re:MIND
Depression and Bipolar Support
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Mental Health Support Groups
re:MIND is the only nonprofit organization in Greater Houston providing free peer-to-peer support groups for depression and bipolar disorders that employs licensed mental health professionals who facilitate, supervise, monitor, and evaluate its support groups. There are re:MIND groups in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery Counties, and residents of Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, and Waller Counties also attend re:MIND groups. re:MIND support groups do not discriminate based on ethnicity, socio-economic status, gender, age, or culture.
Where we work
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of briefings or presentations held
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Mental Health Support Groups
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Mental Health Support Groups
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of unique group participants served
Participant (self-report) satisfaction for quality of Group Services (Scale 1 to 5) 1 is low and 5 is high.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Mental Health Support Groups
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Annual Participant Satisfaction Survey for quality assurance.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
re:MIND's goal is to remove barriers and provide access to peer support groups to improve the lives of those living with or affected by Depression and Bipolar Disorders.
re:MIND expects group participants to experience an improvement in their overall quality of life and
increased acceptance of mental illness as a part of their daily lives and relationships. Over time, participants experience an improvement in coping, communicating and living compassionately with a mental disorder. Participants learn how to manage their depression or bipolar disorder, receive satisfaction from facilitated peer group support and connect to a network of individuals who have similar issues and challenges.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
re:MIND operates an efficient business model that allows for the provision of free support groups with low organizational operating costs. The in-kind donation of time and knowledge from volunteer group facilitators allows re:MIND to pay licensed clinical social workers and counselors to co-facilitate with volunteers and lead population specific groups. Through this successful hybrid business model, re:MIND has expanded its program without leveraging financial stability or jeopardizing the high quality of its group support.
Another vital factor in re:MIND's expanding service to the community is the organization's ability to establish and sustain collaborations with community organizations that want to help individuals living with depression or bipolar disorder but do not have the capability to offer appropriate treatment services. These organizations partner with re:MIND by contributing meeting space, marketing the support group in their particular community and maintaining lines of open communication with re:MIND program managers.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
During the last seven years, the number of re:MIND support groups has grown from six to more than 80 at 56 site locations in and around the Greater Houston area. re:MIND served 2,710 unique support group participants in 2015. Participants attended re:MIND groups 17,279 times.
The major barrier to increasing the number of participants attending free support groups is the stigma of living with a mental illness as well as the discrimination that individuals experience as a result. The primary challenge for re:MIND is to educate individuals and their families and friends about the benefits of group support and how group support can be a key component of one's approach to living an abundant and healthy life despite chronic mental illness.
re:MIND embraces the challenge of reaching diverse populations that may require a higher level of support and may not be receiving the recommended support for their disorders. re:MIND continues to broaden services to meet the needs of a wider demographic and constantly works to form new relationships with community organizations that will increase support group services for new and existing populations. Population specific groups include groups for adolescents, seniors, the Transgender and LGBT communities, veterans, the homeless, the incarcerated, and caregivers. re:MIND partners include The Hope & Healing Center at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Krist Samaritan Center, The Women's Home, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Montrose Center, Chapelwood United Methodist Church, and Communities in the Schools, among others. Collaborations are the cornerstone of re:MIND's outreach and strengthening presence in the community.
These collaborations also work to diminish other potential barriers to increasing attendance. By providing groups in common and familiar locations, participants are more likely not only to attend but to return. re:MIND makes location, accessibility and safety priorities in establishing group sites. re:MIND believes in whole wellness and works with collaborating partners to make this a reality for individuals living with a mental disorder.
As a result of continuing to invest in its online outreach, the number of re:MIND website users seeking information about re:MIND support groups and education about depression and bipolar disorders has increased dramatically. re:MIND takes a comprehensive online approach to educating visitors about depression and bipolar disorders by providing vital resources and links to local and national mental health services. Through online engagement, visitors can explore, research and connect at their own pace. re:MIND is contracting with Media Cause, a digital agency for nonprofits, to design strategic improvements to direct online traffic to the re:MIND website, track outcomes and provide concrete statistics for evaluating the cost value of allocating re:MIND resources to managing a Google AdWords grant.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
re:MIND's target population is individuals living with or affected by depression or bipolar disorders. This
population's specific barriers to receiving services include stigma and discrimination, not knowing about available services, uncertainty about treatments and being unaware that they are living with a mental disorder. re:MIND does not mandate that its participants provide personal information in the effort to eliminate as many barriers as possible to receiving support group services.
Short-term outputs include:
• Sustain current groups and open new groups as needed- (ongoing)
• Provide support and ongoing training for group facilitators (ongoing)
• Distribute brochures and market program (ongoing)
• Host community speaking presentations (ongoing)
• Keep re:MIND website current with group and mental health information (ongoing)
• Continue to invest in Google and Facebook ads (ongoing)
Input and analyze participant and facilitator data
Long-term outcomes:
• Participants report an improvement in overall quality of life
• Everyone in Greater Houston area will have knowledge of and access to re:MIND support group services
• Diminished stigma and fear of discrimination associated with depression and bipolar disorders
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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re:MIND
Board of directorsas of 01/24/2023
Mary Catherine Sharman
Chet Fenner
Jason Gordon
Elizabeth Harris
Jonathan Hyman
Evelyn Jewell
Marjorie Bintliff Johnson
Keith Kimmick
Peggy Landrum, Ph.D.
Jo Ann Dougall Levering
Le Ann Levering
Wells McGee
Marguerite McHard
Walter O'Donnell
Jan Redford, Ph. D.
Philip Rodriguez
George Shannon, Jr.
Sheila Turner
Stephanie Rogers Whaley
Blake Williams
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes