Health—General & Rehabilitative
Helping Our Women, Inc.
Compassion. Assistance. Support.
Mission
Helping Our Women's mission is to educate, empower and support all women living with chronic, life threatening or disabling health conditions. Services include case management, weekly support groups, transportation to medical appointments, and financial assistance. HOW has an open door policy to provide referrals and advocacy to all community members. The service area is Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Ruling year
1993
Executive Director
Ms Gwynne Wiatrowski Guzzeau
Main address
34 Conwell Street
Provincetown, MA 02657 USA
EIN
04-3179955
Cause area (NTEE code)
Health Support Services (E60)
Human Service Organizations (P20)
IRS filing requirement
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
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Financial Assistance
Monthly stipends to income eligible clients to be used for medically related expenses, household expenses, or additional costs of daily living.
Transportation
HOW provides rides to medically related appointments with volunteers, pays for bus rides and when needed air fare for medical treatments at medical facilities in Boston.
Case Management and Advocacy
HOW assists its clients with access to other local, state and federal benefit programs, processes monthly financial stipends and arranges transportation services.
Where we work
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Operations
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Helping Our Women, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 12/19/2019
Marianne Clements
Seamens Bank
Annemette Cliggott-Perlt
Nancy DeLuca
UMASS Lowell
Susan Roderick
Outer Cape Health Services
Maureen Dooley Lawrence
Preservation of Affordable Housing
Pamela Drolsbaugh
Nicole Gelinas
Shinglefish
Susan Grace
SDG Consulting
Barbara Knapp
Cape Cod Five
Ann Maguire
Bayshore/Chandler House
Joy McNulty
Lobster Pot
Lori Meads
Seamen's Bank
Amanda Morris
Seamen's Bank
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
Keywords
resource center, women, chronic conditions, life threatening illness, wellness
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