the bridge annual report 2010-2011

MentalHealth

Annual Report

2010-2011

and Housing

Solutions

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We are pleased to present this Annual Report which covers the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Derivingfrom our agency logo tagline, Mental Health and Housing Solutions, the theme of this AnnualReport is Solutions, how our services have changed the lives of the almost 2,000 men andwomen we serve each year: solutions in rehabilitative mental health and substance abusetreatment, housing, vocational services, integrated health care and the creative arts.

Solution also has a second meaning from chemistry: a combination of elements that createssomething new. Throughout our 57 year history there has been a remarkable solution ofboard, staff, clients, government funders, foundations, corporations and individual supporterswho have all contributed to our development and success.

The founding of The Bridge in 1954 coincided with the passage of New York State’s CommunityMental Health Act. Originally a self-help social program organized by a group of patients discharged from a psychiatric hospital, The Bridge has grown into one of New York’s premier rehabilitation and housing agencies for persons with serious mental illness, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse conditions, the homeless and persons with HIV/AIDS. As a community-based agency, we take great pride in responding to local needs in the manyneighborhoods in which we work in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and soon, in Brooklyn.

We hope you will find this report informative and will join our family of supporters. To learnmore about us visit our website at www.thebridgeny.org where you can sign up for our e-newsletter and link to our blog and Facebook Page. You can also follow us atwww.twitter.com/thebridgeny.

Sincerely,

Dr. Peter D. Beitchman Cynthia C. WainwrightExecutive Director President

Annual Report 2010-2011

From the President of the Board and Executive Director

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� Diane Goldberg PROS (Personalized Recovery Oriented Services) –a State-licensed program that helps clients to achieve independent living goals in work, education, housing and relationships through evidence-based practices

� Adult Mental Health Clinic – a State-licensed program offering individual, group and family therapy, and medication monitoring

� Specialized Outpatient Addiction Treatment Program – a State-licensed program for persons with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders

InnovationsPeer-to-Peer ProgramClients learn and practice advocacy skills to use inside The Bridge and in their lives outside TheBridge.

Cognitive Remediation ProgramClients enhance cognitive skills that are the foun-dation of recovery for people with serious mentalillness. Amazing things are happening in ourCognitive Remediation Room.

What clients are saying:“The variety of groups in PROS helps me in my recovery. The staff is supportive and always available for me when I struggle.”~ Jennifer W.

“Recovery at The Bridge has been so outstanding for me. While being in recovery, I accomplished my GED. Now I’m going to college to become a Registered Nurse.” ~ Cheryl S.

”2010-2011 STATISTIC

Over 200 people are enrolled in the PROS Program/ 175 people in Addiction Treatment and 110 in AdultMental Health Clinic

Solution: Recovery-Oriented ServicesBuilding on Hope and Recovery

SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services


2010-2011 STATISTIC764 Bridge clients living in 19 single site buildingsand more than 350 apartments leased in buildings throughout the City

� A Continuum of transitional and permanent housing in Manhattan,Queens and The Bronx, for the homeless, people with serious mental illness, substance abuse disorders and HIV/AIDS

� Four new projects in development for 197 men and women including homeless veterans, young adults aging out of residentialtreatment facilities or foster care, adults with serious mental illness,and low-income families

InnovationsIyana House This model program includes aBridge inreach team at Bedford HillsCorrectional Facility and permanenthousing and services for homelesswomen with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse who arebeing released from prison.

Sheridan Hill This unique program provides permanent housing and services toolder adults who have serious mental illness and medical conditions.

What clients are saying:“For the first time in my life I have a secure home; I feel part of a community”

~ K. Tanenbaum

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Solution: Transitional and Permanent HousingMoving Towards Independence


Housing Services


� A Continuum of Services including Pre-Vocational Exploration,Job Skills Training, Work Experience, Competitive Job Placement andPost Placement Services

� Career Clubs - a successful method for clients pursuing vocationalgoals, as well as those already employed, to share experiences andconcerns about work

� Special Employment Program for clients to learn and practice jobskills at The Bridge in food service, building maintenance & janitorial,mailroom & messenger services, clerical, data entry, and horticulture

InnovationUrban Farms These provide clients with work training and job opportunitiesin horticulture. Clients also learn about nutrition and the benefitsof eating vegetables and fruit. In 2011 we opened a third farmin East Harlem.

Solution: Training, Experience and EmploymentJob placement and post placement support


What employers are saying: “Victor has worked for us for over six years,two afternoons a week, cleaning our offices;He is prompt, courteous, friendly and politeto everyone: an invisible presence. We arehappy to have him and rely on his steadfastefforts on our behalf.”

~ Richard R. Ferrara, AIA, DeLaCour & Ferrara Architects, P.C.

2010-2011 STATISTIC

More than 300 participants enrolled in vocational services, including job placementand post placement support

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Vocational Services


2010-2011 STATISTIC208 clients participate in ACT and intensivecase management services

� Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams provide the fullrange of home-based mental health and rehabilitative servicesto individuals who have been unable to take advantage of conventional programs

� Case Management links clients to community-based servicesand monitors them

InnovationSupportive Housing with ACT Offering housing in apartments with the full range of home-based services of an ACT team

What clients are saying:“My case manager helps me get theservices I need so that I can stay out of the hospital.”

~Maria F.

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Solution: Intensive Support for Client RecoveryEspecially for those with the highest need


Community Case Management


� On-site primary care at The Bridge provided by the William F.Ryan Community Health Center

� Wellness Self-Management Program promoting good health,nutrition, exercise and positive lifestyle, diabetes management,weight management, and smoking cessation to help clientsmanage their health

InnovationsIntegrating Health Care Services On-site with a mental health program

Chronic Illness Demonstration Program Mental health, addiction treatmentand medical care coordinated forhigh need clients

What clients are saying:

2010-2011 STATISTIC

25 different groups in our Wellness program with400 individuals participating

Solution: Integrating Health and Mental HealthEncouraging our clients’ wellness


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Health Services

“Being able to getmy regular health-care at the sameplace as I get mymental health careis a huge help tome and lets me manage my life better.”

~ Louis N.


2010-2011 STATISTICAlmost 100 clients participating in Poetryand Art

� Art therapy groups and The Poetry Workshop for all Bridgeclients who wish to participate

� Bridge Group Artists produce and exhibit new art annually ina special collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art.

InnovationsThe Bridge Group Artistshad a successful exhibit, “Stuff” atThe Museum of Modern Art.

The Bridge Poetry Workshop developed a group poem basedaround the simple act of one memberinadvertently leaving his coat on thegroup’s table.

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Solution: Therapeutic Creative ArtsPromoting personal growth through art and poetry


Creative Arts Services

The CoatWhy you forgot ‘bout your coat:dark, secretive note,tossed with defiance on the long, white table.

Shadow with its own shape.Body of land the spirit left there to lean on.At rest in its own self-image.Coded fragments in disguise?...An excerpt from a collaborative poemwritten in The Bridge Poetry Workshop.

What clients are saying:“The Bridge Art Program has enabled me to grow as a person and as an artist.” ~ R. Kaplan

“Poetry’s a healing process...a dosage, a medicine.”~ C. Donnelly


FINANCIALS

The Bridge, Inc. and Affiliates Consolidated Statement of Activities for the year ended June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

REVENUESProgram Service Fees $12,850,446 Grants and Gov't Support 12,653,937 Developer/Management Fees 712,077 Contributions/Other 1,141,083

TOTAL REVENUES $27,357,543

EXPENSESProgram Services $25,914,789 Management and General 1,795,849 Fundraising 189,204

TOTAL EXPENSES $27,899,842

(DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS ($542,299)

NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR $16,989,350 NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $16,447,051

Our mission: to change lives by offering help, hope and opportunity

to the most vulnerable in our community through mental health and

substance abuse treatment, housing, vocational training and job

placement, healthcare, education and creative arts therapy.

Statement of Revenue and Expenses

REVENUES EXPENSES

Program Service Fees

Grants andGov't Support

Developer/Management FeesContributions/Other

Program Services

Management and General

Fundraising


Peter D. Beitchman, DSW, LMSWExecutive Director

Robert Yankowitz, PhDDeputy Executive Director

Harriet O’Hagan, MDMedical Director

Donald T. Gorsica, MBADirector of Finance

Carole Gordon, LMSWDirector of Housing Development

Earl Benjamin, BADirector of Residential Services

Patricia Callahan, EdM, MA, CRCDirector of Vocational Services

Tabitha Gaffney, MADirector of Clinical Administration &

Quality Improvement

Rory K. Gilbert, LMSWDirector of Community Case Management

Sharon Gold, LCSWDirector of PROS & Clinical Services

Ann R. Hyatt, MA, ACFREDirector of Development & External Relations

Susan Kaskowitz, LCSW, CASACDirector of Addiction Treatment Services

Anthea Sutherland, JD, SPHRDirector of Human Resources

Anthony Tozza, BADirector of Information Technology

ANNUAL REPORTAnn R. Hyatt, MA, ACFRE, EditorProfessional Photography by Hilary DuffyDesign and Production by Laura CacciatoPrinted by AliGraphics

The Bridge248 West 108th StreetNew York, NY 10025Phone: 212-663-3000Fax: 212-663-3181Email: [email protected]: www.thebridgeny.org

Staff

BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION

OfficersCynthia C. Wainwright, PresidentDavid A. Brauner, Vice PresidentAlbert E. Mayas, Vice PresidentSara E. Morgan, Vice President & SecretaryMel P. Barkan, Treasurer

Directors: Vivian O. BergerRonald G. Cruikshank Nan R. DavisDaniel K. ManitskyLaurie MeltonPeter G. NeamanCharles RosnerRuth Corn RothJohn SeleyDarren SkolnickClaytisha B. WaldenJessica Josell WechslerAlice Zoloto-Kosmin

Gerald H. MorgansternCounsel

Murray Itzkowitz, DSWExecutive Director Emeritus

Board of Directors


DONATIONS

Donors - Thank you supporters!

The Bridge gratefully acknowledges all of our Donors for their contributions from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011.

Individual DonorsArlene AdlerAngel and Irma AlvarezFrank AnelanteThomas P. AugustHarold Baer, Jr.George BallMargaret T. BallMel and Lou-Ellen BarkanWilliam and Denise BaumertDr. Peter BeitchmanFerdinand BennettVivian O. BergerMr. & Mrs. Joseph Besada

Margaret BeverRuth Brandt David A. BraunerMr. & Mrs. Lance BraunsteinWendy Brennan Nancy BrickleyOlga BritoDr. Gnarity K. BurkePat CallahanSteven CarlinLucy ChanVicki CheslerPatricia ChilikSally CleaverAndrew CleekDale S. CoenenSteven K. CopulskyGordon and Ruth Corn RothPatricia CorteseRonald G. CruikshankNan and Richard DavisLara DeNonna Maria DiazAmy DipaoloEric DonesMary DoweryJoseph “Dee” DussichMargaret EdelmanRochelle EisnerMatthew FarleyRichard and Katherine FerraraGinny FoxMarilyn FoxHenry and Helen Freedman

