Help Hospitalized Veterans Inc

“Form 990 is prepared by a certified public accounting firm. A draft of form 990 is sent to hhv's management for their review. Form 990 is then provided to the board of directors for their review before its filing with the irs.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed and acknowledged annually by officers and directors.”

“The board of directors review of contract and salary requirements is based on a salary comparison data provided by an independent survey and contemporaneous documentation of the decision was made for the ceo employment contract.”

“Hhv complies with irc section 6104 and makes its form 1023 and form 990 available for public inspection upon request. Form 990 can also be found on hhv's website.”

“Hhv makes its conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request. The organizations governing documents may be made available upon request.”

“This amount includes donated leather, assorted model kits, and other miscellaneous noncash items. See form 990 schedule m for additional information.”

“Help heal veterans' (heal vets) primary mission is to enrich the lives of veterans and military personnel. Healing arts and crafts provide a therapeutic experience for all veterans including those who are hospitalized, in shelters, in convalescent homes and those undergoing therapy for a wide range of physical and mental challenges. Many veterans experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) and/or traumatic brain injury (tbi), which increase the risk for depression, physical injuries, substance abuse, and sleep problems. The kits, provided free of charge to the veteran, become a part of the patient's treatment plan, giving them a creative outlet along with tangible therapeutic and rehabilitation benefits. They improve fine motor skills, cognitive functioning, memory improvement, anger issues, and dexterity as well as decrease the severity of ptsd/tbi triggers including anxiety, memories, sadness and frustration. We work to involve the public in meeting this mission through a broad education outreach program. Heal vets therapeutic programs provide a meaningful way for individuals, corporations, and other nonprofits to help wounded or disabled veterans; military patients and their families rebuild their lives.”

“Therapeutic materials: during fy 16-17, heal vets shipped 409,241 therapeutic items consisting of arts and crafts kits and computers, with a total retail value of $11,467,784. On average 34,103 individual craft kits were distributed each month. Meeting that need every month depends on the support on our partners, including individuals and organizations that provide crafts supplies to help the veterans that participate in the help heal veterans program. These extraordinary partnerships are the reason we are able to increase the number of veterans served. These gifts for fy16-17 were valued at $252,761. Arts and craft kits were sent to veterans and active duty military recipients in all 50 states, the district of columbia, puerto rico, american samoa and guam. Kits were also sent to veterans and military service members stationed in germany, south korea, indonesia, and canada. The breakdown and value of these materials as follows: recipients: # sent $ value craft kits to patient home rehabilitation program 66,336 $1,048,146 craft kits to heal vets community arts & craft centers 169,387 $5,127,755 craft kits to other programs* 114,755 $3,451,600 craft kits to 50 state veterans homes 33,386 $1,025,892 craft kits to 17 military medical and other military facilities 18,075 $573,043 craft kits to miscellaneous other locations ** 7,302 $241,348 *113 other veterans programs such as sons of amvets, volunteers of america, us vets (a transitional housing program for veterans), american legion and veterans of foreign wars posts, as well as vietnam veterans of america, hero box and disabled american veterans chapters. **miscellaneous other locations include craft kits sent to individual veterans as requested but not as part of the patient home rehabilitation program and to events sponsored by help heal veterans. Cbc locations: currently, heal vets has a presence in the following locations. Of note, we ship to veterans and facilities in all states. Heal vets continues to move forward and increase veteran access to its comprehensive therapeutic arts and crafts program through storefront cbc locations, military/state-operated veterans programs, homeless shelters and other venues in select communities across the country. State community facility type california chula vista cbc, svh fresno cbc, svh los angeles svh, cbc yountville svh, cbc colorado grand junction cbc (sf), svh florida bay pines cbc (sf) gainesville cbc tampa cbc, svh georgia helen o hawaii honolulu mi, cbc idaho boise svh, cbc illinois chicago cbc hines cbc maywood cbc (sf) iowa des moines cbc, svh maryland perry point cbc minnesota minneapolis svh new mexico albuquerque cbc new york buffalo cbc oklahoma tulsa o, svh texas san antonio mi, svh temple cbc (sf), mi, svh virginia richmond cbc heal vets currently has a presence in the following locations. [key: cbc=community based center; sf=storefront heal vets center; svh=state veterans home; mil=military facility; o=other ccs support] patient home rehabilitation program: because many military/ veteran patients are released to home-based or other ambulatory care and rehabilitation programs, they cannot access heal vets arts and crafts in a hospital setting. Heal vets's patient home rehabilitation (phr) program mails therapeutic arts and crafts kits directly to veterans at home. Approximately 7,600 patients were enrolled in the phr program at the end of this reporting period. Heal vets will continue to move forward and increase veteran access to its' comprehensive therapeutic arts and crafts program through storefront cbc locations, military/state-operated veterans programs, homeless shelters and other venues in select communities across the country.”

