Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center

Conclusion

Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Purpose

Stated Purpose:
The vision of Above and Beyond is to build an individualized treatment experience that is available to anyone in need regardless of their economic status. Our clients and clinicians create therapeutic alliances that design and execute personalized programs of recovery that co-exist side-by-side personal development and growth goals. We believe that recovery is a process that requires meeting individuals where they are at as well as addressing their environmental life circumstances such as: education, employment readiness, interpersonal relationships, and social re-integrative abilities and activities.

Year, State Incorporated:
2015, IL

Programs

Background and Mission: Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center was formed in 2016 to address the need for innovative, evidence-based, holistic substance use disorder (SUD) treatment on the West Side of Chicago, specifically the neighborhoods of East and West Garfield Park and North Lawndale. The mission was and is to make the best, most comprehensive care available and free to those who demonstrate the most need. Overwhelmingly, these are African-American individuals who have experienced homelessness, gang and domestic violence, incarceration, have co-occurring mental health challenges on top of drug addiction, and all the trauma that comes with these complex, challenging circumstances. We selected this population from the beginning and continue to prioritize this population for two reasons: 1) that homeless African Americans have the worst health outcomes in Chicago and the least access to substance use treatment as well as primary, behavioral, and mental health care we provide, and 2) that individuals with the highest risk factors for trauma (poor social determinants of health) and communities with the highest prevalence of trauma and symptoms of trauma (drug use) are in most need of trauma-informed treatment. A Level _____outpatient walk-in clinic designed to feel like home, Above and Beyond offers same-day intake assessment, evidence-based prevention, intervention and recovery through individual behavioral health therapies and a rich array of process groups led by certified peer support specialists, as well as those with lived experience whose credentialing we support. Because our mission is to heal the whole individual, we integrate evidence-based recovery programming with primary care screening, risk assessment and linkage to Medication Assisted Recovery, housing placement and employment facilitation, and quality food at our sister organization, The Above and Beyond Free Food Pantry. We offer these services at no cost to our clients, most of whom are unhoused, justice-involved, unemployed, and struggle to meet basic needs.

Achievements: For the past 8 years, weve provided the most innovative recovery services available in the service area and, according to licensed practitioners and policy-holders, the entire city. Moreover, several state and national authorities have recognized the way AnB is changing the way the mental health field thinks about addiction recovery, and how those struggling with addiction think about themselves. In addition to becoming accredited by the Joint Commission of Behavioral Health, AnB was recently recognized with the 2023 Excellence in Mental Health Award by the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health, Program of the Year and Program of Excellence by the Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals, and has won a Chicago Innovation award, Chicago Neighborhood Award, and Global Recognition for Most Innovative SUD Programs by GHP Healthcare and Pharmaceutical. Description of Services: We provide comprehensive care that is driven by client choice. In consultation with their Primary Counselor, clients draft individualized recovery action plans to include private and group counseling and education. Clients choose counseling and process groups that align with their identities, values and priorities, including SMART Recovery, WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan), Family Trauma, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Rage Reduction, Loneliness Alleviation, and LGBTQ-identifying groups as well as our ever-growing Alumni Group, evidence of our long-term commitment to individuals, family and community. Were a culturally responsive organization, offering Racial Healing as part of our 2023 Somatic Abolitionism project, awarded through a grant with Illinois Field Foundation. We offer yoga, acupuncture, art therapy and somatic-based therapies like Brainspotting—alternative and promising services that would otherwise be inaccessible to our community. Our counselors and peer support staff are trained in the most innovative, science-backed modalities that have been proven most effective in the treatment of alcohol, opioid and stimulant disorders, such as Motivational Interviewing, Contingency Management and Community Reinforcement Approach.

History: Since our founding in 2016, AnB has helped over 9,000 people recover from substance misuse. In 2023 alone, over 1,300 individuals came to AnB for treatment, our housing and employment team secured either permanent or temporary housing for over 100 homeless individuals and jobs for more than 75 of those individuals. Weve reversed over 100 overdoses on-site through no-barrier access to Narcan, and we have prevented hundreds more through our harm-reduction outreach led by our team of peer support specialists. In 2020, we launched a partnership with GreenBax Health Solutions to provide Medication Assisted Recovery (MAR), primary care, chronic illness management, and toxicology screening. In 2021, we launched a housing and employment department as well as the AnB food pantry to address our patients holistic needs and related barriers that pose unnecessary obstacles on their road to recovery and happiness. Thus, we have extensive experience responding to locally-defined understandings of holistic health and wellbeing for those who are disadvantaged by antiquated, disjointed healthcare models. Integration of behavioral, mental, primary, and spiritual health is at the core of our sustained outcomes and evolving programmatic goals.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center's program expenses were:

Governance & Staff

Chief Executive
Dan Hostetler, Executive Director/CEO

Chair of the Board
Richard Padula

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Mirata Software

Board Size
17

Fundraising

Method(s) Used:
Television, Grant proposals, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

Tax Status

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

Financial

The following information is based on Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Source of Funds

Programs: 72% Fundraising: 8% Administrative: 21%