Tory (Victoria) FryaRonald GarfunkelLinda C. GawleyDr. Rosa Gil Judith GlassmanSarah GniadekJudith Ann GoldringCarole GordonDaniel GoldsmithTrudy and Robert GottesmanLawrence F. and Martha B. GrahamAndrew GuentherLewis C. HoffKarl B. Holtzschue Daniel HorowitzAnn R. HyattSandra JacksonStephen JagdeMarianne and Conrad A. JohnsonKim KaminskyAzali KassumJanice KellerPatti KennerDr. Arnold and Nancy KoopersmithRobert and Professor Carol KrinskyTracy KubanMarc A. LandisRoxanne and Guy LanquetotCarol LeeWilliam M. LeFevreJules E. LevyAaron LewitAdam LiboveLinda LipayPhilip LiscioDaniel ManitskyVictoria MarsickJohn M. MartinezAlbert and Francine MayasGeorge Thomas McDonaldKathleen McGillBarbara MellorLaurie MeltonMargaret MeltonGertrude G. Michelson Bruce R. and Lorrie MillmanSara E. MorganGerald H. MorgansternPeter NeamanDr. Harriet O’HaganChuck PeipherDorothy Vermeer-PeltzRobert PinkardT. Gorman ReillyNancy and Rick RichardsonShaiza Rizavi and Jon FriedlandSteven B. RosenfeldDr. and Mrs. Gerald RosmarinCharles RosnerCarol SchoenDr. John E. SeleyMr. and Mrs. Joel SimonDarren Skolnick

Cathy SteenMalcolm StogoMargaret Stone Dr. and Mrs. Zebulon TaintorEva TalelEdward ThomasAnthony TozzaRichard TrojaCynthia C. Wainwright and Stephen BergerClaytisha WaldenJessica Josell Wechsler and Steven Wechsler Lisa WeillDoris WhiteJennifer WilliamsGerald and Henny WollandDr. Robert YankowitzAlice Zoloto-KosminDr. and Mrs. Charles Zuckerman

Foundation Donors AnonymousBerkshire Taconic Community FoundationThe Burpee FoundationThe Frank E. Clark Charitable TrustThe Dammann FundDeLaCour Family FoundationThe Helen M. DeMario FoundationDeutsche Bank Americas FoundationThe Educational Foundation of AmericaEugene and Emily Grant FoundationHerman Goldman FoundationFay J. Lindner FoundationThe Peter Jay Sharp Foundationvan Ameringen Foundation


DONATIONS

Donors - Thank you supporters!

Corporate and Business DonorsAce EndicoAdcar Associates, Inc.Affiliated Adjustment Group, LTD.Alliance Laundry Systems (Speed Queen)AM&G Waterproofing, LLCAmerican ExpressAMR Engineering Consultant, P.C.The Arker Companies Artec Construction and Development CorporationB&B Coverage, LLCBarhite & HolzingerBelmont Arthur Avenue Local Development CorporationAlan H. Bernstein Consulting, LLCSanford C. Bernstein & Co.Boro Land Surveying, P.C.Broadview NetworksMichael Borruto General Contracting, Inc.Butler Woodcrafters, Inc.Capacity CoverageCastle Oil CorporationCentennial Elevator Industries, Inc.Century Elevator Maintenance Corporation Chase BankChem RxCommunity Environmental CenterCrystal Blue Cleaning Service, Inc.DAVEY, The Care of Trees, Inc.DeLaCour & Ferrara Architects, P.C.Diversified Programs Drapemasters of AmericaEnterprise Community Investment, Inc.Epstein EngineeringESD, Inc.F&F Supply, Inc.First American Title Insurance Co.Foothold TechnologyForsyth Street Advisors, LLCGoldman Sachs & Co. Grubman Anand, P.C.H&D Maintenance Co.Hess CorporationHewlett Benefit ServicesHirschen Singer & Epstein, LLPHighpoint Ventures, Inc.Hofheimer, Gartlir & Gross, LLPHub InternationalIsrael Berger and Associates, LLCIsseks Bros., Inc.The J. Pilla Group, LTD.JAD Building Maintenance SuppliesJanus Property CompanyJMA Consultants, Inc.Kahn Brothers Advisors, LLCS. Kraus RestorationL. Riso & Sons Co., Inc.Langsam Property Services CorporationLevin & Glasser, P.C.Littler Mendelson, P.C.M. Blaustein & Son, Inc.Marks Paneth & Shron, LLPMaxons Restoration, Inc.Mega Contracting, Inc.Melva Construction CorporationMillin Associates, LLC

We have made every effort to include all donors who donated during this period. If you notice an omission or inaccuracy, please contact Ann Hyatt at [email protected] to correct our records.

