The Mental Health Association in Forsyth County Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Consumer support is composed of 8 programs. (1) hospital outreach program - volunteers and staff provide information and resource assistance to patients and their families at local hospitals and at mental health facilities about community support services information prior to their discharge. The association responds to special requests from hospital psychiatric staff as needed. (2) mood disorders support - tides is a support group for people with mood disorders including clinical depression, bi-polar disorder or other mood disorders. Support groups meet twice a month on tuesday evenings to share information, resource assistance and to develop self-advocacy skills. An additional tides group meets every friday morning for anyone with a mood disorder, but is also open to anyone with any mental health and/or substance abuse issues. (3) anxiety disorders - this support group is for people with panic disorder, agoraphobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder or generalized anxiety disorder. Support groups meet twice a month on thursday evenings to help participants learn coping skills and up-to-date information about anxiety disorders, treatments and medication. (4) psychotic disorders - this support group is for adults with psychotic disorders, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders. Support groups meet twice a month on thursday afternoons to help participants learn coping skills and up-to-date information about psychotic disorders, treatments and medication. (5) thrive - this support group is for young adults ages 18-30 with any mental health issue. Support groups meet every second and fourth tuesday evenings each month at the association's office. (6) speaker meetings - mental health speaker, educational meetings are devoted solely to the fifth tuesdays and/or fifth fridays in a given month. Speaker topics vary and have included: stress and change, nutrition, smoking cessation and updates on specific mental disorders such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder. Topics are chosen from feedback from support group participants and others. (7) operation santa claus - holiday cheer in the form of goody bags and/or unit gifts are provided to mental health patients (children and adults) at local inpatient and outpatient mental health facilities, including old vineyard behavioral health, forsyth medical center/novant, wake forest baptist health, brenner's children's hospital, forsyth mental health court clients and, when applicable, other mental health agencies. Community groups, local businesses, churches/houses of worship, civic and fraternal groups donate their time, money and gifts to help make the holidays a little brighter for those receiving treatment in our local mental health facilities. (8) representative payee services - through referrals, this program benefits people with severe mental illness who receive social security disability and/or supplementary security income or other entitlements, such as railroad retirement, and cannot manage their own funds. The association becomes the client's payee by setting up a budget for each client and managing his or her funds to pay his or her rent, utilities, medications, food and other basic necessities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $39.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -32.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.67; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings