Washington Island Community Health Program

What it reported doing in 2024

Wichp provides assistance to island residents, primarily elderly and their caregivers, providing information about their options. Wichp helps bring providers to the island, and helps island residents connect with off-island service providers.our primary focus of services falls within our 6 key in- home supportive care areas. 1)in home supportive care--this area includes home and office visits provided to residents to discuss and/or provide direct services. In 2024, wichp performed 54 home visits & 390 office visits for a total of 444 visits servicing 400+ residents/seniors & 120+ family units with community health supportive services or information. 2)home delivered meals (aka meals on wheels)--this program is run in conjunction with the door county aging & disability resource center (adrc) senior meal program. In 2024 mows provided 3,074 meals to 34 homebound residents/caregivers. 3)medical equipment loan closet-this is run in conjunction with neighbor to neighbor of door county. In 2024, a total of 68 residents (seasonal & year round) were served and borrowed 152 pieces of medical equipment. 4)advocacy services-this is a unique service to wichp and is available to all island residents, including seniors. It provides support and guidance to assist in the evaluation and selection of appropriate health and supportive living services. This can include attending medical appointments, speaking with healthcare professionals on behalf of a client with their consent, attending patient care conferences to support smooth transitions from hospital or rehab to home and can help review/advise on medical bills and insurance documents. In 2024 we served 115 residents & 34 family units (for a total of 149)in this capacity . 5)lifeassist services-the staff installs and maintains in-home 24 hour monitoring as an extension of this program with door county medical center in sturgeon bay. In 2024 there were 18 residents who utilized this service in their homes with a total of 17 units. 6)medical travel fund~the staff administers this program and works closely with the Washington island ferry line to assure residents who need to travel for physician ordered therapy and/or cancer treatment have reduced passage cost. Door-tran & door cancer also collaborated with wichp on this program. In 2024 we serviced 116 residents and 73 family units for a total of 1,001 one way passenger trips and 515 one way auto trips. Additional key service areas: 7)connection to county wide resources--in 2024 we saw 200+ residents served by off island providers such as advocates in home care, unity (depere), memory care with door county medical center (dcmc), neighbor to neighbor caregiver respite programs, curative connections (green bay), dcmc sister bay, options for independent living (green bay), door county dept. Of human services, door county public health dept., help of door county, dcmc senior life solutions, door-tran and door cancer. In addition a total of 20+ contacts were made (phone/in person) through adrc services which includes information & assistant specialists and disability & elderly benefits specialists contacts plus functional screen assessments. (note: the ardc number is higher than reported. Adrc changed their stat tracking system and they were unable to back to pull all the 2024 numbers.) 8)outreach-this includes our blood pressure (bp) clinics, monthly caregiver support groups via adrc, annual open house/resource fair, and workshops/clinics (foot care & fluoride clinics), mason dinners, well study, nicolet bank fraud/scam presentation, souper bowl fundraiser and our coffee, cookies & conversation program. Total number of residents served through these services = 841.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 67.9%; rating input score 68
• Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 22.2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.67; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 27.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings