Housing Options for the Mentally-ill in Evanston Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Support service: impact behavioral health partners provides wraparound support services to adults living with mental illness. Impact serves over 1,400 individuals throughout chicago and its north and northwest suburbs. Our diverse treatment team includes masters level therapists, case managers, and employment specialists. Participants choose which programs and services they would like to participate in including: case management services, therapy, and supportive employment services. All services and goals are tailored to the needs of each participant.in response to the growing need for accessible mental health care among very low-income, medicaid-enrolled or medicaid-eligible individuals in evanston and skokie, impact launched its clinical community referral program in 2023. The program connects participants with master's-level therapists and case managers who offer time-unlimited, individualized therapy and support. Since its inception, demand has far exceeded capacity--despite no active promotion--the waitlist is 45-people long, with wait times of four-to five months.impact provides employment services to participants who are living with a mental illness and medicaid enrolled or eligible. The employment services program uses the evidence-based individual placement and support (ips) model to assist participants in finding and retaining employment. The program partners with federally qualified health centers (fqhcs) and local mental health agencies, including erie family health centers, pcc community wellness center, lutheran social services of Illinois, and howard brown health. Nationally recognized for its innovation and effectiveness, impact's program has participated in four federal research studies on the ips model. It boasts a 90-day job retention rate of 86%.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 9.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.46; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings