Open Door Mission DBA Open Door Mission & Lydia House

“Line 11b explanation - board members are provided a draft copy of form 990 in advance of filing for review.”

“In any instance of a conflict between the organization and member of the board, the board member is recused from voting on any issue where a conflict may exist. Annually, any contracts or business dealings with board members are reviewed and approved by the full board, following the bod conflict of interest policy.”

“The board utilizes a published local nonprofit salary survey, as well as two other salary analyses, as guidance to determine market rates for compensation.”

“Governing documents, policies, and financial statements are made available to the general public upon request.”

“For 70 years, open door mission has been committed to protect and care for our neediest neighbors. Open door mission offers more than 40 programs for free to those experiencing homelessness and poverty. Our shelter services remain open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 52 weeks of the year. Emergency and transitional services for men, women and families in need of assistance. Food, shelter, clothing, and other basic needs are provided. Case managers guide women & families through opportunities for life change - the first steps toward preventing future homelessness. Special services provided for children, domestic violence, and family reunification. New life recovery program is a bible-based 12-step residential program committed to providing men, women, and families with the tools needed to become self-sufficient community members. Journey to work program is a residential work program focused on personal development, money management, job training, and educational skills. Permanent supportive apartments of two and three bedroom apartment rentals for families desiring to live independently in an affordable, stable, supportive, sober-living community. Independent-affordable-long term rentals located in a stable, supportive, sober-living community focused on the needs of single men and veterans. The 3 outreach center locations offer homeless prevention resources such as free clothing, shoes, toys, household items, diapers, and consumer-choice food pantries. Resources are provided once every 30 days throughout all three outreach centers. Open door mission's art studio offers art therapy to help children, adolescents, and adults explore their emotions, improve self-esteem, manage addictions, relieve stress, improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, and cope with a physical illness or disability. Techniques used in art therapy can include drawing, painting, coloring, sculpting, or collage. As clients create art, they may analyze what they have made and how it makes them feel. Through exploring their art, people can look for themes and conflicts that may be affecting their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Open door mission provides a fabulous camp + care program with plenty of activities campers can look forward not only as part of a summer of hope, but for the whole year. Camp + care is a program that was created as an extension of kids to kamp. Kids to kamp was developed to provide nutrition against hunger, social interaction against isolation, and intellectual stimulation against learning loss. Lydia house is the only free program available to parents seeking recovery with their children in the omaha-metro area. The family stays intact with supervision, and in a therapeutic environment rather than foster care. With kids to kamp programming, parents are empowered to work towards a better life, including working on their ged, life skills, recovery program, worknet, employment, housing and etc. In spite of many economic uncertainties, open door mission continues to keep the doors open and provide safe shelter beds, nutritious food, and other quality care for hurting men, women, and children experiencing homelessness and near homelessness in the omaha metro area, including southwest iowa. It is more crucial than ever, to provide care for the homeless population right now those experiencing homelessness, living on the streets or in poverty, as they are especially vulnerable to illness due to pre-existing chronic health issues and/or weakened immune systems. Open door mission's gold standard free health and wellness clinic (fhwc) continues to divert people from emergency rooms on a daily basis, seeing over 20 homeless people each week. This year, open door mission's clinic provided 8,679 clinic visits, preserving vital medical care resources. The expectation is there will be a much greater number of people seek care at fhwc, as more displaced/homeless people become ill and more people lose housing.”

“The organization utilizes guidelines published by the denver rescue mission for valuing noncash donations of food, clothing, and household items.”