Monthly Premium CorporationMormax Company, Inc.National Janitorial Property ManagementPearlgreen CorporationPreferred Business Forms, Inc.PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLPPS Marcato Elevator Co., Inc.PWB Management Corp./Twin Pines, LLCRende Contracting CorporationRichman Housing ResourcesRosenwach Tank Co., Inc.Schechter & Brucker, P.C.Service Directions, Inc.Signature Construction GroupSkyline WindowsSommer Associates, LLCSSS Electronics CorporationStradley RononStrauss Paper CompanyStrauss Painting, Inc.Suburban Pest ControlTarrytech Computer ConsultantsTechne & Associates, Inc.Thomsan Office Supply Tonto Pest ControlTriple Crown Foods, Inc.Tristate Apartment FurnishersVan Deusen & Assoc., (VDA)W. Atlee Burpee & CompanyWells Fargo Commercial BankingWindels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

Community PartnersThe Bridge partners with many governmental and community organizationsin order to better serve our clients. We are grateful for their support.

GovernmentalUS Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentNYS Office of Mental HealthNYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse ServicesNYS Office of Temporary and Disability AssistanceNYS Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education ServicesNYS Department of HealthNYC Department of Health and Mental HygieneNYC Department of Homeless ServicesNYC CouncilPublic Health Solutions

Program PartnersThe Horticultural Society of New YorkJewish Home LifecareMuseum of Modern ArtNational Alliance on Mental Illness William F. Ryan Community Health Center


There are numerous opportunities to become involved with The Bridge, through volunteering, hiring Bridge clients and donating. Below are some avenues to become involved:

Volunteer OpportunitiesJoin The Bridge Make a Difference Committee, a Committee with a missionto promote The Bridge programs, services and societal benefits to new audiences, hosting and participating in fun and unique social/networkingevents. Members manage various drives and initiatives to benefit Bridgeclients and help support our overall mission. This group is dedicated to en-gaging the next generation of volunteers and donors who will continue topromote The Bridge and assist adults with mental illness through their com-mitment.

Our Friends of The Bridge Art Program works to introduce, promote andsupport The Bridge Art Program to new audiences. Members blend theirtalents to raise awareness and funds for The Art Program by participatingin activities including art tours, studio visits, and lectures, with particular attention to supporting the MoMA Exhibit and the Art Exhibit at The Bridgestudio headquarters.

ContributionsContribute – We rely on contributions to con-tinue to provide excellent service to our clients.Donations can be restricted to a specific pro-gram, or can be donated to where they areneeded most. Gifts can also be made in honorof a loved one or to memorialize a loved one.Donations can be made online, by credit card orchecks can be made payable to The Bridge. If youwork for a corporation, your gift to The Bridgemay be matched.

The Bridge Legacy SocietyThe newly formed Bridge Legacy Society pays tribute to those individuals who makeestate commitments or life-income arrangements that benefit The Bridge. In recog-nition of their thoughtful support, members of The Bridge Legacy Society receive avariety of special privileges. We invite you to join this group of dedicated individuals.

If you are interested in further information about any of the above,please contact Ann Hyatt, Director of Development and External Relations at [email protected] or call: 212-663-3000, ext. 379.

BridgeWorksYou can also help us by hiring a Bridge Client. The Bridge Vocational Servicesplaces qualified workers with employers. Job candidates supported by ourVocational Services are always pre-screened to make sure they will be a goodfit for the organization looking to hire and its particular work environment.Bridge staff provides ongoing vocational support including job coaching andpost employment counseling to ensure the loyalty of the employee placedand successful job retention.

If you are interested in learning more, please contact Jack Zetlin, Director of Placement Service,at [email protected] or call: 212-663-3000, ext. 396.

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