and crisis intervention. The ruoppolo manor supportive housing program is operated in collaboration with the housing authority of new haven. Program services enable residents of ruoppolo manor to succeed in public housing. The program targets individuals who have been homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and who have either a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance abuse, or a history of substance abuse with at least a year in treatment. Intensive case management services are directed toward a designated number of high- need individuals while supportive services are available to all residents of the building. The prevention program is an outreach and multi-family group process designed to help children succeed at home, in school and in society. Its goals are to strengthen families, reduce stress, enhance child resilience and reduce substance abuse in children and families. Fast is grounded in family stress theory, family systems theory and community development. It applies research-based strategies and has been empirically validated with outcome evaluations. Beginning awareness basic education studies (babes) is a nationally recognized primary prevention program designed to help children and young people develop positive living skills and provide them with accurate, non- judgmental information about the use and abuse of tobacco, alcohol and drugs. The robert t. Wolfe project is operated in collaboration with the housing authority of new haven serving 25 individuals in residence at this public housing complex. On-site staff provides a broad range of case management services to high-need indivduals while offering support to all residents of the buidling. The program targets individuals who have been homeless or at risk for becoming homeless and who have

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -19.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: Limited
• Asset growth: Limited