Organizations Filed Purposes:
HEP'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING VETERANS, WITH HOUSING, FOOD, CLOTHING AND SUPPORT SERVICES NECESSARY TO OBTAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.
OUR GOAL IS TO BE THE LAST SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM ANYONE EVER HAS TO ENTER.
HOUSING PROGRAMS - AS PART OF PINELLAS COUNTY'S COORDINATED ENTRY PROCESS, HEP PROVIDES FRONT-DOOR TRIAGE TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING VETERANS IN THE FORM OF OUTREACH AND EMERGENCY SHELTER, BOTH OF WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO THE LOCAL CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM. HEP ALSO OPERATES OVER 200 UNITS OF TRANSITIONAL AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO NEED EXTENDED CARE. HEP'S HOUSING PROGRAMS EMPLOY THE RAPID RE-HOUSING APPROACH AND SEEK TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES TO MOVE PEOPLE IN TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
CLIENT COUNSELING, AKA CASE MANAGEMENT, IS CLIENT-CENTERED AND INVOLVES INTERDISCIPLINARY CASE CONFERENCING TO EMPOWER CLIENTS TO ACHIEVE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PLANS. HEP'S COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES ARE TAILORED TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL STABILITY, INCREASED SKILLS AND INCOME, AND GREATER SELF-DETERMINATION. THIS INCLUDES ON-SITE MEDICAL, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DENTAL, WELLNESS, EMPLOYMENT, BENEFITS ASSISTANCE, CHILD CARE AND YOUTH ENRICHMENT, MEAL SERVICES, AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT EVERY STEP WITHIN OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE. MEDICAL LPN TRIAGE AND PSYCHIATRIC ARNP SERVICES CENTER ON CRISIS INTERVENTION AND STABILIZATION, WHILE REDUCING EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS. EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT MODALITIES ARE PROVIDED ONE-ON-ONE AND IN GROUP SETTINGS.THE DENTAL AND WELLNESS CLINIC PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL CARE AND A WIDE ARRAY OF WELLNESS PROGRAMMING INCLUDING WELLNESS NAVIGATION, CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT AND CHRONIC PAIN SELF-MANAGEMENT, NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION, CANINE-ASSISTED THERAPY AND A WELLNESS GARDEN.MONEY MANAGEMENT AND JOB SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AS WELL AS BENEFITS ASSISTANCE LEAD TO INCREASED SKILLS AND INCOME. THE VETERANS CLUB HOUSE OFFERS ENHANCED FITNESS AND REGULAR ACTIVITIES TO HELP INTEGRATE VETERANS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.THREE BALANCED MEALS ARE OFFERED DAILY, AS ARE NUTRITIOUS SNACKS, AS PART OF OUR MEAL SERVICES PROGRAM. AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH IN HEP'S LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTER. FIXED-ROUTE AND SINGLE-PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ARE AN EFFECTIVE MEANS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING COMMUNITY SERVICES.INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS CENTRAL TO HEP'S APPROACH, WHILE SYSTEMIZED PROGRAM EVALUATION AND TOTAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ENSURE WE ARE TRANSPARENT IN OUR ACTIONS AND ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS. THIS PHILOSOPHY HELPS HEP ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL HOUSING AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES SUCH AS: 94% OF FAMILIES EXITING TO PERMANENT HOUSING, 72% OF INDIVIDUALS EXITING TO PERMANENT HOUSING, AND 86% OF VETERANS WHO DID NOT RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS IN 2019.IN 2019, HEP'S DINING HALL SERVED OVER 107,000 NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO THE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN RESIDING ON OUR 8-ACRE CAMPUS. IN ADDITION, HEP PROVIDED SAFE SHELTER AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR 1,056 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING 65 FAMILIES, 132 CHILDREN, AND 478 VETERANS - 40 OF WHOM SERVED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND 37 OF WHOM SERVED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. IN 2019 ALONE, THE HEP DENTAL & WELLNESS CLINIC PROVIDED $1,000,512 WORTH OF NECESSARY DENTAL CARE TO THOSE IN NEED AND SAVED THE COMMUNITY $2,389,374 WITH WELLNESS SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CLINIC. IN ADDITION, OUR ON-SITE MEDICAL CARE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MORTON PLANT MEASE OUTREACH TEAM, RESULTED IN A $3,207,737 SAVINGS TO THE COMMUNITY IN AVOIDED CALLS TO 911 AND EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. COMBINED, THE MEDICAL AND WELLNESS SERVICES OFFERED ONSITE, NOT INCLUDING DENTAL CARE, SAVED THE COMMUNITY $5,759,846.NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR VALUED NETWORK OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHICH INCLUDED 1,330 INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING A SAVINGS OF $961,400 TO HEP.
THRIFT STORE - ONSITE STORE PROVIDES CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO CLIENTS AS WELL AS FURNISHINGS FOR OFF-SITE HOUSING. ALL PROCEEDS ARE INVESTED IN TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ashley Lowery | PRESIDENT/CEO | 40 | $116,006 |
| Kathleen Prossick | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE | 40 | $90,551 |
| Carrie Shulman | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| F Wallace Pope Jr | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Frank Hibbard | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Croy | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Adam Bouchard | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Donald Hall | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kyle Shulman | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Lanette Kirby | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Tiedemann | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| William Cosgray Jr | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Rick Vaughn | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Anthony Holloway | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Patrick Lepeak | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Bill Goede | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Wanda Fyfe | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Clay Biddinger | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Phil Beauchamp | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| David Mcabee | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Kindt | TREASURER/SECRETARY | 8 | $0 |
| Haley Crum Blanton | CHAIRMAN | 8 | $0 |
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