Peopleworks - Nm

TO PROVIDE MENTAL WELLNESS SERVICES TO PERSONS IN NEED REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC STATUS.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: EXPENSES 224,006 REVENUES 245,808 PEOPLEWORKS SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUED PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH 2022, WHICH INCLUDED PSYCHOTHERAPY/COUNSELING AND RESOURCE REFERRALS. AT THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC IN MARCH 2020, OUR MODALITY OF SERVICE PROVISION SWITCHED 100% TO TELEHEALTH (VIDEO AND TELEPHONE SESSIONS) AND IN 2022 WE BEGAN SLOWLY OFFERING SOME IN PERSON SESSIONS. DUE TO STAFF TRANSITIONS, AMOUNT OF SESSIONS PERFORMED DECREASED BY 419 SESSIONS (3,233 TOTAL) FROM 2021 (3,652 SESSIONS) WHICH IS A 12% DECREASE. WE HIRED ANOTHER .75 FTE THERAPIST IN OCTOBER 2022 WHO HAD A SPECIALTY IN CHILDREN AND TEENS, THUS EXPANDING OUR CAPACITY. WE FACED A MEDICARE AUDIT IN 2022, WHICH AFFECTED OUR REVENUE, AND WE BEGAN TRAINING THERAPISTS ON DOCUMENTATION STANDARDS. WE ALSO SUPERVISED TWO MSW INTERNS WHO PROVIDED SESSIONS FREE OF CHARGE TO CLIENTS.

TEEN PROJECT: EXPENSES 6,376 REVENUE 0 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NM DISTRIBUTED GRANT FUNDING WHICH WAS LOCALITY FOCUSED (SANDOVAL COUNTY) LEAVING EACH GRANTEE DISCRETION AS TO BEST USE OF FUNDS. DURING THIS YEAR PEOPLEWORKS BEGAN TO UNDERTAKE A VIDEO PROJECT, FILMING TEENS AT BERNALILLO HIGH SCHOOL. MANY TEENS FROM A TRIBAL YOUTH PROGRAM (SAN FELIPE) PARTICIPATED AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF TEENS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY. WE PARTNERED WITH UNM FILM STUDENTS FOR THIS UNDERTAKING AND PROVIDED PARTICIPANTS WITH GIFT CARDS. WE WERE UNABLE TO FINISH THE VIDEO PROJECT FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT DIVERTED EFFORTS TO CREATE A POCKET SIZE TRIFOLD BROCHURE FOR TEENS DESCRIBING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND ENCOURAGING HELP SEEKING. WE NETWORKED WITH HIGH SCHOOLS IN SANDOVAL COUNTY TO DISTRIBUTE OUR BROCHURES. ONLINE GROUPS AND CLASSES: EXPENSES 5,937 REVENUE 0 WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE AN ONLINE CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP THROUGH THE YEAR, UTILIZING FUNDING IN RESERVE FROM THE GRANT PROVIDED BY BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NM IN 2021. OUR CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP HAS A COMMITTED SET OF PARTICIPANTS, WHO COME FROM MANY AREAS OF THE STATE. OUR PARTICIPANT BASE EXPANDED THROUGH THE YEAR. AN INTERN PROVIDED TWO ADDITIONAL ONLINE GROUPS, TITLED THRIVING WITH PAIN AND MINDFULNESS MEDITATION. THOUGH ATTENDANCE WAS SPORADIC AT THESE GROUPS, THE OFFERING WAS APPRECIATED.

PROBLEM GAMBLING PROGRAM: OUR PROBLEM GAMBLING PROGRAM HAPPILY RESUMED IN 2022 WITH A DONATION FROM THE SANDIA CASINO RESPONSIBLE GAMING PROGRAM. WE PROVIDED COUNSELING SESSIONS TO 2 GAMBLERS DURING THE YEAR, BUT ALSO RESTARTED PREVENTION AND EDUCATION SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDED VISITS TO VARIOUS SENIOR CENTERS, BLOGS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND TABLING AT HEALTH FAIRS. STAFF ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL.

TELEHEALTH EXPANSION: EXPENSES 6,489 REVENUES 365 OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER CONTINUED TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH SEVERAL NM COUNTIES' HEALTH COUNCILS AND THE NM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND PROVIDED ALL 40 NM HEALTH COUNCILS WITH INFORMATION ON PEOPLEWORKS' SERVICES. SCREENINGS FOR DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND GAMBLING WERE CONDUCTED AT THE RUIDOSO COMMUNITY CENTER, AND A COMMUNITY SURVEY OF MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS WAS CONDUCTED AT A RUIDOSO HEALTH FAIR. THE SURVEY RESULTS WERE REPORTED TO THE LINCOLN COUNTY HEALTH COUNCIL. WE WERE AWARDED A GRANT FROM UNM DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH TO SERVE THE LINCOLN COUNTY/MESCALERO TRIBE AREA WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. THIS 18 MONTH GRANT BEGINS IN JANUARY 2023