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Eammon's Heart Foundation for Recovery and Prevention

Engagement Education Empowerment

Haverhill, MA   |  www.eammonsheart.com

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Mission

Our mission is to inspire a path to a safer community for our youth, change the dialogue around the stigma and shame of addiction as well as provide additional funding support to existing early prevention community programs. We are dedicated to creating impactful programming that will address the current opioid and substance abuse crisis, educate to prevent and help stem the tide of overdoses.

Ruling year info

2020

President/Founder

Ms Helen Dawn Sheehan

Main address

23 Evergreen Dr

Haverhill, MA 01835 USA

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EIN

84-3462671

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

We are dedicated to impactful programming that will address the current opioid and substance abuse crisis, educate to prevent and help stem the tide of overdoses.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Heart to Heart Speaker Series

This is a series of once monthly targeted informational seminars held throughout the city that seek to engage the community and empower through education. Topics discusses explore the benefits of education and it's relation to successful prevention of substance abuse, education on the mechanisms of addiction, redirecting the trauma response creatively and setting behavior patterns early on in life. They will be held monthly throughout 2023.

Population(s) Served
Immigrants and migrants
Incarcerated people
Victims and oppressed people
Economically disadvantaged people
Out-of-home youth

Monthly training sessions on the use of Narcan in the presence of a suspected overdose, discussion on the idea of harm-reduction, it's techniques and uses in gaining sobriety and maintaining it as well. Attendees leave with a FREE Narcan kit with essentials for using it and the aftercare of an overdose victim. We are part of a Massachusetts Department of Public Health program call the Community Nalaxone Procurement Program (CNPP) and distribute the Narcan obtained through this program to the community bystander and families experiencing addiction.

Population(s) Served

This is a "Leave Behind" program that effectively supplies Narcan to families that have experienced an overdose. It supplies a complete kit with Narcan for any future events as well as community resource information on services provided in all aspects of help needed. Mental health, addiction services, rehab services, housing, food, education as well. Anything needed to assist the family in a complete recovery.

Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups
Families
Caregivers
Parents
At-risk youth
Ethnic and racial groups
Families
Caregivers
Parents
At-risk youth

Where we work

Awards

Certificate of Achievement 2020

Massachusetts State Senate

Affiliations & memberships

Haverhill Chamber of Commerce 2020

Trauma Intervention Program of Merrimack Valley 2022

Haverhill MA Lion's Club 33-N 2022

Eammon's Heart Freedom Illumination Project 2022

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Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

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Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

A safer, more engaged community supportive of the youth and those working through addiction. To be able to bring them to a place of peace and a brighter, more productive future as functioning members of our community. Give people a reason to live well.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Eammon's Heart Foundation for Recovery and Prevention

Board of directors
as of 03/01/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Ms Helen Sheehan

Eammons Heart

Term: 2019 -

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
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/13/2021
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person with a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 02/13/2021

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.