Berks Counseling Center Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Bcc is a recovery oriented integrated community wellness center (icwc) and certified community behavioral health center (ccbhc) with an integrated behavioral and physical health model of service delivery. The center provides a holistic approach to a culturally and economically diverse population for the purpose of promoting a healthy and productive lifestyle. The organization is fully licensed by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to provide a wide range of addiction and mental health outpatient treatment services.see additional information on schedule o. Berks counseling center provides treatment services to include an integrated physical and behavioral healthcare model of treatment inclusive of outpatient individual, group, and family counseling; medicated assisted treatment for our opioid addicted clients, psychiatric evaluations and medication management, case management, physical health assessment and treatment; wellness programs; and ancillary supportive services to residents of our transitional and permanent housing programs, inclusive of the housing and supportive services afforded inmates re-entering the community from our county jail and/or as a diverse option in lieu of jail. Supportive services, including case management, are provided to high-risk mothers with children as is parenting and other support groups offered at convenient community sites on an as-needed basis. The organization also facilitates a pregnant and parenting teen program, as well as assessment and treatment services for the children, at the berks county intermediate unit and in the various elementary, middle, and high schools of berks county. The inmates of the berks county prison and community re-entry center are also the beneficiaries of drug/alcohol treatment services as is the state and federal correctional system returnees to the community. The goal is to improve health outcomes through onsite primary physical care, care coordination, and nurse/care management, with an emphasis on prevention, recovery, and wellness. As a icwc and a ccbhc, the organization works collaboratively with other county providers of behavioral health treatment services as well as our local hospitals. There is a close partnership with service access management, the county crisis unit, and threshold, who provides psychosocial rehabilitation. Both serve as designated collaborating organizations (dco) with bcc.berks counseling center services the residents of berks county regardless of ability to pay. The organization is a network provider for council on chemical abuse, service access management, health choices, and medicare approved clients. The organization also accepts most third-party insurance payments.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.6%; rating input score 91
• Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -6.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings