Kennebec Valley Mental Health Cente D/b/a Kennebec Behavioral Health

What it reported doing in 2024

Vocational clubhouse program: the clubhouse model of psychiatric rehabilitation is used at the capitol clubhouse in augusta, the high hopes clubhouse in waterville, village clubhouse in topsham and looking ahead clubhouse in lewiston. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for adults who experience mental illness by providing social, educational and employment opportunities. The clubhouses help support members with overcoming barriers to employment by offering services such as job development, job placement, job coaching and job support. The multi-systemic therapy program is provided to children and family members in their homes. The program addresses serious issues that, if unresolved, could lead to a child's removal from the home. Multi-systemic therapy helps identify, support and strengthen the family's skills and resources to meet the needs of the child and family. This therapeutic technique is designed to reduce out-of-home placements through the use of intensive in-home and community-based interventions. Home community treatment services provides an intensive, time-limited home and community-based intervention service for families experiencing difficulties and/or conflict. The program provides safe, appropriate, therapeutic contact between children and parents who have been separated. Kennebec behavioral health's school based program provides clinical services within a child's academic setting so that children do not have to leave school or miss after school activities in order to receive clinical treatment. This program is available in schools throughout central and midcoast Maine. The substance use disorder program helps adults, adolescents and families whose lives have been disrupted by harmful relationships with abused substances. The program provides integrated services for people who have mental health concerns co-occurring with substance-use disorder. The independent housing program offers independent housing units which provide income-eligible consumers with housing and access to kennebec behavioral health programs and services and other community services. The program also manages two rental subsidy programs for eligible individuals that pay a monthly rent subsidy to local landlords to eligible consumers helping to reduce their housing costs. Adult and youth homeless outreach services include outreach and engagement, assessment, case-management linkage with housing and supports and linkages to mainstream resources. Outpatient services: counseling and therapy services for adults and children at agency facilities. Telecounseling is also offered for clients based on preference. Opioid health home-skowhegan: screening/assessment, medication management, treatment, office visits and recovery support for people with opioid use disorder.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.4%; rating input score 90
• Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • 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; 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: 2.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings