Women'S Recovery Center

“On october 19, 2022 women's recovery center and lorain county alcohol and drug abuse services, inc. ("lcada"), an ohio nonprofit corporation, entered into a merger agreement, merging women's recovery center into lcada. Lcada assumes rights, liabilities, and property of women's recovery center on the effective date of january 1, 2023. The merger's purpose is to provide a more comprehensive continuum of services for those suffering from drug and alcohol dependency and abuse.”

“Prior to filing, the form 990 is prepared by an independent accountant and then presented to the executive director for review and then to the finance committee for review and recommendation to the board of directors. The members of the board of directors review form 990 prior to the submission to the irs.”

“Each year, the board members are asked to review and sign the organization's conflict of interest policy. Among other things, the policy makes clear that all decisions of the board, officers, and employees of the organization are made solely on the basis of a desire to promote the best interest of the organization and the public good. The conflict of interest statement requests board members to identify to the best of their knowledge affiliations with organizations that may be potentially related to the financials or other substantive operations of the organization. They are also asked to identify circumstances involving either themselves, or a member of their extended family, that may be construed as a conflict of interest. At the staff level, the organization's personnel also ensure that there are no conflicts of interest when considering the engagement of a new vendor. If a potential conflict is identified, appropriate steps are taken to both assess the nature of the potential conflict and, subsequently, to ensure that the possibility of a conflict is mitigated. Such mitigation is managed and the letter and spirit of the conflicts policy are upheld.”

“The executive committee annually evaluates the performance of the executive director. Compensation is based on performance and compared to other area mission-comparable organizations of similar size.”

“Compensation for staff within the organization is determined by the executive director. The level of compensation is set based on performance and in relation to other mission-comparable organizations of similar size. This compensation is a component of the budget, which is reviewed and approved by the finance committee and also by the board as a whole.”

“The organization's governing documents, form 990 conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. The form 990 can also be found on several publically-accessible websites.”

“The mission of the women's recovery center (wrc) is to serve women and their families by providing comprehensive addiction treatment, prevention, and education programs that are client-centered, family-based, and recovery-focused. To achieve this mission, the wrc creates an environment of recovery and healing that is gender specific and trauma integrated care. The specific program components include: - morning group treatment schedules for low income women; - case management to address all barriers to recovery; - individual counseling; - parenting classes; - clothing donation closet; - hiv education, nutrition, and trauma-informed care; - low-cost legal services; - transportation (bus passes and uberhealth in august 2021); - childcare onsite (reopened in july 2021); - onsite recreation center. Women's recovery center's website address is www.womensctr.org. The women's recovery center also maintains a presence on facebook and twitter.”

“Women's recovery center serves women and their families by providing comprehensive addiction treatment, prevention, and education programs that are client-centered, family-based, and recovery-focused. Operating with the mantra treating addictionliberating lives, the women's recovery center provides individualized and comprehensive substance use disorder (sud) treatment services for medically indigent women and their families. More than 90% of the clients meet the federal poverty guidelines. Based on experience and studies conducted by the substance abuse and mental health services administration (samsha), addiction manifests itself very differently for women than men; therefore, it is also estimated that more than 80% of the clients served through the wrc has experienced trauma such as sexual assault, or domestic violence. As a facility where mothers remain onsite; we do not need a credential from the state of ohio. We do strive to follow the rules and regulations of the ohio department of job and family services. We regularly receive guidance from credentialed child care centers. We strictly adhere to emergency, cleaning, healthy eating habits and safe space requirements. Wrc maintained ohiomhas accreditation status in august 2020. In march 2021, the women's recovery center received 3-year initial carf accreditation. Carf helps us ensure future success and sustainability by incorporating quality standards, expanding revenue streams, and represents our commitment to providing superior treatment for women and their families suffering from substance use disorder.”