Chris Kids Inc

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010

Signed

Nov 10, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.2

Gross Receipts

$11,107,841

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

CHRIS Counseling Center:The CHRIS Counseling Center provides mental health and substance abuse counseling to children, youth, adults and their families through in clinic and in community services. Therapists with specialized training in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy help clients face, recover and heal from past sexual abuse, physical abuse and/or other traumatic events. Services are provided in the clinic, in the home, school or other community locations. All services are provided under the supervision of a licensed child psychiatrist. In addition to mental health services, the CHRIS Counseling Center is licensed to provide treatment for co-occurring disorders and offers two different levels of groups, treatment and education to youth who have been identified as needing substance abuse services. Behavioral health Services are available to children and families throughout the community. Grants and charitable contributions are required to meet the full cost of care. Fee for service payment by Medicaid and through contracts with three care managed organizations that serve Peachcare enrollees in Georgia leaves a large unfunded gap. Children, youth and families receiving services demonstrated improvement in behavior and functioning as well as reductions in symptoms. During 2010, 9,164 sessions were provided by the CHRIS Counseling Center to 630 individuals and families. Uncompensated care of $115,313 was also provided. CHRIS Choices: CHRIS Kids also provided specialized behavioral health care coordination services using a High Fidelity Wraparound model through a contract with the State Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities that was expanded to the entire State of Georgia during 2010. In this federal demonstration project CHRIS Kids provides services as a Care Management Entity (CME) in a community based program designed to help children who qualify for psychiatric hospitalization remain in their own homes in the community while receiving the treatment and services they need. Parents may chose to participate in this program to help them strengthen their families and learn how to better support and access services for their child while keeping them at home, avoiding or shortening costly psychiatric hospitalizations. This program is family driven with a youth guided focus. It has saved the State of Georgia over $300,000 in Medicaid costs since implementation.

Activity 3

Community Programs - TransitionZ at Summit Trail: The TransitionZ Program targets young adults, ages 17-24 who are homeless, parenting, leaving foster care, juvenile justice and/or mental health systems. In the TransitionZ Program at Summit Trail youth are provided supervised, supported housing, case management and opportunities to complete their education, work and practice daily living skills. TransitionZ prepares young adults to make a successful transition to become productive, independent, and contributing members of our community. Youth are participate in guiding and formulating their individualized service plans and are accountable for their choices. These young adults must be working and/or enrolled in appropriate educational programs for a minimum of 30 hours per week. The program provides a safe place for youth to gain self-respect, confidence and build skills. It provides instruction in life skills (employment, financial and household management, psycho-social issues, sex education, safe sex practices) and guidance in gaining/maintaining employment. A primary emphasis is on attaining educational goals, completing high school, attending technical, vocational schools or college. Outreach to homeless youth targets those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning as they are disportionately homeless and often do not access services due to safety concerns. The ultimate goal is to help residents create and maintain positive, healthy relationships with others, make a successful transition to self-sufficient adulthood, and demonstrate responsible community behavior. Gifts and grants fully support services to homeless youth. State funding provides a portion of what is needed to assist youth aging out of foster care and donations are needed to fill the gap. Eligible youth residing at Summit Trail receive rental assistance vouchers through a partnership with the Atlanta Housing Authority. 100% of youth displayed improvement on the Ansell Casey Life Skills PRE and POST Assessment and 81% completed or were pursuing their educational goals. Over 80% of youth also attained employment after entering the program. In 2010, CHRIS Kids TransitionZ Program provided $379,096 in uncompensated care.

Filer

EIN

58-1430183