“Veterans awareness mailings: to inform the general public and veterans about heal vets, mailings went to thousands of individuals, informing them about the therapeutic needs of eligible veterans heal vets serves. In total, 10,577,740 letters were sent to individuals who previously provided financial support to heal vets. Additionally, 7,961,661 letters were mailed to other americans, educating and informing them about veterans, and active duty servicemen and women, who are hospitalized or receiving other medical care. In addition to letters, 14 news releases were written and distributed this fiscal year to help inform the public about heal vets activities including craft therapy, partnerships, ptsd awareness, honoring fallen heroes and veteran success stories. These awareness topics were also released through social media and e-mail campaigns. The estimated value of online public relations is $271,006. Commemorative partner: heal vets is a proud commemorative partner of the vietnam war commemoration, a program recognizing america's vietnam veterans and their families. We will continue to support the commemoration by raising awareness, honoring our vietnam era vets and supporting welcome home events. The commemoration recognizes the half-century anniversary of the vietnam war by thanking vietnam veterans and their families all across america. The commemorative partner program promotes memorable events and activities that express the contributions of our nation's veterans who served in vietnam, and recognize the losses suffered by many during the vietnam war years. The objectives of the vietnam war commemoration are to thank and honor veterans of the vietnam war; to highlight the service of the armed forces during the vietnam war; to pay tribute to the contributions made on the home front by the people of the united states during the vietnam war; to highlight advances in technology, science and medicine related to military research conducted during the vietnam war; and to identify the contributions and sacrifices made by united states allies during the vietnam war years. Other awareness initiatives: a series of 20, 30, and 60-second public service announcements (psas) were recorded by artists including: joe carnahan, kim delaney, kerry cahill, jennifer jo cobb and louis gossett, jr. This fiscal year. The psas resulted in 18,159 airings reaching 41,637,196 individuals on 99 stations in 99 markets, resulting in an estimated $2,873,090 in free advertising/airtime. Social media: social media and electronic advertising through facebook, linkedin, instagram and twitter were used to promote awareness and share information on heal vets programs and other veterans' issues. Facebook live videos were produced to inform veterans and the public about how therapeutic craft kits are produced and distributed at the heal vets headquarters. Published articles: 'ptsd finally, a way forward' by dr. Keith stuessi (capt. Usn retired) & heal vets board member, featured on military.com 6/12/17. 'protect your most valuable weapon' by clinton d. Pearman, phd.c, master gunnery sergeant, ret. (usmc), certified brain injury specialist & heal vets board member, featured in militarymedical.com 4/13/17. Google ads: as a nonprofit organization, heal vets is able to host its own google ads, focusing on awareness and support to veterans. Specific ads have appeared for web searches on related topics. Outreach to military: the organization continues to expand its craft kit distribution to active duty military personnel hospitalized in martin army community hospital, womack army medical center, tripler army medical center, brooke army medical center along with many others and will continue to seek to assign craft care specialists to military facilities. Heal vets is now distributing craft kits to select military traumatic brain injury centers. Hiring veterans: heal vets continues to increase its efforts to hire veterans whenever possible. One third of heal vets's cc”

“Craft care specialists (ccss) are employees of the heal vets organization who are assigned to 22 community based arts & crafts centers, three military hospitals, and 12 state veterans homes to assist staff in creative arts and craft kit distribution services. There are currently 32 ccs positions, provided at no charge to the institution or the veteran patient recipients. After heal vets products are distributed, the ccss work hand-in-hand with both patients and facility staff in craft kit therapy. The ccss help to recruit volunteers for and provide ongoing support to community events in their locations. A total of 68 regularly scheduled volunteers have given 5,698 hours of volunteer service this year through the ccs program; this is an estimated value of $137,549. Total program impact: the total program impact made by help heal veterans is $23,054,499. This includes: the retail value of the craft kits, public service announcements, therapeutic materials, online public relations, volunteer hours including community based clinics, and veterans awareness.”

“Pension related changes other than net periodic pension cost -417,461.”