Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery

What it reported doing in 2024

Like all of the organization's treatment programs, power house is gender-responsive, co-occurring disorder capable and trauma-informed. Power house is the organization's first program and served approximately 75 women this past year. This 26-bed residential treatment facility, which opened in 1991, is licensed as a non-hospital inpatient/halfway house treatment program by the Pennsylvania department of drug and alcohol programs (ddap). Halfway house programs provide residential treatment in a home-like setting with a focus on reconnecting to the community. Most women come to power house after completing a rehab program so they can continue their treatment in a safe environment while beginning the process of transitioning to the community. At power, our therapists provide individual and group therapy and help address clients' clinical needs, our health and wellness coordinator address any medical and physical health needs and our resource coordinator begins working with clients to identify safe and affordable housing and connect them to workforce development programs and other health and human services. Our staff help women re-establish relationships with their children and families, help them explore employment and educational opportunities, and make sure they leave our services with a personally tailored aftercare and discharge plan that sets them up for success. Women can stay at power house for as long as is needed to accomplish their treatment goals and secure safe housing along with a plan for follow up outpatient care. Power contracts a psychiatrist who provides psychiatric assessment as needed, medication management, and consultation to clients and staff. Staff work with clients to teach them life skills and increase their knowledge of relapse prevention strategies. Power's goal is to help women build a strong foundation in recovery that will help them achieve long-term health and wellness. Specific services include: biopsychosocial evaluation, treatment planning, individual and group therapy, family counseling sessions, psychoeducational trauma services using a trauma-specific curriculum; psychiatric services, medication management, psychoeducation classes, health and wellness, case management, leisure activities, life skills development, and aftercare/discharge planning

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 44.4%; rating input score 44
• Program expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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; 63rd 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: 33.5%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.35; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings